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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2022

Putin brings China and India to Russia for war games defying U.S.

More than 50,000 troops and 5,000 pieces of military equipment are due to take part in the weeklong Vostok 2022 war games that start Thursday in Russia's far east.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2022

U.S. treasury chief 'optimistic' on deal for price cap on Russian oil

Janet Yellen said the goal is to deny Russian President Vladimir Putin the funds needed to prop up his country's economy and continue the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2022

U.S. Justice Department likely to wait until after elections to reveal any Trump charges

The unprecedented prospect of bringing charges against a former U.S. president is creating intense scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2022

Biden pledges support as Mississippi's capital still without drinking water

The promise from Washington came as frustrated people in Jackson waited in long lines amid sweltering heat at distribution sites where volunteers handed out cases of bottled water.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2022

Japan's tight jobs market fails to deliver on egalitarian promise

The emergence of the freelance class poses a challenge to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has pledged to redistribute wealth through wage hikes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2022

Training in Tokyo, but knowing the real work is 8,000 km away in Ukraine

A Juntendo University training program for Ukrainian health care workers offered Dr. Uliana Kashchii respite from the conflict, but now she is heading to the front line.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2022

U.N. report accuses China of ‘serious’ rights abuses in Xinjiang

In its response, included with the report's publication, the Chinese government has said that the assessment 'wantonly smears and slanders China.”
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 1, 2022

'A Hundred Flowers': A sumptuous drama of forgiving and forgetting

Genki Kawamura's debut feature about a strained mother-son relationship is a richly cinematic experience.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 1, 2022

Step into the animated world of Mamoru Hosoda with 'The Man Who Leapt Through Film'

Charles Solomon's new book offers an inside look at the director's works such as “Summer Wars” and “Belle” via behind-the-scenes anecdotes, production art and exclusive interviews.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 1, 2022

Japan Times 1997: Japan shocked by news of Princess Diana's death

Twenty-five years ago, news of Princess Diana's death spread to Japan. Comparisons are drawn to media coverage of the Japanese royal family, and editors explain what made her popular here.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / Vocabulary Boost
Sep 1, 2022

Take some time to refresh your emergency vocabulary on Disaster Prevention Day

It was 99 years ago that a devastating earthquake hit Tokyo. As a result, Japan marks Sept. 1 by conducting disaster-preparedness drills at schools and companies nationwide.
A scanning electron micrograph of group A streptococcus bacteria
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2024

Cases of tissue-damaging bacterial disease hit record high in Japan

Health authorities are urging people to take basic health measures such as hand-washing to prevent the spread of the disease.
American President Joe Biden hugs Brittany Alkonis after giving a State of the Union in February. The wife of jailed U.S. sailor Lt. Ridge Alkonis ran a successful pressure campaign to get her husband released from a Japanese prison into American custody. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2024

Japan owes no apology for U.S. Navy officer’s treatment

The case of Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis is a divisive one, which both the U.S. and Japanese governments have tried to keep quiet about.
A law making its way through the U.S. Congress would authorize the confiscation of billions of dollars in frozen assets owned by the Russian central bank, that would then be handed over to Ukraine as compensation for the war.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2024

Seizing Russia's central bank funds is illegal and unwise

A big question about giving Ukraine seized Russian funds is would such an asset grab break international law?
Outlawing the second-most popular party in Germany would be democratically questionable and could have negative consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2024

Should Germany’s AfD party be banned?

Germany's democratic values should be upheld by engaging with disgruntled voters in the voting booth, rather than seeking a legal ban.
South Africa has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians amid the war in Gaza.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2024

Should Japan support the ICJ genocide case against Israel?

South Africa has accused Israel of genocide in the International Court of Justice. The case can't be ignored, or impunity and the global order's collapse will be the price.
Daniil Medvedev celebrates his victory over Poland's Hubert Hurkacz on Wednesday in Melbourne.
TENNIS
Jan 24, 2024

Gutsy Medvedev outlasts Hurkacz to reach Melbourne semis

In the women's draw, Dayana Yastremska extended her dream run, but made sure to remind tennis fans about her countrymen and women fighting in Ukraine.
A Russian military transport plane crashes near Yablonovo, Belgorod Region, Russia on Wednesday in a screen grab from a social media video.
WORLD
Jan 24, 2024

Russia says plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners has crashed

The IL-76 aircraft came down while transporting the prisoners for an exchange with Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Wednesday, according to Tass.
A prison officer looks around Tokushima prison in Tokushima in March 2018. The Justice Ministry announced Wednesday that male prisoners in Japan are to be allowed to have certain skin care products.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 24, 2024

Japan to allow male prisoners to use same skin care items as women

Under previous rules, the in-prison purchase and gift acceptance of the toiletry items were allowed only for female inmates.
Carmaker Daihatsu recalled more than 320,000 vehicles and extended a factory shutdown on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 24, 2024

Daihatsu recalls 320,000 cars and extends factory halt

The Toyota-owned firm notified the transport ministry that it would recall a total of 322,700 vehicles of two models due to a door defect.
Three plaintiffs are set to file a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday, seeking compensation over claims of racial profiling by police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2024

Foreign residents to file landmark suit alleging racial profiling by police

Three men are to file a lawsuit over claims that they have been repeatedly questioned by police because of their ethnicity or appearance.
South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee have been plunged into controversy after hidden camera footage emerged appearing to show Kim accepting a Dior bag as a gift.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 24, 2024

'Dior bag scandal' mars South Korean ruling party before election

The controversy over the apparent acceptance of a gift by his wife may threaten Yoon Suk-yeol's bid to reclaim a parliamentary majority in April's election.
Japan players celebrate after Ayase Ueda scored the team's second goal during Samurai Blue's win over Indonesia on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Jan 24, 2024

Japan cruises past Indonesia to reach Asian Cup last 16

Ayase Ueda struck in each half to go with a late Indonesia own goal in Doha to send the pre-tournament favorites through as group runners-up behind Iraq.
Dancer Pau Aran Gimeno presents a creation by designer Yuima Nakazato in Paris.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 25, 2024

Yuima Nakazato stages operatic haute couture show on Paris runway

The designer's spring-summer runway collection was linked to the opera "Idomeneo," debuting next month in Geneva.
An aspiring pianist who was blinded in a traffic accident (Minami Hamabe, right) finds a devoted protector in a mute custodian (Ryosuke Yamada) at her music college in “Silent Love.”
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2024

‘Silent Love’: Formulaic romance strains credulity

Unlike “Midnight Swan,” Eiji Uchida’s previous film that raked in awards, the director’s new melodramatic romance lacks depth and nuance.
Two lovers on the run (Misa Wada, left, and Takahiro Fukuya) wrestle with poverty and a monstrous mutant appendage in Taichiro Natsume’s “The Beast Hand.”
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2024

‘The Beast Hand’: Splatter movie has more soul than guts

Misa Wada proves a standout in Taichiro Natsume’s surprisingly soulful low-budget horror flick.
Tsunami waves reach Japan after magnitude 8.7 quake off Russia's Kamchatka
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
How Japan made techno its own
Rural, a three-day techno festival, was held July 18 to 21 at Nowhere Camp in Fukushima Prefecture.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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