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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.
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.
Suzu Hirose (left), Satoshi Tsumabuki (center) and Masataka Kubota (right) play childhood friends caught up in the simmering tensions of postwar Okinawa in Keishi Otomo’s “Hero’s Island.”
CULTURE / Film
Sep 25, 2025

‘Hero’s Island’: Okinawa-set epic is lavishly realized but lacks bite

Keishi Otomo recreates postwar turmoil in rich detail that is sometimes more vivid than the characters themselves.
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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose office said he had received a draft of the U.S.-backed plan to end the war, says Kyiv and Washington will work together on elements of it.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2025

Zelenskyy says he is ready to work on U.S.-backed plan to end war in Ukraine

European countries are pushing back against the U.S.-backed plan, but the Ukrainian president said Kyiv and Washington would work together on elements of it.
Ukrainian rescue personnel operate at the site of a heavily damaged residential building following a Russian airstrike in the city of Ternopil on Thursday.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2025

A relative’s search and fading hope after Russian attack in western Ukraine

While Ihor Cherepanskyi has little hope of seeing his great-grandmother alive again, he hopes her body can be recovered so she can be buried beside his great-grandfather.
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.
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.
Attendees during the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Nov. 10
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 21, 2025

Preparing for a riskier world is becoming a bigger part of climate talks

As the COP30 climate summit draws to an end, negotiators are still struggling over an agreement over how to transition away from fossil fuel.
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.
Beneficiaries wait in line to receive support following the exit of USAID, at a World Food Program distribution center in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria, in August.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2025

World’s richest nations are pulling back from global development efforts, study shows

The ranking comes as South Africa is gearing up to host leaders of the Group of 20 major economies this weekend.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's rift with U.S. President Donald Trump has some supporters concerned about the future of the MAGA movement.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 21, 2025

Trump’s break with Marjorie Taylor Greene jolts MAGA heartland

The dispute with one of his most fervent supporters has fueled concerns that Trump’s MAGA base could fracture ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
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.
Curacao's Kenji Gorre (right) in action with Jamaica's Dexter Lembikisa in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday
SOCCER
Nov 21, 2025

Veteran Curacao coach hails 'crazy' World Cup qualification

The oldest coach in World Cup finals history is set to take the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup into the competition.
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.
A satellite image shows a deck cargo ship, loaded with vehicles, heading toward the beach near Jiesheng, Guangdong, China, in July.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2025

China's civilian shadow navy practices for invasion of Taiwan

An investigation reveals China is experimenting with techniques that could accelerate the landing of troops and equipment onto multiple Taiwanese beaches simultaneously.
Military police patrol a shopping street in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29
WORLD / Politics
Nov 21, 2025

Trump use of troops in Washington likely illegal, judge says

A federal judge’s ruling on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington is the latest setback to the president’s military mobilizations in Democrat-led cities.
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.
The Cabinet is expected to submit an extra budget bill to finance the package to parliament, which is in session until Dec. 17.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 21, 2025

¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet

Markets have been volatile amid concern about the plan, which includes ¥17.7 trillion of spending, ¥2.7 trillion in tax breaks and ¥900 billion in special account spending.
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.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo