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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2022

'Broker': The all-star cast shines in Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film

Actor Song Kang-ho stands out in the director's incisive and at times heartwarming feature about a band of misfits involved in the black market for babies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2022

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' costume designer Shirley Kurata becomes the story

With the success of the film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' the work of Shirley Kurata is in demand, but her personal style has always had its own fans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2022

Japanese firm to tackle dearth of female managers with novel bond

Mitsubishi Estate Co., a developer of office buildings and luxury condos, aims to raise the proportion of its female managers to 40% in fiscal 2050, up from just 5.8% in fiscal 2020.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2022

Ukraine will build back better

Although it is difficult to begin thinking about rebuilding a country still at war, Western powers will need to play a central role in supporting Ukraine's reconstruction.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 15, 2022

Corporate ‘self-sanctioning’ of Russia has U.S. fearing economic blowback

Some officials from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration are expressing concern that penalties are exacerbating inflation, worsening food insecurity and punishing ordinary Russians.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 15, 2022

Net-zero Picasso: Museums rethink art shows to cut climate impact

While there is little museums can do to reduce the carbon footprint made by the air travel of tourists, they can cut back on the flights a Warhol or Picasso makes.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2022

Toyota, slow to move to EVs, says it offers customers choice

Once a favorite with environmentalists for the hybrid Prius model, Toyota has come under fire from some investors for not phasing out gasoline-powered cars.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2022

On climate change’s front lines, hard lives grow even harder

Hundreds of millions of humanity's most vulnerable live in South Asia, where rising temperatures make it more difficult to address poverty, food security and health challenges.
Construction near Mailuu-Suu in the Jalal-Abad region, Kyrgyzstan. Dams in Kyrgyzstan holding uranium mine tailings have become unreliable after a 2017 landslide.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Apr 24, 2024

Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland

One more earthquake or landslide, and dams in Kyrgyzstan holding back radioactive waste water could burst, rendering the area uninhabitable.
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Ever-growing tensions in the South China Sea all point to an uncomfortable truth for Southeast Asian nations, as well as the U.S.: In this standoff, China is winning.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 24, 2024

Xi’s armada is winning the battle for energy in South China Sea

China’s increasingly assertive stance has sparked a flurry of diplomatic and military efforts aimed at countering Beijing’s footprint.
World Anti-Doping Agency President Witold Banka speaks during a symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, in March.
OLYMPICS
Apr 24, 2024

USADA calls for WADA overhaul and probe into China swimmers

WADA has continued to rebut accusations that the organization covered up the revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance.
Buyers inside an exhibition hall at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou on April 17.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2024

China’s prices are just too low for buyers to sweat about tariffs

Many buyers at China’s biggest trade event in the southern city of Guangzhou shrugged off the risk of an escalating trade war with the U.S.
Al-Ain's players celebrate after winning on aggregate their AFC Champions League semifinal against Al-Hilal in Riyadh on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Apr 24, 2024

Al-Ain seals Asian Champions League final berth despite loss

Goals from Ruben Neves and Salem al-Dawsari gave Al-Hilal victory on the night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Sauber's Zhou Guanyu (front) and Williams' Logan Sargeant race at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. The pair are among several drivers who have yet to score a point through five races of the 2024 Formula One season.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Apr 24, 2024

Formula One considers extending scoring positions down to 12th from 2025

Six of the 10 teams need to vote in favor, with further discussion expected, but some bigger outfits have indicated they will not block the proposal.
A man offers flowers in Shari, Hokkaido, Tuesday for the victims of the fatal sinking of a sightseeing boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido two years ago.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2024

Hokkaido boat operator probe ongoing two years after fatal sinking

Thirty relatives of passengers plan to file a group lawsuit against the operator's president at the Sapporo District Court as early as next month.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 24, 2024

Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy

The visit highlights behind-the-scenes moves by Tokyo to cultivate ties with the Trump camp ahead of November’s U.S. presidential election.
The Fukushima nuclear power plant
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2024

Fukushima water release suspended due to partial power outage

Tepco said the system to cool reactors remained operational and "no meaningful change" had been detected at plant facilities that monitor radioactivity.
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 24, 2024

New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running

Announcer Asami Miura and 16th-century warlord Oda Nobunaga also featured in a survey on ideal bosses in the entertainment, sports and historical spheres.
An electronic board in Tokyo showing the yen-dollar rate on Wednesday
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 24, 2024

Japan ‘very close’ to yen intervention, former top currency official says

Market reaction to U.S. data could encourage Japanese authorities to act about the yen, according to Mitsuhiro Furusawa.
Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England.
WORLD / Society
Apr 24, 2024

U.K. Rwanda law sparks fear among migrants hoping to cross Channel

At least 15 people have died trying to cross this year so far, already more than in all of 2023.
A Chugoku Electric Power office in Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2024

Drilling survey starts in Yamaguchi town for nuclear facility

The survey, to continue for six months, is scheduled to be conducted at a depth of 100-300 meters underground.
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 24, 2024

For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship

Among the measures is an emphasis on wrestlers putting both hands down at the same time, with punishments including disqualification for noncompliance.
A terrace of one of the rooms of the Grand Chateau hotel building located in Tokyo DisneySea's new "Fantasy Springs" area in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2024

Hotel at new Tokyo DisneySea area shown to press

The minimum overnight fee for the hotel's two buildings is ¥66,000 for rooms at the Fantasy Chateau and ¥341,000 for those at higher-end Grand Chateau.
Daihatsu President Masahiro Inoue
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2024

Daihatsu’s new president sees potential in Africa and South America

Masahiro Inoue pointed at strong demand for compact cars in those markets due to a prevalence of narrow roads.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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