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BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 23, 2021

Mariners CEO resigns over offensive remarks toward Hisashi Iwakuma

Minority owner Kevin Mather stepped down just days after comments belittling the English ability of Iwakuma and other players were made public.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 23, 2021

Boon or bane? Malaysian island reclamation plan divides residents

Environmentalists say the project will wreck the lives of residents and damage the coast.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 23, 2021

Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet

NASA scientists on Monday unveiled first-of-a-kind home movies from last week's daredevil Mars rover landing, vividly showing its supersonic parachute inflation over the red planet and a rocket-powered hovercraft lowering the science lab on wheels to the surface.
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WORLD
Feb 23, 2021

Jet engine explosion over Denver rings alarms about shielding

The incident is the latest in a string of failures that has raised alarm among regulators about debris evading shielding that's supposed to keep broken parts from hitting aircraft.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 23, 2021

U.S. sanctions two Myanmar generals over coup

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on two members of Myanmar's military junta over the country's Feb. 1 coup.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2021

Bells toll for lives lost as U.S. reaches 500,000 COVID-19 deaths

About 19% of total global coronavirus deaths have occurred in the United States, an outsize figure given that the nation accounts for just 4% of the world's population.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2021

Japan and U.S. coast guards hold rare joint drills near Ogasawara islets

The exercises came as the China Coast Guard continues to send ships near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 22, 2021

Two more French players test positive for COVID-19 ahead of next Six Nations match

Center Arthur Vincent and hooker Julien Marchand have tested positive for COVID-19, the French rugby federation (FFR) said, bringing the total number of players infected to five as France gears up for its Six Nations clash against Scotland next Sunday.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator, is set to visit Washington to have talks with U.S. officials as early as Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 21, 2025

Japan and U.S. may hold third round of tariff talks as early as Saturday

Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa is set to make a three-day visit to the U.S. from Friday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2025

Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy

Trump may have done India a favor. His actions have exposed an uncomfortable truth: Under his leadership, the U.S. is not a dependable partner in matters of security.
A CATL recruitment advertisement in Germany
BUSINESS / Tech
May 21, 2025

CATL's $2 billion German plant boosts China’s invest-abroad bet

"I see ourselves as a blueprint for Chinese companies who are looking to expand in Europe,” said Matthias Zentgraf, the battery giant’s European president.
A spokesperson for Taiwan's Foreign Ministry has expressed regret that Taiwan was not invited to this year's peace memorial ceremony in Nagasaki, which will be held on Aug. 9 to mark the anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.
JAPAN
May 21, 2025

Taiwan voices regret over Nagasaki peace ceremony snub

Taiwan remains determined to continue cooperation with like-minded partners and to protect regional peace and stability, said spokesperson Hsiao Kuang-wei.
Elon Musk boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 21
BUSINESS / Tech
May 21, 2025

Musk commits to Tesla CEO role and plans political pullback

"If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it,” Musk said. "I do not currently see a reason.”
Agriculture minister Taku Eto answers reporters questions at the at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2025

Why Ishiba pulled a 180 on the gaffe-stricken farm minister

Taku Eto is the first minister to fall since the Japanese leader formed his Cabinet last October
As Japan confronts global economic shifts and mounting fiscal pressures, its upcoming election risks being consumed by a stale, politically fraught debate over the consumption tax.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2025

Don’t reopen the ‘demon's gate’ debate in Japan

As Japan confronts global economic shifts and mounting fiscal pressures, its upcoming election risks being consumed by a stale, politically fraught debate over the consumption tax.
Britain's King Charles inspects a guard of honor in Edinburgh, Scotland, last July. The rising cost of the British monarchy, marked by increased taxpayer funding and limited transparency, is prompting questions about whether the public is getting fair value for supporting the royals.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2025

A king’s ransom: The eye-watering cost of Charles III

Brits should be told how much their royals’ extravagant lifestyles are costing them.
Firefighters battle forest fires in the Turkmen mountains in the Rabiah area of Syria's western Latakia's governorate on May 11.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
May 21, 2025

Fires drive tropical forest loss to 'red alert' record high

The world lost 67,000 square kilometers of precious primary tropical forest last year, an area double the size of Belgium or Taiwan.
China’s prolonged real estate slump has pushed housing construction back to early 2000s levels, sharply cutting cement production and offering a rare climate reprieve from one of the world’s biggest sources of carbon emissions.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2025

China’s building crash is rewinding 22 years of growth

The real estate slump may be bad for the economy, but it’s good for the planet — cement is one of the most polluting substances on Earth.
A mock-up of Japan's state-of-the-art railgun, which is currently undergoing testing, is displayed at the three-day DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 21, 2025

Railguns, missiles and lasers: Japan uses massive defense event to highlight shift

The range of products and systems being displayed at DSEI Japan in Chiba is both diverse and sophisticated, and comes amid soaring international tensions.
Tokio Marine Holdings, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings and Sompo Holdings posted record consolidated net profits for the second straight year in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, driven by gains from the sale of cross-held shares, according to their earnings reports.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2025

All three major Japanese nonlife insurers log record net profits

Net profit went up some 1.5 times to ¥1,055.2 billion at Tokio Marine Holding.
The parliament passed a bill to revise the law regulating Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's operations at a House of Councilors plenary session on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2025

Japan enacts revised NTT law

The amendments to the NTT law no longer require the former state-run company to provide uniform fixed-line telephone services throughout the country.
A crowd of tourists walk on the street near Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto. There has been growing pushback from residents in the tradition-steeped city as visitor numbers continue to rise.
JAPAN / Society
May 21, 2025

Japan's tourist arrivals soared 28.5% in April to hit record 3.9 million

For the first four months of the year, foreign visitor arrivals totaled 14.4 million, a 24.5% increase.
A female Osaka prosecutor in her 50s speaks about how she was sexually assaulted, at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2025

Female prosecutor says she experienced secondary victimization in rape case

The prosecutor said the prosecutors office where she worked turned a blind eye after she reported the case, and slanderous comments about her spread at work.

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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