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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2021

Biden calls for new law and change of heart after Georgia murders

The U.S. President called on Congress to send him new legislation on hate crimes following the murders of eight people in shootings in the Atlanta area.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 19, 2021

'Vaccine passports' could help global travel resume. But is Japan on board?

Japan has consistently been opposed to installing a system domestically out of concern that doing so would discriminate against those who cannot be inoculated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2021

Tokyo business closure orders spur confusion days before capital reopens

The decision was likely meant to send a message to noncompliant establishments and test how effective the measure would be.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2021

Japanese businesses face a future Olympics without overseas visitors

In the years leading up to the games, developers have poured hundreds of billions of yen into shopping and dining complexes to serve an influx of overseas visitors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2021

The second Jacksonian age

The Jacksonian era, like our own, was a time of extreme democratization and rampant anti-elitism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2021

Banker bonuses always send a powerful message

Banking is a competitive sport where the star players will go wherever they feel there are the fewest barriers to their own wealth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Mar 19, 2021

Hokkaido ski resorts see increase in local visitors despite pandemic

Given the perception of skiing as a safe outdoor activity carrying a low chance of COVID-19 infection, families who are hesitant to travel far are apparently skiing in their local area.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 19, 2021

The need to deepen fusion with Australia, Japan's second ally

The two nations face significant common challenges, from China's regional aggression to growing nationalism in the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Mar 19, 2021

Support for Fukushima evacuees is essential, but help isn't always there

About 36,000 people are still unable to return, and many of them are worried about their bleak prospects, including dying alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 19, 2021

What the 'Quad' is and isn’t

The 'Quad' leaders virtual meeting stressed the provision of public goods, the free and open Indo-Pacific and a rules-based order.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 19, 2021

Side jobs offer career development for some but overwork hazards for others

While the government and Keidanren hope more flexible working will vitalize firms and improve job satisfaction, data shows most with side jobs are lower earners trying to survive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 19, 2021

BOJ carves out more policy flexibility after three-month review

The bank also said it would offer lending incentives if it lowered its target rates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 19, 2021

ANA sees global chip shortage as good cargo opportunity in 2021

The expects its cargo unit to receive a boost this year as planes loaded with semiconductors help accelerate deliveries to automakers and consumer-electronics manufacturers.
Masaru Okawa (right), head of the Ainu association, receives ancestral remains from Peter Mathieson, principal of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2025

Remains of Ainu people in Edinburgh to be repatriated to Japan

The remains, which had been kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, have been returned to the Ainu Association of Hokkaido and will arrive back in Japan on Saturday.
Police and firefighters prepare to enter a sewage pipe at the site of a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2025

Authorities find what appear to be human remains in Saitama sinkhole

Investigators had hoped to find the 74-year-old driver of a truck that fell into the sinkhole in January.
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 1, 2025

Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check

An artificial intelligence conference set for May 16 that was to introduce digital clones has been canceled after the company involved was accused of accounting irregularities.
Working long hours is believed to be causing loneliness by worsening people's mental health and restricting their family life.
JAPAN / Society
May 1, 2025

New Japanese study shows 1 in 12 people feel lonely at work

Working long hours is believed to be causing loneliness by worsening people's mental health and restricting their family life.
Tuna Scope assessing the quality of yellowfin tuna meat in Okinawa Prefecture in August 2022
BUSINESS / Companies
May 1, 2025

Dentsu to promote tuna-grading AI tech overseas

Dentsu hopes that countries with tuna fishing industries will adopt the technology, called Tuna Scope, which has been put into practical use in Japan only recently.
A view of Koror, Palau’s main town, on April 10
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 1, 2025

Inside the U.S. battle with China over a Pacific island paradise

Palau is again on the frontline as China and the United States and its allies prepare their forces in an intensifying contest for control.
Julius Randle drives against the Lakers' Austin Reaves during Game 5 of their first-round series in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 1, 2025

Timberwolves finish off Lakers to win first-round series

Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert delivered a dominant display at both ends of the court.
The long-awaited India Pavilion has finally opened. A model of the Chandrayaan-3 unmanned probe, which made an unprecedented landing near the moon's south pole in 2023, is displayed, on Thursday in the city of Osaka.
JAPAN
May 1, 2025

India Pavilion opens at Osaka Expo

The pavillion features space exploration technologies and information technologies, areas in which the South Asian country has excelled.
LeBron James will take his time to decide if he wants to return for a 23rd NBA season.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 1, 2025

LeBron James to take time to decide future after Lakers' playoff exit

James, who turned 40 on Dec. 30, averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game this season.
A member of the Staten Island Giants flag football team passes during a practice on April 21 in Staten Island, New York.
MORE SPORTS
May 1, 2025

Women's flag football takes off in U.S. with LA Olympics on horizon

Developed as an alternative to collision prone tackle football, girls' and women's flag football was relatively unknown six years ago.
Osaka Prefectural Police officers check the vehicle of a 28-year-old man who allegedly rammed into schoolchildren on a street in the city of Osaka on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2025

Man arrested in Osaka after suspected car attack on children

Yuki Yazawa, an unemployed resident of Tokyo who was driving the vehicle, was arrested by the Osaka Prefectural Police on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder.
U.S. President Donald Trump (center), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2025

Trump's Cabinet shrugs off economic contraction, at odds with pledges

Figures show U.S. gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter.
Lee Jae-myung, former leader of the Democratic Party, makes a final speech during the party's presidential primary election in Goyang, South Korea, on April 27.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2025

South Korea presidential race rocked by court ruling and resignations

South Korea's third acting president in five months, Lee Ju-ho, said that he will ensure stable government ahead of a June 3 presidential election.
Environment Minister Keiichiro Asao attends a memorial service for Minamata disease victims in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture on Thursday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2025

Victims mourned 69 years after Minamata disease recognition

There were 2,284 certified patients of Minamata disease in Kumamoto Prefecture and neighboring Kagoshima Prefecture as of the end of March.
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.
Anime’s ‘Demon Slayer’ hit is a watershed for Japan
Channing Tatum, one of the English-language voice actors, and others attend the premiere of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 9. Japanese anime has surged from niche fandom to global box-office powerhouse with the latest “Demon Slayer” installment.
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.
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.
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