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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 10, 2021

Naomi Osaka says Japan must carefully weigh risks of staging Tokyo Olympics

Osaka said staging the games should remain a topic of discussion as long as the subject was 'making people very uncomfortable.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 10, 2021

Athletes get taste of what may be in store at COVID-era Olympics

Justin Gatlin is used to winning races.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2021

As cryptocurrencies boom, Japan looks to finally move on from scandals

A hacking attack that hit Coincheck in 2018 put a wet blanket on a growing cryptocurrency frenzy, but local players feel the industry has now turned a corner.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 10, 2021

Sony warns tight PlayStation 5 supply to extend into next year

The conglomerate said it had sold 7.8 million units of the console through March 31, and it is aiming to sell at least 14.8 million units in the current fiscal year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2021

'My life for his': Thai mothers fight for activist children charged with insulting king

A core group of five mothers, from a business owner to a rice farmer, formed their bond as they met on trips to court and prison to see their children.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2021

China’s much-hyped digital yuan leaves early users underwhelmed

Observers suspect China has high hopes for international use of the digital yuan as Xi Jinping tries to lessen his country's reliance on the U.S.-led global financial system.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 10, 2021

South Korea’s Moon Jae-in sets final-year goal of 'irreversible peace' on peninsula

His remarks come before his meeting with Biden on May 21 at the White House, where North Korea will be high on the agenda.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 10, 2021

Vlad the vaccinator: Dracula's castle lures visitors with COVID-19 shots

Visitors to Dracula's castle are more likely to find puncture marks in their arms than their necks this month, after a COVID-19 vaccination center was set up at the Transylvanian attraction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2021

Myanmar poet dies after being detained, family says

Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose works declare resistance against the ruling junta, died in detention overnight and his body was returned with the organs removed, his family said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2021

Unused doses pile up as mistrust blights Hong Kong vaccine drive

So many shots are languishing that the government has warned that some will expire in September.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
May 10, 2021

Ethiopia’s crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans snares thousands

Tigray is the most dramatic example of ethnic and regional tensions that are surfacing across Ethiopia, imperiling the multiethnic democracy of Africa's second-most populous nation.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 23, 2025

Under threat from Trump, Canada set to hold snap elections

The former central banker was chosen to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the broader Canadian electorate.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to Royal Navy soldiers outside a BAE Systems factory in Barrow-in-Furness, England, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 23, 2025

Keir Starmer on Putin, Trump and Europe’s challenge: ‘We’ve known this moment was coming’

Behind a whirlwind of diplomacy is Starmer's true goal: Persuading Trump of the value of NATO.
A Palestinian boy rides a bicycle in an abandoned and partially constructed house, which his family inhabited after being displaced from the Jenin Camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2025

Israel's Security Cabinet approves independence for 13 West Bank settlements

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry criticized the approval of the separation of the neighborhoods and their recognition as independent settlements.
A Yoshino cherry tree in bloom in Kumamoto City's Nishi Ward on Sunday.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2025

Cherry blossoms bloom in Kumamoto and Kochi

Compared with last year, the blooming date was the same in Kochi and three days earlier in Kumamoto.
Pope Francis appears at a window of Gemelli hospital in Rome on Sunday before being discharged after five weeks of treatment for pneumonia.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2025

Pope Francis leaves hospital after making first public appearance in five weeks

Francis, 88, went to hospital on Feb. 14 with a severe respiratory infection that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy.
The sun shines from behind a waving Philippine flag at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / Longform
Mar 24, 2025

Eighty years after the Battle of Manila, old foes forge new ties

Amid rising tensions and possible changes to U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific, the relationship between Japan and the Philippines is even more crucial.
A firefighter works at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 24, 2025

Ukraine and U.S. teams hold talks in Saudi Arabia, with U.S. envoy hopeful on ending war

Moscow agreed to a U.S. proposal to stop attacks on energy infrastructure but both Russia and Ukraine have reportedly continued strikes.
Workers at the Cosco Shipping Holding shipyard in Qidong, Jiangsu province, China, on Oct. 8, 2024
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 24, 2025

Billion-dollar U.S. levies on Chinese ships risk ‘trade apocalypse’

The levies could theoretically generate between $40 billion and $52 billion for U.S. coffers.
South Korean Prime Minister Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in late December while serving as acting president, has been reinstated by the Constitutional Court.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 24, 2025

South Korean court reinstates PM Han Duck-soo as acting president

Han, whose impeachment was struck down by the Constitutional Court, pledges to focus on steering Asia's fourth-biggest economy through a U.S. "trade war."
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney gestures as he boards an aircraft, after calling for an election, in Ottawa on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 24, 2025

Carney calls snap election, saying Trump wants to break Canada

In calling the election now, Carney is hoping to capitalize on a remarkable recovery by his Liberal Party in the polls since January.
A commercial fishing boat leaves the port in Point Judith, Rhode Island, on March 13, as cuts by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration imperil key fishing data and research.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2025

Trump’s regulatory freeze throws U.S. fishing industry into chaos

The freeze allowed overfishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna in waters off North Carolina.
Saury catches have remained sluggish in recent years due to overfishing and changes in the maritime environment.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2025

Saury quota reduction eyed at Northern Pacific fisheries talks in Osaka

Recent poor saury catches reflect past overfishing and changes in the maritime environment.
Shoko Kanazawa, a renowned Japanese calligrapher with Down syndrome, serving a customer at Atelier Shoko Cafe in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Feb. 28. The artist aims to “bring energy and happiness to the community” in her new role as a waitress at the cafe.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 24, 2025

From brush to barista: Artist with Down syndrome shares warmth through cafe

Renowned calligrapher Shoko Kanazawa hopes to "bring energy and happiness to the community" through her new cafe in Tokyo.
Associate professor Soko Aoki (right) and her sociology students at Tohoku University have helped compile documents in the recently published “50th Year of Menstrual Products” book.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Mar 31, 2025

Menstruation and gender equality: Student movement revisited 50 years on

As "period poverty" has become a social issue, former members of the group have self-published a reference book about their activities.
Sukiya said a rodent made its way into miso soup while meals were being prepared at a branch in Tottori Prefecture on Jan. 21.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2025

Rodent found in miso soup prompts plunge in Sukiya owner’s stock

Sukiya said the animal made its way into the soup while meals were being prepared at a branch in Tottori Prefecture.
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Nippon Ishin urges cap on foreign residents in Japan
While not specifying what percentage of foreign residents should make up the total population, “we conveyed the message that the ratio should be kept as low as possible and that the current rapid pace of increase must be properly curbed,” said Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita.
Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
Osaka Expo visitors top 20 million as crowds surge
Visitors at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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