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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 9, 2021

Global warming’s deadly combination: Heat and humidity

The combination of heat and high humidity has already reached dangerous levels in parts of the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2021

Drugmakers in Japan struggle to keep pace in COVID-19 medicine race

No applications for drugs specifically tailored to COVID-19 have been filed yet, as domestic pharmaceutical companies have not invested heavily enough in biomedicine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021

‘It’s better to walk through a minefield’: Victims of Myanmar’s army speak

The military and its brutal practices are an omnipresent fear in Myanmar, one that has intensified since the generals seized full power in a coup last month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2021

Japan downgrades fourth-quarter GDP as pandemic hurts domestic demand

The slower growth was mainly due to weaker capital expenditure and public spending, which both expanded less than previously thought in the fourth quarter, even as exports remained solid.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2021

Japan nominates Nomura asset chief to replace only woman on BOJ board

Nakagawa is the second nominee to the BOJ board this year, a crucial one for the bank and for the Japanese economy as it struggles to shake off the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2021

How Toyota thrives when the chips are down

Continuity contracts and a deep understanding of semiconductor design and manufacturing equip the automaker to anticipate and mitigate shortages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2021

Fifth of men think media reports about gender pay gap are 'fake news'

Efforts to close the gender pay gap risk stalling as countries recover from COVID-19, researchers said on Monday as a global poll showed almost a quarter of men thought the issue was "political correctness gone too far."
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021

With return to normalcy in sight, Fukushima fishermen fear release of nuclear plant water

Those in the industry worry that draining the water from the nuclear plant into the sea would hinder the recovery they have made in the years since the disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2021

Rising sea levels inundating coastal economies four times faster

The extraction of groundwater and other resources from beneath cities including Jakarta, New Orleans and Shanghai is causing them to slowly sink.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021

From shock to resignation: Japan’s responses to 3/11

March 11 had enduring impacts on Japan, but they aren't at all obvious.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021

Chinese official says Hong Kong electoral changes will 'protect' international role

Critics have decried the planned changes as an end of democratic hopes in the former British colony.
Palestinians queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
May 9, 2025

U.S. says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps away' as aid groups raise alarm

Anticipation has built up about a new aid plan for Gaza, laid waste by 19 months of an Israeli military campaign against Hamas.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2025

China can play hardball at looming trade talks with U.S., analysts say

After weeks of tit-for-tat escalation that sent global markets into a tailspin, the two powers will meet this weekend for a chance to break the ice.
Nidec has decided to withdraw a ¥257 billion ($1.8 billion) unsolicited tender offer for machine tool maker Makino Milling Machine, bowing to strong resistance from its target.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2025

Nidec withdraws its $1.8 billion hostile takeover bid for Makino Milling Machine

Makino had previously threatened to block the takeover by granting stock acquisition rights to existing shareholders.
Local residents prepare to evacuate after Pakistani artillery shelling at the Lagama village in Uri, about 100 kilometers from Srinagar, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2025

Pakistan launched multiple attacks along India's western border, India says

Pakistan's armed forces launched "multiple attacks" using drones and other munitions along India's western border on Thursday night and early Friday.
Kotoba Slam Japan runs regional competitions to select a representative for the annual World Poetry Slam Championship, which will take place in Mexico at the end of the month.
CULTURE / Stage
May 9, 2025

Japan’s slam poetry scene is all about raw vulnerability

Slam poetry is a rarity in Japan, but the scene is full of energy and potential that the poets have been bringing to the world slam poetry stage for 10 years now.
The Tokyo District Court on Friday handed suspended prison sentences to Keito Hosomichi, 27, and his 58-year-old father, Masato, after finding them guilty of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2025

Former Tokyo Stock Exchange employee and father convicted of insider trading

Keito Hosomichi, 27, passed along confidential corporate information to his father, who then profited by investing in the shares of three companies.
Wings guard Paige Bueckers, seen during media day, was the top pick in the 2025 draft.
BASKETBALL
May 9, 2025

Paige Bueckers and Wings to measure success in terms of growth

The UConn star and No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft could play a major role in revitalizing a Dallas franchise that missed the playoffs in 2024 with a 9-31 record.
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2025

Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’

Yoshitaka Toda, 43, said he struggled with mental health issues as a result of his parents’ expectations for him to excel academically.
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2025

Who could become Japan's next prime minister?

Regardless of the outcome of July's Upper House election, the bar will be high for anyone seeking to unseat incumbent Shigeru Ishiba.
Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards drives past the Warriors' Jimmy Butler during Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series in Minneapolis on Thursday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 9, 2025

Timberwolves cruise past Stephen Curry-less Warriors in Game 2

Anthony Edwards added 20 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, which evened the best-of-seven series at 1-1.
Japan Airport Terminal President Nobuaki Yokota and Chairman Isao Takashiro resigned amid an internal probe into favoritism toward a consulting firm led by a son of Makoto Koga, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, related to massage chair installations at the terminal buildings of an airport.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2025

Japan Airport Terminal's top execs step down amid corruption scandal

The company said it accepted resignation offers from the two top executives the same day.
Household spending in fiscal 2024 dropped 0.1% from the previous year in price-adjusted real terms, down for the second straight year, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 9, 2025

Japan household spending slides 0.1% in FY2024

The decrease reflects sustained inflation, which is making people more budget-minded on food.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone plans a buyback of shares from May 12 through March 31, a move it says is geared toward raising capital efficiency and boosting shareholder returns.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2025

NTT announces ¥200 billion buyback in capital efficiency push

The buyback from May 12 through March 31 is geared toward raising capital efficiency and boosting shareholder returns, the company said.
Hoshoryu (right) practices against Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 2.
SUMO
May 9, 2025

Hoshoryu dominates rivals in practice, but real test awaits at May Basho

Sumo is a sport where practice results are unreliable if taken as a predictor of future success.
Hackers are believed to be taking control of brokerage accounts in Japan to manipulate stock prices, with reported cases rising at an alarming rate between January and April.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2025

FSA reports about ¥300B in illicit online trading from January to April

The number of unauthorized access cases soared from just 65 at the start of the year to 4,852 last month.

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