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BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 29, 2022

U.S. economy shows another decline, fanning recession fears

Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.2% in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 29, 2022

Ukraine bombs Russian forces in drive to retake south

Ukraine said on Thursday its planes had struck five Russian strongholds around the southern city of Kherson and another nearby city.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2022

Don't 'play with fire' over Taiwan, Xi warns in call with Biden

The White House said the long-scheduled call was part of the administration's efforts to deepen lines of communication with China and 'responsibly manage our differences.'
Japan Times
Switzerland report 2022
Jul 29, 2022

Switzerland and Japan: Bonded by the pursuit of quality and innovation

Japan and Switzerland have traditionally enjoyed excellent relations.
Japan Times
Switzerland report 2022
Jul 29, 2022

Novartis: Reimagining medicine in Japan through innovation

As one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, Novartis aspires to reimagine medicine to improve and extend the lives of people by continuing to challenge the status quo for better, more impactive solutions.
Japan Times
Switzerland report 2022
Jul 29, 2022

Bittrex Global: Bringing regulation to the forefront of crypto

The previous year saw the regulation of the crypto industry become a key topic for industry participants and regulators.
Japan Times
Switzerland report 2022
Jul 29, 2022

Every good trip begins with good advice

Harry Kolb Travel Services has been organizing trips from Switzerland to Japan and the Far East for 40 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 28, 2022

Fuji Rock Festival eyes a return to form

Overseas acts are back on the lineup but local artists will make the most of those sultry nights at one of Japan's marquee summer music festivals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2022

Japan to avoid capping defense spending next year

The budget outline, which serves as a guideline for ministries in submitting spending requests for next fiscal year, will be approved by Cabinet on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2022

Property crisis traps China into a market paradox

The effort to halt the spread of mortgage boycotts risks fueling the behavior officials are trying to prevent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2022

Taiwan had no greater champion than Shinzo Abe

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's mark on contemporary Japan-Taiwan relations will have lasting consequences.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2022

Nissan profits plunged almost 60% in first quarter amid Shanghai lockdown and chip shortage

The firm said it was facing a range of headwinds.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 28, 2022

'A new chapter of my life began': A child of Japan's 'baby hatch' speaks out

Koichi Miyatsu was only a toddler when he was placed in the hatch at a hospital in Kumamoto, where children can be left anonymously by desperate family members.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 28, 2022

Esports players with impairments continue to break down barriers

Naoya Kitamura, who has microphthalmos and has been blind since birth, says esports can help change the perception that people with disabilities 'just need assistance.'
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2024

Japan Inc. set to offer bumper pay hikes, paving way for stimulus end

Economists see negotiations resulting in an average increase of around 3.9% in pay for union workers at major firms.
It turns out that the mutations that make some people vulnerable to the neurological condition once had a useful function, protecting their ancestors from pathogens.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2024

Ancient DNA could be hiding all kinds of health secrets

Ancient genomes are unlocking the past and may provide blueprint for the origin of diseases.
Mike Tyson was boxing's undisputed heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 8, 2024

Boxing great Mike Tyson to face Jake Paul in exhibition

Tyson said he was looking forward to fighting an opponent who is 30 years his junior.
Any mix of the above foods that fit your dietary needs and preferences will make for filling and nutritious meals during an emergency.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 9, 2024

Don’t let the next quake catch you (or your stomach) off guard

There’s a hidden threat in the days of limited power and bare grocery store shelves that follow a natural disaster: nutritional deficiencies.
Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk says the Japanese public needs to know more about obesity rates before the weight-loss drug can take off in the country.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 9, 2024

Is Japan as thin as it thinks? Weight-loss drug maker says no.

In Japan, some 33% of men and 22% of women have a BMI of 25 — the crucial threshold — or more.
Yulia Naumenko is one of many Ukrainians living in Japan as the war in their home country stretches into its third year.
COMMUNITY
Mar 11, 2024

In war’s third year, Ukrainians in Japan still face daily trials

Two years of conflict has left Ukraine scarred and evacuees living in Japan with just as many struggles as when they arrived.
Chef Harutomo Hagi's self-named restaurant in Iwaki was selected as the 2023 Japan Times Destination Restaurant of the Year.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Mar 10, 2024

Hagi: French restaurant leads Fukushima revival

The Japan Times’ 2023 Restaurant of the Year is a sterling example of Fukushima’s slow and steady post-disaster revival.
Flint will call out when someone walks past and, in his cute but lonely voice, ask if you’ll spend some time with him.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Mar 11, 2024

Spare a few seconds for Flint

Nobody knows the history of this mysterious man, but we do know that Flint loves lazing around in the sun with his furry friend Emery.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2024

LDP to revise rules to ban traditional factions

The draft revisions include tougher penalties for political funds control law violations.
A Chinese coast guard ship sails during a military drill near Fuzhou, Fujian Province, near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands, in April 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 8, 2024

China steps up gray-zone warfare to exhaust Taiwan, defense report says

China is said to be utilizing tactics like balloons, drones and civilian boats to saturate areas around the island.
Boeing has faced a series of quality control issues, most recently in a hair-raising incident in January when a door-sized panel blew off the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2024

Wheel falls off Boeing passenger jet heading to Japan from U.S.

United Airlines said there were 249 people on board the Osaka-bound jet.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama waves during his first day of a teaching session at the Kalachakra Ground in the village of Bodhgaya, in the Indian state of Bihar, in December 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 8, 2024

Will reincarnation or realpolitik determine the Dalai Lama's successor?

Esoteric questions of rebirth rarely have political consequences, but many fear the search for the next Dalai Lama could inflame regional rivalries.
Swedish soldiers take part in the changing of the guard ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2024

Sweden’s NATO accession unlocks defense options to fend off Russia

Becoming a full member removes any ambiguity about whether the alliance would defend Sweden in the event of an attack, and vice versa.
TENNIS
Mar 8, 2024

Naomi Osaka off to winning start at Indian Wells

Osaka joked about heading back to her hotel to change her infant daughter's diapers after the match.
Masaya Shibasaki, 26, an employee of EXEO Group, reacts as he tries the Osaka Heart Cool-developed VR electrical device Perionoid, which simulates menstrual pain, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2024

Japanese male office workers experience simulated menstrual pain

Companies are required to offer menstrual leave, but the time off doesn't have to be paid and around half of female workers never take it.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers