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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2021

What is love? Beijing desires unconditional loyalty from Hong Kong

Chinese officials have signaled that Beijing plans sweeping electoral changes for Hong Kong, possibly as soon as this week, when China's parliament, the National People's Congress, opens in Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2021

New Zealand's Auckland starts second COVID-19 lockdown this month

Exactly one year after New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus case, the country's biggest city, Auckland, woke up on Sunday to a second lockdown this month as health authorities try to rein in a cluster of the more contagious U.K. variant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 28, 2021

Murder in the consulate: Pressure grows on Saudi crown prince

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, accused in a U.S. intelligence report of approving an operation to capture or kill a prominent journalist, crushed dissent and sidelined rivals in a push for power that has delighted admirers, unsettled Riyadh's traditional foreign allies and shocked human rights advocates....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2021

U.S. seeks to put Saudi crown prince in his place — for now

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have been spared direct punishment after a U.S. intelligence report implicated him in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he has not emerged unscathed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2021

U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

J&J's vaccine is expected to be used widely around the globe because it can be shipped and stored at normal refrigerator temperatures, making distribution easier.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 28, 2021

Top 5: The sweetest of Tokyo's wagashi offerings

A traditional confectionery, sweet Japanese 'wagashi' pair exquisitely with green tea and are definitely a sight to behold.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Longform
Feb 27, 2021

Hirohito in Europe: 100 years on, historic imperial trip celebrated for its vision of peace

Tour not only highlighted Japan's newfound position alongside Allied powers in the aftermath of World War I, it also had a profound effect on the young crown prince.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2021

'The Committed': Viet Thanh Nguyen writes unreliable narrators because he is one, too

Like his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, 'The Sympathizer,” Viet Thanh Nguyen's new novel, 'The Committed,” hinges on questions about individual and collective identity and memory.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 27, 2021

Aichi Design Vision: Manufacturing collabs inspire creative homeware projects

As a way to promote manufacturing industries in Aichi Prefecture, Aichi Design Vision paired companies with up-and-coming designers to create brand new homeware products.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 27, 2021

Harassment doesn’t end in the office. It can follow you home.

Working remotely has put the spotlight on managers overstepping their boundaries with staff.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 27, 2021

Progress in the government's bid to digitalize public services

One woman found that re-entering Japanese society as a citizen was more difficult than trying to enter British society as a foreign national.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021

Corporate selloffs reflect tough times in Japan amid pandemic

Leading Japanese companies are considering selling off prestigious headquarters in central Tokyo as COVID-19 continues to reshape business operations.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021

Roger Dahl on looming threats to Japan's stock market success

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 27, 2021

A childhood tradition makes a comeback with yusanbako

Three-tiered lacquered wooden lunch boxes, which originated in Tokushima Prefecture during the late Edo Period (1603-1868), are having a revival thanks to a trio of collaborators.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Feb 27, 2021

Roger Dahl on nailing the correct seiza technique

Moody's first gave the United States its pristine "Aaa" rating in 1919 and is the last of the three major credit agencies to downgrade it.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 17, 2025

Moody's cuts America's pristine credit rating, citing rising debt

The move that could complicate U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to cut taxes and send ripples through global markets.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Hiroshi Yamakawa speaks at a press briefing in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 17, 2025

Japan remains committed to moon missions as Trump cuts NASA budget, JAXA chief says

U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA's budget could upend the Artemis program to return people to the moon.
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at the Supreme Court after it blocked his bid to resume deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members, saying the justices are "not allowing me to do what I was elected to do."
WORLD / Politics
May 17, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court maintains block on Trump deportations under wartime law

The top court faulted his administration for seeking to remove the Venezuelan migrants without adequate legal process.
Ousted FBI Director James Comey listens during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington in June 2017.
WORLD
May 17, 2025

Ex-FBI director James Comey meets with Secret Service over '8647' post

In U.S. slang, the number 86 can be used as a verb meaning to throw somebody out of a bar for being drunk or disorderly. Trump is the 47th U.S. president.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Canberra "is appalled at the sham trial and 13-year sentence given to Australian man Oscar Jenkins."
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2025

Canberra slams Russian jailing of Australian who fought for Ukraine

Oscar Jenkins, 33, was convicted of being a "mercenary in an armed conflict" by the court in Ukraine's Russian-occupied east Luhansk region.
A Palestinian man carries the body of a child killed in Israeli strikes,‏ in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
WORLD
May 17, 2025

Rescuers say 100 dead as Israel launches fresh Gaza offensive

The army said on Telegram it had begun the "initial stages" of the offensive, known as Operation Gideon's Chariots.
An oil refinery behind Hamadera Park in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
JAPAN
May 17, 2025

One dead after possible gas leak at Eneos refinery

The company believes they may have inhaled hydrogen sulfide gas, according to informed sources.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands beside a MiG-29 aircraft and air-launched weaponry on display during anti-air combat and air raid drills at an undisclosed location in the country on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2025

North Korea's Kim oversees air drills and calls for stepped-up war preparations

Kim, who inspected anti-aircraft combat and airstrike drills, called for "all units in the entire military" to bring about "a breakthrough in war preparation."
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 18, 2025

Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan

The move comes after sources said a day earlier that the carmaker was considering closing two plants in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Maserati's Stoffel Vandoorne holds up the trophy after winning the Tokyo E-Prix on Saturday, alongside Nissan's Oliver Rowland (left) and McLaren's Taylor Barnard.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 17, 2025

Stoffel Vandoorne rides perfect strategy to Tokyo E-Prix win

The Belgian’s triumph was to the dismay of the loyal Nissan fans at the track, with championship leader Oliver Rowland slipping down to second after starting on pole. 
Satoko Sodeno moves into temporary housing and arranges her belongings in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
May 17, 2025

Iwate wildfire victims begin moving into temporary housing

Seven housing units were built on the grounds of a former elementary school in Ofunato's Akasaki district.
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
BUSINESS
May 17, 2025

Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices

Larger gaps between wholesalers' procurement and selling prices, which represent their costs and profits, may be a factor, a government survey has suggested.
U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday in an attempt to find a way out of the "BLOODBATH" in the Ukraine war, the American president said on social media.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2025

Trump says he will speak to Putin to end Ukraine 'bloodbath'

Kyiv said Russian negotiators have demanded Ukraine pull its troops out of all Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow before any ceasefire deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a speech marking his 100th day in office at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center in Warren, Michigan, on April 29.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
May 18, 2025

Trump’s deals cast China both as foe and prize, blurring signals

Pick through the details of recent U.S. trade negotiations and an outline of Donald Trump’s vision for the global economy starts to come into focus. As do its contradictions.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with members of the media as he arrives for the European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2025

U.K. and EU wrangle over students and travel ahead of reset summit

Hours before Prime Minister Keir Starmer was scheduled to host EU leaders on Monday, the U.K. and the EU had still not agreed on plans for a youth exchange program.

Longform

"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