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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2022

How an Indian cement maker bought Russian coal using yuan

The move shows one way in which Russia could continue to sell commodities abroad without settling in U.S. dollars despite restrictions aimed at freezing it out of financial markets.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 8, 2022

Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon due to injury

Nadal's decision — which sends Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios to the final — ends his chance at completing a rare calendar-year Grand Slam.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2022

Hong Kong’s hotel quarantine system buckles under China demand

Monthly mainland Chinese arrivals at Hong Kong airport jumped nearly 11,000% between April and June to 30,222 — accounting for one-third of airport passengers last month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2022

China diplomatic blitz counters U.S. as Antony Blinken arrives in Asia

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has secured a fresh pledge from Thailand for a $5.2 billion rail link and talked of a possible 'golden age” of ties with the Philippines' new president.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 8, 2022

Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia

Hours after Griner's wife, Cherelle, pledged not to rest until she is home, the WNBA All-Star told a judge she had no intent to break the law.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 8, 2022

Why translators are fighting for more credit from Western publishers

Many publishers don't credit translators on book covers, but translators have been pushing for recognition in recent years as they become driving forces for selling books.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 8, 2022

What makes Taika Waititi run and run and run?

The “Thor: Love and Thunder” director can't say no — to starring in “Our Flag Means Death,” making a soccer movie, writing a “Star Wars” idea, adapting Roald Dahl. For starters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2022

To pick Johnson’s successor, Britain’s Conservatives confront the void he leaves behind

The choice of Britain's next prime minister falls to the governing Conservatives, whose lawmakers pushed Boris Johnson to resign and now have to reinvent their party without him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2022

For Boris Johnson, a tumultuous tenure ends with a messy exit

The risk-taking bravado of Britain's colorful prime minister was not enough to compensate for his shortcomings, or overcome a catastrophic loss of party support.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 7, 2022

Author of manga 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Kazuki Takahashi found dead in Okinawa

Takahashi's works are hugely popular at home and abroad, with his manga turned into a television series, movies and card games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2022

SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra to step back to launch new fund

A key lieutenant of SoftBank's founder Masayoshi Son, Misra will retain a senior position with the group's first $100 billion Vision Fund, but relinquish other roles, sources said.
A person looks at a vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO, in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Apr 3, 2024

Israel says airstrike unintentionally killed aid workers in Gaza

The U.S. and other allies called for explanations amid widespread condemnation.
The Brisbane skyline in 2021
OLYMPICS
Apr 3, 2024

Olympians call for Brisbane 2032 stadium rethink

The 14 Olympians and Paralympians said in a letter that the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (QSAC) was not a suitable venue for the Olympics.
Former Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Hakubun Shimomura attends a Lower House plenary session on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2024

LDP eyes membership suspension for Shimomura and Nishimura

It also plans to ask Shionoya and Seko to leave the party over the slush funds scandal involving certain factions.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2024

Tokyo police confirm death of North Korea abduction suspect

Kim Kil Uk, was on the international wanted list for the June 1980 abduction of Tadaaki Hara.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg presents the alliance's annual report at NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 14.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2024

NATO ministers mull €100 billion military fund for Ukraine

The plans will be discussed during a two-day meeting in Brussels.
Demonstrators protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in Delhi on March 22.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2024

Modi’s opposition unites at rally demanding fair elections

The opposition has criticized the ruling party as their leaders faced arrests and investigations.
Kenji Tanaka uses a method of paper stenciling called Ise katagami that began in the region more than 1,000 years ago.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 3, 2024

In Suzuka, artist hopes Formula One can revive ancient Japanese craft

Kenji Tanaka uses an ancient method of paper stenciling called Ise katagami to create model F1 cars.
People hold candles as they attend a night vigil and prayer at the Amahoro Stadium as part of the 25th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide, in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2019. Rwanda will soon commemorate the 30th anniversary this year.
WORLD
Apr 3, 2024

Rwanda marks 30 years since genocide

During the 1994 genocide, Hutu extremists targeting the Tutsi minority slaughtered around 800,000 people in a massacre lasting 100 days.
Workers at a factory in the town of Sriperumbudur, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept India on its swift upward path among the world’s largest economies. Many Indians are better off, though wealth gaps have widened.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2024

What 10 years of Modi rule has meant for India’s economy

The value of India’s stock market has tripled since the prime minister took office and its economy has almost doubled — but gains have been widely unequal.
The National Museum of China following the closing of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing on March 11
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2024

China’s advancing efforts to influence the U.S. election raise alarms

The accounts signal a potential shift in how Beijing aims to influence American politics, with more of a willingness to target specific candidates.
Virginia-class attack submarine USS Hawaii passes by Diamond Head crater on Oahu in Hawaii in July 2009.
WORLD
Apr 3, 2024

U.S. attack submarines to counter China are up to two years late

Delivery dates for Virginia-class subs are an estimated 24 to 36 months past the contracted dates
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks on as he guides a training of the fire division in this picture released on March 19. Pyongyang has spent decades stockpiling millions of rounds of artillery and thousands of rockets in the terrain north of the demilitarized zone, which sits some 40 kilometers away from Seoul.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2024

Kim Jong Un faces annihilation in nearly all Korea war scenarios

Although North Korea has a manpower advantage, the bulk of its forces rely on "increasingly obsolete equipment” dating back to Soviet era.
An official of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical speaks to reporters on Saturday in Osaka following the health ministry's inspections of the firm's plant.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 3, 2024

166 hospitalized over health issues linked to beni kōji

Taiwan's health ministry said the number of people experiencing ill health after taking Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's beni koji had risen to 11 as of Monday.
A traditional Ainu preserved food called "satchep" (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25
JAPAN / Society
Apr 3, 2024

Japan academic society apologizes to Ainu people

It is the first time that an academic society in Japan or abroad has apologized to the Ainu people, according to the Ainu Association of Hokkaido.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia's defense minister and president-elect, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2024

Kishida and Prabowo agree to strengthen Japan-Indonesia ties

Prabowo, who is set to take office as president in October, said that the two countries have built a good cooperative relationship so far.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
Osaka Expo ticket sales exceed break-even point
Visitors to the Osaka Expo line up for pavilions on Friday.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japan's Nikkei 225 hits record high on tariff and rate optimism
Stocks in Tokyo rallied on Tuesday despite months of uncertainty and general economic concerns.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

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