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WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2023

Vietnam president quits as Communist Party intensifies graft crackdown

Vietnam has been rife with speculation he would be removed following January's dismissal of two deputy prime ministers who served under him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2023

Kishida and Yoon call for improved bilateral relations

Kishida said in his written message that relations between Japan and South Korea need to be brought back to normalcy and promoted further.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 17, 2023

Andy Murray turns back the clock to win five-set epic

Murray will play the winner of Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis and Italian veteran Fabio Fognini for a place in the third round.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2023

With Kishida criticism, Suga steps back onto Japan's political stage

The former prime minister broke his monthslong silence to express his discontent with Kishida's decision to remain as an LDP faction leader.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2023

Boston startup raises $40 million to develop new low-carbon cement technology

The cement industry makes as much as 8% of the world's emissions — meeting global climate goals would require reducing that to zero.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2023

Climate activists say Big Oil is taking cycling fans for a ride

Sports sponsorships have emerged as a major battleground in the push to ban fossil fuel companies from advertising their brands.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 11,120 new cases, 28 deaths

On Monday, the daily number of new cases across Japan came to 52,622, down by about 40,000 from a week earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 17, 2023

Japan’s largest trade union head says 2023 is pivotal for wages

Trade union leader has stressed the importance of moving toward continued wage growth in the face of rapid inflation and economic stagnation.
Located in the redeveloped Takanawa Gateway neighborhood, the JW Marriott Tokyo is the first of the luxury brand’s outposts in the Japanese capital.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 31, 2025

Tokyo’s first JW Marriott brings a whole floor of mindfulness

The redeveloped Takanawa Gateway neighborhood gets the newest outpost of the hotel chain’s luxury brand.
Dennis Kwok, then a pro-democracy lawmaker, answers questions from the media outside the High Court in Hong Kong on Oct. 31, 2019.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2023

Hong Kong police target more family members of wanted democracy activists

The pair, former lawmaker Dennis Kwok and unionist Mung Siu-tat, are among eight exiled activists sought by authorities for alleged violations of the National Security Law.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2023

Iconic dragon painting at Sensoji Temple peels off ceiling

Visitors to Tokyo's Sensoji Temple were left in shock as an iconic dragon painting on the ceiling of the main hall peeled off and was left hanging above their heads.
Rescuers work at the site of a heavily damaged residential building following an air attack in Dnipro, Ukraine. A massive Russian attack hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure, killing two people and prompting power cuts in several regions, Kyiv authorities said on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2025

Ukraine scrambles for energy with power generation at 'zero'

Experts said the strikes on energy infrastructure put Ukraine at risk of heating outages ahead of the winter months.
Ukrainians living in Poland and their supporters gather outside the Ukrainian embassy in Warsaw to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2025

Poland’s support for Ukrainians is cracking at a dangerous time

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has voiced skepticism of Ukraine’s aspirations for NATO and European Union membership.
Japan's consumer prices rose 3.3% year-on-year in June, with the pace of inflation accelerating from the 3.2% recorded in May.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2023

Japan's price growth accelerates ahead of BOJ inflation update

Prices excluding those for fresh food gained 3.3% from a year ago, accelerating a little from the rise in May as energy prices were less of a drag on inflation.
Industry professionals gathered in Kyoto to discuss sake at the Sake Samurai Summit.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 11, 2025

Industry experts weigh sake’s global future at Kyoto summit

Participants at the Sake Samurai Summit in Kyoto discussed how global enthusiasm and domestic headwinds are reshaping Japan’s sake trade.
In Japan, 35% of students graduate with a degree in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — compared with 38% in the U.S., 42% in South Korea and Germany and 45% in Britain.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 21, 2023

Japan to give ¥300 billion to universities expanding science education

As the country's R&D status continues to drop, the ministry’s new program aims to fund schools pivoting toward STEM subjects.
Elliott Investment Management has shared its views with Toyota Industries management that the ¥16,300 per share buyout offer is too low and suggested other options for the deal, people familiar with the matter say.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2025

Elliott takes Toyota Industries stake and sees buyout price as too low

Toyota Industries disclosed in a filing that Elliott Investment Management had a 3.26% stake as of Sept. 30, making it one of the manufacturer’s biggest shareholders.
Tokyo Gendai is described by fair organizers Art Assembly as Tokyo Bay’s first international contemporary art fair in 30 years.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 22, 2023

Can a new art fair finally put Tokyo on the map?

Tokyo Gendai puts on a good event but still needs to change Japanese opinions on contemporary art.
SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son is aggressively seeking to capitalize on booming investment in AI and chips, even as he scales back other investments.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2025

SoftBank sells Nvidia stake for $5.8 billion to fund AI bets

The Tokyo-based company now boasts a portfolio that includes some of the world’s most sought-after names in artificial intelligence: OpenAI and Oracle.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jul 21, 2023

Bike, scooter, taxi? Here are your options for nonrail transit in Japan

Here's a rundown on your options and how best to utilize them — whether your a tourist or long-time resident.
Security officials at the site of an explosion in New Delhi on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2025

Blasts rock capitals of India and Pakistan, raising tensions

Suspicions have been running deep between the neighbors following a four-day military clash earlier this year in which both countries conducted strikes on each other.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Jul 21, 2023

Nadeshiko Japan's Women's World Cup glory now distant memory

Japan begins its latest World Cup campaign against Zambia on Saturday, but is ranked 11th now and no longer among the favorites.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2023

Japan top court sends back reemployment pay case

In the lawsuit, the male plaintiffs have demanded that their employer pay the difference between what they were paid before and after the retirement age.
The theft of 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool in December 2020 is likely a "state-level hacker operation” led by the U.S.,  according to the Chinese National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2025

China accuses U.S. of orchestrating $13 billion bitcoin hack

The theft of the 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool in December 2020 is one of the largest crypto heists in history.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the media in Kyiv on Nov. 7.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2025

Close Zelenskyy ally accused of orchestrating major graft scheme

The accusations against Timur Mindich are the latest episode in a sweeping corruption scandal involving claims of massive embezzlement from the energy sector.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2023

Crime ring suspect served fresh warrant over Chiba robbery

The case is part of a spate of robberies across Japan allegedly committed by a group whose ringleaders are believed to have recruited people through social media posts.
Clothes displayed at Shein’s headquarters in Singapore
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2023

Fast fashion report cards show what’s really in your clothes

Consumers’ drive for quantity over quality is transforming the world’s textile industry, sparking an almost doubling in global fiber production over the past two decades.
Smoke rises from a residential area of Pokrovsk, the Donetsk region in Ukraine, on Nov. 3.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2025

Russian forces roll 'Mad Max'-style into Ukraine's Pokrovsk, video shows

Moscow says taking Pokrovsk would give it a platform to drive north toward the two biggest remaining Ukrainian-controlled cities in the Donetsk region.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years