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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 22, 2022

North Korea's Kim presides over major military meeting as nuke test fears grow

The Central Military Commission was set to decide on “important strategic and tactical tasks' for the country's military, the latest signal that a nuclear test may be imminent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2022

Private equity giants derided as vultures eye breakthrough in Japan

A successful deal for Toshiba, which may be private equity's largest ever in the country, would signal the once-criticized investors have become more accepted in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2022

SoftBank Group International CEO to leave after five months on job

The exit of Michel Combes, who will close a five-year career at SoftBank, adds to a string of key departures in recent months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2022

Hong Kong’s gay rights advocates fear civil crackdown may undo progress

Some worry the effects of a widening campaign of repression against LGBTQ rights and growing chauvinism in mainland China will spill over into Hong Kong.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 22, 2022

All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski retires again

The four-time Super Bowl champion, a frequent target of Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, announced his decision on Tuesday in a lengthy Twitter post.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2022

BOJ debated weak yen and harm from excess moves at April meeting

The yen has plunged to a new 24-year low of u00a5136.71 per dollar, as investors are focusing on the contrast between the BOJ's ultraloose policy and the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate hikes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2022

Police response to Uvalde shooting an 'abject failure,' Texas official says

Parents and relatives of the schoolchildren and staff have expressed deep anger over police actions after the gunman entered Robb Elementary School and began shooting.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2022

Taiwan scrambles jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defense zone

Taiwan calls China's repeated nearby military activities 'gray zone' warfare, designed to both wear out Taiwanese forces by making them repeatedly scramble.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 22, 2022

Novak Djokovic named top men's seed for Wimbledon

Djokovic, who was unable to defend his 2021 Australian Open title due to his unvaccinated status against COVID-19, recently lost his world No. 1 spot to Daniil Medvedev.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2022

Putin set to mark WWII anniversary as Russia pounds eastern Ukraine

June 22 is a significant date in Russia — the 'Day of Remembrance and Sorrow' — marking when Hitler's Nazi Germany forces invaded the Soviet Union in World War II.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Jun 22, 2022

“Reducing plastic waste by upcycling Japan’s abundance of umbrellas” with Aki Saito

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2022

Trump-inspired menacing of officials dominates Jan. 6 hearing

The proceedings offered a portrait of public officials who said they drew deeply on reservoirs of faith and fidelity to their oaths of office as a fragile barrier to Trump.
Ideal or not, the reality of the world is that one currency, the U.S. dollar, is first among equals.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2024

Asian currencies can't fight the dollar on a rampage

Markets tend to reflect economic performance. And ideal or not, the reality of a world is one currency, the U.S. dollar, is truly first among equals.
Resistance to adopting digital technologies, restrictive EU regulations, and energy-price shocks are potential explanations for Europe's lagging productivity.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2024

Why is Europe losing the productivity race?

A forthcoming report from Mario Draghi will recommend removing barriers to competition, which would intensify the pressure on firms to innovate.
Manga titles that have been uploaded onto Manga-Mura, a manga piracy website, on display in Tokyo in 2022
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 18, 2024

Manga piracy website operator ordered to pay ¥1.7 billion to publishers

Kadokawa, Shueisha and Shogakukan said they hoped the lawsuit would help deter other manga piracy site operators from uploading content illegally.
Polling officials arrive to collect their order of appointment of polling officers ahead of the first phase of the general election, in Tiruvannamalai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2024

How AI tools could change India’s elections

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Indian National Congress party have accused each other of spreading election-related fake content.
Badminton star Kento Momota leaves a news conference after announcing his retirement from Japan's national team, in Tokyo on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Badminton
Apr 18, 2024

Former No. 1 Kento Momota retires from international badminton at 29

Momota was once badminton's undisputed king, winning 11 titles in 2019 and losing just six of the 73 matches he played that year.
One of the lawyers representing a group of doctors suing Google told a news conference that the main purpose of the lawsuit is not to seek compensation but instead to raise awareness over various problems with the Google Maps system.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 18, 2024

In a first, Japan doctors sue Google over negative reviews on firm's map app

The suit is the first in Japan — and possibly the world — to target a platform rather than the individuals who posted the reviews, lawyers said.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda hinted at a chance of a rate hike in the second half of this year by highlighting the likelihood of improvement in the price trend.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2024

More economists see BOJ rate hike in October, flag July risk

All 54 economists except for one predict no policy change at the central bank’s two-day meeting ending on April 26.
LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi arrives for his faction meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2024

Motegi faces bumpy road after faction dissolution

Motegi has never sought to conceal his aspirations for the top spot, but his prospects may now be dwindling.
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara is considering visiting Hawaii for talks with his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2024

Japan and U.S. mull holding defense ministers meeting in Hawaii

Kihara and Austin are expected to agree to accelerate efforts to realize more effective command and control systems for the Japan-U.S. alliance.
In “Evil Does Not Exist,” Hitoshi Omika plays a single father and village handyman who a Tokyo company tries to recruit as the caretaker of a new glamping site that threatens the area’s natural environment.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 19, 2024

Ryusuke Hamaguchi ponders the dangers of disrupting the rural idyll

"Evil Does Not Exist," which delves into humanity's relationship with nature, was directly inspired by a collaboration with musician Eiko Ishibashi.
A traditional Ainu preserved food called satchep (dried fish) is made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, in December.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2024

Japan court denies fishing rights to Ainu people

It was the first court decision on Indigenous rights related to Ainu people.
The combination of subsidence and rising sea levels is set to be a defining problem for Chinese cities; last year thousands of residents were evacuated from apartments in Tianjin after nearby streets split apart.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 19, 2024

China’s cities are sinking below sea level, study finds

An estimated 16% of the country’s major cities are losing more than 10 millimeters of elevation per year.
Israel's Iron Dome antimissile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on Jan 15.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2024

In any air war, Israel's defenses would trump Iran's, but at a high cost

Iran's obsolete air force means Israel would have few problems striking back, but diplomatic and strategic costs serve as a strong deterrent.
Iran is now enriching uranium to up to 60% purity and has enough material enriched to that level, if enriched further, for two nuclear weapons, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency's theoretical definition.
WORLD / Politics / EXPLAINER
Apr 19, 2024

As the 2015 nuclear deal crumbles, how close is Iran to weaponization?

With the possibility of Israel retaliating, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander said the nation might review its "nuclear doctrine."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The national election results won’t be known until June 4, when vote counting takes place.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 19, 2024

Modi bets on third term as India’s massive election kicks off

The national election results won’t be known until June 4, when vote counting takes place.

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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