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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2021

Population shift in Japan forces redrawing of electoral map, worrying powerful LDP figures

The plan to add representatives in urban areas at the expense of rural districts could hurt LDP heavyweights from Shinzo Abe to Toshihiro Nikai.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2021

The young female climate activists driving change in Asia

A number of young women in the region are stepping forward to demand greater action on one of the defining issues of this generation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2021

Decades apart, father and son design Olympic aquatics venues in Tokyo

Paul Noritaka Tange has paid tribute to Kenzo Tange's 1964 venue with his design for the 2020 Tokyo Aquatics Center.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2021

Many Japan schools opting not to take children to Tokyo Olympics

About 60% of discount tickets intended for municipalities to purchase for schoolchildren have been cancelled in the neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa, a report said.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 27, 2021

Delta variant threatens to destroy another European summer

Just as the summer season kicks off and the European Union's COVID-19 travel certificates become available, the region's path back to normality is at risk of being upended by the strain.
Japan Times
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.
Saitama Gov. Motohiro Ono on Tuesday announces the decision to apply the disaster relief law to the city of Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, where a cave-in occurred that trapped a truck and its driver.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2025

Truck cab confirmed in sewer pipe at Saitama sinkhole site

The company that owns the truck that fell in identified through drone footage that the metal object was a part of the vehicle.
Self-Defense Forces members march in formation at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Asaka, which straddles Tokyo and Saitama Prefectures, last November. Japan has picked the head of its new Joint Operations Command, which is set to be launched on March 24 at the Defense Ministry's headquarters in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2025

SDF Joint Staff official tapped as first chief of new Joint Operations Command

The Joint Operations Command for the ASDF, the Ground SDF and the Maritime SDF is set to be launched in March at the Defense Ministry's headquarters in Tokyo.
Wizards center Jonas Valanciunas (left) puts up a shot over Kings center Alex Len during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center on Jan. 19. Len has now signed for the Lakers.
BASKETBALL
Feb 12, 2025

Lakers sign Ukrainian 7-footer Len to join Doncic and LeBron

A rescinded trade for Mark Williams left the Lakers needing a big man to play alongside superstars Luka Doncic and LeBron James after the departure of Anthony Davis.
Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk were among the 11-person team that founded OpenAI in 2015.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 12, 2025

AI feud: How Musk and Altman's partnership turned toxic

Facing a barrage of hostility, Altman has increasingly suggested that Musk's actions stem from regret over leaving OpenAI in 2018.
Nancy Gordon, Australia's commissioner-general for the Osaka Expo, in Canberra <i>on Monday</i>
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2025

Australia aims to use Osaka Expo to work more with Japan on decarbonization

Canberra also aims to promote collaboration in the field of space technology, with its expo pavilion slated to hold an event with JAXA.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a proclamation renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, while flying over the gulf aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2025

White House media protest after reporter barred over 'Gulf of Mexico' policy

The Associated Press was informed by the White House it would be barred unless it aligned its editorial standards with the U.S. president's order on renaming the body of water.
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.

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