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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Sep 12, 2021

What makes virtual fashion shows work? Clever videos certainly help

With even big-name houses struggling for views, brands that abandoned the typical film format found the most success.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 12, 2021

Emma Raducanu completes New York fairytale by winning U.S. Open

The 18-year-old became the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam title and the first British woman to hoist a major trophy since Virginia Wade triumphed at Wimbledon in 1977.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2021

In U.S. drone strike, evidence suggests no Islamic State bomb

U.S. officials said a Reaper drone followed a car for hours and then fired based on evidence it was carrying explosives. But an in-depth analysis and interviews cast doubt on that account.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2021

Return to normal? Japan study suggests adjusting expectations as delta spreads

According to a recent study, people may need to adjust their expectations on what 'normal' looks like due to the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 11, 2021

Astros blast Shohei Ohtani in 10-5 win over Angels

Ohtani was better at the plate, smacking his league-leading 44th home run to right field in the first inning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2021

What does it mean to ‘never forget’?

For all its slogan-like simplicity, these twinned words seem freighted with the complexities of guilt, obligation and even presumption — as if we could ever forget.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2021

20 years on, the 'war on terror' grinds along with no end in sight

The 'war on terror' waxes and wanes, largely in the shadows and out of the headlines — less an epochal clash than a low-grade condition and one that flares up occasionally.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 11, 2021

Emma Raducanu seeing commitment pay off during fairy-tale run to U.S. Open final

She has now become the first qualifier — male or female — to reach a Grand Slam final and has done so without dropping a set in New York.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2021

Did Nazis produce these uranium cubes? Researchers look for an answer.

Determining whether the cubes were produced by Nazi Germany could lead to more questions, such as whether the Nazis could have had enough to create a critical reaction.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2021

Biden's vaccine mandate signals a White House done with persuasion

U.S. President Joe Biden and his aides have concluded something in recent weeks: The Mr. Nice Guy approach isn't working.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2021

U.S. could authorize Pfizer COVID-19 shot for kids age 5-11 in October

Moderna Inc.'s vaccine will likely take about three weeks longer, with an estimated decision on that shot set to come around November at the earliest.
Lewis Hamilton waves to fans after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. The race was Hamilton's last with Mercedes before his move to Ferrari.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 9, 2024

Lewis Hamilton ends Mercedes era with rousing drive in F1 season finale

The 39-year-old Briton will be driving for Ferrari next season.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the White House in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 9, 2024

Trump says he has no plan to remove Powell as Fed chair

Powell, whose term expires in May 2026, told reporters last month that he wouldn’t step aside early if Trump asked for his resignation.
Terumi Tanaka (front left), co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, and others arrive at Oslo Airport on Sunday. Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairperson Jorgen Watne Frydnes stands in the back row on the right.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2024

Nihon Hidankyo delegation arrives in Oslo for Nobel Prize ceremony

The delegation comprises 30 people aged 32 to 92, including children and grandchildren of hibakusha.
Lando Norris celebrates on the podium after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Dec 9, 2024

Lando Norris aiming for F1 drivers' title after leading McLaren to team crown

It was McLaren's first title of any sort since Lewis Hamilton's first drivers' crown in 2008.
Scottie Scheffler, seen during the President's Cup in September, won the Hero World Challenge on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Dec 9, 2024

No.1 Scottie Scheffler wins Hero World Challenge to capture ninth title of year

The 28-year-old American fired a bogey-free, 9-under par 63 to finish 25-under 263.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron attend the inaugural Mass at the reopened Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

Pressure mounts on Macron to name a new French prime minister

France’s political system is in disarray after Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally joined a left-wing coalition to topple the government.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sits down with leaders from the Council's eight Member Administrations for the plenary meeting during a British-Irish Council (BIC) Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

Starmer plans reform of U.K. state in bid to counter criticism

The newly introduced fund will help deploy teams of people around the country with the aim of solving issues in public services.
The Tokyo-based company Kioxia Holdings’ IPO price was ¥1,455, right at the middle of its range. That valued the firm at ¥784 billion ($5.2 billion).
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2024

Bain-backed Kioxia sets IPO price, valuing memory maker at $5.2 billion

The Tokyo-based company’s IPO price was ¥1,455, right at the middle of its range.
Protesters tear signs, depicting the names of ruling People Power Party lawmakers who didn't vote during the impeachment motion against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol last Saturday, as they attend a rally calling for the impeachment of Yoon, who declared and quickly reversed a martial law order last week, in front of the PPP's headquarters in Seoul on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

South Korea's Yoon banned from foreign travel as leadership crisis deepens

On Monday, the Defense Ministry said Yoon was still legally commander in chief, but his grip on power has come into question.
Factory workers make jeans in Dhaka in March 2023.
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2024

Extreme heat puts garment factory workers at risk, study shows

New European Union regulations make retailers selling in the bloc legally liable for conditions at their suppliers.
Police officers reinvestigate a Tobu Tojo Line railroad crossing in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on Dec. 27, 2023, after a man was fatally hit by a train weeks earlier.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2024

Tokyo police arrest four men on suspicion of staging colleague’s suicide

They allegedly coerced the 56-year-old victim into standing on railway tracks where he went on to be fatally struck by a train.
Yankees outfielder Juan Soto hits a solo home run against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series in Los Angeles on Oct. 26. Soto reportedly agreed to a contract with the New York Mets on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 9, 2024

Star slugger Juan Soto to join Mets on record deal worth $765 million

None of the money in the deal is deferred, and the contract could end up being worth over $800 million.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech at the Lower House on Nov. 29.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2024

Japan's government submits ¥13.9 trillion extra budget for fiscal 2024

The budget will finance a comprehensive economic package that includes measures to tackle inflation and aid for areas affected by natural disasters in the Noto Peninsula.
Former Pirates star Dave Parker participates in a ceremony honoring the Pirates' 1979 World Series team in Pittsburgh on May 25.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 9, 2024

Dave Parker and Dick Allen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Needing a vote of at least 75%, Parker received 14 of 16 votes and Allen, who died in 2020 at the age of 78, got 13 votes.
The number of bankruptcies in Japan is likely to exceed 10,000 for the first time since 2013.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2024

Japan's bankruptcies set to hit 11-year high in 2024, data shows

841 Japanese companies went bankrupt in November, bringing the January-November tally to 9,164, already exceeding last year's total.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
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.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
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.

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