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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2022

In Japan, people gather in solidarity with China's anti-lockdown protests

With criticism tightly controlled in China, the protestors there are “very, very brave,” a demonstrator said, adding that that's why 'I can't do nothing, I must do something.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 1, 2022

How many migrant workers have died in Qatar prior to World Cup?

The government of Qatar said its labor system was still a work in progress but denies allegations that thousands of migrant workers were being trapped and exploited.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2022

Kishida Cabinet approves bill banning use of fear to solicit donations

The move is aimed at providing relief to followers of the controversial Unification Church and their family members who have been left in financial ruin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2022

EU warns Musk that Twitter must obey disinformation rules

Twitter has stopped enforcing a rule preventing users from sharing misleading information about COVID-19 and vaccine effectiveness, which Brussels sees as a red flag.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Smart Countryside
Dec 1, 2022

Is it a bus or a taxi? For some small Japanese towns, the answer is both

Hybrid mobility services are helping cater to Japan's older citizens, many of whom live in areas where traditional forms of public transport are lacking.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 1, 2022

Efforts underway to revive local horse racing in Japan

Sales have been recovering, due in part to online sales of betting tickets, although until now local racecourses have not been financially strong enough to splurge on repairs to facilities.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2022

Pressure grows for talks on future of Japan's struggling regional railways

With people living near loss-making train lines concerned about their possible scrapping, operators will need to consider their perspective in presenting plans, pundits say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2022

For China’s leader, another dilemma: How to mourn Jiang Zemin

Paying tribute to Jiang while preventing him from becoming a symbolic cudgel against the current regime will be a challenge for Xi Jinping in the coming weeks
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 1, 2022

LIV Golf adds more events for 2023

The LIV Golf tour added three tournaments to its 14-event schedule in 2023.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 1, 2022

Unusual 'triple-dip' La Nina weather may persist into March, U.N. says

The current large-scale cooling of surface temperatures is the first triple-dip La Nina of the century and only the third since 1950, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization said.
A man in a business suit walks past activists during Climate Week in the Financial District of New York on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 20, 2023

In New York, investors fill gaps left by inaction on climate change

Wealthy nations have famously dragged their feet on meeting a pledge of contributing $100 billion per year to developing nations, now four years overdue.
Many of the wealthy in Japan are becoming more keen to park their cash in private assets like equity, credit and real estate that aren't traded in public markets.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2023

Brokers tap demand for private assets among Japan's wealthy

Private assets are booming globally after decades-high inflation and rapid interest-rate hikes weighed on both shares and bonds.
Search and rescue volunteers in Derna, Libya, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 20, 2023

Journalists ordered out of flood-hit Libyan city after protests

An official in the administration that runs eastern Libya said that the decision to move journalists was unrelated to the protests there overnight.
Migrants arrive in the harbor of the Italian island of Lampedusa. On Monday, Italy extended its detention periods for illegal migrants to deter arrivals after record boat crossings from North Africa.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2023

Italy changes tack on EU naval mission, repurposed as blockade

Critics say pushing back boats would violate international asylum rules and the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility in Phoenix, Arizona
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2023

TSMC weighs advanced chip packaging in U.S. to ease bottleneck

The U.S. is talking to TSMC about research and development for the first time, in an effort to bring more of the contract chipmaker’s technology onshore.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2023

Possibly contaminated iron scraps from near Fukushima plant sold

Workers at a subcontractor of Kajima took the scraps without permission, violating the process of dealing with contaminated waste.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2023

Janet Yellen defends climate progress as critics push harder

The U.S. Treasury chief has made climate change a top priority. For some that’s a great relief. For others, it’s a distinction that’s too easy to claim.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S President Joe Biden during a state dinner at the White House in Washington in June
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2023

Trudeau’s murder claim risks upending U.S. courtship of India

The allegations leave U.S. President Joe Biden caught between one of the U.S.' closest allies and an increasingly important partner in countering China.
Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2023

U.S. sees once-in-generation shot to reset rocky Thai alliance

Thailand's new premier wants closer ties with the West in order to to reinvigorate an economy that has lagged behind its neighbors.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2023

Climate fault lines in clear sight at U.N. General Assembly

Disconnects are likely to remain front and center when many of the same leaders gather in Dubai for COP28 in November.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference last Wednesday following a Cabinet reshuffle.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 20, 2023

Kishida may reveal priority areas for economic package next week

The size of an envisaged fiscal 2023 state supplementary budget to finance the economic measures will be a major focus, informed sources said.
A woman walks past surveillance cameras in Shanghai. China’s Ministry of State Security has called for a "whole of society mobilization,” urging the public to watch for what it considers foreign-backed subversion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2023

Burner laptops and smaller profits: Firms face China challenges

Beijing has doubled down on policies emphasizing security and self-reliance that make it harder to do business.
A cross-section illustration of the second Seikan Tunnel proposed by the Japan Project-Industry Council
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Sep 25, 2023

Is the plan to build a second Seikan Tunnel realistic?

Advocates suggest shorter travel times and revitalized communities, while critics worry about the price tag.
A woman with HTLV-1 from Okinawa Prefecture talks about her experience of being turned away at a clinic outside the prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Sep 25, 2023

Website aims to shed light on little-known blood cancer virus

Awareness of HTLV-1, a virus that causes adult T-cell leukemia and other diseases, is low in Japan. A website called Hot Lives aims to change that.
Pedestrians pass an advertisement for Huawei's Mate 60 series smartphones outside a Huawei store in Shanghai on Sept. 8. Huawei's Mate 60 Pro uses an advanced chip and is said to be capable of 5G speeds.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2023

Huawei ships Chinese-made surveillance chips despite tech curbs

The developments, as well as advances in Chinese-made smartphone chips, indicate the technology giant is overcoming Washington's export controls.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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