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Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2022

Restoring nature could depend on how countries help farmers

Around the world, government subsidies that harm nature amount to at least $1.8 trillion each year — equivalent to 2% of global GDP.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2022

Venezuela's revived opposition talks highlight strengthened Maduro position

The opposition has struggled to recover from the exile and imprisonment of some of its leaders, as well as internal divisions, according to analysts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2022

China warns of 'crackdown' after major protests

The warning follows demonstrations in the country not seen in decades, as anger over unrelenting lockdowns fuels frustration with Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2022

Jack Ma living in Japan after China tech crackdown, report says

The billionaire has kept a low profile since the crackdown, which has included Chinese regulators scrapping the initial public offering of Ma's Ant Group.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 30, 2022

Dutch boss Louis Van Gaal bristles at critics after topping group

Van Gaal chose to highlight the role of Memphis Depay and Marten de Roon, who he included in his squad for the World Cup even though they were not fully fit at the time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2022

Japan's October factory output fell on global slowdown and weak chip demand

The feeble business activity highlights challenges for the world's third-largest economy, which has been lagging behind peers in recovering from the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 30, 2022

Political tension overshadows match as U.S. tops Iran at World Cup

For fans attending the first soccer World Cup in the Middle East, Iran's domestic politics and its troubled relations with the United States were in focus.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 30, 2022

Tiger Woods says Greg Norman 'has to go' as first step toward peace

The 15-time major champion urged the rebel LIV Golf circuit to shake up its leadership and drop its adversarial posture toward the PGA and DP World tours.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2022

Elon Musk's Twitter lifts rule against COVID-19 misinformation

The move comes after the mercurial billionaire reinstated a slew of accounts on the social media network that had previously been banned for violating its content rules.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2022

Russia is firing unarmed missiles to deplete Ukraine air defense

Open source imagery reportedly shows wreckage of an air-launched cruise missile fired at Ukraine that seemed to have been designed in the 1980s as a nuclear delivery system.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 30, 2022

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto resigns

Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur, who worked with driver Charles Leclerc during his rookie season in 2018, is believed to be among the frontrunners to replace Binotto.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Nov 30, 2022

ジャパンタイムズ、「サステナブル・ブランド国際会議2023東京・ 丸の内」にオフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長:末松弥奈子)は、2023年2月14日~15日に開催される「サステナブル・ブランド国際会議2023(SB’23)東京・丸の内」に、オフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加いたします。...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 30, 2022

Ex-referee admits cheating to help Manny Pacquiao win fight in 2000

Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Carlos Padilla says that he extended Pacquiao's 10-count during a WBC title bout with Nedal Hussein.
Baidu's co-founder and CEO Robin Li showcases an artificial intelligence chatbot known as Ernie Bot, during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Beijing in March
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2023

China's AI 'war of a hundred models' heads for a shakeout

Investors and analysts say that most AI firms lack viable business models, were too similar to each other and were now grappling with surging costs.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2023

Former Japan cancer center doctor arrested over bribery

The doctor allegedly had Zeon Medical company pay ¥1.7 million into his bank account in 2021 in exchange for ensuring the usage of their products.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions during a news conference in New York on Thursday as relations between Ottawa and New Delhi deteriorate.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2023

After China, India crisis tests 'naive' Canadian diplomacy

Experts say a growing number of autocracies are exerting influence on Canadian soil.
The new Parliament building in New Delhi. The Indian parliament approved a bill to reserve a third of lawmakers’ seat for women.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 22, 2023

India parliament passes bill to reserve more seats for women

The bill can be enforced only after the country conducts a fresh census and reshapes its political districts, a process that has been frozen until 2026.
India has abruptly canceled visa applications amid an escalating row with Canada. The latest move means most Canadians won’t be able to travel to India if they don’t already have a visa.
WORLD / Society
Sep 22, 2023

Travelers in limbo after India halts visas in Canada in growing row

The visa issuance suspension means most Canadians won’t be able to travel to India if they don’t already have a visa.
Ali Zaidi, the White House climate adviser, at a climate rally outside the White House, in Washington on April 23, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2023

U.S. government shutdown poses ‘seismic’ threat to climate

A shutdown would mean many federal regulators would have to stop writing marquee Biden administration environmental regulations.
Tuvalu's Finance Minister Seve Paeniu shows a picture of his grandchildren on his phone while attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November 2021.
ENVIRONMENT / Oceans
Sep 22, 2023

Tuvalu partners with Australia as rising seas threaten survival

The project will test a new U.N. blueprint under which one rich nation takes responsibility for raising funds to support a climate-vulnerable country.
For all the scrutiny at home, many of China’s richest new grads are turning their backs on their lives abroad. Sometimes, they’re responding to the lure of China’s potential. Other times, it’s the alienation they feel overseas.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 22, 2023

China’s wealthy youth flock home as tensions with U.S. rise

For all the scrutiny at home, many of China’s richest new grads are turning their backs on their lives abroad.
France's Antoine Dupont receives medical attention after sustaining an injury during the team's 96-0 victory over Namibia in the 2023 Rugby World Cup, in Marseille, France, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 22, 2023

France's Dupont has 'suspected broken jaw' after Namibia thrashing

The loss of 26-year-old Dupont, widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, would be a severe blow to host nation France's chances.
Former Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel (left) helps Lewis Hamilton prepare the Mercedes team's "bee hotel" at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 22, 2023

Sebastian Vettel creates a buzz in Japan amid biodiversity crisis

The retired former champion invited current F1 drivers to make a small contribution to nature by building "bee hotels" next to the Suzuka Circuit track.
Lachlan Murdoch, the elder son of Rupert Murdoch, solidified his rise to the top on Thursday, when his father announced that he would retire from the boards of Fox Corporation and News Corporation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 22, 2023

Rupert Murdoch leaves media empire to son Lachlan

Murdoch’s decision to step aside is unlikely to take Fox and News Corp in new directions right away.
A sign at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6. AI and quantum information science have recently become a major issue in international politics.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 26, 2023

How emerging technologies can bring power to states

While the technologies are expected to largely change how militaries, economies and societies are operated, many of their social impacts remain unclear.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2023

In Washington, Zelenskyy makes case for critical aid to Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for a new $325 million military aid package of weaponry and air defenses.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2023

Zelenskyy under pressure as Ukraine's allies shift priorities

Allies are pushing the Ukrainian leader to turn his attention to what kind of country will emerge from the war, even as Kyiv struggles for a breakthrough.
Diane Hawley Nagatomo at her home office in Chiba. Born in the U.K., Diane has called Japan “home” for more than 40 years.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 23, 2023

Diane Hawley Nagatomo: ‘The only way to improve writing is to write’

After retiring from her position as a professor in 2022, Diane Hawley Nagatomo has just released her first novel, “The Butterfly Cafe.”

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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