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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2021

LDP contender Sanae Takaichi says she'd accept U.S. intermediate-range missiles

The former internal affairs minister and China hawk was the party's sole presidential candidate to back the idea, calling such a move “absolutely necessary.'
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 19, 2021

Phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto a man on a mission as Orix chases PL title

In the 23-year-old ace, who continues to dominate NPB pitching across all metrics, the club has another real chance at winning the Pacific League pennant for the first time as the Buffaloes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 19, 2021

The scientist and the AI-assisted, remote-control killing machine

Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran's top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2021

Candidates to lead Japan say fiscal reconstruction target may have to be postponed

All four contenders in the LDP's presidential election said the government's goal may have to be delayed to prioritize resuscitating an economy ravaged by the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2021

Malaysia's Najib may seek re-election to parliament despite conviction

Najib, who served as premier for nine years until 2018, was found guilty of corruption last year and sentenced to 12 years in prison in the 1MDB scandal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2021

War games are no game

All major powers — the United States, its NATO allies, China and Russia — are conducting military exercises more often and on a larger scale than ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2021

Starvation is as much a threat to Afghan women as the Taliban

In an aid-dependent economy already in deep trouble, the removal of tens of thousands female workers, many supporting large families, will only add to those facing hunger.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2021

Speed limit on the autobahn? It’d be great for the planet

For libertarians and petrol-heads, not to mention the German engineers who spent decades building ever more powerful combustion engines, limiting speeds would be hugely disappointing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2021

Palm oil giant’s industry-beating ESG score hides razed forests

In the impoverished West African country of Liberia, a unit of the world's second-largest palm oil company has admitted to destroying forests and violating the rights of indigenous people.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2021

French break-up a blow to Biden's China-focused alliance rebuilding

Analysts say Washington's deal with Britain to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines has the potential to do lasting damage to the U.S. alliance with France and Europe.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 19, 2021

The latest Japanese interior design brings origami into the fold

The art of paper folding has been inspiring kids and adults for generations. “On: Design” looks at a few contemporary goods inspired by the aesthetics and utility of the time-honored craft.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has, in rapid-fire fashion, named a spate of ideological warriors, conspiracy theorists and now even family members to senior government positions.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 3, 2024

Trump doubles down on defiance after collapse of Matt Gaetz selection

Trump, in rapid-fire fashion, has kept naming more ideological warriors, conspiracy theorists and now even family members to senior government positions.
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 3, 2024

Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan

Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling drugs.
A fossil footprint in northern Kenya hypothesized to have been created by a Homo erectus individual, is seen in this photograph released on Nov. 28.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2024

Fossil footprints in Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted

The fossils provide the first evidence that Paranthropus boisei and Homo erectus shared the same landscape, literally crossing paths.
Hibiya Park in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Saturday. Warm weather has delayed the country's autumn foliage season — when tourists flock to see leaves turn vibrant reds and yellows.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2024

Japan witnesses warmest fall on record

Between September and November, the temperature was 1.97 degrees Celsius higher than usual, delaying the country's popular displays of seasonal foliage.
A farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy field on the outskirts of Jind in India's Haryana state on Nov. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2024

The farm fires helping to fuel India's deadly air

Burning is a cheap way to clear fields for new crops, making it hard for farmers to shift to other methods despite the consequences.
Workers walk through a thermal power plant damaged by Russian missile strikes in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 28.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2024

Energy workers battle to keep the lights on in Ukraine

The workers see themselves as on the front line of a crucial battle in the war with Russia — to supply millions of people with power despite Moscow's attacks.
"No matter who takes the helm, Japan’s fiscal discipline will worsen in a situation like this," said Mana Nakazora, a credit analyst on an economic panel advising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 3, 2024

Japan needs a wake-up call on debt, government advisor warns

The advisor criticized the government’s decision to resume subsidies for utilities as part of the stimulus package.
An H2A rocket carrying the Hayabusa2 asteroid probe is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2024

Hayabusa2 continues its journey, 10 years after launch

The unmanned asteroid probe was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 12.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Dec 3, 2024

Barbados completes world's first debt swap for climate resilience

Barbados' new deal could generate around $125 million to go toward sewage treatment plant upgrades that should boost water supplies and reduce pollution.
Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has urged his players to be more clinical up-front and make the most of the chances they create, after the team picked up only one point in its last three matches.
SOCCER
Dec 3, 2024

Barca boss Flick rues missed chances and urges players to be more clinical

The team seems to have hit a brick wall as it has picked up only one point in its last three matches
War Tours co-founder Dmytro Nykyforov stands next to a destroyed Russian tank at a tank graveyard during a tour near Dmytrivka village, outside Kyiv, on Nov. 7.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2024

Ukraine sees influx of Western war tourists

Ukraine's destroyed Irpin brige, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022, is now one of many hotspots for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country.
An official from the Japan Council of Metalworkers' Unions writes on a board the results of this year's shuntō annual spring labor negotiations in March in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 3, 2024

JCM to demand pay-scale hike of ¥12,000 or more in 2025

The organization is aiming to ensure wage increases exceed the rate of inflation.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces measures to counter the spread of "forever chemicals" in drinking water in the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 3, 2024

Japan eyes new PFAS regulations for drinking water by spring

Water suppliers nationwide must upgrade their safety standards to counter the spread of "forever chemicals."
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission said it recommended that the Financial Services Agency impose a fine on general contractor Yamaura for releasing false financial statements.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2024

General contractor Yamaura to be fined for false financial statements

A third-party investigation panel found the person in charge of preparing financial statements at Yamaura had illegally withdrawn about ¥2.6 billion.
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.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘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.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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