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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2021

Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000

Political turmoil, quake-damaged hospitals, gangs and a tropical storm all conspire to hinder relief efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2021

In a handful of U.S. states, early data hint at a rise in breakthrough infections

With the arrival of the contagious delta variant, COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among vaccinated Americans also may have increased, according to preliminary figures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2021

Hong Kong’s quarantine flip-flop creates chaos for travelers

The city has abruptly scrapped a new rule allowing vaccinated residents returning from medium-risk locations to quarantine in a hotel for just one week, half the typically required time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2021

SoftBank-backed Karrot becomes $2.7 billion South Korean unicorn

Asia's fourth-largest economy is breaking away from family-controlled conglomerates and minting self-made billionaires faster than ever.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2021

Nissan debuts seventh generation of iconic Z sports car

The new Z is the first rebuild of the two-door platform in over a decade and will be available for purchase next spring, Nissan said in a statement Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2021

Biden’s high stakes gamble on Afghanistan masks challenges ahead

Biden has taken ownership of a crisis that could determine the fate of his presidency and longer-term perceptions abroad about American leadership.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2021

As murders in the U.S. surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police

Democratic city leaders are scrambling to boost police budgets amid the deadliest crime wave in two decades, a reflection of how deeply unpopular the 'defund' concept has become.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 18, 2021

Female Afghan Paralympian makes plea for help to get to Tokyo

The Afghanistan Paralympic Committee said on Monday the country's two athletes would not be at the Games starting in Tokyo on Aug. 24 due to turmoil following the Taliban's takeover.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2021

Green-push dilemma: China's steel curbs could cripple price-control efforts

Analysts say it won't be easy for China to balance emission goals and economic targets, but it will try to ease supply shortfalls and price rises with export tariffs and higher imports.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 18, 2021

Tokyo American Club takes vaccination process into its own hands — and into arms of Minato Ward residents

Almost a century old, the Tokyo American Club has added a new mission for the pandemic era: Get people vaccinated.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2021

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn deletes erroneous Taiwan tweet after Chinese media labels him 'dotard'

The lawmaker, a known China hawk, wrongly claimed that the United States currently has 30,000 troops stationed in self-ruled Taiwan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2021

Taliban, striking dovish tone, pledge peace and women's rights under Islam

The group said it wanted peaceful relations with other countries and would respect the rights of women within the framework of Islamic law.
Black American women, who still heavily vote for the Democratic Party, are taking a much-needed break from political engagement after the last election, with the idea that rest and renewal will prepare them for future activism.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2024

Temporarily disconnected from politics? Feel no guilt about it.

Opposition movements are a recurring feature of American politics and predicts a robust, reenergized response when the time comes.
A transport ministry panel experiments with a dummy to determine how quickly a person lying on the road during the night would be spotted when drivers use low and high beam lights.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2024

Japan drivers warned to steer clear of drunk pedestrians sleeping on road

Collisions involving pedestrians asleep on the road typically spike in December, when more people get imbibed at New Year's gatherings.
The next 12 months will be more challenging, with some countries pursuing quick interest-rate cuts while others will proceed cautiously.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2024

A view to 2025: Enough with the central bank hawks and doves

Interest-rate cuts will be a feature, including at institutions that resisted easing in 2024. But mind the nuances.
Cabinet ministers at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2024

Japan's Cabinet approves ¥115.5 trillion budget

The proposal exceeded ¥110 trillion for the third consecutive year in order to increase spending on defense and social welfare costs.
Dodgers announcers Stephen Nelson and Jessica Mendoza pose with Ichiro Suzuki before a game against the Mariners in Seattle in 2023.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 27, 2024

Dodgers voice Stephen Nelson paves way for Japanese Americans in media

Nelson strongly believes representation matters in media and is aware that he might be helping inspire the next generation of Asian Americans in sports media.
A bear trap in Hokkaido Prefecture. Bears have recently been found inside homes and shops.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 27, 2024

Increasing number of Japanese bears find human dwellings ‘just right’

Cases of bears making their way into homes and shops are on the rise across the country as the animal's natural food sources become scarce.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on Friday. Tokyo prosecutors have dropped charges against 65 current and former Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and their secretaries, including Ishiba, in relation to the party's slush funds scandal.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2024

Prosecutors drop cases against LDP lawmakers over slush fund scandal

With the decision, the LDP hopes to turn the page on the scandal, which heavily damaged public trust in the party.
Some of the slush funds pooled by Kawasaki Heavy Industries were used to wine and dine Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel, the Defense Ministry said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2024

Kawasaki Heavy found to have pooled ¥1.7 billion in slush funds

Some of the funds were used by the defense contractor to wine and dine Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel, the Defense Ministry said.
Members of the Self-Defense Forces stand in formation at Camp Asaka on Nov. 9.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2024

Japan uncovers 100 new cases of mishandled security secrets at SDF

The ministry has been conducting investigations after many rule violations related to the handling of secrets were found earlier this year.
A Nissan dealership and a Honda dealership in Tokyo. As the two firms negotiation a potential merger, Nomura Holdings is advising Honda, while Nissan has retained Mizuho Financial Group and Bank of America.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 28, 2024

Honda-Nissan deal sets up next fight for bankers in Japan M&A boom

At roughly $200 billion, the volume of transactions including mergers and acquisitions in the country is up 48% this year.
A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter flies over GSDF's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade soldiers and U.S. Marines during a drill in Okinawa last year.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2024

Japan and U.S. draw up guidelines for extended deterrence

The two countries came up with the guidelines for extended U.S. nuclear and conventional deterrence at a time when the security environment in the region is becoming more severe.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2024

Ishiba hints at possibility of double election next summer

An Upper House poll is scheduled for next July, and Ishiba hinted at the possibility that a Lower House election might coincide with that poll.
Makino Milling Machine's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2024

Japan's Nidec takes aim at Makino Milling with $1.6 billion unsolicited bid

Nidec said Makino's board had not agreed to the ¥11,000 per share offer, a 42% premium to Thursday's closing share price, as it had not proposed the bid before announcing it.
Cats sit on steps at Grazing Plains Farm in Newton, Kansas, in May. Researchers are keeping a close eye on the mounting cases of bird flu infections in cats.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2024

New bird flu mutation discovered in U.S. as cat infections cause alarm

Several experts cautioned that it was too early to determine whether these changes would make the virus more transmissible or more severe in people.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sits with Elon Musk at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York on Nov. 16.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 28, 2024

Cracks emerge in Trump's MAGA coalition

Squabbling over immigration between Elon Musk and his Silicon Valley "tech bros" and Trump's hardcore Republican backers is roiling the movement.

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