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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 4, 2021

‘The East is rising’: Xi maps out China’s post-pandemic ascent

Xi will unveil a long-term blueprint for navigating China when the National People's Congress gathers Friday and convenes for about a week.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 4, 2021

From small town to big city to new age of clean tourism

Name: Mark Choon
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2021

Trump weighing 2024 presidential run without Mike Pence, allies say

Privately, the former president is taking stock of who he believes stood with him at the end of his term and who didn't, according to insiders.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 4, 2021

'When will it end?': How a changing virus is reshaping scientists’ views on COVID-19

Vaccine breakthroughs had initially sparked hope that the virus could be largely contained, but data on new variants has undercut that optimism.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2021

How responsible travelers can contribute to sustainable islands

For more than 20 years, Okinawa has nurtured a growing trend toward achieving sustainability on all levels of society. In a rapidly changing world that is still negotiating a pandemic, many Okinawans have been working to create initiatives that both engage tourists and enrich the local community and...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 4, 2021

The vaccine revolution is coming inside tiny bubbles of fat

If messenger-RNA vaccines are the breakout medicine of the pandemic, then the tiny lipid spheres that bring them into people's cells are the unsung heroes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2021

Why global power grids are still vulnerable to cyberattacks

More than five years after massive cyberattacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power grids have become even more vulnerable to hackers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2021

'Everything will be OK': Slain Myanmar teen's T-shirt slogan spurs defiance

"Everything will be OK," read 19-year-old Angel's T-shirt as the dancer and taekwondo champion joined anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2021

How a 10-second video clip sold for $6.6 million

The video, by digital artist Beeple, was authenticated by blockchain, which serves as a digital signature to certify who owns it and that it is the original work.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 4, 2021

A day to remember: Japanese films about 3/11

Japan's cinema grapples with the triple disaster of 2011 from a variety of angles.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 4, 2021

Taiko artist Eitetsu Hayashi to mark 50th anniversary with a universal beat

Eitetsu Hayashi, who is marking 50 years as a drummer this year, will perform two concerts to offer solace to those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton brings the ball up the court during the second half of Indiana's series-clinching win over the Cavaliers on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 14, 2025

Haliburton shines as Pacers advance past top-seeded Cavs

A flurry of six 3-pointers from Haliburton helped Indiana wrap up a 4-1 series victory as the Cavaliers' promising season fizzled out.
Nippon Life Insurance is diversifying its investments to enhance yields, although it’s a tricky time to invest with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war fueling global market volatility.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2025

Japan’s biggest insurer weighs riskier overseas CLO investments

Japan’s biggest life insurer is considering taking on a little more risk with its investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), as it looks for ways to eke out better returns abroad.
Defense attorney Mark Geragos speaks outside the Van Nuys Courthouse West, after a judge ruled that Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible for re-sentencing, in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2025

Menendez brothers resentenced after 35 years, allowing parole

The time the brothers have already spent behind bars means they are already eligible to apply for parole, with a hearing scheduled for next month.
A nuclear reactor in New Taipei City
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 14, 2025

Taiwan opens door to restart atomic power plants in reversal

Under the new law, plants that could previously only operate for 40 years will be allowed to renew or extend their licenses for up to 20 years at a time.
A copy of the international kilogram prototype made of platinum-iridium alloy (top right) is displayed in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
May 14, 2025

Japan's meter and kilogram prototypes shown ahead of 150th anniversary

The original kilogram prototype has been kept in a temperature- and humidity-controlled steel safe at AIST, in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.
Terumi Tanaka, one of the representatives of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, speaks during the prize ceremony in Oslo in December.
JAPAN
May 14, 2025

Nobel Institute to hold event in Tokyo to call for nuclear disarmament

The Norwegian Nobel Institute plans to hold an event in Japan in July to call for nuclear disarmament, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
A 15-year-old boy, arrested for fatally stabbing an elderly woman in the city of Chiba, told authorities he committed the crime in hopes of being sent to a juvenile detention center to escape his difficult home life, according to investigators.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2025

Teen suspect in Chiba stabbing wanted to escape his home life, police say


The junior high school student allegedly attacked 84-year-old Yayoi Takahashi from behind with a knife at around 5 p.m. on Sunday.
The motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 15.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

Trump’s freebie Qatar jet is the stuff of nightmares in spyworld

"If we had built the plane, knowing it was going to a foreign government, we would probably have bugged it,” said Thad Troy, a former station chief with the CIA.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 14, 2025

Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor

Attracting more small investors could help reduce volatility due to the introduction of a wider range of investment strategies.
A Sony PlayStation 5 controller
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2025

Sony profit forecast flattens under ¥100 billion tariff burden

New Sony Chief Executive Officer Hiroki Totoki’s first task is to navigate the entertainment group though a new era of a tariff-wielding United States.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng attends a meeting with global business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 28.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

China surrounded Xi aide with seasoned experts to seal U.S. deal

The crew engaging with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was on public display for the first time Sunday.
Solar Park Kasso ApS's e-methanol production plant, located on the outskirts of Aabenraa in Denmark, on Monday
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2025

Mitsui starts mass production of e-methanol with Danish firm

The amount of CO2 emitted from e-methanol production is up to 97% less than that from methanol produced using fossil fuels.
Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica reacts after receiving a tribute in Montevideo on March 26. Mujica, a former guerrilla fighter and icon of the left in Latin America, died at the age of 89 on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2025

Latin America mourns world's 'poorest president' Mujica, dead at 89

The iconic 89-year-old died of cancer after announcing in January that the disease had spread and he would stop treatment.
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged toward a thermal power station in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, in 2017.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2025

Japan under pressure from U.S. to invest in Alaska LNG pipeline

Doubts over the pipeline's profitability and viability leaves Japan's participation in the $44 billion (nearly ¥6.7 trillion) project uncertain.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
The Japanese face and body patches that have had the world wondering
Japan's Mebuki Suzuki in action with Uganda's Oscar Chelimo in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14
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.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
By Christoph Sponsel

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