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Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

U.S. successfully tests pair of Lockheed hypersonic missiles

The successful tests show progress among the myriad U.S. hypersonic weapons development efforts, which have in cases been beleaguered by failed tests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 14, 2022

Hot U.S. inflation fuels bets on supersized Fed rate hike

A bevy of U.S. central bankers in recent weeks have signaled support for a second straight 75 basis points rate increase at their upcoming policy meeting on July 26 and 27.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2022

MUFG said to be considering bid for Indonesia’s Panin Bank

The interest in Panin Bank comes as the Gunawan family, which controls about 46% of shares in the Southeast Asian bank, is also working to explore options for its stake.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2022

Japan's Princess Yuriko, 99, infected with coronavirus

The widow of the late Prince Mikasa and aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, the father of Emperor Naruhito, does not have serious symptoms.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 14, 2022

Jonas Vingegaard snatches Tour de France lead away from Tadej Pogacar with epic ride in Stage 11

Jonas Vingegaard threw everything at Tadej Pogacar to replace the defending champion as the overall Tour de France leader.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

Last maternity clinic in Ukraine-controlled Donbas a lifeline as war closes in

The center, roughly 40 kilometers from the closest front line, gives a glimpse of the suffering the war is inflicting on pregnant women.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2022

Shanghai COVID-19 cases drop below 50 per day in sign flareup under control

The city recorded 47 infections for Wednesday, down from 55 on Tuesday. While daily cases have jumped from single digits last week, they are no longer rising precipitously.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2022

Lula in a flak jacket: Brazil on edge as political killing mars campaign

The death of a local party official was the most dramatic case this year of a rising tide of political violence in the world's fourth-largest democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2022

Novavax’s COVID vaccine gets U.S. nod as latest tool against the coronavirus

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval makes Novavax's shot the first vaccine authorized for adults that mimics the protein that the coronavirus uses to enter cells.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2022

Australia PM ‘confident’ no Chinese navy base planned for Solomon Islands

Australia has been a close security and economic partner of the Solomon Islands, but the relationship was shaken in April by news of a security deal between the Solomons and China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

Scorching heat wave sparks wildfires in Europe

Firefighters have battled numerous blazes raging across Portugal and western Spain, with the fires menacing villages and disrupting tourists' holidays amid an intense heat wave.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

North Korea recognizes breakaway of Russia's proxies in east Ukraine

The move makes North Korea only the third country after Russia and Syria to recognize the two entities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

Breakthrough seen in Ukraine grain export talks as heavy shelling continues

Apart from being major global wheat suppliers, Russia is also a large fertilizer exporter and Ukraine a significant producer of corn and sunflower oil.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2024

Unification Church fined for not answering government questions

The Tokyo District Court ordered the group to pay a fine of ¥100,000 for its refusal to answer some questions put to it by the culture ministry.
Diapers for adults are displayed at an event in Tokyo in March 2018. The number of births in Japan dropped to a new low in 2023, with more than twice as many deaths as new babies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2024

Plunging births push Japanese diaper maker to switch to adult market

Japan has the world's oldest population after Monaco, and the market for adult diapers is "expected to grow domestically."
A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds a sign in London on Tuesday. Assange's many supporters hail him as an anti-establishment hero who is being persecuted for exposing U.S. wrongdoing and alleged war crimes.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2024

Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to U.S.

U.S. prosecutors are seeking to put Assange on trial under the Espionage Act over WikiLeaks' high-profile release of confidential U.S. records.
The meeting between Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi and a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma who has been detained by Chinese authorities on suspicion of espionage lasted about 30 minutes.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2024

Japan's envoy to China meets detained Astellas worker

The meeting was held in Beijing for about 30 minutes. The man had no particular health problems, according to the sources.
Ukraine forward Artem Dovbyk (11) and midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko celebrate after the team secured its berth in Euro 2024 with a win over Iceland, in Wroclaw, Poland, on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Mar 27, 2024

Mykhailo Mudryk sends war-torn Ukraine to Euro 2024

"I am very proud to be a Ukrainian, to be of the same blood as those who are now giving their lives for our freedom," captain Oleksandr Zinchenko said.
Saudi Arabia fans cheer on the national team during a World Cup qualifying match in Riyadh on March 21.
SOCCER / World cup
Mar 27, 2024

Ten years from home World Cup, Saudi Arabia sizes up 'huge challenge'

As the only bidder, Saudi Arabia was anointed host of the 2034 World Cup last October by FIFA.
At least 139 people were killed when gunmen in camouflage stormed Crocus City Hall. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the mass shooting.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2024

Russia's security chief accuses Ukraine, U.S. and U.K. of being behind Moscow shooting

Hardliners in Moscow could use the claim to justify an escalation of the Ukraine war and to explain how security services failed to prevent the attack.
Japanese chocolatier Yasushi Sasaki holds a box of chocolates in his workshop in the Brussels commune of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 27, 2024

A Japanese 'flavor wizard' conquers the homeland of chocolate

Yasushi Sasaki has been named Brussels' chocolatier of the year by the prestigious Gault & Millau food guide.
The Dali cargo vessel that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2024

Baltimore’s freak bridge collapse reverberates from cars to coal

The aftermath of the bridge’s collapse throws another spotlight on the fragile nature of global supply chains.
Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip during an explosion following an airstrike on Saturday. The war in Gaza has not stopped and Hamas has not freed anyone despite the adoption of a U.N. resolution on Monday demanding a cease-fire and the release of hostages.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2024

The U.N. Security Council demanded a Gaza cease-fire. What happens now?

While the U.S. did not veto the cease-fire resolution, its description of the text as "non-binding" sparked an uproar in the world body.
The Cultural Affairs Agency in the city of Kyoto
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2024

One year on, benefits of culture agency's move to Kyoto unclear

The relocation of the Cultural Affairs Agency was decided in 2016
Jim Rauh, founder of Families Against Fentanyl, holds a photograph of his son Thomas in Akron, Ohio, on March 4. How Trump and Biden address a lethal chapter of the U.S. drug-overdose epidemic will be pivotal in swing states that are likely to decide the election.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2024

270,000 overdose deaths thrust fentanyl into heart of U.S. presidential race

More than 4 in 10 Americans personally know someone who has died from a drug overdose.
The combined number of new AIDS patients and other HIV carriers came to 960, according to preliminary data released by the health ministry on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2024

New HIV carriers in Japan up for the first time in seven years

The health ministry attributed the rise to a recovery in the number of HIV test takers after a drop due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The antitrust settlement against Visa and Mastercard is one of the largest in U.S. history.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2024

Visa and Mastercard settle for $30 billion over merchant credit card fees

The antitrust settlement is one of the largest in U.S. history, and would resolve most claims in nationwide litigation that began in 2005.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2024

Concerns mount after two deaths linked to Kobayashi Pharma supplement

A government probe is being conducted to establish whether the supplement, which contains beni kо̄ji red fermented rice, led to the deaths.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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