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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2021

What does it mean to ‘never forget’?

For all its slogan-like simplicity, these twinned words seem freighted with the complexities of guilt, obligation and even presumption — as if we could ever forget.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2021

20 years on, the 'war on terror' grinds along with no end in sight

The 'war on terror' waxes and wanes, largely in the shadows and out of the headlines — less an epochal clash than a low-grade condition and one that flares up occasionally.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 11, 2021

Emma Raducanu seeing commitment pay off during fairy-tale run to U.S. Open final

She has now become the first qualifier — male or female — to reach a Grand Slam final and has done so without dropping a set in New York.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2021

Did Nazis produce these uranium cubes? Researchers look for an answer.

Determining whether the cubes were produced by Nazi Germany could lead to more questions, such as whether the Nazis could have had enough to create a critical reaction.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2021

Biden's vaccine mandate signals a White House done with persuasion

U.S. President Joe Biden and his aides have concluded something in recent weeks: The Mr. Nice Guy approach isn't working.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2021

U.S. could authorize Pfizer COVID-19 shot for kids age 5-11 in October

Moderna Inc.'s vaccine will likely take about three weeks longer, with an estimated decision on that shot set to come around November at the earliest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2021

Utagawa Kuniyoshi: When censorship strikes, art gets playful

Ota Memorial Museum of Art's two-part exhibition of the woodblock print artist's works reveals his impish sense of humor.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 11, 2021

Onigiri for Love: Little packages from chefs with big hearts

Yoshihiro Narisawa and Wagyumafia's Hisato Hamada launched the rice ball charity project as a way to support producers in rural areas and express thanks to Japan's health care workers.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 11, 2021

If you provide it, they will come: Japan's youth aren't as vaccine hesitant as politicians thought

As evidenced by the amount of people who showed up at a Shibuya vaccine site, young people are pretty keen on getting some protection against COVID-19.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 11, 2021

Roger Dahl on Suga's shock resignation

Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Sep 11, 2021

Roger Dahl on learning summer festival dances

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2021

Fitch upgrade of ‘Taiwan, China’ jolts traders and irks Taipei

Fitch Ratings referred to Taiwan as being part of China in the headline of a ratings announcement for the first time since at least 2003, triggering a rebuke from the government in Taipei.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 11, 2021

Behind the ‘closed’ doors of Tokyo’s bars, alcohol is still flowing

A pervasive but hushed rebellion is happening across the city. Whether they accepted subsidies or not, bars operating as semi-secret COVID-era speakeasies are everywhere.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 11, 2021

Believe it or not, ‘expensive’ Japan is actually underpriced

Tokyo's reputation as an expensive city was debunked by Diamond's comparisons of prices for various consumer items in different cities around the world.
The Tokyo-based company Kioxia Holdings’ IPO price was ¥1,455, right at the middle of its range. That valued the firm at ¥784 billion ($5.2 billion).
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2024

Bain-backed Kioxia sets IPO price, valuing memory maker at $5.2 billion

The Tokyo-based company’s IPO price was ¥1,455, right at the middle of its range.
Protesters tear signs, depicting the names of ruling People Power Party lawmakers who didn't vote during the impeachment motion against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol last Saturday, as they attend a rally calling for the impeachment of Yoon, who declared and quickly reversed a martial law order last week, in front of the PPP's headquarters in Seoul on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

South Korea's Yoon banned from foreign travel as leadership crisis deepens

On Monday, the Defense Ministry said Yoon was still legally commander in chief, but his grip on power has come into question.
Factory workers make jeans in Dhaka in March 2023.
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2024

Extreme heat puts garment factory workers at risk, study shows

New European Union regulations make retailers selling in the bloc legally liable for conditions at their suppliers.
Police officers reinvestigate a Tobu Tojo Line railroad crossing in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on Dec. 27, 2023, after a man was fatally hit by a train weeks earlier.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2024

Tokyo police arrest four men on suspicion of staging colleague’s suicide

They allegedly coerced the 56-year-old victim into standing on railway tracks where he went on to be fatally struck by a train.
Yankees outfielder Juan Soto hits a solo home run against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series in Los Angeles on Oct. 26. Soto reportedly agreed to a contract with the New York Mets on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 9, 2024

Star slugger Juan Soto to join Mets on record deal worth $765 million

None of the money in the deal is deferred, and the contract could end up being worth over $800 million.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech at the Lower House on Nov. 29.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

Japan's government submits ¥13.9 trillion extra budget for fiscal 2024

The budget will finance a comprehensive economic package that includes measures to tackle inflation and aid for areas affected by natural disasters in the Noto Peninsula.
Former Pirates star Dave Parker participates in a ceremony honoring the Pirates' 1979 World Series team in Pittsburgh on May 25.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 9, 2024

Dave Parker and Dick Allen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Needing a vote of at least 75%, Parker received 14 of 16 votes and Allen, who died in 2020 at the age of 78, got 13 votes.
The number of bankruptcies in Japan is likely to exceed 10,000 for the first time since 2013.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2024

Japan's bankruptcies set to hit 11-year high in 2024, data shows

841 Japanese companies went bankrupt in November, bringing the January-November tally to 9,164, already exceeding last year's total.
Kansai Electric Power's Takahama nuclear power plant's No.1 reactor (right) in Fukui Prefecture, which surpassed 50 years of operation in November. On the left is the No. 2 reactor.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2024

Renewables eyed as biggest source of Japan's energy mix in fiscal 2040

The government is also expected to aim for a 20% share for nuclear energy as part of efforts toward decarbonization.
Destruction left in the wake of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine in the city of Hulyaipole, in the country's Zaporizhzhia region, in September 2022
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2024

Does a savage war of partition await Ukraine?

Donald Trump appears bent on striking a “peace” deal with Russia that involves Ukraine’s dismemberment.
Elon Musk, a co-leader of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, carries his son X Æ A-Xii Musk following a meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2024

DOGE's best idea yet is permanent daylight saving time

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s support for adopting a year-round clock would give the U.S. more sunshine and less confusion.
A man vapes on a beach in Nice, France, in 2019. In the absence of European Union regulations on vaping, each country now applies different rules and levels of excise tax on electronic cigarettes.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

EU countries want vaping included in bloc's tobacco tax law

Each country now applies different rules and levels of excise tax on electronic cigarettes, distorting the bloc's single market.
Ant and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 9, 2024

Jack Ma pushes AI drive in rare speech since Ant crackdown

The co-founder of Ant and affiliate Alibaba showed up to talk about the next 20 years of the fintech company and the opportunities brought on by artificial intelligence.
There has been intense speculation about the possibility of China launching military drills in response to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's Pacific tour last week that included two stopovers on U.S. soil.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

Taiwan on high alert after China's military restricts airspace

There has been speculation about the possibility of China launching military drills in response to Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's Pacific tour last week.
Former England assistant manager Steve Holland watched Marinos' final match of the season from the stands on Sunday.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 9, 2024

Former England assistant Steve Holland set to coach Yokohama F. Marinos

Media reports said Holland would take charge of Yokohama ahead of the new J. League season, which starts in February.
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.
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.
‘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.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

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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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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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