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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2020

Earth is still sailing into climate chaos, report says, but its course could shift

While there are signs of a sea change, including from some of the biggest polluters in the world, all is not well.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2020

U.K. issues anaphylaxis warning on Pfizer vaccine after adverse reactions

Britain began mass vaccinating its population on Tuesday, part of a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2020

COVID-19 scare on cruise ship shows perils of resuming tourism

Singapore's ill-fated attempts to enliven tourism underscore the difficulties of getting any sort of travel up and running — even in a nation with few community cases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2020

For Canadians held in China, two years of isolation and uncertainty

The fates of the two men are seemingly intertwined with the future of China's tumultuous relationships with Canada and the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2020

'Buy or bury': Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram

The complaints say the social media giant relies on a strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 9, 2020

NSSU freshman Hidetora Hanada emerges to claim amateur yokozuna title

The Nippon Sports Science University student overcame a talent-studded field at Sunday's All Japan Sumo Championships, the country's top amateur sumo tournament.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2020

Japan to order nationwide disinfection against bird flu outbreak

Bird flu has been detected at six regional prefectures since last month in Japan's worst outbreak in more than four years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 9, 2020

Japan firms' winter bonus payments face biggest fall since 2009, Nikkei survey says

The drop would exceed the 5.37% decline in summer bonus payments, according to the Nikkei, showing how the strain on corporate profits from the pandemic is spreading to households.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 9, 2020

‘Bolt’: A noirish depiction of the dark days after 3/11

Director Kaizo Hayashi's three-part film based on the meltdown disaster of 2011 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is a mishmash of noir, sci-fi and fantasy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 9, 2020

‘Silent Tokyo’: All is not calm this Christmas Eve

In Takafumi Hatano's blockbuster action thriller, a peace-loving terrorist threatens to blow up Tokyo, throwing the capital's citizens into a panic.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2020

Former agricultural minister’s graft scandal sparks conversation about animal welfare in Japan

Allegations of bribery illustrate the lengths to which the poultry industry went to preserve its decades-old, yet globally criticized practice of confining egg-laying hens in small cages.
JAPAN / Explainer
Dec 9, 2020

Oi ruling could signal trouble ahead for nuclear reactor restart plans

An Osaka court has stunned the nuclear power industry with a ruling saying Kepco's calculations for standards involving earthquake safety were flawed.
AI-created images of Holocaust-related subjects displayed on a laptop and a smartphone screens
WORLD / Society
Jul 15, 2025

Holocaust AI fakes spark alarm

Critics say that AI-generated images, text and videos are offensive and contribute to Holocaust distortion by conjuring up a "fantasy-land Auschwitz."
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani in San Francisco on Sunday
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 15, 2025

Shohei Ohtani and Gleyber Torres to lead off in All-Star Game

Ohtani was the NL's leading vote-getter during Phase 1 of the balloting process.
An aerial view from north of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. Opposition parties are divided over whether Japan should utilize nuclear power while the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a proponent of it, has avoided explicitly mentioning its stance in its campaign pledges.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 15, 2025

Energy policy debate falls dormant in Upper House election despite growing risk

Rising tensions in the Middle East have fueled concerns the Strait of Hormuz may be closed, dealing a blow to Japan's energy security.
Wild goats photographed by a camera trap in November 2024 in the Takae district of the village of Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jul 28, 2025

Why authorities in Okinawa are trying to capture feral goats

The goats are causing damage to crops and there are concerns that they could negatively impact the forest ecosystems harboring rare animals and plants.
Megan Myungwon Lee, head of Panasonic's North American operations, says the company's newest battery plant in Kansas will reach full production this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2025

Panasonic aims for full output at Kansas battery plant this year

The new factory will ship battery cells to Tesla as well as several other EV makers, including Lucid and Hexagon Purus.
Kioxia is rated BB+, one step below investment grade, by both S&P and Fitch.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2025

Chipmaker Kioxia plans debut bond abroad, joining Japan peers

Kioxia plans to raise as much as $3 billion via a dollar bond sale that would be its first corporate debt issuance, in the latest sign of investor appetite abroad.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been frustrated by the quality of his company's past AI efforts, so has been investing heavily in the energy, computing power and talent needed to compete in the fast-moving AI race.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2025

Meta to spend billions building gigawatt-size data centers for AI

Frustrated by the quality of Meta’s past AI efforts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been investing heavily in energy, computing power and talent to compete in the fast-moving AI race.
Norway defender Thea Bjelde and Switzerland midfielder fight for the ball during a UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Group A match in Basel, Switzerland, on July 2.
SOCCER
Jul 15, 2025

Tactical growth on show as Women's Euros enters knockout stage

Norway midfield linchpin Vilde Boe Risa says tactics in the women's game have become much more advanced in recent years.
Mizuho CEO Masahiro Kihara is interviewed in London on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2025

Mizuho CEO confident of meeting ¥1 trillion profit target

Japan’s third-largest lender forecast in May that net income will likely climb 6.1% to ¥940 billion in the fiscal year started in April.
A high school student uses social media applications in November 2024.
WORLD / Society
Jul 15, 2025

EU states to test age-check app to limit children's access to online services

The European Commission has unveiled a prototype of the app that Denmark, France, Greece, Italy and Spain will customize and launch within several months.
A barber gives a model a haircut during the World Barber Classic at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2025

Japan's World Barber Classic tries to bring back business

The event is part of a bid by Japan's struggling barber industry to attract young male clients lost in recent years to hair salons.
Workers on the production line of a toy factory in Shenzhen, China
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 15, 2025

China’s economy expands 5.2% as exports propel growth

The world’s second-largest economy has powered ahead despite a 24% slump in shipments to the U.S. in the second quarter.
Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of the Air Self-Defense Force, attends a meeting at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in April 2023.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 15, 2025

Japan taps ASDF chief as new top uniformed officer

The government has appointed current ASDF head, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, as the next chief of staff of the Defense Ministry's Joint Staff.
The working conditions cited by prosecutors shed light on the differences in wealth between people purchasing luxury goods and many of those making them.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2025

LVMH’s Loro Piana faces court oversight in Italy labor probe

In some factories, working hours mostly exceeded the 8-hour legal standard, employees slept on shop floors and were paid a fraction of Italy’s legal minimum, prosecutors said.
"The odds are high that the U.S. and Japan can come to an agreement," former U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty said.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2025

Ex-U.S. envoy William Hagerty optimistic about tariff talks with Japan

"The odds are high that the U.S. and Japan can come to an agreement," Hagerty said in an interview.

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