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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 8, 2021

Former Chiba Lotte manager Bobby Valentine running for mayor of hometown

Valentine spent eight seasons spread over two stints managing the Chiba Lotte Marines in NPB's Pacific League.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2021

Heads up! A used Chinese rocket is tumbling back to Earth this weekend.

The chances of it hitting a populated area are small, but not zero. That has raised questions about how the country's space program designs its missions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2021

China urges U.N. states not to attend Xinjiang event next week

Beijing charged that the event's organizers use 'human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China's internal affairs.'
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2021

Britain free of coronavirus by August, outgoing vaccine task force chief says

Dix said he expects everybody in the U.K. to have been vaccinated at least once by the end of July, when 'we'll have probably protected the population from all the variants that are known.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2021

Trump Justice Department got phone records of three Washington Post reporters

The department also attempted to get the email records of the reporters, who were looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the newspaper reported.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 8, 2021

Harry Kane believes club success will help England at Euros

England is among the favorites to become European champion and end the country's long wait for glory.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2021

World shares India’s pain with growing COVID-19 crisis

The WHO estimates that 25% of global deaths last week occurred in India, a death toll that exceeded 3,700 lives per day.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 8, 2021

Why wild animals are making their way back onto plates across Japan

In the past few decades, hunting wild animals has made a comeback in Japan, and gibier (as game is called) is finding its way onto upscale tables across the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2021

Is the G7 foreign ministers’ joint communique worth reading?

Although China was singled out in the foreign ministers' communique this year, the matter of China was just one of many important issues also mentioned.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 8, 2021

Roger Dahl on Suga's doldrums

Han Jong-hee, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics, in Suwon, South Korea, on March 19
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2025

Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-hee dies of cardiac arrest

Han, who joined Samsung Electronics nearly 40 years ago, built his career in the TV business. He became vice chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics in 2022.
Cars parked at the port in Bayonne, New Jersey, in 2021
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 25, 2025

Stocks rise as Trump hints at delays to auto tariffs and relief for some

U.S. markets ended Monday broadly higher on optimism that the tariffs set to be detailed next week may not be as extensive as expected.
Former Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa says women should collaborate with one another more to boost growth and creativity.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2025

Osaka Expo to highlight women's empowerment

The Women's Pavilion, which French luxury brand Cartier and the Cabinet Office will operate, will showcase female social advancement in Japan.
England manager Thomas Tuchel gives instructions to Myles Lewis-Skelly during a World Cup European Qualifiers game between England and Latvia on Monday.
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2025

So far so good for Tuchel as England earns back-to-back wins

England already looks well on course to win a modest Group K and take its place in next year's World Cup finals.
Katsunori Tanaka, an ex-Goldman Sachs analyst who now heads hedge fund Ariake Capital, is betting big on Japan's smaller regional banks.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2025

Ex-Goldman analyst’s hedge fund reaps 300% returns on small Japan banks

Katsunori Tanaka spent years at Goldman Sachs scrutinizing Japan’s biggest banks. Now at Ariake Capital, he obsesses over much smaller regional lenders.
A Ukrainian coast guard serviceman on a patrol boat as a cargo ship passes by in the Black Sea on Feb. 7, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2025

U.S. and Russia wrap up Saudi Arabia talks on proposed Black Sea ceasefire

Even as the talks were underway, a Russian missile strike damaged a school and a hospital in Ukraine wounding at least 88 people.
Ednaldo Rodrigues (right), seen in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 27, was unanimously returned to the role of president of the Brazilian soccer federation on Monday.
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2025

Brazil soccer federation president re-elected after Ronaldo pullout

Ednaldo Rodrigues, who was reelected until 2030, celebrated "the triumph of democracy."
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2025

Partey time for Ghana as World Cup dream draws nearer

The team has 15 points from six games in Group I, five ahead of second-placed Madagascar.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, an adviser to Tomin First no Kai, will suffer if the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Tomin First fail to maintain their combined majority in the Tokyo assembly election in June.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2025

LDP faces headwinds in Tokyo assembly election

Political funds scandals affecting the party at both the national level and in the assembly could cost it votes.
Smoke from a wildfire in the city of Okayama on Monday. The fire had subsided by Tuesday while a separate wildfire in Ehime Prefecture continues to spread.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2025

Ehime wildfire blazes on while Okayama's begins to burn out

The wildfire in Ehime Prefecture had spread to cover 171 hectares by Tuesday, although no building damage has been reported.
Tomu Fujinuma, suspect in a fraud case, is taken to Kansai International Airport from Thailand on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2025

Osaka police arrest Japanese man linked to fraud group in Myanmar

Tomu Fujinuma is believed to have been involved in a fraud group targeting Japanese nationals that was operating from a Chinese-affiliated crime group's base.
Relatives mourn Palestinian journalist Hussam Shabat, who collaborated with Al Jazeera Mubasher, during his funeral at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2025

Journalist killed, evacuation calls issued as Israel presses Gaza offensive

More than 206 journalists and media workers have been killed since the start of the war, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said.
Masamichi Koike, head of global markets business at Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, says the Bank of Japan is likely to increase the policy rate to 1% this year as long as the U.S. economy doesn’t falter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2025

Sumitomo Mitsui markets head sees BOJ rate at 30-year high

The Bank of Japan is likely to increase the policy rate to 1% this year from the current 0.5% as long as the U.S. economy doesn’t falter, said Masamichi Koike.
The Government Pension Investment Fund will have Kazuto Uchida, a former Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group economist, as its new head on April 1.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 25, 2025

Japan names former MUFG economist to lead huge pension fund

Bond market veteran Kazuto Uchida will take over from current President Masataka Miyazono on April 1 for a five-year term to manage one of the world’s largest pension funds.
William Lu, president and partner of Xiaomi, presents the new Xiaomi 15 series ahead of the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 2.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2025

Xiaomi raises $5.5 billion in upsized Hong Kong share sale

Xiaomi has been investing aggressively in its nascent EV business to drive growth and recently increased its 2025 delivery target.
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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