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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 27, 2022

Toyota to boost motorsports in Asia

Japanese cars already hold a high market share in Asia, so promoting car racing may be aimed at spreading an interest in the higher-performance models.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jun 27, 2022

Okinawa farmers, once finding wealth in pineapples, search for successors

Some people, including teachers, actually quit their jobs and started growing pineapples, such was the wealth to be gained from farming the crop.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 27, 2022

ODX private financial exchange opens in Japan

The Osaka Digital Exchange has become the third such institution to open in the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 27, 2022

From pariah to president: Marcos Jr. takes over Philippines' top job

Marcos Jr., known by his nickname 'Bongbong,' will succeed Rodrigo Duterte in the top job on Thursday after his landslide victory in last month's elections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 27, 2022

BOJ focused on wages at June meeting, with no debate on tweaking yield cap

At the meeting, the central bank stuck to its ultra-low interest rate policy and vowed to defend its cap on the 10-year bond yield with unlimited buying.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 27, 2022

More listed firms in Japan actively hiring women as outside directors

Business experts, an environmentalist, a freelance newscaster and an Olympic medalist were among new female outside directors welcomed to corporate boards this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2022

Hong Kong police adopt ‘goose step’ marching to boost patriotism

The official switch will take place on the city's 25th anniversary of Chinese rule, a crucial political event that Chinese President Xi Jinping is widely expected to attend.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2022

Long road ahead to hammer out U.N. biodiversity blueprint

The meetings were aimed at ironing out differences among the delegates, with barely six months before a crucial COP15 summit in December.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2022

NATO to pledge aid to Baltics and Ukraine, while urging Turkey to let Nordics in

Spain is also pushing for more NATO focus on the southern flank to address migration and militant groups in the Sahel region of Africa.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 27, 2022

Avalanche hold off Lightning in Game 6 to win Stanley Cup

The Avalanche denied the Lightning a third consecutive title and fourth overall with an emotional road win.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2022

‘An invisible cage’: How China is policing the future

The latest generation of technology digs through vast amounts of data to find patterns and aberrations, promising to predict crimes or protests before they happen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2022

Russia defaults on foreign debt for first time since 1918

Given the damage already done to the economy and markets, the default is also mostly symbolic for now, and matters little to Russians dealing with double-digit inflation.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 27, 2022

All Blacks hit by COVID-19 outbreak ahead of test against Ireland

New Zealand's preparations for its first test against Ireland were thrown into disarray after head coach Ian Foster, his assistant John Plumtree and two players tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2022

Abortion and gun rulings show U.S. Supreme Court ready to ‘jolt’ system

The rulings embraced the conservative-backed 'originalist” view that the Constitution should be interpreted based on its specific words and the meaning they held when were adopted.
Noto Airport in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2024

Japan to revise guidelines for airport operators in times of disaster

The BCP revisions come on the heels of the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1.
A memorial ceremony was held for the victims of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake on Sunday in the city of Kumamoto.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2024

Kumamoto quake victims remembered eight years on

At the Kumamoto earthquake-remembrance ceremony, participants observed a minute of silence and some laid flowers for the victims.
Missiles are showcased in a parade marking Iran's National Army Day in Tehran on April 18, 2023.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 14, 2024

Japan strongly condemns Iranian attack on Israel as 'escalation'

Japan has traditionally been a friendly nation to Iran, with Prime Minister Kishida meeting Iran' president as recently as September.
Construction at Yumeshima island, the venue for the Osaka Expo
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2024

Worries remain one year to go before Osaka Expo

The Osaka Expo will be held for six months from April 13, 2025, on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka Bay.
Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle is pictured at an air base, said to be following an interception mission of an Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel, in this handout image released Sunday.
WORLD
Apr 14, 2024

Iran warns Israel not to respond militarily to retaliation

After direct and unprecedented attacks on Israeli, Iran advocates for restraint, hinting at severe consequences if ignored.
Arthur Mensch, the chief executive and one of the founders of Mistral, a French artificial-intelligence startup, at the company’s offices in Paris in late March.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 14, 2024

Europe’s AI ‘champion’ sets sights on tech giants in U.S.

As Europe vies for AI leadership, Mistral, under Arthur Mensch, is emerging as a formidable contender against U.S. and Chinese giants.
Results of three by-elections on April 28 will likely influence the fate of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's administration.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 14, 2024

Three Japan by-elections set to start amid fund scandal

The official campaign period is set to start Tuesday for the April 28 by-elections for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet.
Paolo Pasco, winner of the 2024 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
LIFE
Apr 14, 2024

How Gen Zers made the crossword their own

A younger generation of constructors is using an old form to reflect their identities, language and world.
Cherry blossom viewers at Notokashima Station in Ishikawa Prefecture on Saturday
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2024

Train station in quake-hit town crowded with cherry blossom viewers

Cherry trees line both sides of the station's platforms, creating a stunning sight that has earned it the nickname the "cherry blossom tunnel."
Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Apr 15, 2024

For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on

After a five-year absence, kabuki has returned to Kotohira. Can it be the draw that this tourism-hungry town desires?
Average age of Japanese chief executives increased for 33 consecutive years to 60.5 last year.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2024

Japan biz leaders' average age rises for 33rd straight year

As of December last year, the average age of company leaders stood at 60.5 years old. In 1990, the average age was 54.
Masayoshi Matsumoto
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2024

Osaka Expo legacy could bolster Kansai's economy

Kansai accounts for about 5% of Japan’s GDP, but by utilizing the new technologies to be showcased at the expo, it could possibly increase the size to 20%.
O.J. Simpson listens to the not guilty verdict after his murder trial with his attorneys F. Lee Bailey (left) and Johnnie Cochran Jr. (right) in Los Angeles in October 1995.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2024

What happened to damages that O.J. Simpson owed to the victims’ families?

Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman in a 1995 criminal trial, but a civil jury later concluded that he caused their deaths.
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game on March 12.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 15, 2024

Ohtani’s dizzying three weeks end in exoneration by authorities

At times, baseball’s biggest star seemed in danger of being tainted by a gambling scandal, before his longtime interpreter was charged with fraud.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Osaka fire kills two firefighters and leaves four injured
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Dotonbori district in the city of Osaka on Monday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
A factory town in crisis shows Japan’s fading manufacturing era
Nissan workers walk outside its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Nissan plans to shut the plant by the end of fiscal 2027.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Tomoko Otake

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