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JAPAN
May 26, 2022

With an eye on China, Japan asks universities to screen foreign students and scholars

The measures are also intended to help safeguard exchanges with American and European institutions.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 26, 2022

Is the next Shohei Ohtani already in NPB?

The American League MVP's historic 2021 season has inspired more Japanese players to try walking down their own two-way path.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2022

As heat cuts power in India's 'coal capital,' locals seek fair energy share

Jharkhand locals say the lack of power is unfair on their state, whose coal reserves light up big cities and power the nation's industries.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2022

After mass gun killings, other nations changed course — to notable effect

Only the U.S., whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events with tightened gun laws.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 26, 2022

U.N.'s grain-for-fertilizer plan holds little appeal for Moscow

Goodwill is lacking in Moscow, which has squarely blamed the Western sanctions imposed in response to Russia's military campaign in Ukraine for the food crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2022

A father’s worst fear: Losing one of his children

Alfred Garza III said he was on a lunch break when his daughter's mother told him she could not get her out of the school because it was on lockdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 26, 2022

New Zealand leader urges U.S. to return to regional trade pact

Speaking on a visit to Washington, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country would continue to push for greater access to the U.S. market even without the trade pact.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 26, 2022

Global automakers face electric shock in China

Kings of the combustion age such as General Motors and Volkswagen are falling behind local players in the booming electric vehicle market in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 26, 2022

Russia poised to act against ruble rebound that’s seen as a threat

Gains in the currency are giving the government pause, as they bite into exporter competitiveness and budget revenue on oil, gas and other commodities sold abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2022

Daiwa hiring M&A bankers in U.S. and Europe to tap dealmaking boom

By boosting its overseas network of about 500 investment bankers, Daiwa hopes to hit its target of earning u00a550 billion annually from M&A advisory in three to five years.
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2024

Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage

Japan Post and Seino Transportation have reached a basic agreement to work together on joint long-haul truck operations.
Onosato (right) defeats Abi during their bout at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in March.
SUMO
May 10, 2024

Onosato in position to use Summer Basho as springboard to stardom

The race for glory in the upcoming meet appears destined to be led by two men who have yet to win the Emperor’s Cup.
Ippei Mizuhara interprets for Shohei Ohtani during the baseball star's introductory news conference with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Dec. 14.
BASEBALL
May 10, 2024

Gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani's interpreter being turned into TV series

The shocking gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, which made headlines across the world earlier this year, is already heading to television.
A view of Matazo Kayama’s folding screen paintings reproduced on ceramic panels by Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics, displayed at Simose Art Museum.
CULTURE / Art
May 11, 2024

Art and architecture come together at Simose Art Museum

Tradition and innovation converge at Shimose Art Museum. For it first anniversary, the venue is spotlighting trailblazer nihonga artist Matazo Kayama.
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa in a news conference on Friday in Tokyo
JAPAN
May 10, 2024

Japan raps U.S. officials' remarks about atomic bombings

The comments were "inappropriate and unacceptable" the Foreign Minister told a parliamentary committee meeting.
If Donald Trump returns to the White House, will his foreign policy be as erratic as it was the first time? Would that help or hinder the U.S.? Leaders all over the world are asking themselves these questions.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2024

Would Trump 2.0 rekindle the merits of volatility?

Was Trump's erratic foreign policy an asset or a liability for the U.S.? In capitals all over the world, leaders are weighing the prospect of his return.
As the entire world is fixated on Gaza, the Iranian government has been arresting girls who go out in the street without headscarves and executing people.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2024

Don't let Gaza help Iran cloak its own repression

As the entire world is fixated on Gaza, the Iranian government has been arresting girls who go out in the street without headscarves and executing people.
The Liberal Democratic Party faction once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a fundrasing party in Tokyo in May 2023.
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2024

Abe faction's ex-treasurer pleads guilty to underreporting political funds

Junichiro Matsumoto admitted to underreporting political funds totaling ¥670 million ($4.3 million) in the period from 2018 to 2022.
LY said in November that there had been unauthorized access of its systems by a third party via Naver's cloud system, causing the leak of the personal data records of more than 300,000 Line users and others.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2024

Naver exploring options including stake sale in Line operator

Naver apologized for a recent security breach that led the Japanese government to issue administrative guidance.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese leader Xi Jinping review troops at the Tarbes Airport in southern France on Tuesday. Some experts believe Xi wants to drive a wedge between Europe and the United States with his European tour.
EDITORIALS
May 10, 2024

It’s ‘divide and conquer’ as Xi courts Europe

Xi wants to drive a wedge between Europe and the United States, or at least inhibit their convergence on a policy that identifies China as a threat.
The Hong Kong market's recent rally has been fueled by a reassessment of investment strategies, with previously favored markets such as Japan and Taiwan losing appeal. Bloomberg
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2024

What is behind the Hong Kong market’s fast and mysterious rally?

The reallocating of investments toward Chinese assets is likely to continue, despite the historical volatility associated with the Chinese market.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2024

Israel may have violated international law, U.S. report says

The Biden administration said Israel may have violated international law, but it won’t stop the flow of weapons and bombs to a key ally.
Palestinians sit on an animal-pulled cart as they move to safer areas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2024

U.S. working to keep Israel and Hamas engaged in Gaza truce efforts

The United Nations warned that aid for Gaza could grind to a halt within days after Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing.
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv on Friday.
WORLD
May 11, 2024

Russian forces attack Ukraine's Kharkiv region, striking on new front

Moscow's latest attack in the northeast opens up a new front in a war that has long been waged in the east and south.
CIA Director William Burns testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington in March 11.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 11, 2024

U.S. spy chief becomes key envoy as Biden-Netanyahu ties fray

CIA Director William Burns is quietly keeping Washington’s lines of communication open across the Middle East.

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