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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi defends herself during ‘show trial’ in Myanmar

In trying to eliminate her as a political force, the junta's case against Suu Kyi has only elevated her in the eyes of many of her countrymen.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 27, 2021

Team GB expects fully vaccinated team for Beijing Games

While Team GB is yet to select most of its winter athletes, most of those on the long list of candidates are vaccinated according to chef de mission Georgie Harland.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2021

U.S. Democrats fret over getting climate deal to Biden ahead of COP26

Hitting Biden's emissions target would be made more difficult if Congress fails to pass the key climate provisions lawmakers are eyeing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2021

Doomed to fail? How carmakers' climate vows fall short — and who's to blame

Companies argue that their ability to transition to electric vehicles is dependent on conditions outside their direct control.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 27, 2021

Tom Brady throws Bitcoin to fan who returned 600th touchdown ball

The 44-year-old seven-time Super Bowl champion is a part-owner of crypto exchange FTX, having starred in a commercial for the company alongside his wife Gisele Bundchen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2021

Asia snaps up American shale gas to keep boilers and furnaces lit

While U.S. gas prices have more than doubled this year, they still are much lower than overseas markets in large part because of the bounty of North American shale fields.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2021

Beijing marks 100 days to Winter Olympics amid COVID-19 and rights concerns

Beijing is promising a 'simple and safe' 2022 Games — although preparations are anything but simple as China battles COVID-19 flare-ups and calls from human rights groups for a boycott.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2021

Nuclear power’s awkward role in crucial COP26 climate talks

Anti-nuclear nations from Austria to New Zealand have opposed attempts to label atomic technology with the same credentials as wind or solar power.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 27, 2021

Xi’s toughest ‘common prosperity’ test is raising China’s taxes

Hiking taxes wouldn't seem difficult in the one-party state. But the Communist Party is sensitive to public opinion, and taxes are as politically fraught in China as anywhere else.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2021

Biden joins Southeast Asian leaders to rebuke Myanmar junta

The decision to exclude the junta leader was a huge rebuke to Myanmar's military and a rare, bold step by a regional bloc known for its code of consensus, noninterference and engagement.
Japan Times
Frankfurt Rhine-Main report 2021
Oct 27, 2021

Frankfurt Rhine-Main and Japan: Growing together, from strength to strength

Germany and Japan have enjoyed over a century and a half of robust bilateral relations since 1861. The highlights of this longstanding friendship include strong political discourse and international cooperation, as well as close-knit economic, cultural and societal ties.
Japan Times
Frankfurt Rhine-Main report 2021
Oct 27, 2021

Early advocate of German-Japanese ties, Metzler continues to work closely with Japan

Metzler is the oldest private bank in Germany with an unbroken tradition of family ownership since 1674 and is the fifth-oldest financial institution worldwide.
Japan Times
Frankfurt Rhine-Main report 2021
Oct 27, 2021

Technology and trust lead to European success for Kuraray

Frankfurt Rhine-Main is home to the European headquarters of Kuraray Corp., a global specialty chemicals company and one of the world’s largest suppliers of industrial polymers and synthetic microfibers for many sectors of industry.
Japan Times
Frankfurt Rhine-Main report 2021
Oct 27, 2021

Hessen and Frankfurt: Open for business

Hessen’s convenient location at the very heart of Europe has played a vital role in establishing the state as one of the most internationally revered business and technology centers in the European Union.
Japan Times
Frankfurt Rhine-Main report 2021
Oct 27, 2021

Introducing sustainable technology solutions for Japanese manufacturers

With a history dating back to 1779, Kurtz Ersa GmbH is a proud seven-generation technology company. Today, the company owns numerous patents and awards and employs 1,300 people in 135 countries.
Toyota is expected to report a 14% year-on-year operating profit decline in July-September, to ¥1.2 trillion ($7.9 billion), according to an average estimate by analysts.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2024

Toyota to post first profit drop in 2 years as demand cools after big run

Toyota is expected to report a 14% year-on-year operating profit decline in July-September, to ¥1.2 trillion ($7.9 billion), according to an average estimate by analysts.
A text message sent by a scammer tells a recipient that a refund can be made only through an electronic money transfer.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2024

Police warn of refund scams involving smartphone payment apps

Scammers are exploiting smartphone payment apps, particularly PayPay, and fake online discount stores to commit fraud.
Alongside foreign students, some Japanese students attend a special lecture held entirely in English at Nagoya University in early October.
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 11, 2024

Amid rising costs, universities try to help students study abroad

The cost of studying abroad, including travel and living expenses, is much higher now compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operators respond to telephone directory inquiries from Tokyo at a call center in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in October 1997.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Nov 11, 2024

As NTT ends its Dial 104 service, Okinawa's call centers look elsewhere

Naha and Nago were home to Japan's biggest call center operations, receiving around 125,000 calls a day at their peak in 1999.
Workers at a garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, on April 16, 2023
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2024

AI supports fashion's climate goals, but workers may be left behind

In Bangladesh, about 60% of apparel workers, or 2.7 million people, risk losing their jobs due to automation.
As part of the fukubukuro lineup for the New Year shopping season, Takashimaya will offer a ¥4.05 million luxury cruise ship tour to South Korea's Jeju Island and other locations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2024

2025 New Year lucky bags to offer extraordinary experiences

Customers are seeking "a break from their daily lives," according to one department store official.
Japan controlled half or more of the global chips market through the 1980s but has less than a tenth of the market today.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2024

Japan taps U.S. chip startup Tenstorrent to help train new wave of engineers

The contract is part of Japan's effort to reinvigorate its semiconductor industry.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris concluded their presidential campaigns on Monday with closing arguments that mirrored, in tone and in substance, the competing visions they have offered a deeply divided nation.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2024

Harris and Trump conclude historic campaign with dueling rallies

Their closing arguments mirrored, in tone and in substance, the competing visions they have offered a deeply divided nation.
Manga artist Kazuo Umezu
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2024

Japanese manga artist Kazuo Umezu dies at 88

Kazuo Umezu started drawing comics from his childhood and made his debut as a manga artist in 1955, when he was a high school student.
In the April-September period, Nintendo logged net profit of ¥108.7 billion ($710 million), down 60% from the same period a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2024

Nintendo lowers sales forecast as first-half profits plunge

The video game giant now expects sales of ¥1.28 trillion, down from the previous estimate of ¥1.35 trillion, and also issued a less optimistic operating profit forecast.
The Tubassadors are (from left) Tomohiro Sosogi, Kazuto Shikada, Soen Tamura and Keisuke Nishibu.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 5, 2024

The Tubassadors hope to change the tuba’s tune

Orchestras aren't known for tuba solos in their performances. However, this Tokyo-based quartet puts the instrument front and center.
While economic sanctions have not caused Russia’s economy to collapse as some had hoped, they have imposed significant costs on Vladimir Putin's government and his war aims.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2024

Punishing Putin is more important than ever

In reality, the-Russian-sanctions-aren’t-working-why-bother argument is straight out Putin’s propaganda playbook.
Democratic Party for the People chief Yuichiro Tamaki (left) and his counterpart in the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, meet in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2024

Opposition parties band together to shape Lower House agenda

Four main opposition parties have agreed to jointly request the opening of a session of the budget committee and a special committee on political reform.
There will be considerable consistency in U.S. policy regardless of who wins the presidential election, however, and, unfortunately, many of them will trouble allies and partners.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2024

Regardless of election results, U.S. foreign policy is sure to trouble allies

“Strategic competition between the United States and China is poised to intensify no matter who assumes the U.S. presidency in January 2025.”
Seiji Izumisawa, the CEO of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, said at a briefing that while currency fluctuations and inflation make the future unpredictable, strong order intakes are encouraging.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2024

Mitsubishi Heavy net income falls, but orders still solid

Shares in the company fell 2.5% Tuesday after it reported that net income for the June-September period failed to meet analysts’ average estimate.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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