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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2022

Democrats were smart to meddle in GOP primaries

Democrats' meddlingu00a0in GOP primaries is aimed at helping extremist Republican candidates advance in order to improve the general election chances of Democrats.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2022

Obama tries to rescue Democrats from U.S. midterm losses

Recent opinion polls offered the Democratic Party hope of retaining control of the Senate while losing control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2022

Two Japanese killed in Seoul Halloween crush

Local Seoul police reported the deaths of two Japanese women to the Japanese Embassy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2022

Russian ambassador to Japan to leave office: report

Russian Ambassador Mikhail Galuzin often advocated a hard-line stance toward the long-standing Tokyo-Moscow dispute over four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 30, 2022

Wages, not yen, key to when Japan shifts away from ultralow rates

With Japan's economy still weak, the BOJ is not expected to raise interest rates in the near term, even if that means more downward pressure on the yen.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2022

How Halloween parties turned deadly in a popular Seoul district

The intimacy of backstreets in the Itaewon district turned sinister this Halloween weekend, with a deadly crush killing at least 151 people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2022

Just one case of polio is a global threat

The polio outbreak in New York demonstrates the importance of sustained eradication efforts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2022

The domestic factors behind North Korea’s missile tests

Historically, Pyongyang launches its most provocative foreign policy moves when the regime faces particularly intense problems at home. Current North Korean behavior fits this pattern.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2022

Celebrations relatively restrained as Halloween returns to Tokyo

After waves of COVID-19 and memories of a costumed assailant last year, Shibuya's Halloween partygoers were met with alcohol bans and more security.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 3,687 new cases

The number of severely ill patients under Tokyo's criteria remained the same as Saturday at 15, while four deaths linked to the virus were reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 30, 2022

Iga Swiatek confuse and disappointed by Simona Halep's failed drug test

Halep had described the ban as the 'biggest shock of her life' and denied knowingly taking any banned substance.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2023

Elderly Saitama hostage-taker had 'grudge' against post office

The 86-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shooting into a hospital in Saitama Prefecture and taking hostages at a post office.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2023

Hotly debated tax cuts risk backfiring on Kishida administration

When Kishida announced plans to cut income and residence taxes to ease the hit from inflation, there was a chorus of skepticism rather than joy.
Protesters wave Palestinian flags as they walk over Westminster Bridge near the Houses of Parliament in London on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2023

Immigration, politics and the West's foreign policy

On the same day that a 100,000 strong pro-Palestinian march took place in London, the police pressured a pro-Israeli prayer walk to cancel the event.
An Israeli man attends a day of prayer in the Old City of Jerusalem on Oct. 19 where attendees called for the safe return of hostages taken by Hamas militants earlier in the month. 
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2023

Israel’s own 9/11 moment

Israel needs to prepare now for when the fighting stops. Will it look to the Palestinian Authority to administer Gaza? What role will the U.N. play?
A ceremony marking the opening of the carbon credit market at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Oct. 11
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2023

Why all carbon credits aren’t created equal

Because the carbon credit market is unregulated and completely voluntary, it’s been able to get away with a lack of scrutiny.
Economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (center) is right to insist that economic security is linked to national power and determines the fate of the nation. REUTERS
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2023

Economic security demands attention and defies simple explanation

A global challenge: Resilience and innovation are key strategies in the pursuit of economic security.
Fortnite is estimated to be played by over 400 million people worldwide.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2023

Fortnite developer fails to report ¥30 billion in revenue in Japan

The problem, which lasted for three years to December 2020, was uncovered in an investigation.
A screengrab taken from a video — released by the Chinese coast guard in October — shows a collision between a Chinese coast guard ship (right) and a Philippine resupply boat.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2023

Japan to offer surveillance radars to Philippines

The Japanese security aid comes as a territorial dispute between the Philippines and China is intensifying in the South China Sea.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2023

Yusuke Oyama lifts Tigers to thrilling win to even Japan Series

The Japan Series between the Tigers and Buffaloes is now tied 2-2.
A former pop idol (Mai Fukagawa) finds herself in a slump with little money, no partner and precarious mental health as she nears her 30s in “Tsundol.”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 2, 2023

‘Tsundol’: Pop idol on the brink gets mental health uplift

While it is a predictable drama about a former singer getting her life together, the film addresses her mental well-being in a refreshing manner.
An out-of-work porn director (Go Ayano, right) goes on a drunken trip down memory lane with one of his dead lover’s former partners (Tasuku Emoto, left) in “A Spoiling Rain.”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 2, 2023

‘A Spoiling Rain’: A boozy, rueful requiem for love and porn

Based on a novella, Haruhiko Arai’s drama keeps the melancholy core of its source material but expands it into a personal ode to the erotic film industry.
Kyung An, an associate curator of Asian art at the Guggenheim, curated “Only the Young” with Kang Soojung of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 2, 2023

American museums keep the spotlight on Korean art

There are at least five exhibitions of Korean art at major U.S. museums this fall.
Bobby Knight introduces Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a rally in Toledo, Ohio, in 2016. Knight died Wednesday at age 83.
BASKETBALL
Nov 2, 2023

Bobby Knight, basketball coach known for trophies and tantrums, dies at 83

Mercurial and volatile, Knight was a brilliant coach who sought out intelligent players, making his mark at Indiana University.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton has finished the last two races second on track, although he was disqualified from the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin when the car failed post-race checks, and has looked increasingly comfortable in the car.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 2, 2023

Hamilton wants to win in Brazil but has sights on future glory

The 38-year-old great has not triumphed since 2021 but he remained optimistic about the future.
Smoke rises from destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2023

U.S. and Israel weigh peacekeepers for Gaza after Hamas

The conversations have been impelled by a sense of urgency to come up with a plan for the future of Gaza now that a ground invasion has begun.

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