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WORLD
Jun 24, 2022

Freedom and fear: the foundations of America's deadly gun culture

Why are Americans so wedded to firearms? The answer, experts say, lies both in tradition and a growing belief among consumers that they need guns for their personal safety.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2022

Lost USB memory sticks with data on Japanese city's residents found

Suita police officers and a worker found a bag containing the USB sticks outside an apartment building in Suita, Osaka Prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2022

Global shortages demand global solutions

Policymakers must try to establish minimal global conventions and agreements to deal with shortages of food and other essential commodities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2022

Japan emphasized hybrids in policy document after lawmaker cited lobbying from Toyota head

The wording changes, which included adding a reference to 'so-called electric-powered vehicles,' appear to put hybrids on equal footing with zero-emission battery vehicles.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 24, 2022

Experts warn of 'twindemic' after early flu outbreak at Tokyo school

The prospect of a mixture of influenza and COVID-19 infections was raised after third grade classes were canceled at a school in Tachikawa due to unusually early instances of flu.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2022

U.S. Senate passes gun safety bill as Supreme Court knocks down handgun limits

The landmark court ruling and Senate action on gun safety illustrate the deep divide over firearms in the United States.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2022

Unified opposition candidates in only 11 districts for Upper House poll

The 11 districts will see effective one-on-one battles between a ruling bloc candidate and an opposition contender in the election for the upper chamber of the Diet.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2022

Nippon Ishin and DPP face struggle to differentiate themselves in election

Past cooperation with each other — and with the LDP — is weighing on the two opposition parties ahead of the Upper House election on July 10.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2022

SoftBank Vision Fund’s fourth Japan investment is a legal tech bet

LegalForce, which uses AI to screen contracts for loopholes and potential legal risks, said it will use the funds on research and on expanding its sales team to win new customers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 24, 2022

Record numbers of Chinese graduates enter worst job market in decades

Struggling to find jobs goes against what educated young people have come to expect after decades of breakneck growth.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2022

Japan to resume offshore wind power auctions after revising rules

The proposed changes would give a higher score to operators who submit earlier start dates and set a limit on bids that one consortium can win when multiple ocean areas are auctioned.
Workers clean argeli bark in the Ilam district of eastern Nepal. Thousands of miles away, in Japan, the bark will be used to make yen notes.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 16, 2024

On Himalayan hillsides grows Japan’s cold, hard cash

One of the poorest pockets of Asia supplies a primary ingredient for the economy in one of the richest.
China's yuan is at five-month lows and has lost 1.9% to the dollar this year as foreign investors pull more money out of its struggling markets.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2024

China's cycle of dollar hoarding and weakening yuan gets vicious

Analysts say one of two things needs to happen to end the downward spiral, but both seem distant.
The salvaged Sewol ferry (back) on display at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province on Tuesday, as South Korea marks the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 16, 2024

South Korea marks 10th anniversary of Sewol ferry disaster

Families called out the names of the deceased and threw flowers into the water, followed by a moment of silence.
Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the bipartisan select committee, said that China's incentives suggest Beijing wants more fentanyl entering the U.S.
WORLD
Apr 17, 2024

U.S. committee finds China is subsidizing American fentanyl crisis

China denies the allegation, and says the U.S. government must do more to reduce domestic demand.
Solomon Islanders queue up to vote outside a polling station in Honiara on Wednesday. The election could reshape regional security, with citizens effectively choosing if their Pacific nation will deepen ties with China.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 17, 2024

China and Taiwan ties hang in the balance in Solomon Islands vote

While domestic issues will be key to voters’ choices, the result will have repercussions for the islands’ ties with China.
Lakers star Lebron James drives to the basket during a game against the Pelicans on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Basketball
Apr 17, 2024

James and Curry among U.S. NBA stars set for Paris Olympics: reports

Warriors star Stephen Curry will make his first Olympic appearance while Lakers superstar Lebron James, 39, will try to win his third Olympic gold.
Caitlin Clark poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after she was selected with the No. 1 pick by the Indiana Fever on Monday in New York.
BASKETBALL
Apr 17, 2024

Caitlin Clark helps WNBA obliterate previous draft viewership mark

The audience was more than four times as many viewers when compared to the 2023 draft, which drew 572,000.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington in May last year. Austin held talks with his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a year and a half.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 17, 2024

U.S. and China defense chiefs hold first talks in nearly 18 months

While the talks signaled improving military-to-military ties, the two superpowers remain at odds over a number of issues.
Chinese runner He Jie, Ethiopian Dejene Hailu Bikila and Kenyans Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat take part in a half-marathon in Beijing on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Apr 17, 2024

Did three African runners let a Chinese runner win a race in Beijing?

The results of a half-marathon are under investigation after footage of the finish led many to question whether three runners had deliberately slowed down.
Japan's exports grew 7.3% year-on-year in March, up for the fourth straight month, showing that the economy continues to benefit from the effects of the sliding yen.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 17, 2024

Japan’s exports get boost from China aided by yen tailwind

Exports gained 7.3% in March from a year earlier, with growth slightly decelerating from February’s 7.8% gain.
Tesla's troubles started in October when it warned that demand for EVs was starting to slow, but the full extent of that weakness only became apparent this month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 17, 2024

Tesla’s value dips below $500 billion in blow to stock bulls

The electric vehicle maker's troubles started in October when it warned that demand for EVs was starting to slow.
Newly employed workers of government ministries and agencies listen to a video message by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a training session in Tokyo on April 3.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 17, 2024

Japanese students losing interest in civil service

Public-private job search timing affects student behavior, especially in new graduate hiring.
Former United States Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the ninth Our Ocean Conference at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Apr 17, 2024

World leaders call on nations to swiftly ratify U.N. ocean treaty

Four countries have formally ratified the treaty, while 89 countries have signed it, expressing their intent to ratify it.
A woman grieves for Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2024

Israeli forces return again to northern Gaza and strike Rafah

Israel is still imposing "unlawful" restrictions on humanitarian relief for the Gaza Strip, the U.N. human rights office has said.
Junji Ito
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 17, 2024

Ex-Kanebo chief and JAL Chairman Junji Ito dies at 99

Ito, who served as president of Kanebo, currently Kracie, and chairman of Japan Airlines, died in December 2021.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers