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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2021

North Korea says call to declare end of Korean War is premature

The two Koreas are still technically at war after their 1950-1953 conflict ended in a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2021

'Death sentence': Low-lying nations implore faster action on climate at U.N.

Faced with what they see as an existential threat, leaders from low-lying nations implored rich countries this week to act more forcefully against a warming planet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2021

U.S. CDC advisers back COVID-19 booster shots for older people but not for high-risk workers

Beyond older Americans, the committee also recommended the shots for all adults over 50 with underlying conditions, as well as some 18- to 49-year-olds with those conditions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

Melvin Van Peebles, champion of new Black cinema, dies at 89

A fertile creative force, he wrote fiction and musicals but is best known for a breakthrough movie that heralded the genre known as blaxploitation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021

China preparing for Evergrande's downfall, report says

The move has been characterized as 'getting ready for the possible storm' by officials, The Wall Street Journal said in a report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021

In setback for Apple, EU plans one mobile charging port for all

The move has been more than 10 years in the making, with the European Union executive touting environmental benefits and savings for users.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2021

As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods and drought

The disastrous mix of floods, drought and intense downpours could be a glimpse of a potentially dire future.
JAPAN / Explainer
Sep 23, 2021

Japan prepares booster shots amid worries over waning vaccine efficacy

Preparations have begun to administer additional shots to health care workers and older people, but debate still swirls around how extra doses should be given and when.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2021

Library named after alum Haruki Murakami at Tokyo's Waseda University

The university will open the Waseda International House of Literature, also known as the Murakami Haruki Library, on Oct. 1 at its campus in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2021

Homophobes and autocrats: Dictators depend on order

Dictators maintain their positions by controlling as many aspects of life in the country as they can, including defining exactly how people should behave.
The Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 29, 2024

Stimulus staved off years of deflation, BOJ study says

The study found that monetary stimulus beginning in 2013 boosted the level of gross domestic product by as much as 1.8 percentage point on average through this year.
A Shiseido at a consumer products exhibition in Haikou, China, in 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2024

Shiseido profit outlook squeezed by China downturn, president says

Shiseido joins other luxury brands that have been hurt by slowing growth, increased competition and weaker consumer confidence in China.
Environmental activists demonstrate in front of the convention center in Busan, South Korea, where delegates from around the world are seeking to reach a binding treaty against plastic waste.
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 29, 2024

Showdown looms on plastic treaty days before deadline

With just two days of talks left, countries seeking an ambitious treaty urged delegations that "have not moved a centimeter" to make compromises or "get out of the way."
An observation deck at a Starbucks store with views of North Korea in Gimpo, South Korea, on Friday
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2024

Starbucks serves South Koreans coffee and a glimpse into the North

Hundreds showed up on Friday for the opening of the U.S. coffeehouse chain's newest store in an observatory near the city of Gimpo.
A government panel of experts says there is a need to monitor communications between foreign countries via Japan, as well as those between Japan and foreign countries, considering possible cyberattacks using malware-infected servers in Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2024

Japan panel proposes law to monitor communications for cyberdefense

The panel, headed by former Ambassador to the United States Kenichiro Sasae, said that surveillance "needs to be conducted before attacks become apparent."
A Chinese J-16 fighter jet is seen during a joint patrol with Russian forces on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2024

China and Russia conduct joint military air patrol near Japan

This was the eighth large-scale joint flight by military aircraft from the two countries near Japan and the first since December last year.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a meeting during the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 18.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 30, 2024

Ishiba considering visit to South Korea in early January

The two East Asian countries will next year mark the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda attends a news conference after a policy meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 31.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 30, 2024

BOJ's Ueda says rate hike timing 'approaching,' Nikkei reports

The remarks reinforce growing market expectations that the BOJ will raise its short-term policy rate from the current 0.25% as soon as its next meeting on Dec. 18-19.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves the Delta Hotel on his way to meet U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 30, 2024

Canada’s Justin Trudeau holds crucial meeting with Trump in Florida

Trudeau was the first Group of Seven leader to have a face-to-face meeting with Trump since the U.S. election.
Crown Prince Akishino holds a news conference Monday in Tokyo ahead of his 59th birthday on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2024

Crown Prince Akishino turns 59

At a news conference held in advance at the Akasaka East Residence in Tokyo, the Crown Prince declined to comment on the Imperial Family system.
Wealthy people in Japan failed to declare a total of ¥65.5 billion in taxable income in the year through June, down 33.2% from the year before, a National Tax Agency report showed Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2024

Japan's wealthy fail to declare ¥65.5 billion in income

The tax agency attributed the rise partly to the full-fledged use of artificial intelligence to make investigations more efficient.
The largest corporate donors to the ruling LDP were Toyota Motor and Sumitomo Chemical, with ¥50 million each.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 30, 2024

LDP received ¥2.4 billion in corporate donations in 2023

The figure is down 1.9% from the previous year, the first decline in three years, according to political funds records released Friday.
Hiroyuki Fukuda is due to become the new president of Nippon Television Holdings in April.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2024

Four Nippon TV affiliates to integrate management in April

The aim of the merger is to stabilize their business base and address the increasingly tough business environment resulting from media diversification.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te gives a keynote address on the island's national day in Taipei on Oct. 10.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 30, 2024

China urges utmost caution by U.S. ahead of Taiwan leader's Hawaii trip

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te starts a trip this week that will see him transit both Hawaii and Guam, as part of a Pacific tour.
Syrian jihadis in the streets of the northern city of Aleppo on Saturday. Jihadis and their Turkish-backed allies reached Syria's second city of Aleppo earlier, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government.
WORLD
Nov 30, 2024

Jihadis and allies breach Syria's second city in lightning assault

The fighters took control of "half of the city of Aleppo" as regime forces withdrew, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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