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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 14, 2021

The drones are coming: Unmanned machines fly to rural Japan's rescue

Aging and shrinking communities in the nation's countryside are looking to the sky for essential deliveries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2021

Rush to buy Merck’s COVID-19 pill risks leaving poor countries behind

Despite efforts to license molnupiravir to generic-drug firms, the same risks of unequal distribution remain, says report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 14, 2021

From beef bowls to coffee, cost surge squeezes Japan's salaryman staples

Economists and policymakers expect to see the recent price rises reflected in official data in the coming months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 14, 2021

Japanese companies back Kishida's plan for big fiscal stimulus, poll shows

The Corporate Survey showed 87% of firms urged a large extra budget to fund the stimulus, with 40% demanding an outlay of u00a510 trillion to u00a520 trillion.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2021

'A drop in the bucket': Lukewarm response for China biodiversity fund launch

While some have praised the country's $232 million pledge, others feel a country of China's size could be doing much more.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2021

Honda pledges to sell only electric cars in China after 2030

The firm said it will introduce 10 electric vehicles under its 'e:N Series” range within five years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 14, 2021

‘Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai’: A historical swashbuckler full of gusto

Director Masato Harada's period film focuses on the rise and fall of the infamous Shinsengumi samurai corps during the years of political tumult leading up to the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 14, 2021

Some 70 years ago it was taboo to deploy the SDF for disaster relief. Today it's indispensable.

Today, it is almost a given that the SDF will be called upon to assist local communities and prefectures after a disaster. But, 70 years ago, it was basically forbidden.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2021

WHO donors seek deeper probe into Congo sexual abuse, diplomats say

Some 83 aid workers, a quarter of them employed by the WHO, were found to have been involved in sexual exploitation and abuse during the country's Ebola epidemic from 2018 to 2020.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2021

Hong Kong Tiananmen Square memorial faces looming deadline for removal

The attempt to remove the sculpture was the latest move to suppress dissent in Hong Kong, where dozens of prominent activists have been prosecuted under the new national security law.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2021

Rocking down to electric avenue? Good luck charging your car.

In order to promote electric vehicles, it is essential to have the necessary infrastructure in place.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2021

Defending Taiwan means ensuring world peace

Beyond compromising freedom of navigation in a crucial region, a Chinese takeover of Taiwan would upend the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.
Taiwanese writer Yang Shuang-zi’s novel “Taiwan Travelogue” provides a portal to the past and allows the reader to explore a bygone world with their eyes, ears and stomach.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 15, 2024

The sentimental gastronomies of ‘Taiwan Travelogue’

Yang Shuang-zi’s layered tale of female companionship takes readers on an epicurean frolic through Taiwan's colonial era.
Japan's Shuko Aoyama (left) and Eri Hozumi celebrate after defeating the Romanian pair of Monica Niculescu and Elena Ruse during the Billie Jean Cup in Malaga, Spain, on Thursday.
TENNIS
Nov 15, 2024

Japan advances to Billie Jean Cup quarterfinals for first time in 11 years

Japan got off to the worst possible start in its first-round clash with the Romanians before rallying to win.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 23, 2024. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is nominating Kennedy to be the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2024

Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. vows to 'Make America Healthy Again'

Donald Trump announced he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the next secretary of Health and Human Services.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, is widely disliked by his former colleagues in Congress.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2024

Pressure mounts for release of Matt Gaetz congressional ethics report

Trump has raised the possibility of circumventing the Senate to install his personnel picks.
Tulsi Gabbard's nomination has raised alarm among the ranks of intelligence officers.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 15, 2024

Trump's choice of Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief vexes spy world

Donald Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard is among several high-level picks that suggest he may be prioritizing personal allegiance over competence.
Japan's economy expanded by an annualized 0.9% in the third quarter, data showed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 15, 2024

Japan’s economy beats consensus in boost for BOJ rate hike case

Gross domestic product expanded at an annualized pace of 0.9% in the three months through September from the prior period, a tad higher than the 0.7% consensus estimate.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington in November. The president-elect is rewarding his staunchest allies with plum roles.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 15, 2024

In choosing his team, Trump opts for personal ties and TV chops

It contrasts with his first presidency when he ended up with members on his team with whom he had no prior working relationship and no level of trust.
A Type 2 diabetes patient gives himself an insulin shot. In 2022, there were around 828 million people aged 18 years and older with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes worldwide, a new study found.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 15, 2024

More than 800 million adults have diabetes globally, study suggests

The study in The Lancet found the global prevalence of diabetes has doubled since 1990 to 14% from around 7%.
Lindsey Vonn poses with her World Cup trophies after the season finale in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in March 2010.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 15, 2024

Lindsey Vonn coming out of retirement to rejoin U.S. Ski Team at age 40

Vonn, a three-time Olympic medalist and four-time overall World Cup champion, retired in 2019 after a bruising 18-year career during which she suffered several injuries.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 15, 2024

LDP eyes larger tax breaks for individual political donations

The move is designed to lower the share of political donations from companies and organizations, which have been subject to public criticism.
Jannik Sinner hits a return against Daniil Medvedev during their match at the ATP Finals in Turin on Thursday.
TENNIS
Nov 15, 2024

Jannik Sinner finishes group stage of ATP Finals with perfect record

World No. 1 Sinner had already qualified for the semifinals thanks to Alex De Minaur winning the opening set in his defeat against Taylor Fritz earlier in the day.
Shannon Turner, who is often in and out of the hospital due to waterfall effects related to the interplay between long COVID, psoriatic arthritis, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and autoimmune diseases, sits up on a hospital bed in Philadelphia, in May 2023.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 15, 2024

Many long COVID patients adjust to slim recovery odds as world moves on

Recent scientific studies suggest the longer someone is sick, the lower their chances of making a full recovery.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen is tied for fourth in the NFL with 17 touchdown passes.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 15, 2024

Bills looking to derail Chiefs' quest for perfect season

The matchup features two of the most successful quarterbacks in the NFL in Mahomes, a two-time MVP, and the decorated but overshadowed Allen.
A University of Lisbon banner reads "From Lisbon to the World." Talent flight to wealthier countries of the north is a problem Portugal shares with several others in southern and central Europe.
WORLD / Society
Nov 15, 2024

Borderless Europe fights brain drain as talent heads north

Workers moving to other nations within the bloc exacerbates regional labor shortages and deprives poorer countries of tax revenues.
The U.S. said Japan should carry out interventions "only for very exceptional circumstances with appropriate prior consultations."
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 15, 2024

U.S. keeps Japan on forex monitoring list

The U.S. Treasury Department said Japan should carry out interventions "only for very exceptional circumstances with appropriate prior consultations."
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.
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.
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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