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CULTURE / Books
Apr 16, 2022

Japan’s first Nobel literature laureate a towering figure 50 years after death

The anniversary of the death of Yasunari Kawabata is being marked with an exhibition and a new adaptation of one of his works.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 16, 2022

Coronavirus persisting in feces offers clues to long COVID cause

Patients can harbor the virus in their feces for months after infection, researchers found, stoking concern that its persistence can aggravate the immune system and cause long COVID-19.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 16, 2022

Money matters: Fight inflation with better finance fundamentals

In the face of inflation-induced price hikes, it's back to basics for personal finance.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Apr 16, 2022

Roger Dahl on the impact of COVID-19's rebound

Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Apr 16, 2022

Roger Dahl on the impressive size of sumo wrestlers

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 16, 2022

A window of opportunity for Japanese glassware

Introducing some eye-catching new glassware products that have been made with different Japanese glass-making techniques.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2022

North Korea fetes founder as U.S. prepares for provocations

Jets and helicopters flew low over central Pyongyang on Thursday night, indicating a possible military parade, specialist service NK News cited sources in the capital as saying.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2022

Japan to release 6 million barrels of oil from private reserves as part of IEA-led action

Japan will release the petroleum by allowing local refiners to lower their mandatory stockpile level in private reserves by three days.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022

For Japanese fishing town of Nemuro, Moscow holds key to survival

Concern is growing over the fate of annual talks between Tokyo and Moscow to set the quota for Japan to catch salmon and trout born in the Amur River.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022

Ukraine's past and present intertwine as a war historian seeks refuge

She was one of the 10 million displaced Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by Russia's invasion. Her newfound status felt alien, something belonging to survivors of past wars.
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on Friday recommended administrative action against MUFG Bank and two brokerage units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group for sharing nonpublic information on client companies without their permission.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2024

Watchdog backs penalties over sharing of Mitsubishi UFJ client data

The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission said that MUFG's banking and securities units had engaged in unauthorized sharing of information.
Tohoku University in Sendai
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2024

Tohoku University to be first winner of Japan's world-class research grants

The university will also fully make Japanese and English its official languages to attract world-class researchers and students.
The number of consultations made by consumers regarding troubles on social media marked a record high in 2023, with people in their 50s or older particularly vulnerable.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2024

Japan sees social media linked consultations hit record in 2023

In 2023, there were 910,000 consultations, and consumer damage from problematic transactions amounted to a record ¥8.8 trillion.
Yamato Transport drivers push carts loaded with parcels for distribution in Sapporo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2024

Japan logistics firms work to reduce parcel redeliveries

The government aims to lower the rate of parcel redeliveries from 10% in fiscal 2022 to 6% in fiscal 2024.
Japan's Fuka Nagano competes for the ball against Zambia's Evarine Katongo during the 2023 Women's World Cup in Hamilton, New Zealand. Nagano is among the stalwarts that will be looking to propel Nadeshiko Japan onto the podium at the Paris Games.
OLYMPICS / Football
Jun 14, 2024

Nadeshiko Japan’s Olympic squad strikes balance between experience and youth

The challenge in Paris looks daunting as Japan has been put in what many have labeled “the group of death” alongside world champions Spain, Brazil and Nigeria.
Ukrainian servicemen patrol in the heavily damaged town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on May 20. It is time to stop wondering what is on Vladimir Putin’s mind and start making him fear a potential Western response to his aggression.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2024

NATO must not go wobbly on Ukraine

If Russian President Vladimir Putin wins his war of aggression in Ukraine, his next targets could be Poland and the Baltic states.
Despite the conservative center maintaining control of European Union institutions, a surge in far-right support in parliamentary elections is setting off alarm bells.
EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2024

The center holds as Europe’s far right surges

A populist wave sweeps through the European parliamentary elections amid a strong showing by far right parties.
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett attends the opening ceremony of Tungaloy's new plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in  November 2011. Buffett says Tokyo executives are good value for money amid a widening pay gap between local and foreign business leaders.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2024

The pay gap in Japan’s boardrooms is unacceptable

The job market in Japan is, at all levels, much less liquid and executives are less likely to need incentives to avoid jumping ship to rivals.
Kirin's acquisition of Fancl will enable more "flexible and drastic measures” to integrate the two companies and maximize their corporate values, Kirin said in a statement.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2024

Kirin to buy Fancl for ¥220 billion in shift away from beer

The move comes as Japan’s alcohol companies try to rely less on their original products for revenue.
The area along the Tama River where a suitcase containing the body of Tadayuki Hara was found.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 14, 2024

Five suspects accused of murder after body found near Tokyo river

The new warrants allege that the five suspects conspired to strangle the victim in an apartment in Tokyo's Ota Ward last December.
Urawa Reds Ladies celebrate winning the Asian club title last month over South Korean side Hyundai Steel Red Angels.
SOCCER
Jun 14, 2024

Asian Women's Champions League to launch in August with $1.3 million first prize

One club each from 22 countries across the continent will play in the new competition, including reigning Asian Women's Club Championship winners Urawa Reds Ladies.
Haneda Airport in Tokyo is packed with travelers at the start of the Golden Week holidays in April.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 14, 2024

H.I.S. posts first half-year net profit in five years

For the six months through April, H.I.S. reported a consolidated net profit of ¥3.8 billion ($24.2 million), against a net loss of ¥4.8 billion a year before.
A health worker puts on an adhesive bandage after inoculating a man with a booster shot of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in Manila in January 2022.
WORLD
Jun 14, 2024

U.S. ran secret anti-vaccine campaign to undermine China during pandemic

The clandestine operation aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and other life-saving aid that was being supplied by China.
Pope Francis and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida talk ahead of a Group of Seven session on artificial Intelligence, energy, Africa and the Mediterranean on the second day of the G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, Italy, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2024

G7 agree on AI code of conduct and joint initiatives for Africa

The bloc also agreed to build a common framework to combat illegal migration, with the aim of cracking down on human trafficking.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin during an event in the Moscow region's city of Solnechnogorsk, Russia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2024

Putin demands Ukraine abandon four regions for peace talks

Putin said Ukrainian forces should pull out from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in return for a cease-fire by Russian troops.

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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