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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 9, 2022

FBI searches Trump's Florida home as part of presidential records probe

The unprecedented search of a former president's home would mark a significant escalation into the records investigation, which is one of several probes Trump is facing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 9, 2022

Olivia Newton-John, sweet-voiced pop singer and ‘Grease’ star, dies at 73

She began her career as an innocent purveyor of middle-of-the-road pop but later adopted a bad-girl persona.
JAPAN / Explainer
Aug 8, 2022

What it would mean for Japan to downgrade its COVID classification

Changing the classification could reduce the burden on sections of the medical system, but at the cost of limiting authorities' understanding of the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2022

Kishida Cabinet’s approval rating falls as headwinds mount

Rising COVID-19 cases have started to weigh on the prime minister's popularity, while links between the LDP and the Unification Church are also having an impact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2022

China holds fresh military drills around Taiwan

The exercises, the PLA's Eastern Command said, were 'focusing on organizing joint anti-submarine and sea assault operations.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022

Corporations join the nuclear fusion craze

TAE Technologies' CEO says more corporate partnerships are coming after his company demonstrated a key breakthrough in constructing viable reactors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2022

A year on, Afghans hide out fearing death by data

In the past year, human rights groups and the U.N. have documented the killing or enforced disappearance of hundreds of former members of the security forces.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 8, 2022

Sue Bird gets rousing sendoff in final regular-season home game

A record crowd of 18,100 turned up to Climate Pledge Arena, chanting 'Thank you, Sue,' as the former No. 1 overall draft pick took a curtain call on her way to the playoffs.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2022

'Fragile' Gaza truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad holds

The truce, which started Sunday night, aims to stem the worst fighting in Gaza since an 11-day war last year devastated the Palestinian coastal territory.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 8, 2022

Manchester City's Erling Haaland lives up to hype with two goals in Premier League debut

Erling Haaland scored twice in his Premier League debut as Manchester City opened its title defense with a 2-0 win at West Ham, while Manchester United was beaten 2-1 by Brighton in Erik ten Hag's first game in charge on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2022

How to organize reconstruction aid for post-war Ukraine

Before significant funds are committed to Ukraine's reconstruction, it is important to determine who will control and direct the money and how the recovery will be structured.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2022

Beijing laws are the barrier to improving Hong Kong’s human rights image

To improve Hong Kong's deteriorating image, the starting point is at home, not overseas
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2022

As Beijing rages over Taiwan, mood on China's streets muted

While it is difficult to gauge Chinese public opinion, experts say the public broadly supports reunification and would not accept moves suggesting acceptance of Taiwan's independence.
U.K. Royal Air Force planes take off from Cyprus to strike military targets in Yemen on Saturday.
WORLD
Feb 25, 2024

U.S. and U.K. warplanes again strike Houthi-linked targets in Yemen

The strikes were intended to degrade the Iran-backed militants’ ability to attack ships in critical sea lanes.
The Nautica, a replacement oil tanker for the decaying FSO Safer, arrives in the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, in July last year.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2024

Shortage of oil tankers at hand as Red Sea attacks divert trade

Only two new supertankers join the fleet in 2024 — the fewest additions in almost four decades.
A screen grab shows Anton Kuznetsov, a fighter in the BARS 9 volunteer force of the Russian military, in an apartment in Balakliia, Ukraine, in September 2022
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 25, 2024

How Russia's military uses volunteer fighters to plug gaps in Ukraine

Approach provides Moscow with an additional avenue from which to mobilize parts of the population, get them trained and provide additional mass.
When Fighters interpreter Shinju Sakuma set her mind on becoming a language liaison in sports, she picked a sport she enjoyed watching and an employer who thinks outside the box.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 26, 2024

Rookie female interpreter provides voice for foreign baseball stars in Japan

Shinju Sakuma, who will graduate from Rikkyo University in Tokyo this spring, is believed to be the first female interpreter in NPB history.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida takes part in an online meeting of Group of Seven leaders at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo late Saturday, the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 25, 2024

On Ukraine war anniversary, Kishida stresses need for unity as setbacks mount

The PM told G7 leaders that more "concrete actions" to support Kyiv are needed, vowing more Russian sanctions and condemning North Korean missile exports.
With concerns over economics cutting across party lines, the preferred degree of toughness on China tends to be a policy rather than partisan divide.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Feb 25, 2024

Biden or Trump, hawkish economic approach on China to intensify

With concerns over economics cutting across party lines, the preferred degree of toughness on Beijing tends to be a policy rather than partisan divide.
The low proportion of women in paid employment in India is a matter of serious concern and policymakers should focus more on generating demand for female labor
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2024

Are social norms really the main cause of low female employment?

The proportion of women in paid work remains very low in India, despite the economy experiencing high rates of growth and rapid poverty reduction.
Palestinians help an injured man in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2024

The Gaza war isn't a Holocaust, but it's still a nightmare

There are, sadly, many examples in history of the kind of conflict under way in Gaza, and the Holocaust isn’t one of them.
Anti-landing barricades on a beach in Kinmen, Taiwan
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 25, 2024

China Coast Guard conducts patrols in waters near Taiwan's Kinmen Islands

The move comes amid rising tensions in the area just 5 kilometers from mainland China following a deadly incident earlier this month.
Warren Buffett
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2024

Buffett ups his holdings of Japanese trading houses to about 9%

Berkshire first announced its stakes in the trading houses in 2020 with the intention of holding them long-term and increasing them to as much as 9.9%.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 26, 2024

Families of North Korea abductees give Japan breathing room for summit

The group won't oppose Tokyo's lifting of sanctions on Pyongyang if all abductees are returned while their parents' generation is still alive.
South Korean doctors take part in a protest against the government medical policy in front of the Presidential office in Seoul on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 26, 2024

Overworked and unheard, South Korean doctors on mass walkout say

"The current medical system in South Korea, which is a great one, is run by making cheap trainee doctors keep grinding."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an event in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2024

Zelenskyy says 31,000 troops killed as Ukraine seeks U.S. aid decision within month

The Ukrainian president said that 2024 will determine how the war will end, and called U.S. elections in November a potential tipping point.
Older people take part in a rhythm game competition at Chiba City Hall on Oct. 17.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2024

Esports gain traction at welfare facilities in Japan

Esports is being used in part with the aim of preserving cognitive functions in elderly people.
A woman passes by a jacaranda tree at Plaza Cibeles in Mexico City.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 26, 2024

Early jacaranda bloom sparks debate about climate change in Mexico

The trees have become an iconic, photogenic mainstay of the streets of Mexico City.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China’s unbeatable new production model export
China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient production model powered by automation, AI and state-guided industrial optimization.
Trump: The $550 billion pledged by Japan is 'our money'
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. He told CNBC that investment pledges are like signing bonuses.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Japan swelters as previous heat record melts
A worker tries to cool down a street in central Tokyo Tuesday as wide swaths of the Kanto region sweltered under intense heat. In Gunma Prefecture, the temperature rose 41.8 degrees Celsius, the highest ever recorded in Japan.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram of approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped
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