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Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

U.S. to drop COVID-19 testing for incoming international air travelers

The move came after heavy lobbying from airlines and the travel industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2022

U.S. inflation unexpectedly accelerates to 40-year high of 8.6%

Record gasoline prices and geopolitical factors threaten to keep inflation high in the coming months, suggesting the Fed will have to pump the brakes on the economy for longer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2022

U.S. and China defense chiefs plan more talks after debating Taiwan

The nations have clashed over a range of strategic flash points from the status of Taiwan to what Washington says is Beijing's tacit support for Russia's war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

COVID-19 lab leak theory needs more inquiry, WHO advisers say

More than two years into the pandemic, its origins remain a tantalizing and polarizing mystery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 10, 2022

Top Toyota supplier Denso weighs ¥420 billion chip unit spinoff

Well known as the world's second-biggest auto-parts-maker, Denso has also quietly built up a presence in automotive chips.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2022

Two very different visions for the Indo-Pacific

Japan's PM to give the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue. He will be followed by China's defense minister who has different ideas on the Indo-Pacific security situation.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2022

Ukraine crisis pushes the world’s hungry over the brink

If the prospect of mass starvation in distant countries due to the Ukraine war is not horrific enough to motivate the world to take action, self-interest should.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2022

Will Japan raise defense spending to 2% of GDP?

Some in Japan believe it is time to increase the defense budget to 2% of gross domestic product, similar to NATO.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

‘Dead cities’ become the flash point for the fierce war in the east

The Ukrainian military and government are now making no secret of the challenges they face in the east, 3u00bd months after Russia invaded.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2022

Experts call for caution as more people enter Japan without COVID screening at airports

As more people are expected to enter the country under relaxed border rules, experts are urging caution in case a highly pathogenic variant is detected abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

Trump is depicted as a would-be autocrat willing to hang onto power at all costs

Whether the Jan. 6 panel can change public views of the events of that day remains unclear, but many political strategists and analysts consider it unlikely.
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2022

Japan closer to intervention on yen after government and central bank joint statement

'We have seen sharp yen declines and are concerned about recent currency market moves,' the Finance Ministry, BOJ and the Financial Services Agency said in a joint statement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2022

The Republican climate plan forgets about the climate

The GOP is flashing just enough green to woo voters in vulnerable Democratic House districts.
A key aspect of AI technology that is often forgotten is that it requires an enormous amount of energy to develop and run. And that’s where utilities come in.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Apr 28, 2024

AI boom’s secret winners? The companies expected to power it

Across the U.S., utilities are preparing for historic increases in electricity demand led by data centers and AI.
Palestinian children stand amid the debris of a house destroyed by overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2024

Some U.S. officials say Israel may be violating international law in Gaza

A joint submission from four U.S. bureaus raised "serious concern over non-compliance" with international humanitarian law.
A man, identified as Keith Siegel, 64, speaks in a video released Saturday by Hamas that appeared to show two Israeli hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, in this screenshot.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2024

Hamas releases video of two hostages as it weighs cease-fire

The Palestinian militant group’s military wing posted a video showing American Israeli citizen Keith Siegel, 64, and Israeli Omri Miran, 47.
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Apr 28, 2024

Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers

As Japan’s rice farmers prepare for a new planting season, many will be hoping that this summer brings a reprieve from 2023’s brutal weather conditions.
The combined market capitalization of shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Prime section stood at roughly ¥970 trillion at the end of last month.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2024

TSE Prime's market cap nears ¥1 quadrillion two years after shake-up

The total market capitalization of the new top tier has grown some 40% while the number of companies fell 10%.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a conference in Paris last June.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2024

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off surprise trip to Beijing

Musk is seeking to meet senior Chinese officials in Beijing to discuss the rollout of Full-Self Driving software in China.
JR East says it will not yield to unreasonable demands by customers who harass its employees.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2024

JR East says it will not respond to customer harassment

According to the policy, the company will not respond to customers who engage in harassment, such as physically or psychologically attacking employees.
Vendors wearing headwear for protection against the sun talk amid the heat in Manila on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 28, 2024

Philippines suspends in-person classes due to heat and jeepney strike

The temperature in the city hit a record high of 38.8 degrees Celsius (101.8 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday with the heat index reaching 45 C.
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2024

Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off

The mercury soared as millions of travelers were venturing to both international and domestic destinations.
LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) speaks to reporters as election strategy committee chair Yuko Obuchi (left) and Deputy Secretary-General Hiroshi Kajiyama look on at party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2024

Main opposition CDP sweeps three Lower House by-elections in blow to LDP

The results were seen as a setback for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and could accelerate talks within the LDP about his political future.
Yuto Katsuragawa competes at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 28, 2024

Katsuragawa shoots 63 to win on DP World Tour's return to Japan

The 25-year-old had seven birdies and no bogeys to finish on 17-under par after equaling the course record.
The city government of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, has conducted its third marine survey around the Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2024

Okinawa's Ishigaki uses drone for first time during marine survey around Senkakus

During the survey, China Coast Guard vessels entered Japanese waters around the islands and attempted to interfere with the city's ship.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2024

Biden jabs Trump in election-year roast at correspondents' dinner

The U.S. president used the annual black-tie event to chide his Republican rival Donald Trump for immaturity and poke fun at his own advanced age.
Chelsea defender Alfie Gilchrist celebrates after scoring the club's sixth goal during their English Premier League football match against Everton on April 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2024

Arsenal? Liverpool? Chelsea? Help me pick my 'football' team

This writer’s been in England for six years. It’s time he backed a club.

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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