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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2023

Japan eyes stockpiling disaster supplies at post offices

The government is considering using post offices to stockpile emergency supplies with an eye to delivering them to evacuation areas in the event of disasters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2023

Used car subscription services gain popularity in Japan amid delivery delays

Used car subscription services grow popular with Japan's younger generation amid delays in the delivery of new automobiles caused by a global chip shortage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2023

Japan's influence in Asia waning, Australia think tank says

A strengthening of Japan's defense capabilities will not be enough to compensate for the country's waning overall influence in Asia, an Australian think tank said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2023

Chief Cabinet secretary temporarily fills PM role as Kishida undergoes surgery

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida underwent endoscopic surgery for chronic sinusitis at a Tokyo hospital on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2023

Chinese Navy vessel enters Japanese waters near Kagoshima islands

Tokyo expressed concern through diplomatic channels to Beijing about a Chinese Navy vessel that entered Japan's territorial waters in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 12, 2023

Fukui’s dwindling washi makers hold on to paper-thin margins

As a product, washi's beauty is unassailable. As an industry, it's future is in doubt.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Feb 12, 2023

Miso soup for the soul: Tokyo's top spots for warming sips of umami

From trendy to traditional and takeout to eat-in, Tokyo has more than enough stellar miso soup to warm you up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 11, 2023

Sushi freezing tech improving in Japan

With frozen food items selling well in Japan since the start of the pandemic, technologies to freeze sushi have been improving drastically.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2023

Female-led startups pitch for bigger slice of scarce funding

The past year was difficult for almost anyone looking to raise money amid rising inflation, but it was already almost impossible for small companies founded by women.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Japan confirms 27,468 new cases of coronavirus

Nationwide, 134 new deaths were reported among COVID-19 patients and there were 314 patients with severe symptoms, down by 12 from Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2023

Hidden graves: India's crackdown on Kashmir rebel funerals

'Martyrs' graveyards,' as they are known locally, have traumatized the families of slain young men and outraged Kashmiris chafing under a broader clampdown on dissent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2023

China considering tripling stockpile of nuclear warheads, sources say

The blueprint, mapped out by the People's Liberation Army, has already been approved by President Xi Jinping, who has been eager to bolster Beijing's deterrence against Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2023

Rishi Sunak is privately drafting plans to rebuild Britain’s ties with the EU

Driven in part by the fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine, officials have been drafting proposals for how Britain can work more closely with EU nations across a range of policy areas.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 11, 2023

Eagles searching for right formula to slow down Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl

Brandon Graham has already strip-sacked the greatest quarterback of all time in a Super Bowl. What to do for an encore?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 11, 2023

Veteran Yu Darvish surprised and honored by six-year extension

The 36-year-old right-hander's new deal is worth a reported $108 million, according to MLB.com, and the Osaka native said it left him overwhelmed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2023

Chinese woman's 'purchase' of uninhabited Okinawa island causes stir online

Some social media users have expressed envy, while others dubbed the move 'an expansion of Chinese territory.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 11, 2023

Kishida's pick for new BOJ chief a calculated surprise

Kishida has been caught in a bind between markets anticipating a pivot by the BOJ and some LDP lawmakers who are urging him to stick with Abenomics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2023

Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land

Displaced by decades of war, the Siekopai Indigenous peoples eke out a living doing odd jobs as they fight to return to their home in the Amazon rainforest.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2023

In eastern Ukraine, snipers watch and wait in bitter cold

Looking into telescopic sights for long hours can be stressful, one sniper says, but nothing is as difficult as withstanding the cold for hours on end.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2023

How a band of Ukraine civilians helped seal Russia's biggest defeat

New accounts from Kherson have provided a rare window into how intelligence and sabotage operations are being coordinated with Ukrainian intelligence services behind enemy lines.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 11, 2023

Turkey earthquake evokes questions over building standards

As Turkey's death toll rises, so has fury over why, in a country with multiple fault lines and a history of major jolts, building quality is so poor that buildings fall apart like paper.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 11, 2023

Oil rebound more likely this year as $100 a barrel possible, OPEC sources say

Oil may resume its rally in 2023 as Chinese demand recovers after COVID-19 curbs were scrapped and lack of investment limits growth in supply.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2023

U.S. downs high-altitude object over Alaska as China tensions surge

U.S. officials offered few details about the origin of the object, but said it was about the size of a car and did not appear to have the ability to maneuver.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 11, 2023

Subic and Clark bases not included in U.S. defense pact, Philippine leader says

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also said a tripartite agreement with the United States and Japan was discussed during his five-day visit to Tokyo from Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Feb 11, 2023

Chip giant TSMC spurs factory land shortage in small Kyushu town

Foreign and domestic companies have been flocking to the Kyushu region to capitalize on the first full-scale manufacturing operation in Japan launched by TSMC.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2023

Children rescued as Turkey-Syria quake toll nears 24,000

At least 870,000 people urgently needed food in the two countries after the quake, which has made up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria alone, the U.N. warned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 11, 2023

Prices to rise in Japan on over 10,000 food items over higher costs

Prices of 12,054 items have climbed or are expected to do so this year, according to Teikoku Databank Ltd. data as of Jan. 31.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2023

U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist

The restrictions come after the U.S. said it would consider broader efforts to 'expose and address' China's larger surveillance activities that threaten national security and allies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 11, 2023

Long-term air pollution exposure raises depression risk, studies find

Air pollution has long been linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The new studies add to a growing body of evidence that air pollution also affects mental health.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2023

Biden plans to bar some U.S. investments in China and track others

The Biden administration plans to outright ban investments in some Chinese technology companies and increase scrutiny of others.
Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan
Group A Streptococcus typically causes swelling and sore throat in children, but some types of the bacteria can lead to symptoms developing rapidly.
North Korea building roads and walls inside DMZ, report says
What's believed to be loudspeakers at the top of a hill on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on Tuesday.
Southwest Airlines plane plunged within 120 meters of ocean near Hawaii
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in Houston in 2019
The evolving nature of fatherhood in Japan
Father's Day is said to have come to Japan around 1950, shortly after the establishment of Mother's Day.
J-pop act Mrs. Green Apple spikes ‘Columbus’ video after viewer backlash
Mrs. Green Apple has posted an apology on its official website after backlash over a music video that portrayed explorer Christopher Columbus in a charming way.
G7 leaders unite to hammer China over trade and Russian lifeline
U.S. President Joe Biden joins other world leaders, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as they watch a skydiving demonstration at the annual Group of Seven summit in Savelletri, Italy, on Thursday.
Calls for Kishida to step down growing among local LDP chapters
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida listens to voters in the city of Kumamoto in April. Liberal Democratic Party politicians are afraid that Kishida's unpopularity could seal their own fates when they stand for local elections.
Renho, the liberal politician who might dethrone Tokyo's Koike
Renho speaks to reporters on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Despite its hardworking image, Japan might be No. 1 in quiet quitting
Only 6% of the Japanese workforce is engaged while a third of the workforce is job hunting or looking out for new opportunities, according to a Gallup report.
In Japan, a legal fight for the right to sterilization surgery
Kazane Kajiya, 27, (second from left) and others filed a lawsuit against the state, arguing that the Maternal Health Law infringes upon their constitutional rights by restricting women's ability to make decisions about their own bodies.

Podcast

Yayoi Kusama’s “Pumpkin,” once the victim of high waves that dragged it into the sea, sits at the end of a pier on the south side of Naoshima.
The sweaty pleasure of Japan’s inconvenient art

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Father's Day is said to have come to Japan around 1950, shortly after the establishment of Mother's Day.
The evolving nature of fatherhood in Japan
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