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Japan Times
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.
The nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2025

Some 890 tons of Tepco nuclear fuel kept at Aomori reprocessing plant

The revelations were the first time a specific company's amount at the site has been confirmed.
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.
Members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah mourn over the coffins of comrades killed in recent Israeli attacks during their funeral in the southern city of Nabatiyeh on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2025

Israel warns of intensifying attacks against Hezbollah

The Iran-backed militant group, which opposes Israel, has been badly weakened by the war but remains armed and financially resilient.
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia, poses for a photo on the sidelines of the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2025

Nvidia is worth $5 trillion. Here’s what it means for the market

The chipmaker at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution is not only the biggest company on Earth, it also may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history.
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.
A forensic officer takes pictures of the London North Eastern Railway train where a series of stabbings took place, at a platform at Huntingdon Station, near Cambridge, Britain, on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025

U.K. police say train stabbings carried out by lone attacker, not terrorism

Work was now ongoing to establish the events leading up to the attack and the suspect's background, police said, and a knife had been recovered from the scene.
Akie Iwai plays her tee shot at the third hole during third-round play at the CPKC Women's Open golf tournament in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on Aug. 23.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Nov 3, 2025

History-making Japanese golf twins push each other to greater heights

Akie and Chisato Iwai were born just a minute apart and now the identical twins are making history together on the LPGA Tour.
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.
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.
French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum in Paris on Oct. 19.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025

Louvre heist work of petty criminals, not organized crime, prosecutor says

The profiles of the four people under arrest so far are not typical of organized crime professionals capable of executing complex operations, the Paris prosecutor said.
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.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping talk after a meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 3, 2025

Trump says China’s Xi aware of ‘consequences’ of attacking Taiwan

The U.S. president also again claimed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would not invade democratic Taiwan as long as Trump remains in office.
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.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright holds a news conference on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna on Sept. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2025

U.S. not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says

The U.S. would continue "noncritical" testing that involves all the other parts of a nuclear weapon to make sure they are functioning and can set up a nuclear blast.
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.
A newspaper vendor pulls a newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians, at a newspaper stand in Lagos on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2025

Nigeria says U.S. help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

President Donald Trump has threatened military action in Nigeria over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country.
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence runs the ball during the second half against the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 3, 2025

Jaguars' Cam Little breaks NFL field goal record with win against Raiders

Little made some history to close out the first half when he hit a 68-yard field goal as time expired.
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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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell