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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 9, 2021

Wages in Japan eke out meager gains as Kishida eyes tax breaks

While pay appears to have been improving this year, it is still measured against the low levels of last year and the gains are far below levels seen as necessary to help inflation reach 2%.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2021

Bureaucracy blunts impact of Japan's eased border controls

While lauded by companies and students as a step towards access to Japan, the easing of travel rules may not be as good as it sounds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2021

Biden's democracy summit: Problematic invite list casts shadow on impact

Rights advocates are questioning whether the virtual Democracy summit can push world leaders who are invited, some accused of harboring authoritarian tendencies, to take meaningful action.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 8, 2021

Tokyo Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins NYC marathon

Jepchirchir is the first athlete to pick up Olympic gold and win the New York Marathon in the same year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2021

What's behind the greening of the Kremlin?

President Vladimir Putin recently announced Russia aims to become carbon neutral by 2060 — 10 years after the United States and the European Union but at the same time as China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2021

Hey, Elon: We made a $6 billion plan to end world hunger

In the coming decades, what we eat and how we grow it will change radically, and we need everyone onboard — the U.N. and Elon Musk alike — to fund the shift to sustainability.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Nov 8, 2021

Inaugural Billie Jean King Cup draws mixed reviews from players and fans

Sloane Stevens described the tournament as a 'work in progress.'
Marubeni's headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2024

Marubeni-backed salmon farm starts Japan sales as part of diversification push

Wild and sea-farmed salmon is one of the areas Marubeni and its rivals have been targeting in Japan.
Stadium workers paint the World Series logo on the field at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, a day ahead of the start of the Fall Classic.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 25, 2024

Baseball’s biggest stars and biggest markets align for MLB broadcaster

As much as the history of the two franchises, the teams’ star players and league-leading records this season should help attract more casual baseball fans.
Israeli F-16 fighter jets sit on a runway at an airbase in the country's south in March. The Israeli military said on Saturday it was carrying out "precise strikes" on military targets in Iran.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2024

Iran says two dead in Israeli strikes on military targets

The Middle East has been on edge in anticipation of Israeli retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct. 1.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk jumps on stage as he arrives to speak at a town hall event hosted by America PAC in support of former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 18.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2024

Elon Musk all-in for Trump as Moscow denies secret Putin talks

Musk's America PAC has also been warned by the U.S. Justice Department that its $1 million giveaways to registered voters may violate federal law.
The yen has resumed its declines recently against the dollar on expectations that the U.S.-Japan interest rate divergence will remain wide, posing a headache for authorities who fret of the hit to households from rising import costs from a weak yen.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 26, 2024

IMF sees weak yen as beneficial for Japan's economy

The IMF's Japan mission chief also urged Japan to raise rates at a gradual pace and compile supplementary budgets only when a big shock hits the economy.
The Washington Post newspaper's headquarters is seen on K Street in Washington in May 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2024

Washington Post to no longer endorse presidential candidates

The change is significant for the Post, which uncovered the Watergate scandal and has a long history of standing up to those in power.
A man looks at a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement model by Lockheed Martin at an international military fair in Kielce, Poland, in September 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2024

Fearing China's hypersonic weapons, U.S. Navy seeks to arm ships with Patriot missiles

Integrating the weapons with ships' air defenses comes in the wake of successful missile defense efforts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance talk at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on Sept. 11.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2024

Chinese hackers said to have targeted phones used by Trump and Vance

The targeting of the Republican presidential ticket’s phones is part of what appears to be an effort to gather information about American leaders.
Nvidia's stock market value on Friday briefly touched $3.53 trillion, slightly above Apple's $3.52 trillion, LSEG data showed.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 26, 2024

Nvidia overtakes Apple as world's most valuable company

Nvidia's stock market value briefly touched $3.53 trillion, slightly above Apple's $3.52 trillion, LSEG data showed.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech at a campaign event for the Lower House election, in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2024

In tight Japan election, candidates make last-ditch appeals

Opinion polls have suggested the ruling bloc might fall short of a majority, delivering a potentially devastating blow to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Rare bottles of Suntory’s Hibiki 100th anniversary whisky can only be purchased duty-free in-flight on ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines are highly sought-after items among whiskey aficionados.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2024

Rare whisky on sale duty free for first-class fliers in Japan

The rare bottles are highly sought-after items among whiskey aficionados and often sell for a lot more in liquor shops and online stores.
Live rounds are fired during a nighttime exercise on Taiwan's Penghu Islands on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2024

U.S. approves potential $2 billion arms sale to Taiwan

The U.S. is bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, to the constant anger of Beijing.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the training base of the Korean People's Army's special operations forces at an undisclosed location in the country last month.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2024

U.S., Japan and South Korea express 'grave concern' over North Korean troops in Russia

The trio said the North Korean troop presence as the latest sign of growing Moscow-Pyongyang military ties.
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman celebrates after hitting a grand slam home run in the 10th inning against the New York Yankees during game one of the 2024 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 26, 2024

Dodgers' deja vu: Freddie Freeman mimics Kirk Gibson's homer heroics in Game 1 win

Down 3-2 in the bottom of the 10th inning, the Dodgers' Freddie Freeman ended the game in dramatic fashion, smacking a walk-off grand slam.
A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, before being successfully intercepted by Standard Missile-6 missiles fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, in Kauai, Hawaii, in August 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2024

U.S. missile agency scales back Guam defense plans

A proposed multibillion-dollar missile defense system for Guam has been reduced to 16 sites on the island from the original 22.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

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

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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