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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 14, 2022

'Oceanic Feeling': Go back to the beginning of infancy

Koki Nakano's latest release, informed by the primordial experience of floating in the womb, is imbued with pianist and composer's inventiveness and classical sensibility.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2022

Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist

The violent scenes, which lasted only minutes, added to Palestinian outrage over Shireen Abu Akleh's killing, which has threatened to fuel violence that has surged since March.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
May 14, 2022

Roger Dahl on celebrating the tireless work of mothers in Japan

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2022

Tattoos, still illegal in South Korea, thrive underground

Tattoo artists, long treated as criminals for their work, say that it is time to end the stigma against their business.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 14, 2022

Hero to hindrance: Australia's Morrison hurts party's election hopes

The PM's personality is now a liability, with public attacks from members of his own party and polls showing his government on track to lose to the Labor Party in the May 21 election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
May 14, 2022

Do spam bots really comprise under 5% of Twitter users? Elon Musk wants to know.

Independent researchers have said the number of spam bots could be as much as 15% of users, a discrepancy that could affect the Tesla chief's $44 billion deal for the social media company.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
May 14, 2022

Fashion’s retail revolution: What’s old is new again

As pandemic precautions appear to ease, retail fashion grapples with a return to business as usual.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 13, 2022

50 years after Okinawa’s return, fears of conflict over Taiwan now a top concern

In the months and weeks ahead of the Sunday anniversary, a chorus of top officials have stressed how any Taiwan conflict would also be an emergency for Tokyo.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2022

UAE President Khalifa, a pro-West modernizer, dies

Khalifa, born in 1948, had rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2014.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2022

Ukrainian forces thwart Russian river crossing and hit naval ship in Black Sea

Ukraine has driven Russian troops back from the second-largest city of Kharkiv in the fastest advance since Kremlin forces pulled away from Kyiv and the northeast over a month ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2022

Top Japanese banks warn of uncertainties as profit seen slowing

The banks expect bad loan costs to drop as the impact of the pandemic eases, but are bracing for a challenging year as the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks raise interest rates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2022

Weak yen helps Honda’s annual profit but fails to lift outlook

While the weaker yen has long been considered a boon for Japan's blue-chip exporters, it's now starting to damage Japanese automakers as material costs inflate for importers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2022

Elon Musk shelves $44 billion Twitter deal 'temporarily' over fake accounts

Musk, the world's richest man and a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist, had said that one of his priorities would be to remove 'spam bots' from the platform.
Japan's Ayumi Fukushima competes in the women's Breaking B-Girls semifinal during an Olympic Qualifier Series ahead of the 2024 Paris Games, in Shanghai on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Breakdancing
May 22, 2024

Japanese break dancer on cusp of fulfilling Olympic dream

Ayumi Fukushima, 40, has been busting moves for longer than some of her rivals have been alive.
The entrance to Maruyama Park, one of Sapporo's most popular parks for summer recreation. The Maruyama Park area is part of a designated region where Sapporo plans tougher bear countermeasures, including the possible use of bear traps.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
May 27, 2024

From coexistence to separation: Sapporo's battle with bears

An increasing number of bears in Hokkaido is forcing the prefectural capital to change its strategy for dealing with the animals.
Japan's new whaling mothership, the Kangei Maru, is seen during the ship's launch ceremony at a port in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 22, 2024

Japan's new 9,300-ton whaling vessel sets sail on first hunt

The departure of the Kangei Maru heralds a new era for an industry defended by the government as an integral part of Japanese culture.
Mourners holds posters of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a funeral ceremony for him and his companions who were killed in a helicopter crash, at Mosalia mosque in Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2024

Iranian President Raisi's memorial muted amid public discontent

Some insiders see a stark contrast in public grief compared with past commemorations for the deaths of other senior figures in Iran's 45-year history.
Displaced Palestinian children wait to collect free food at a street kitchen in a camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on May 17.
WORLD
May 22, 2024

Crowds intercept almost all aid sent over U.S.-built pier in Gaza

While 10 aid trucks were able to take goods from a pier to a storage area on Friday, only five of 16 trucks that departed the dock on Saturday made it to the warehouse.
Kiichi Morita addresses a gathering commemorating the 70th anniversary of the U.S. hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, held in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 27.
JAPAN / Society
May 22, 2024

70 years after U.S. nuclear tests in Bikini Atoll, Japan port recalls legacy

The first 1954 hydrogen bomb test at the atoll was one of six, with nearly 1,000 Japanese ships confirmed to have been exposed to radiation by the end of the year.
An Israeli tank near the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday
WORLD
May 22, 2024

Israeli forces raze parts of Gaza's Jabalia and hit Rafah with airstrikes

Simultaneous Israeli assaults on the northern and southern edges of the Gaza Strip have sharply restricted the flow of aid, raising the risk of famine.
A building in Tokyo housing the Metropolitan Police Department
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2024

Young girl dies after neck gets caught in car window in Tokyo

The death of the 2-year-old girl underscores ongoing concerns about the safety of children in vehicles.
Japan swung to a trade deficit of ¥462.5 billion in April due to higher crude oil prices and a weak yen.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 22, 2024

Japan trade deficit shows weak yen is weighing on economy

The trade balance in April registered a ¥462.5 billion deficit, flipping from a ¥387 billion surplus.
To Lam takes his oath as Vietnam's president during the National Assembly's summer session in Hanoi on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 22, 2024

Vietnam appoints top policeman as country's new president

The move is a temporary end to two-months of heightened political turbulence that saw the exit of three of Vietnam's top five leaders over unspecified wrongdoings.
Demonstrators during a protest outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Tuesday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 22, 2024

Taiwan lawmakers defy protesters as they look to pass bill Friday

Opposition lawmakers will make a final push to pass legislation aimed at reining in new President Lai Ching-te’s administration.
Aonishiki at the Sumo World Championships 2023 on Oct. 8. The Ukrainian wrestler remains on track to reach the sport’s salaried divisions by the end of the year.
SUMO / Inside Sumo
May 22, 2024

Is Ukraine's Aonishiki set to be the next European sumo superstar?

28 wins in 30 bouts suggests the former evacuee is on the fast track to glory.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attends the virtual AI Seoul Summit hosted jointly by South Korea and Britain, in Seoul.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2024

Second global AI summit secures safety commitments from companies

Sixteen companies at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence pledged on Tuesday at a global meeting to develop the technology safely.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the families of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 22, 2024

Raisi death reshapes Iran succession, putting focus on Khamenei son

Following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's, son Mojtaba has emerged as a top contender.
The Osaka Prefectural Police building in the city of Osaka
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2024

Osaka college student's boyfriend arrested over her murder

Karen Watanabe was found lying on the floor by her bed with multiple stab wounds to her upper body.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Infectious diseases to watch for in Japan this summer amid surge of cases
An illustration of a colony of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium that causes pertussis, or whooping cough. As of Aug. 10, there were 64,467 cases reported this year, according to the latest data from the Japan Institute for Health Security.
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.

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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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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