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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2022

Here are the big takeaways from the Japan-Philippines security meetings

The Japan-Philippines two-plus-two meeting was a big step for establishing the policy architecture necessary for evolving bilateral ties.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022

Hiding in plain sight, a Soviet-era air defense system arrives in Ukraine

Slovakia is transporting not only weapons from its own stocks into Ukraine. It is also sending military aid from many other countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022

Powerful explosions heard in Kyiv after Russian warship sinks

The explosions appeared to be among the most significant in Ukraine's capital region since Russian troops pulled back from the area earlier this month.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Apr 15, 2022

‘We’ll bury them, like humans’: Ukrainian officials identify bodies in Bucha

Following the withdrawal of Russian forces from a Kyiv suburb, officials examined and documented the bodies of those who were killed in the war.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022

Russia-Ukraine crisis far away for most in Japan, but not in Hokkaido

More visible demonstrations of Moscow's military power on and around Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido are generating concerns among residents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2022

Lawson to raise Kara-age Kun prices for first time in 36 years

The price of the nuggets, sold in a paper envelope with a toothpick and a chicken illustration that's instantly recognizable to anyone in the country, will increase to u00a5238 from May 31.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022

Third time’s the charm? Kei Komuro fails to pass New York bar for second time

Komuro, who aims to take the exam again in July, has said he was five points short of passing.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022

Japan's government releases video to help eradicate harassment from politics

The video is based on 1,324 stories shared by local lawmakers from across Japan who have experienced some sort of harassment by their constituents or senior lawmakers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 15, 2022

NBA playoffs tip off with intriguing first-round clashes

The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks and last year's runners-up Phoenix Suns are the favorites but plenty of other teams have the firepower to get to the promised land.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022

Ukrainians come home to wreckage, booby traps and fresh laundry

The worst damage is in towns surrounding Kyiv, where Russian troops left a path of destruction, including hundreds of people apparently massacred, as they withdrew to the north.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2022

Germany’s energy woes are a fiasco of its own making

In both the short and the long term, Germany will be unable to end Russian gas imports without triggering economic chaos and public outrage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2022

French President Macron knows inflation is Le Pen’s best weapon

If there's one thing that could make French voters more receptive to the far right, it's a shake of the magic money tree.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2022

Japan must lead Asia to the side of law and order

Tokyo should use its influence and its political capital to persuade countries sitting on the fence on the Ukraine war to join it and support a global order that is under attack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022

War brings new Iron Curtain down on Russia’s storied ballet stages

Ballet in Russia is something of a national pastime — a cultural jewel, but also the focus of intense emotion and close scrutiny by its discerning audiences.
A bump stock can be attached to a semiautomatic rifle to increase the firing rate.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court rejects federal ban on gun 'bump stocks'

Bump stocks use a semiautomatic's recoil to allow it to slide back and forth while "bumping" the shooter's trigger finger, resulting in rapid fire.
A nuclear power plant in Crystal River, Florida. While the public have warmed to nuclear in recent years, spiraling project costs have made private equity cautious.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2024

Building nuclear power is a bridge too far for world’s private investors

While the public have warmed to nuclear in recent years, spiraling project costs have made private equity cautious.
In Catan: New Energies, players must decide between fossil fuels and clean energy.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 15, 2024

In Catan: New Energies, the goal is avoiding climate catastrophe

When put to the test, players were racked by indecision, laying bare the complexity of solving climate change.
Akira Endo was born on Nov. 14, 1933, in Yurihonjo, a city in a mountainous area near the Sea of Japan.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 15, 2024

Akira Endo, scholar of statins that reduce heart disease, dies at 90

His research on fungi helped lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower a type of cholesterol that contributes to heart disease.
By April 2024, dengue fever cases in the Americas passed the total for the previous year.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 15, 2024

What's behind the post-COVID surge in communicable diseases?

Many regions have reported at least one infectious disease resurgence that’s at least ten times worse than the prepandemic baseline.
Environmental activists from the group Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside the media center set up for the Group of Seven leaders' summit, in Bari, Italy, on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 15, 2024

Experts and activists slam 'pointless' G7 on climate

The Group of Seven rich democracies was assailed for having failed to deliver significant new progress on climate during a summit in Italy.
China Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons toward a Philippine resupply vessel as it made its way to the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea in March.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2024

China Coast Guard's new 60-day detention rules take effect

The regulations allowing the arrest of foreign nationals suspected of trespassing in waters "under China's jurisdiction" have stoked fears of escalation.
Mavericks center Dereck Lively II dunks during the team's Game 4 win over the Celtics on Friday in Dallas.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 15, 2024

Luka Doncic and the Mavs avert sweep with Game 4 blowout

Luka Doncic scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half and Kyrie Irving added 21 points while helping the Mavericks avoid a sweep.
U.S. President Joe Biden joins other world leaders, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as they watch a skydiving demonstration at the annual Group of Seven summit in Savelletri, Italy, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2024

G7 leaders unite to hammer China over trade and Russian lifeline

Group of Seven leaders warned Beijing over its "harmful" trade practices and dispatch of dual-use products to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after being reelected as president of South Africa on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2024

South Africa's Ramaphosa survives ANC hammering to win second term

A skillful negotiator, Ramaphosa clinched the agreement with the white-led Democratic Alliance and at least two other smaller parties.
Germany's Florian Wirtz scores his team's first goal in the opening match of Euro 2024 on Friday.
SOCCER
Jun 15, 2024

Another summer to remember? For Germany: So far, so great.

After a dominant opening win over Scotland, German fans may already be wondering if this will be another summer to remember.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is welcomed by Italian leader Giorgia Meloni on the first day of the Group of Seven summit in the Italian resort of Borgo Egnazia on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2024

Japan and Italy agree to beef up defense and diplomatic cooperation

Japan and Italy have agreed on a plan to deepen cooperation over the next three years in key areas such as diplomacy, defense and trade.
Kei Nishikori servers during his second round match at the French Open last month.
OLYMPICS / Tennis
Jun 15, 2024

Osaka and Nishikori to represent Japan at Paris Games

It will be the second Games for Osaka, who lost in the third round at her home Tokyo Games in 2021.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at Zurich airport, Switzerland, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2024

In Ukraine, soldiers and civilians shrug off Zelenskyy's summit

The conference is coming at a perilous moment for exhausted Ukrainians and outgunned soldiers, after more than two years of war.
Wang Shun of China races to gold in the final of the men's 200-meter individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Jun 15, 2024

Doping regulator knew of previous positive tests by Chinese swimmers

Three Chinese swimmers who failed drug tests before the 2021 Olympics had tested positive for a powerful steroid several years earlier.

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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