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Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2022

Elon Musk’s ties to China could create headaches for Twitter

Musk's investments in China could be at risk if Twitter upsets the Communist Party, which has banned the platform but used it extensively to push Beijing's foreign policy around the globe.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 1, 2022

Lightning enter playoffs seeking rare Stanley Cup three-peat

Two Florida teams will be aiming to lift the fabled Stanley Cup at the end of the grueling playoff tournament, while three Canadian teams are hoping to end that country's 29-year drought.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2022

How a sanctioned Russian company gained access to Sudan’s gold

The Wagner Group's secretive and expanding business dealings in Africa show the limitations of Western nations' attempts to censure it and other Russian firms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 1, 2022

Japan Times 1947: Japan hails new Constitution

A meeting of female political speakers meets with heckling from men 100 years ago, while Japan marks the arrival of a new Constitution, welcomes back Okinawa.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 1, 2022

Atsushi Murakami: ‘If Tono becomes synonymous with hops in Japan, I’ll be happy’

Atsushi Murakami has played many roles in his life, including as the creator of the Murakami Seven hop variety.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 1, 2022

Can my 6-year-old measure up to the toddlers they have on 'Old Enough!'?

A father waits by the window as his daughter sets out on an adventure to buy croissants. At the age of 6, is she 'old enough' for this responsibility?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Washoku Essentials
May 1, 2022

Brush up on your bento basics

Spring has more than sprung, making these eye-catching bento the perfect addition to your next warm-weather picnic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo and Osaka see sharp falls in new cases

Tokyo confirmed 2,979 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, a significant drop from the 5,387 reported a week ago, as cases continue to fall in the capital and other major cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2022

China’s economy slows rapidly as 'COVID-zero' lockdowns bite

The slump was widespread in April, with factory output contracting further and services demand much weaker than forecast.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2022

The ‘ultimate bird’ once prowled the seas of a young Japan

Eleven million years ago, swans in what is today called Japan did something unexpected: They took to the oceans.
Yuka Saso hits a tee shot on the first hole during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Jun 3, 2024

Yuka Saso wins second U.S. Women's Open golf crown

At 22, Saso is the youngest player to win the U.S. Women's Open twice
Real Madrid fans crowd Cibeles square in Madrid on Sunday to celebrate their team's 15th Champions League trophy, a day after the side beat Borussia Dortmund in London.
SOCCER
Jun 3, 2024

Tens of thousands paint Madrid white after Real's Champions League win

Since Saturday afternoon, white jerseys could be spotted in almost every corner of the city.
Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches during the first inning against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 3, 2024

Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Dodgers keep Rockies at bay

Yamamoto gave up one run on seven hits to go along with a walk and seven strikeouts.
A plastic bag carrying trash that crossed the inter-Korean border with a balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea is seen in Seoul in this picture released Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 3, 2024

North Korea halts sending trash balloons over border to South

Pyongyang has threatened a resumption of the "unpleasant" practice in the event South Korean activists restart the flying of anti-regime leaflets.
Presidential candidate of the ruling Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum delivers remarks during her closing campaign rally at Zocalo Square in Mexico City on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2024

Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first woman president

The task before Claudia Sheinbaum is daunting as her predecessor allowed drug cartels to expand their influence across the nation, resulting in record murder rates.
Jacob Zuma, former South African president, left, visits the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) stand at the Independent Electoral Commission national results center in Midrand, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2024

Jacob Zuma the disruptor has South Africa’s fate in his hands after vote

Six years after being pushed from office, Zuma successfully upstaged his successor Cyril Ramaphosa in national elections this week.
People protest in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip at the headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Oct 18, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2024

ICJ is collateral damage in dysfunctional global system, experts say

That countries comply with its rulings — or not — based on their own double standards is hamstringing the international court adjudicating disputes between nations.
Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel would give it greater access to the profitable U.S. market and further its long-term financial goals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2024

Nippon Steel's Mori hints at selling some assets to aid U.S. Steel deal

The firm's vice chairman plans to return to the United States this week for more talks over the proposed acquisition.
The Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in February 2022. Madagascar is one of a number of countries banned from using home stadiums for soccer's 2026 World Cup qualifying matches as part of a clampdown on poor facilities.
SOCCER
Jun 3, 2024

Poor facilities cost African teams home advantage in World Cup qualifiers

The Confederation of African Football has taken a firm line on tardy facilities over the last two years.
Japanese companies' capital expenditures on goods excluding software fell 0.5% in the three months through March from the previous quarter.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 3, 2024

Japan’s firms trim spending, reflecting headwinds to growth

Capital expenditures on goods excluding software fell 0.5% in the three months through March from the previous quarter.
Japan Post Insurance, one of the nation’s biggest life insurers, held about ¥60.9 trillion in assets as of the end of March, of which around ¥47.7 trillion were securities, mainly government bonds.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 3, 2024

Japan Post goes slow in buying longest bonds after BOJ rate hike

Japan Post forecast in April that the 30-year government bond yield will be 2% at the end of March 2025
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures outside Trump Tower, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in New York on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2024

Trump warns of 'breaking point' for Americans if he's jailed

Prison time is rare for people convicted in New York state of felony falsification of business records, the charge Trump faced at his trial.
Tourists on a beach in China’s Fujian province in May
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2024

China’s tourists to spend nearly $1 trillion on holidays at home

Spending by domestic holidaymakers is expected to be 11% higher than 2019.
In a boon to Saudi Arabia's government, which is seeking to fund a massive economic transformation plan, Saudi Aramco’s $12 billion share sale sold out shortly after the deal opened on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 3, 2024

Saudi Aramco’s $12 billion stock offer sells out in hours

The extent of foreign participation will be closely watched as an indicator of interest in Saudi Arabia's assets.
Simone Biles takes part in the women’s 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jun 3, 2024

Biles continues Olympic build-up with latest U.S. gymnastics title

"I couldn't be more proud of how I'm doing this time in the year," the gymnast said.
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.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
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.
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use
The Toyoake Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture is planning to enact an ordinance to urge all smartphone users in the city to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school.
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.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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