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LIFE / Style & Design
May 23, 2021

Nozomi Project gives new life to broken pottery — and the prospects of its artisans

With a motto of “finding beauty in brokenness,” the women-led company balances remembrance of the 2011 disaster with hope and progress.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
May 23, 2021

Japan’s latest woodwork designs go against the grain

“On: Design” introduces innovative new products inspired by traditional bamboo and wood crafts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 23, 2021

‘Minari’ haunted me by what it left out

Growing up, I never saw my Korean American parents touch each other. No hugs or kisses, or even pats on the back. It wasn’t the byproduct of a loveless marriage, just the consequences of a life centered on survival — that endless list of unsexy chores. I’ve lived 30 years without acknowledging...
SOCCER / J. League
May 22, 2021

Urawa withstands Vissel pressure to deliver second-half knockout

Andres Iniesta and company failed to take advantage of a strong first half at Saitama Stadium as Japan U-24 call-up Zion Suzuki recorded his third straight clean sheet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2021

Myanmar's junta leader says Aung San Suu Kyi will soon face trial

'Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health. She is at her home and healthy. She is going to face trial at the court in a few days,' Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 22, 2021

Claiming the summit without reaching the top

Revelations from a team of respected researchers have thrust a question into the open: Has anyone ever reached the top of all the world's 8,000 meter peaks?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2021

China touts success building a Tibet less focused on religion

China's top leader in Tibet lauded the progress his country has made developing the region, touting a campaign that has fueled international accusations of human rights abuses.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 22, 2021

Global chip shortage likely to continue to haunt Japanese automakers

Manufacturers and tech players are itching to get free of a chip shortage that has derailed their production, but are likely in for a bit of a wait.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 22, 2021

How the India COVID-19 variant exposed Britain’s weaknesses

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was slow to ban travel to India, even as cases of a dangerous COVID-19 variant in the world's second most populous country surged.
Ukrainian officers fire a D-30 howitzer toward Russian troops on a front line in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 7.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2025

Cautious Russia weighs Ukraine ceasefire plan as U.S. tries to seal a deal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was hope for a positive response and that a negative one would say a lot about the Kremlin's true intentions.
Some 8.06 million tickets for the Osaka Expo, to be held on the artificial island of Yumeshima for 184 days from April 13, had been sold as of March 5, less than 60% of the target.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2025

Advance ticket sales target for Osaka Expo likely out of reach

As of March 5, some 8.06 million advance tickets had been sold — less than 60% of the target.
Secondhand clothing store "Onward Reuse Park Kichijoji" in December in the city of Musashino in Tokyo
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2025

Eyeing waste, Japanese apparel industry pushes sustainable fashion

About 60% of the clothes sold in Japan are thrown away, according to the Environment Ministry.
A layer of smog hangs over Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 13, 2025

Mongolia's children choke in toxic pollution

The toxic smog that settles over the Mongolian capital every winter has been a suffocating problem for more than a decade.
Atletico Madrid's Julian Alvarez scores a penalty that was later disallowed after a VAR review.
SOCCER
Mar 13, 2025

'Ball didn't move': Simeone hits out at shootout VAR controversy

Atletico Madrid came up short in the Champions League after VAR ruled Julian Alvarez's penalty out for a supposed double touch on the ball.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin walks back to the bench after an interception during the fourth quarter against the Denver Broncos in an AFC wild card game at Highmark Stadium on Jan 12.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Mar 13, 2025

Damar Hamlin returns to Bills with one-year extension

Hamlin started 14 games for the Bills last season, part of his remarkable comeback since going into cardiac arrest after a hit to the chest during a game in 2023.
Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen (right) posts up against Rockets guard Jalen Green during the second half at Delta Center on Feb. 22.
BASKETBALL
Mar 13, 2025

Jazz fined $100K for holding Lauri Markkanen out of games

After Wednesday's announcement of the fine, the Jazz changed Markkanen's status from questionable to available to play against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda has indicated he has little problem with the recent rising yield trend.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2025

Shift in BOJ stance favors free market functioning over intervention

People familiar with the central bank's policy approach say the market should decide rates, and that investors need to get used to a world without yield curve control.
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko observes the 2025 World Exposition venue from the top of a ring-shaped roof called the Grand Ring, the world's largest wooden structure and a symbol for the Expo, on Wednesday in Osaka's Konohana Ward.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2025

Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko visit Osaka Expo venue

The Crown Prince serves as honorary president of the Expo, which will be held in the city for six months from April 13.
An electronic dictionary section at a mass retailer in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in 2005
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2025

Electronic dictionary market shrinking in Japan

Sales of electric dictionaries are falling in Japan amid declining birthrates and widespread use of smartphone apps.
A tea ceremony was held in Washington on Wednesday, hosted by Yuyusai Sosa Sen (far right), the 15th grandmaster of the Omotesenke tea school.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2025

Tea ceremony held in Washington to mark 15th year of Omotesenke in eastern U.S.

The tea school's branch in the eastern U.S. region now has about 150 members in places including Washington and New York.
Blue pipelines to transport seawater, part of the facility operated by Tepco where treated radioactive water is released from the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant into the sea, are seen during a treated water dilution and discharge facility tour for foreign media in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, in August 2023.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2025

Tepco releases treated water from Fukushima plant for last time in fiscal 2024

The operator of the nuclear plant plans to discharge 7,800 tons of treated water containing tritium, a radioactive substance, into the Pacific during the current release.
Sources say a hui suo — a private club, which in Japan caters mainly to Chinese businesspeople — will soon open on the upper floors of the Moutai Building in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 16, 2025

Private clubs quietly open in Tokyo for free-spending Chinese businesspeople

With the economy weak in China and opportunities harder to come by there, more wealthy individuals have been flocking to Japan.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 13, 2025

Ishiba mulls visit to Iwo Jima, site of fierce WWII battle

He plans to attend a joint Japan-U.S. memorial service on March 29, which would make him the first Japanese prime minister since April 2013 to set foot on the remote island.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks at an event in Auckland on Sept. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 13, 2025

New Zealand pitches itself as safe haven in ‘global storm’

Christopher Luxon’s center-right government wants more foreign direct investment to boost economic growth ahead of a 2026 election.

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