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Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2021

Years of unheeded warnings. Then the subway crash Mexico City had feared.

Ever since it opened nearly a decade ago, the newest Mexico City subway line had been plagued with structural weaknesses that led engineers to warn of potential accidents.
JAPAN
May 5, 2021

World's oldest person pulls out of Olympic torch relay due to COVID-19 concerns

Kane Tanaka, who was awarded a Guinness World Record, was slated to be one of the relay participants in Fukuoka, which will start on May 11.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 5, 2021

As cars go electric, China builds a big lead in factories

Chinese manufacturers are using the billions they have raised from international investors and sympathetic local leaders to beat established carmakers to the market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 5, 2021

Beijing's new flashpoint: A South Korean hot spot for spying

China spooked South Korea in December by sending a warship past a self-imposed boundary near Baengnyeong to probe the limits of the country's claims in the Yellow Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 5, 2021

Philippines rejects China fishing ban and wards off Chinese vessels

The Southeast Asian nation will continue law enforcement patrols and maritime exercises on a rotational basis over the waters within its exclusive economic zone, a task force said.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 5, 2021

Roma appoints Jose Mourinho as manager for next season

AS Roma has named Jose Mourinho as their new head coach on a three-year contract, the Italian first-division club announced on Tuesday, 15 days after the Portuguese was sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2021

World’s most vaccinated nation reintroduces curbs as cases surge

Seychelles, which has fully vaccinated more of its population against COVID-19 than any other country, has closed schools and canceled sporting activities for two weeks as infections surge.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 5, 2021

From Elton John to national identity, Rina Sawayama chooses her family carefully

Japanese British singer Rina Sawayama recently partnered with Elton John on “Chosen Family,” a song from Sawayama's debut album that delves deeply into her family history and identity.
Stocks slid Wednesday following an initial report that Trump planned to make an auto tariff announcement.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 27, 2025

Trump says he’ll hit auto imports with 25% tariff in trade fight

The move comes ahead of an even broader announcement of so-called reciprocal tariffs expected April 2.
A wildfire burns on a hillside in Andong, South Korea, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2025

South Korea wildfires 'largest on record,' disaster chief says

More than a dozen fires broke out over the weekend, scorching wide swathes of the southeast, as the death toll rose to 26.
Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip protest against Hamas and call for an end to the war with Israel on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2025

Hundreds stage Gaza protest against Hamas after conflict resumes

"It was a spontaneous rally against the war because people are tired and they have no place to go," said one witness.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be using U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to present himself as a strong dealmaker against him, some European officials said.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2025

Putin’s tactics are pushing Trump toward tough choice on Ukraine

Moscow seems intent on prolonging discussions and keeping the scope of talks narrow to pressure Washington into giving ground.
Some South Korean lawmakers have called the Chinese presence in nearby waters a "direct challenge to marine security."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 27, 2025

South Korea installs platform to monitor Chinese presence in disputed sea

China says its structures in the sea are fish farming equipment, but they have raised alarm bells in Seoul.
Masaki Kashiwara, a specially appointed professor at Kyoto University's Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, won this year's Abel Prize.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2025

Masaki Kashiwara wins Abel Prize for mathematicians

Kashiwara "has proven astonishing theorems with methods no one had imagined," the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and others attend a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2025

Opposition urges LDP to reinvestigate ties with Unification Church

The move comes following a court order to strip the group of its religious corporation status.
Iwao Hakamata, a wrongfully convicted death-row inmate who was acquitted last year through a retrial, and his sister Hideko after a news conference in Tokyo in November 2019. Hakamata won compensation from Japan this week.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Mar 27, 2025

Ex-judge fights Japan's 'unopenable door' retrial system

Hiroaki Murayama wants Japan's outdated retrial system to be fixed so that there will "be no more (Iwao) Hakamatas."
A member of a medical team takes a patient's blood pressure during an HIV clinic day in Kampala, Uganda, on Feb. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2025

Trump’s foreign aid retreat guts funding for HIV treatments

The withdrawal is risking lives globally and threatening to unravel decades of progress made toward ending AIDS as a public health threat.
Sixteen-year-old Jun’s (Katsuya Kobayashi) life spirals downward after his refusal to stand and sing the national anthem is misconstrued as a political statement in “Boy.”
CULTURE / Film
Mar 27, 2025

‘Boy’: An ambitious portrait of alienated youth

Director Yuji Dan brings a decades-old project to a close with his portrayal of a young man coming of age amid turmoil in the late 1990s.
Masuo Fukuda, head of Citigroup’s investment banking business in Tokyo, says the hiring in Tokyo started in December targeting various levels of bankers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2025

Citigroup hiring dealmakers in Japan with fee pool seen reviving

The Wall Street firm is expanding its investment banking team in Japan as it bets the country’s deal fee pool will finally rebound.
Volunteers and locals help to clean the mud off a street following heavy rains in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, on Nov. 5, 2024.
WORLD / Society
Mar 27, 2025

EU tells public to hold 72 hours of emergency supplies

A new strategy unveiled by the bloc calls for preparing for risks including natural disasters, cyber attacks and geopolitical crises.
Tadanobu Asano plays real-life photographer Masahisa Fukase in “Ravens,” which follows the artist’s life from his professional beginnings to the accident that ended his career.
CULTURE / Film
Mar 27, 2025

‘Ravens’: Tadanobu Asano plays troubled photographer with scapegrace charm

Mark Gill’s visually lush film subverts the realism of Masahisa Fukase’s life story by introducing a human-sized raven as an imagined antagonist.
A wildfire in the city of Okayama on Wednesday evening
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2025

Over 900 hectares destroyed in Ehime and Okayama wildfires

In the Ehime city of Imabari, 417 hectares had been burned as of Wednesday, while the fire in the city of Okayama had swept through some 559 hectares.
Alexandra Eala celebrates after her match against Iga Swiatek at the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Mar 27, 2025

Philippine wildcard Eala stuns Swiatek to reach Miami semis

The big-hitting 19-year-old showed no signs of being intimidated playing against one of her idols and dismantled Swiatek's serve early on to grab control of the match.

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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.
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