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MORE SPORTS
Jun 27, 2021

Japanese draftees ready for challenge of CFL training camp

Six Japanese players selected in this year's Global Draft are prepared to fight for their roster spot ahead of the league's Aug. 5 season opener.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 27, 2021

Novak Djokovic aiming to hit peak with 20th Grand Slam at Wimbledon

The 34-year-old, who is aiming to join Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the 20-major mark, said he is focused on giving his best performances at the top level of competition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2021

It’s now life or death for the U.S. military’s Afghan interpreters

Done Ultimately, given the small amount of time remaining, the military needs to conduct a full-scale evacuation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2021

China needs higher inflation

As a developing economy with a per capita income of just over $10,000, China can tolerate higher inflation better than developed economies can.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2021

Southeast Asia’s democracy woes accelerate

Countries from the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia have regressed from robust democracies or hybrid regimes with some now turning to outright authoritarian rule.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2021

Japan to ask athletes from India and other countries for more COVID-19 tests

The government will apply the rule to athletes from India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan from July 1 amid concerns over the delta variant of the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2021

YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos, forcing rights group to seek alternative

The channel's administrators appealed the blocking of 12 videos, with some reinstated — but they say YouTube did not provide an explanation as to why others were kept out of public view.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2021

China’s ‘small giants’ lure investors hunting for big returns

With question marks over the strength of the Chinese economy, investors are turning toward secular growth stories in a hunt for exceptional earnings upside.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2021

Tesla dealt ‘black eye’ in recall of cars sold in China

The automaker will make a software fix to more than 285,000 cars in China, or most of the vehicles it delivered there in recent years, to address a safety issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2021

Cruise from Florida offers test for industry after 15 months

A Celebrity Cruises ship was poised to leave the coast of Florida on Saturday, becoming the first revenue-earning cruise to depart from the U.S. after a pandemic-induced hiatus.
A Good me tea store, operated by Guming Holdings Ltd., in Chongqing, China, on Saturday. The tea chain's shares began trading in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2025

Hong Kong’s latest bubble tea IPO mints another billionaire

Guming Holdings' IPO has made founder Yun’an Wang a billionaire as China’s bubble tea market continues its rapid expansion.
Elon Musk, with his son, speaks to reporters alongside U.S. President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday. Musk stated that he was providing maximum transparency, while offering no evidence for his sweeping claims that the federal bureaucracy is corrupted by cheats and officials who have approved money for “fraudsters.”
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2025

Flanked by Musk, Trump orders U.S. agencies to assist with government layoffs

With his 4-year-old son by his side, Musk stood alongside Trump in the Oval Office at the White House before the order was signed.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2025

As Trump hits delete, the race is on to save LGBTQ+ and climate data

Thousands of U.S. government web pages are being altered or deleted following a slew of executive orders from President Donald Trump.
The Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters in the city of Osaka
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2025

Osaka police arrest man for abandoning his wife’s body

His wife was last seen leaving work early at around 2 p.m. on May 26 last year.
Fredric Gushin, president and CEO of Spectrum Gaming Group
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2025

Thailand's big casino gamble hangs on fine print of regulations

Experts warn success will come only by playing its cards right on regulation.
Sara Errani (left) and Andrea Vavassori playing Donald Young and Taylor Townsend in the mixed doubles final on Day 11 of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament.
TENNIS
Feb 12, 2025

Fury as U.S. Open chiefs announce mixed doubles revamp

In a dramatic move that was greeted with criticism, U.S. Open organizers said the mixed doubles event would take place over two days of competition with an amended rulebook.
The entrance to Walt Disney studios in Burbank, California
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2025

Disney softens diversity criteria used to determine manager pay

Disney is the latest company to soften its focus on diversity, equity and inclusion amid a growing backlash against such policies by mostly conservative groups.
A Nissan Motor X-Trail vehicle at the company's showroom in Tokyo's Ginza district
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2025

Foxconn signals interest in buying Renault's stake in Nissan

The company has approached both Renault and Nissan about potential cooperation.
Labor unions at major Japanese automakers submitted their wage hike requests on Wednesday, but it is uncertain whether the strong pay hike momentum seen in last year's labor-management talks can be maintained.
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2025

Japanese auto unions submit wage hike demands

Negotiations are expected to intensify toward March 12, when many major companies will give their answers to their labor unions.
Netflix series “Asura,” directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, is a remake of a classic TV drama (known as “Like Asura” in English), created by Kuniko Mukoda and broadcast by NHK between 1979 and 1980.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Feb 12, 2025

The different faces of ‘Asura’ through the generations

While Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new series meticulously remakes a classic NHK drama, this reinterpretation tweaks the story to give its female characters more agency.
A monitor in Tokyo shows the yen at the ¥153 level against the dollar on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 12, 2025

Yen underperforms major currencies on Trump tariff uncertainties

Japan’s currency has dropped to ¥153.73 against the dollar, its weakest level in a week and lagging all major peers.
Shishi (left) wrestles Tokihayate at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 10.
SUMO / Inside Sumo
Feb 12, 2025

Could Ukraine be the next nation to produce a yokozuna?

The amateur powerhouse is starting to make its presence felt in professional sumo.
The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson conducts routine operations in the South China Sea last August. The vessel, along with survey ship USNS Bowditch, carried out a “routine” transit through the Taiwan Strait from Monday to Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 12, 2025

U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time since Trump inauguration

China's military said the move had "sent the wrong signals" and "increased security risks” in the strategic waterway.
A Self-Defense Forces member leads residents in Fukamimachi, a village in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, to a rescue helicopter, on a destroyed road in January last year.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2025

Japan to subsidize efforts to prevent emergency roads from collapsing

Many roads built on piled-up soil collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in January 2024.
Vegas Golden Knights forward Mark Stone (left) tries to get a shot away in front of Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid during the second period at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada on Dec. 14, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey
Feb 12, 2025

Canada and Sweden ready to drop puck on anticipated 4 Nations Face-Off

Not since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey have the NHL's brightest stars lined up against each other to compete for their countries.

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