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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Nov 21, 2022

Kishida uses East Asian trip to defend rule of law amid concerns over China

During the eight-day trip, Kishida attended three multilateral conferences and had bilateral talks with a number of foreign leaders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2022

Toyota-Panasonic battery venture looking for new coastal site

The company, which formally started operations in 2020, also plans to pare production costs by adopting Toyota's so-called kaizen process of increasing productivity via tiny improvements.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2022

Kishida's G20 jet uses eco-friendly biofuel in green defense vehicle initiative

Use of sustainable aviation fuel is estimated to have cut carbon dioxide emissions on the prime minister's trip by roughly 1 ton compared with flights using regular fuel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2022

'COVID zero' returns to Chinese city rumored to be reopening

Shijiazhuang — a city of some 11 million people about 300 kilometers from the capital — has forbidden residents in areas deemed high risk from leaving their homes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2022

A breakthrough on climate compensation and seven other takeaways from COP27

The deal included a historic provision to set up a fund to help poorer countries face the harm caused by climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 21, 2022

After disappointing midterms, U.S. Republicans look to fresh faces for 2024

At the first major gathering of possible Republican 2024 presidential candidates this weekend, party members voiced a desire to move on from former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2022

Wall Street wants to believe Xi’s money-minting markets are back

Some of the biggest players in global markets are turning increasingly bullish on Chinese assets.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 21, 2022

Eagles rally late to beat Colts

'That was a great win, it wasn't what you draw up but in this league it rarely is,' said Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 21, 2022

Penaud double takes France to 'confidence-boosting' win over Japan

France captain Charles Ollivon said Sunday's 35-17 victory over Japan helps 'grow confidence' as they continued their winning run before next year's Rugby World Cup.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2022

As Ukraine nuclear plant is shelled, U.N. warns against 'playing with fire'

More than a dozen blasts shook Europe's biggest nuclear power plant on Saturday evening and Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2022

Safety of Tesla cars at center of South Korean trial over fatal crash

The trial comes at a time when the EV-maker faces a range of lawsuits and increased scrutiny by regulators.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 21, 2022

Ireland's Josh Van der Flier named World Rugby Player of the Year

Van der Flier started in all 11 tests this season and scored four tries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 21, 2022

Japanese carmakers face continuing risks in the Russian market

From county-based issues to reputational risks at home, automakers have had to tread carefully in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2022

Dozens dead after earthquake jolts Indonesia's Java island

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 56 people and injured hundreds when it damaged buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 4, 2023

JSA on right track with new rules to increase pro sumo participation

Revisions to the tsukedashi system will see more spots reserved for top amateur performers in the third and fourth divisions.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2023

Japanese officials warn mountain hikers of bear attacks this fall

Bear-caused deaths and injuries have been increasing, prompting the government to warn hikers to take precautionary measures.
Philippine Coast Guard personnel retrieve the body of a crew member of a Filipino fishing boat on Wednesday. Three fishermen are dead after their boat was "rammed" by a foreign commercial vessel in the South China Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard said on October 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2023

Three Filipino fishermen dead after boat 'rammed' in South China Sea

Manila said the vessel that collided with the boat in the flash point waterway was an oil tanker registered under the flag of the Marshall Islands.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 4, 2023

Number of absent schoolchildren in Japan hits record high

The number of elementary and junior high school children who refused to go to school for at least 30 days in fiscal 2022 jumped 22.1%.
The number of phone fraud cases involving international calls has been rising sharply in recent months.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2023

Japan logs sharp rise in phone fraud using international calls

Over half of telephone fraud cases reported in September involved international phone numbers.
French-Swedish physicist Anne L'Huillier, one of this year's Nobel laureates in physics, celebrates with students and colleagues in Lund, Sweden, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2023

What are attoseconds? New ways to measure time win physics Nobel.

There are around as many attoseconds in a single second as there have been seconds in the 13.8-billion year history of the universe.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Press freedom in India has plummeted since Modi came to power in 2014, rights activists and opposition lawmakers say, with Reporters Without Borders warning that such freedom is "in crisis" in the country.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2023

Indian police launch sweeping raids on journalists, arresting two

Police said the raids were carried out under a stringent anti-terror law that makes it virtually impossible to get bail.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 4, 2023

JGB yields hit fresh multiyear highs despite BOJ intervention

The benchmark 10-year JGB yield hovered around 0.78%, its highest since September 2013, after having fallen slightly the previous day.
The Justice Ministry is considering revising the law that requires wills to be handwritten so that people can write them on computers and smartphones.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2023

Japan considers law revision to allow computer-written wills

The Justice Ministry hopes that not requiring wills to be handwritten will both ease the burden of creating the documents and promote their use.
Tourists leave Ittoqqortoormiit, Denmark, after visiting the village on Aug. 20.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 4, 2023

Inuit hunters blame cruise ships as narwhal disappear

While some view Arctic tourism as a means to reinvigorate the community, others worry it could destroy the last surviving Inuit hunting societies.
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against COVID-19 measures Munich in 2022.
WORLD / Society
Oct 4, 2023

AI 'supercharges' online disinformation and censorship, report warns

Internet freedom declined for the 13th straight year, with China, Myanmar and Iran having the worst conditions of the 70 countries surveyed.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2023

Children's agency chief Ayuko Kato vows to tackle falling birthrate

One of the aims of the agency is to help implement the Children's Future Strategy, a plan that was announced as a way to reverse the declining birthrate.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the SoftBank World event in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2023

SoftBank’s Son tells Japan: Adopt AI or get left behind again

Japan, which largely missed the initial wave of growth from the internet, can’t afford to lose another three decades, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son said.
The Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple where Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in June in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 4, 2023

India's spies infiltrated West long before Canada's murder claim

Canada's recent allegations have thrust India's secretive Research and Analysis Wing into the global spotlight.
People walk past the Taiwanese flag in Taipei. Ahead of elections, Taiwan routinely flags the risk of interference from Beijing, saying that China seeks to sway the outcome to benefit candidates who may be more favorable toward the country.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2023

Beijing has 'diverse' ways of interfering in votes, Taipei warns

Military pressure, economic coercion or fake news could create a false choice between "war or peace" in the election, frightening voters.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreign nationals
The new administrative body would serve as a cross-agency "control tower" to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign nationals, according to the government.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

Podcast

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

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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