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JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 28, 2021

Japan to issue digital vaccine passport, Nikkei reports

Japan is set to issue digital health certificates to citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, joining China, the EU and other countries that have adopted similar measures aimed at opening up overseas travel, the Nikkei reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2021

On eve of Myanmar coup, Pompeo rejected effort to declare Rohingya 'genocide'

The 11th-hour scramble inside the State Department underscores how the United States had struggled to formulate consistent policy toward Myanmar.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2021

China’s go-it-alone five-year plan

To meet the challenges ahead, China is banking on its 14th Five-Year Plan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 28, 2021

Japan remade its supply chains after catastrophe. Here’s what it learned.

Japan's industrial network became more resilient after the tsunami and meltdown catastrophes of 2011, which inflicted more than $200 billion in damage to businesses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2021

Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church wounds 14 people

Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding 14 people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, the country's national police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 28, 2021

Loaded language: U.S. denuclearization phrasing puts progress on North Korea in jeopardy

A simple shift in language by the Biden administration could prove to be a stumbling block for any talks with the nuclear-armed country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2021

China hits U.S. and Canada with sanctions in Xinjiang fallout

The Xinjiang controversy adds to a wider standoff between China and the U.S. and its allies that took root under Donald Trump.
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Apr 28, 2025

Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time

Since 2018, Sanya Cafe has been building community in one of Tokyo’s most colorful — and infamous — neighborhoods.
Panathinaikos BC celebrates after winning the Euroleague title in Berlin on May, 26, 2024.
BASKETBALL
Apr 24, 2025

Euroleague CEO pushes back as NBA ponders new league in Europe

Motiejunas said the Euroleague is staunchly opposed to a new operator in the region.
A Sudanese soldier prays in front of a burned-out armored vehicle in Khartoum, Sudan, on March 28.
WORLD
Apr 24, 2025

'No one else will': Sudan's journalists risk all to report the war

Since fighting erupted between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, at least 28 reporters have been killed, according to Sudan's journalist union.
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2025

Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured

Police believe he may have also been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest.
Last year was the hottest on record in Japan and globally. An enduring stretch of peak warm weather worldwide has prompted scientists to look for the causes as they try to understand whether we have entered a dangerous phase of accelerated heating.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2025

Creating the best possible climate models is existential

Scientists' work in building and interpreting climate models must be fine-tuned so that this data can inform the policies capable of living up to the challenge of global heating.
A worker labors on a spinning machine at a factory in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia in September 2019. For Indonesia, China’s trade power means lost jobs and hard choices.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2025

Asia would welcome trade deals that exclude China

The real cost to developing countries of China’s trade practices runs deeper: lost jobs can be counted, but missed opportunities can’t.
Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato is is expected to meet with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 24, 2025

U.S. indicates no hard target for yen ahead of key trade talks

The United States has argued that the yen is too weak, making its value against the dollar a top agenda item in trade discussions.
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2025

Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026

Until now, police have usually responded to cycling violations by issuing verbal warnings or handing out red tickets that can lead to prosecution.
In March alone, the number of non-Japanese international passengers using Narita Airport rose 11% from a year earlier to 2,003,482, a record high for the month.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2025

Narita Airport reports 16% increase in passengers

The airport's overall passenger count in fiscal 2024 totaled 40,774,055, topping 40 million for the first time in five years.
A group of lawyers representing a former journalist — who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a now-deceased secretary of a lawmaker — speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday following a ruling that ordered the government to pay damages to her.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2025

Government ordered to pay over sexual assault by lawmaker's former aide

A Tokyo court ordered the ¥4.4 million ($30,850) payment to a former female journalist who was allegedly assaulted by the now-deceased government-paid secretary.
While Nissan slightly raised its sales forecast late Thursday, its statement warned that its net loss could be ¥700 billion to ¥750 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2025

Nissan sees $5.3 billion red hole as restructuring losses mount

While Nissan slightly raised its sales forecast late Thursday, its statement warned that its net loss could be ¥700 billion to ¥750 billion.
Once known only by his first name, Sasuke Haraguchi scrapped the pretension of a crafted image for bare authenticity. He’s now an in-demand electronic producer and artist in his own right.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 25, 2025

Sasuke Haraguchi’s provocative soundtracks for digital natives

The 21-year-old electronic producer and artist taps into the chaotic nature of modern online life.
Fiscal 2024 supermarket sales in value terms grew on higher prices including for food, especially rice and vegetables, but sales in volume terms continued to decline as consumers remained reluctant to spend.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2025

Japanese supermarket sales up for fifth straight year in fiscal 2024

Sales in value terms grew on higher prices including for food, especially rice and vegetables, but sales in volume terms continued to decline.
Parliament on Friday in Tokyo
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2025

LDP plans to submit pension reform bill in mid-May

Pension system reform is a key issue in the second half of the ongoing ordinary parliament session.
Cam Ward poses for photos after being taken with the No. 1 pick of the NFL draft on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Apr 25, 2025

Titans take Cam Ward with top pick in NFL draft

Ward threw for 4,313 yards and 39 touchdowns for Miami last season.

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