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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Apr 25, 2022

Miyagi high schools embracing coed culture after 12 years in transition

Despite mixed reactions, the prefecture's educators strive to create a place where boys and girls can learn together.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022

Majority of India’s 900 million workforce stop looking for jobs

Frustrated at not being able to find the right kind of job, millions of Indians, particularly women, are exiting the labor force entirely.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2022

Ukraine apologizes for linking Hirohito and Hitler in official tweet

An official Ukrainian government Twitter account apologized after showing a picture of Emperor Hirohito alongside Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in video about the defeat of fascism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 25, 2022

BOJ to keep ultralow rates and dovish stance as inflation clouds recovery

With inflation modest compared with other nations and the economy still below pre-pandemic levels, the BOJ is in no rush to modify a pledge to keep rates at current or lower levels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Apr 25, 2022

Hokkaido underprepared for offshore winter quakes and 'ice tsunami' destruction

Ice tsunamis can block the spaces between buildings and in streets, causing water to overflow into open spaces and cause faster and higher levels of flooding than otherwise expected.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 25, 2022

Tyson Fury will only return to ring for unification fight, says wife

Tyson Fury will return to the ring only for a title unification bout, his wife Paris said after "The Gypsy King" retained the WBC heavyweight world championship with a technical knockout win over Dillian Whyte in what he called his final fight.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2022

China races to stop Beijing outbreak as Shanghai deaths climb

China ordered mandatory COVID-19 tests in a district of Beijing and locked down some areas of the capital as policymakers raced to prevent a repeat of the outbreak that's hobbled Shanghai.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 25, 2022

Seeing worse year than 2008, hedge fund cuts China stocks to zero

As China's markets gyrate following COVID-19 outbreaks and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the nation's best-performing macro hedge funds is bracing for more pain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 25, 2022

First all-private astronaut team aboard space station undocks for flight home

The flight home was postponed for several days due to unfavorable weather at the splashdown zone, extending the Axiom crew's stay in orbit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2022

In troubled France, no honeymoon for re-elected Macron

The president's second term could be even rockier than the first with mounting political opposition and boiling social discontent.
Eschewing the comfort of Tokyo’s air-conditioned museums, the inconvenient art movement draws viewers into the countryside to see artworks such as Christian Boltanski’s “Les Regards.”
CULTURE / Art
Jun 7, 2024

A list of Japan’s remote art sites

Get off the beaten path this summer and discover art tucked away in the farthest reaches of Japan.
Takashi Tonegawa, a senior researcher at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2024

Japanese agency observes tsunami with submarine optical cable

The cable extends some 100 kilometers southward from an area near Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture.
The effort by the United Kingdom, France and Germany to ramp up pressure was also visible this week at the International Atomic Energy Agency, where they successfully pushed a resolution critical of Iran despite U.S. reservations.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2024

Europeans detail Iran's nuclear violations in diplomatic gambit

The move by Britain, France and Germany is said to be aimed at pressuring Tehran into resolving the issue diplomatically.
Iga Swiatek will be vying for her fourth French Open title when she meets Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday in Paris.
TENNIS
Jun 7, 2024

Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff to reach third straight French Open final

World No. 1 Swiatek defeated U.S. Open champion Gauff 6-2, 6-4 to extend her winning streak in Paris to 20 matches.
Postage rates for sealed letters and other documents are expected to be raised by 30% as early as October, the first rise in 30 years aside from when prices increased along with consumption tax hikes.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2024

Postage rate hikes seen denting New Year's card tradition in Japan

The tradition of sending New Year's greetings on postcards began in 1873 with the introduction of postcards.
Colin Croy's Japanese is still a work in progress, but he hasn't had much trouble communicating with local customers in Sapporo due to the mutual language of musical performance.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 10, 2024

Colin Croy: 'After I built my first pedal, I just kept making more and more'

A St. Louis transplant in Sapporo serves the Hokkaido capital's music scene with equipment repairs, upgrades and customizations.
Yuki Tsunoda is set to spend his fifth season in Formula One with RB.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Jun 7, 2024

Yuki Tsunoda expected to remain with RB next season

Tsunoda missed out on landing a seat at Red Bull when the team chose to extend the contract of Sergio Perez instead.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 7, 2024

At Computex, Nvidia billionaire Jensen Huang showcases Taiwan's tech dominance

With this year’s raucous Computex — the world’s biggest computing conference — Taiwan sent a message: If you want AI, you need Taiwan.
Discussions are increasingly focusing on two options depending on who — the U.S. or the EU — would borrow the money for Ukraine, with different details to be sorted out depending on the choice.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2024

How G7 and EU plan to leverage frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

Profit generated by Russian central bank funds frozen worldwide will be used to service a $50 billion loan raised on the market for Kyiv.
Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis dunks against the Mavericks during Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Boston on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Jun 7, 2024

Kristaps Porzingis returns to lead Celtics over Mavs in Game 1 of NBA Finals

Porzingis, who missed 10 games after straining his right calf in the first round of the playoffs, made an immediate impact in his return.
Kenji Iikura (right), head chef at Akasaka Tantei, and manager Hibiki Kitazawa pose with Okinawan cuisine served at the restaurant in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jun 17, 2024

How a Michelin-star Okinawan restaurant made a V-shaped recovery

A return to its roots — and Okinawan flavors — struck a chord with new and returning customers.
Takayuki Midorikawa stands in front of Ueda Junior High School in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jun 17, 2024

Fukushima schools open up to revising old rules

The prefecture has recently made some moves to accommodate a little more diversity in the classroom.
Israeli armored personnel carriers operate near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on May 29.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2024

Russia and China wrangle with U.S. over U.N. resolution on Gaza

The council's only Arab member, Algeria, also signaled it was not ready to back the text, diplomats said.
Ambassador of Australia to the U.S. Kevin Rudd attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 7, 2024

War over Taiwan would change world, says Australia ambassador to U.S.

If Chinese President Xi Jinping, who turns 71 this month, wanted to achieve "final national unification" with Taiwan, he would likely act before he reaches his 80s.
The BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2024

Philippines accuses China of 'barbaric' blocking of medical evacuation

The incident, which the Philippines said took place last month, involved a member of a small contingent of marines posted at the flashpoint Second Thomas Shoal.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past