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COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Mar 25, 2021

Privacy or rehabilitation? How criminal records are treated in Japan

With background checks unobtainable and information about lawbreakers kept under wraps, dealing with a person's past can be tricky.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2021

Honey-gathering tribe protest against eviction from Indian tiger reserve

Hundreds of people from the community were evicted after authorities designated the park as a tiger reserve in 1999 and dismissed their claims for land rights
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2021

Biden’s U.S.-Saudi re-calibration

Biden, like every other U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, realizes that Saudi Arabia is vital to maintaining American strategic interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 25, 2021

Samsung unveils next-gen memory for data-hungry AI and computers

DDR5 memory will be twice as fast as the current DDR4 while reducing leakage and using about 13% less power, the company wrote in its announcement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2021

We must start planning for a permanent pandemic

SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), protean and elusive as it is, may become our permanent enemy, like the flu but worse.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 25, 2021

Yokozuna Kakuryu had serene journey through sumo’s often treacherous straits

Kakuryu's nature never allowed him to play the black hat role, and his style of sumo, and gradual ascent to the top, also meant that he flew under the radar for many.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2021

H&M faces boycott in China over stance on treatment of Uyghurs

A similar statement from Nike was also attracting criticism on Wednesday, a sign that Western clothing manufacturers could face growing hostility in China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2021

Chinese hackers used Facebook to target Uyghurs abroad, company says

The social media company said the hackers targeted activists, journalists and dissidents who were predominantly Uyghurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group facing persecution in China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2021

Massive ship blocking Suez Canal paralyzes trade for another day

The situation has gotten so desperate that an elite salvage squad is due to arrive Thursday to work on prising the Ever Given from the bank of the canal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2021

Paraguay says Chinese vaccine offers tied to dumping Taiwan

The episode is the latest example of how geopolitics is infecting the global race for vaccines, with major powers dominating production and hoarding supplies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 25, 2021

Tokyo's art scene looks back at recent history

Asian artists and curators examine the present through the lens of the past.
Thunder guard Luguentz Dort shoots as Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. defends during the third quarter of Oklahoma City's series-clinching win in Game 4 on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 27, 2025

Thunder sweep past Grizzlies in NBA playoffs; Cavs on brink

The Thunder, fueled by 38 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, held off the Memphis Grizzlies 117-115 to complete a series sweep.
Diamondbacks infielder Eugenio Suarez celebrates after hitting a home run against the Braves in the fourth inning on Saturday. The slugger went on to hit four in the game, becoming just the 19th player in MLB history to achieve the feat.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 27, 2025

Arizona's Eugenio Suarez becomes 19th MLB player to hit four homers in one game

Suarez's fourth homer of the night knotted the score at 7-7 in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings in a game his team ultimately lost.
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2025

China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost

Beijing's focus on claiming sovereignty over Sandy Cay reef in the South China Sea adds to fears over a clash with Manila.
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 27, 2025

As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd

The driver was a "lone suspect" known to police, a police spokesperson told journalists at the scene.
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 27, 2025

California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy

Japan's annual GDP was surpassed by China in 2010 and Germany in 2023, positioning the country in fourth place.
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis during the funeral ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday.
WORLD
Apr 27, 2025

All eyes turn to conclave after Pope Francis' funeral

On Monday morning, cardinals will hold their fifth general meeting since the pope's death, at which they are expected to announce a date for the conclave.
The Bank of Japan will release its quarterly report on the Japanese economy and prices at its two-day policy meeting from Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 27, 2025

BOJ may lower economic and price forecasts

Amid Trump's global trade war, the central bank is also likely to keep its monetary policy unchanged.
Wi Sung-lac, a South Korean lawmaker who advises presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on diplomacy, is interviewed in Seoul on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2025

Aide to South Korean candidate suggests review of wartime labor solution

Wi did not provide specifics but said that a Lee administration might discuss historical issues more than the Yoon administration.
Trumpism is attacking America's core institutions to gain unchecked power, and only a united civic uprising that defends and reforms these institutions can stop it and build a better future.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2025

Time for a civic uprising

What’s happening is not normal. America needs an uprising that is not normal.
A company linked to the son of former Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Makoto Koga is at the center of an income concealment case involving about ¥100 million tied to massage chair operations at Haneda Airport.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2025

Haneda terminal operator unit underreports income by ¥100 million

The subsidiary, Big Wing, was found to have concealed the income in connection with the business of installing massage chairs.
Crown Prince Akishino attends the memorial mass for Pope Francis at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2025

Japan crown prince attends memorial mass for Pope Francis

The mass, hosted by the Apostolic Nunciature to Japan, was attended by about 1,000 people, including U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass.
U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy efforts, including negotiations with Ukraine, Iran and others face failure due to unrealistic expectations and an apparent failure to fully understand the complexities of the conflicts.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2025

U.S. diplomacy confronts reality in Ukraine and Iran

Trump loyalists must recognize that his approach may well fail in ways that leave the world in immeasurably worse shape.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony following bilateral talks in Pyongyang last June.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time

Leader Kim Jong Un called the move "a sacred mission to further consolidate as firm as a rock the traditional friendship and solidarity between the two countries."
Lee Jae-myung delivers a speech during the national convention of South Korea's Democratic Party to choose their candidate for upcoming presidential election, in Goyang, South Korea, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

South Korea martial law put Lee Jae-myung back on track for presidency

If elected, he would face polarized politics and rising economic concerns while negotiating with Donald Trump.
A man holds a Canadian flag ahead of Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party election campaign event at candidate Amarjeet Sohi’s campaign office, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

Candidates in Canada election make final pitches under shadow of Vancouver tragedy

Sunday was the final day of a five-week campaign for the candidates to make their case ahead of an election entered largely on Trump's tariffs and threats to annex Canada.

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