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BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2021

Shell targets power trading and hydrogen in climate drive

Shell and its European rivals are seeking new business models to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2021

On China, Biden should be like Trump

The contrast with President Donald Trump's divisive, isolationist rhetoric could not be sharper. But adopting a different tone is easier than reversing America's relative decline.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2021

Traveler quarantines aren’t going away soon

There are valid objections around privacy and the risk of exacerbating inequalities. Fortunately, good technology and sound policy should be able to surmount both.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2021

India-Japan cyber cooperation: From strength to strength

In India, defense experts fear allowing Huawei and ZTE's 5G technology in India would seriously compromise the entire command and communication structure of the Indian military.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 1, 2021

Glitches and design flaws limit value of Japan's COVID-19 tracing app

As a third wave of infections overwhelms contact tracers at public health centers, many are leaning more heavily on the state-developed COCOA app. But is it up to the task?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2021

Facebook and Apple will miss 2020, unlike everyone else

For the third quarter in a row, Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. generated billions upon billions in profits and flexed the power of their dominant businesses.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2021

Mayor gives Japan's first approval for restart of reactors over 40 years old

Takahama Mayor Yutaka Nose reached his decision after receiving assurances from the government that it would boost revitalization projects and the town's funding.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2021

Push to go electric could wipe out Japan’s cheap microcars

Electrification can add u00a51 million to u00a52 million to the price tag of a smaller kei vehicle, potentially doubling its price.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2021

Glitzy high-rise offices lose luster as Japan works from home

Advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. and logistics firm Nippon Express Co. are among those firms now considering selling their Tokyo headquarters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 1, 2021

All eyes on Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing as military seizes power

Myanmar's powerful military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is in the spotlight after politicians from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party were detained and the army announced it was taking power.
The trouble between U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk started brewing days ago, when Musk denounced Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2025

Trump and Musk trade barbs on social media as alliance crumbles

Within hours of Trump criticizing Musk in the Oval Office, the once-close relationship had disintegrated in full public view.
The measures to sanction judges follow a January vote at the U.S. House of Representatives to punish the International Criminal Court in protest over its arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2025

Trump administration imposes sanctions on four ICC judges in unprecedented move

The ICC slammed the move, saying it was an attempt to undermine the independence of an international judicial institution.
From left: CTO for Ispace Ryo Ujiie, founder and CEO Takeshi Hakamada, CFO and director Jumpei Nozaki speak at a news conference in Tokyo. The company said it had aborted a mission to the moon after losing contact with its lander Resilience during a daunting final descent.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 6, 2025

Japanese space startup Ispace fails in second moon-landing mission

The firm had been aiming to become the first private company outside the United States to achieve a soft landing on the moon.
The highly anticipated call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping came in the middle of a dispute over "rare earths" minerals that threatened to tear up a fragile truce in the trade war.
WORLD
Jun 6, 2025

Trump and Xi pledge more talks as trade disputes brew

In a rare call, Trump and Xi pledged to resume trade talks, but tensions over rare earth minerals and Taiwan remained unresolved.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2025

Germany’s Merz lets Trump do the talking and survives Oval Office meeting

Merz heeded the advice from a number of European leaders that he should let Trump do most of the talking, and when he did talk, to praise the president.
Palestinians gather to collect what remains of relief supplies from the distribution center of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD
Jun 6, 2025

Hamas says ready for 'serious' Gaza truce talks, as rescuers say scores killed

Talks aimed at brokering a new ceasefire have failed to yield a breakthrough since the last brief truce fell apart in March.
Lee Sang-il’s “Kokuho,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year, follows the life of an "onnagata," a male kabuki actor who plays female roles, from his childhood as the son of a yakuza boss in 1960s Nagasaki to his official designation as a living national treasure.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2025

'Kokuho' illuminates the high price of becoming a national treasure

Director Lee Sang-il turns a long-held vision into reality with his sumptuously shot film that reveals the dedication, sacrifice — and loneliness — behind kabuki greatness.
Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 23.
WORLD
Jun 6, 2025

Dismay and disbelief as Trump bans visitors from a dozen countries

Trump said the countries subject to the most severe restrictions were determined to harbor a "large-scale presence of terrorists."
Tesla’s shares dropped 14% on Thursday in New York, erasing about $150 billion from the electric vehicle maker’s market value.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 6, 2025

Tesla plunges after conflict between Musk and Trump spills into open

The electric vehicle maker's shares dropped 14% on Thursday in New York, the stock’s biggest decline since March 10.
Reports claim that children with unusual names were being bullied at school and facing difficulties finding jobs.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 6, 2025

What’s in a name? With new guidelines, the Japanese government wants to know.

Japan now requires official furigana for names in the family register, aiming to limit overly creative "kira-kira" readings.
A sign announcing maintenance works stands at the Osaka Expo venue in the city of Osaka on Thursday after chironomid midges were found swarming there in huge numbers.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2025

Swarms of midges plague Osaka Expo site

While the chironomid midges, which closely resemble mosquitoes, are not directly harmful to humans, they are annoying visitors.
Fuji TV in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The company has also demoted the then-head of programming for his alleged secondary harassment of the victim as he delivered cash and other consolation gifts from the TV idol to her while she was in the hospital.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2025

Fuji TV to sue former executives over their response to Nakai scandal

The company also demoted the then-head of programming for his alleged secondary harassment of the victim, a former Fuji TV announcer.
Japan's household spending fell 0.1% from a year earlier in April, as the elevated cost of living weighs on consumer spending.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 6, 2025

April household spending drop deals blow to Japan's shrinking economy

Domestic demand will likely be a key factor in determining whether a technical recession can be avoided after the economy shrank in the first quarter.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (left) and agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi attend the first ministerial meeting on stable rice supply, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2025

Ishiba seeks probe on high prices at first rice meeting

A key issue in future discussions at the ministerial council will be how to optimize rice distribution.

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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