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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Aug 6, 2022

'Synthetic embryo' breakthrough but growing human organs far off

The breakthrough was hailed as a major step forward, though some experts said the result could not fully be considered to be embryos and warned of future ethical considerations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 6, 2022

Biden: superhero, lame duck — or both?

So what do Americans see in Joe Biden — a doddery has-been who even his own party doesn't want around, or an improbable superhero? The answer is a bit of both.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 6, 2022

U.S. readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package

The Biden administration's next security assistance package will be one of the largest so far, and could include munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical transport vehicles.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 6, 2022

Screaming students under 'fire' in U.S. police school drills

Teenage volunteers help police to fine tune their reaction to school shootings in the United States after the disastrous law enforcement response to a deadly rampage in Uvalde, Texas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 6, 2022

Frozen U.S.-China cooperation presents new hitch for global warming

Experts are hoping that, for the sake of humanity, the cold spell between the world's two largest emitters is only temporary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2022

Jury awards $45.2 million in punitive damages in Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial

The U.S. conspiracy theorist was ordered to pay the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 massacre for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 6, 2022

Australian swimmers keep focus on 2024 Paris Olympics

Australian swimmers celebrated their dominating performance at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday but only for a moment.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 6, 2022

Brittney Griner prison sentence sparks show of solidarity and calls for U.S. to act

Phoenix Mercury and Connecticut Sun players observed 42 seconds of silence before their game on Thursday in solidarity with WNBA star Brittney Griner after she was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2022

Russia bans investors from 'unfriendly countries' from selling banking and key energy stakes

Western countries and allies, including Japan, have piled financial restrictions on Russia since it sent troops into Ukraine in late February.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 6, 2022

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says fast start vital to team's title hopes

'Every club is getting better, the managers are so exciting and that is why the Premier League is the best.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 6, 2022

Fuji Rock offers escapism once again

The summer music festival's 2022 edition marks a return to an event resembling 'normal.'
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Aug 6, 2022

Roger Dahl on the giant battle Kishida faces over regional threats

Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Aug 6, 2022

Roger Dahl on aggressive gateball tactics

Japan Times
LIFE
Aug 6, 2022

Sentō Samaritans: The fight to save urban bathhouses

Were public bathhouses to vanish from Tokyo, Osaka and other cities across Japan, much more than hot water would be lost.
Displaced Palestinians gather to collect food in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday. One in six children under age 2 in northern Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition, a U.N. aid official said.
WORLD / Society
Feb 28, 2024

One quarter of Gaza's people one step away from famine, U.N. says

Practically all the 2.3 million people in the Palestinian enclave rely on "woefully inadequate" food aid to survive.
Banks can boost their productivity by as much as 30% using generative AI over the next three years, according to analysis from consultancy firm Accenture.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 28, 2024

Bankers will see three-quarters of the workday transformed by AI

The world’s biggest banks have been experimenting with AI, spurred on by the promise that the technology will boost productivity and cut costs.
Hong Kong has been promised significant autonomy until 2047, but Beijing's actions have undermined fundamental rights essential for its success.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2024

China says Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ is permanent

Hong Kong has been promised significant autonomy until 2047, but Beijing's actions have undermined fundamental rights.
The United States has cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from China after reports surfaced that Chinese police are working in Kiribati.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2024

U.S. cautions after Hawaii neighbor Kiribati gets Chinese police

The news comes as Beijing renews a push to expand security ties in the Pacific Islands in an intensifying rivalry with the United States.
Shipping risks have escalated due to repeated Houthi strikes in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait since November in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians against Israel in the Israel-Hamas war.
WORLD
Feb 28, 2024

Houthis say they can reassess Red Sea attacks if Israeli 'aggression' stops

Shipping risks have escalated due to repeated Houthi strikes since November in what they describe as acts of solidarity with Palestinians.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Oct. 17, 2023
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2024

Serbian leader says ‘Taiwan is China’ as Xi plans Balkan trip

The Serbian leader’s wading into rising tensions over the Taiwan Strait sends a signal of allegiance to Beijing.
U.S. flags are inspected at Valley Forge Flag’s manufacturing facility in Lane, South Carolina on Feb. 22. Almost a third of independent respondents also picked extremism as their top concern in the poll.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2024

Extremism is U.S. voters' greatest worry, poll finds

The issue is by far the biggest one for Democrats while Republicans are most concerned about immigration.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 28, 2024

Takarazuka Revue admits power harassment against dead member

According to the lawyer, Takarazuka Revue has indicated its readiness to apologize.
Demonstrators protest inside the Rockefeller Center asking for a cease-fire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, as U.S. President Joe Biden attends an interview in midtown Manhattan in New York on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2024

Among key Democratic Party voters Biden faces rebellion over Gaza war

Officials say the depth of Democratic Party anger over U.S. President Joe Biden’s handling of the Gaza war has caught his campaign off guard.
Novak Djokovic hits a forehand during the BNP Paribas Open in March 2019, the last time the world No. 1 competed at the tournament, better known as Indian Wells.
TENNIS
Feb 28, 2024

Djokovic thrilled to return to Indian Wells after five-year hiatus

The world No. 1 is seeking an unprecedented sixth title at the Masters 1000 event, which begins next week.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 29, 2024

Politicians betting the earth on climate backlash in election year

Moves to roll back green policies and downplay climate change within the world's top climate polluters follow the hottest year on record.
The Bank of Japan is facing hardly any signs of opposition to scrapping its negative interest rate as the strongest price growth in decades weighs on households and businesses.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 28, 2024

BOJ should make straightforward policy shift, top finance professor says

Exiting policy should be like business as usual, said Hiroshi Yoshikawa, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a friend of BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda.
Toyota's domestic sales for January fell for the first time in 13 months as a data-rigging scandal at its small-car unit Daihatsu led to a production halt of some Toyota brand cars the unit made.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2024

Toyota Group sales lose steam amid fallout from test data scandals

Domestic sales for January fell for the first time in 13 months while worldwide production fell 3.8%, the first global decline in 13 months.
A Honda CR-V e:FCEV on display at H2 & FC Expo in Tokyo on Wednesday
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2024

Honda to sell plug-in hydrogen vehicle in North America, Japan

Japan's second-largest carmaker hopes to ease drivers’ anxiety over finding hydrogen stations by adding electric recharging capabilities.
DeNA plans to co-develop Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket with Creatures Co. for launch on both iOS and Android devices this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2024

Shares in DeNA soar on announcement of new Pokemon trading card game

The smartphone game was one of a flurry of announcements on the 28th anniversary of the first Pokemon game release.

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped