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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2022

COVID stigma in China can cost recovered patients jobs and homes

One former worker at a government-run isolation facility in Shanghai slept on the streets during parts of June since he couldn't find work or housing after getting infected.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2022

Number of kids on nursery waiting lists plummets in Tokyo

The number of children on day care waiting lists in Tokyo hit a record low as of April this year, falling 97% from the most recent peak of 8,586 in 2017.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2022

One month on, LDP conservatives still in shock over loss of Abe

There are concerns that the loss of the former primer minister could lead to a 'drifting' conservative camp with no clear candidate to succeed him as its leader.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 8, 2022

With military drills near Taiwan, Xi tries to salvage Pelosi crisis

Chinese leader Xi Jinping may not have been able to stop Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, but he has ordered his country's military to rehearse for a much more aggressive step.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Aug 8, 2022

Women from ASEAN who are following their dreams in Japan

The ASEAN-Japan Centre in Tokyo, established by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states and Japan, produced a series of documentary videos that take a closer look at women from ASEAN countries who are active in Japan. There are about 500,000 women from ASEAN in Japan, and these videos...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2022

How this economic moment rewrites the rules

Businesses have now spent 2u00bd years in a state of constant adjustment.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 8, 2022

Australia wins gold at Commonwealth Games as cricket strengthens its Olympic case

'You just have to look how many people came out and watched every single game even when England wasn't playing. 'It was amazing to see people just supporting women's cricket.'
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022

Japan runs first current account deficit in five months

The world's third-largest economy ran a current account deficit of u00a5132.4 billion ($980 million) in June, government data showed.
PRESS / Events
Aug 8, 2022

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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2022

Biden and his party look for midterm boost from breakthrough bill

The president and his party finally scored the win they've been waiting for heading into the November congressional elections. But it's uncertain it will be enough to save them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Aug 8, 2022

Fuji Rock's musical acts look to make a bigger splash with livestreams

As streaming becomes the norm for festivals wanting to draw a broader audience, artists are shaping their live performances with the YouTube audience and social media reactions in mind.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022

After losing favor to electric cars, plug-in hybrids gain ground in U.S.

Plug-in hybrid sales are climbing in the United States, in part because of the recent surge in gasoline prices.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2022

Fighting around Ukrainian nuclear plant heightens safety fears

The Russian military has been using the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest, as a base to assault the Ukrainian-controlled town of Nikopol across the river.
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), is seen in this handout image taken by LEV-2 on the moon, released on Jan. 25.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2024

Japan's SLIM moon probe unexpectedly survives lunar night

The lander touched down on the lunar surface last month, making Japan the fifth country to put a probe on the moon.
Asahi Group Holdings chief executive Atsushi Katsuki
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2024

Asahi eyes overseas acquisitions to quadruple sales of Super Dry beer

Spurred on by the need to seek growth outside of the shrinking home market, Japanese firms went on an overseas buying spree worth ¥8.1 trillion last year.
Flags of the Solomon Islands and China near the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing in last July
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2024

China’s expansive diplomatic network still outstrips that of U.S.

Beijing had a larger footprint last year than Washington in key areas of geopolitical interest including the Pacific, East Asia and Central Asia.
Smoke rises from the Posco steel mill in Pohang, South Korea.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2024

South Korea’s biggest polluters made millions from carbon sales

Seoul was one of the first in Asia to start an emissions-trading system, but it has fallen short of encouraging industrial polluters to reduce pollution.
Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 26, 2024

WTO seeks modest outcome in UAE at 'critical juncture' for global trade

The stated goals is to set new global commerce rules, but even its ambitious chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sought to curb expectations.
The Tokyo High Court ruled that there was a causal relationship between Kazuo Ishibashi’s driving and the fatal crash that followed, upholding the Yokohama District Court’s findings and 18-year prison term.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2024

Tokyo court upholds 18-year prison term for driver over 2017 road rage

Kazuho Ishibashi had deliberately slowed down his vehicle in front of the victim’s car on an expressway, resulting in its rear-ending by a truck.
A man claimed Amazon promised "unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming” of entertainment through Prime Video. He alleges the company reneged on the deal and is suing.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2024

Amazon shouldn't be swindling users

The tech giant is being sued for charging subscribers more than advertised: Not what you'd expect from a self-professed customer-obsessed company.
Tech behemoths have lavished their CEOs with astronomical salaries under the guise of retaining top talent, instead of spreading the wealth.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2024

Tech CEOs need to start sharing the wealth

The time has come to curb Big Tech's market power and establish the mechanisms to prevent the benefits of technological innovation from being monopolized.
U.S. President Joe Biden announces new provisions in March 2022 requiring the government to buy more made-in-America goods.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2024

Biden doesn’t get why we need the WTO

What do Biden and Trump have in common? Protectionism. As a result, the 13th WTO ministerial conference underway in Abu Dhabi is doomed to fail.
A screen in Tokyo shows the level of the 225-issue Nikkei stock average after it posted an all-time closing high on Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 26, 2024

Japan’s Nikkei index sets record high for second consecutive day

The Topix was also up 0.49%, closing at 2,673.62.
People take pictures of the city skyline lit up by drones during a performance to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, at Marina Bay in Singapore on Feb. 10.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 26, 2024

Singapore embraces AI to solve everyday problems

Ranked the fifth most innovative country by the GII last year, Singapore was an early adopter of AI, releasing its first national strategy in 2019.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh convenes a Cabinet meeting in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2024

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh resigns

The move comes amid growing U.S. pressure on President Mahmoud Abbas to shake up the Palestinian Authority.
Koichi Kondo plays the harmonica. Playing harmonica was like life itself for members of the Bluebird Band, according to his words.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Mar 4, 2024

Harmonica melodies of Hansen's disease patients live on

A band featuring the instrument was founded in 1953, at a time when prejudice against the disease was still strong
Britain's Andy Murray in action during his round of 32 match against Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday
TENNIS
Feb 27, 2024

Murray drops retirement hint after 500th hardcourt win in Dubai

Murray has failed to go beyond the third round of a Grand Slam since reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2017.
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee in action at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Results for the figure skating team event were overhauled in light of Valieva testing positive for a banned substance.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Feb 27, 2024

Canada and Russia file appeals against 2022 figure skating re-ranking

The Canadians have claimed that they should be bumped up from fourth place to bronze.
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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