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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Apr 4, 2022

As the pandemic drags on, more in Japan find solace in 'oshikatsu' devotion

Made more accessible through new technology, styles of fandom long monopolized by those obsessed with pop culture, anime and manga are, for many, becoming a vital part of lockdown life.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2022

How could Russia's Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

Legal experts say a prosecution of President Vladimir Putin or other Russian leaders would face high hurdles and could take years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2022

Russia's war migrants find mixed reception in Georgia

Many have headed for Georgia, Turkey and Armenia, drawn by visa-free regimes and pre-existing Russian communities, but not all have been welcomed with open arms.
BUSINESS / Longform
Apr 4, 2022

Reimagining Japan’s growing glut of empty homes

Entrepreneurs see an opportunity in Japan's abandoned properties as businesses try to change them from liabilities into assets.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 4, 2022

Frank Gore set to retire as a 49er after signing one-day contract

The 38-year-old Gore, who did not play in the NFL last season, ranks third all-time with 16,000 rushing yards.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2022

Growing ties between Pakistan and China raise concern in Washington and New Delhi

China's supply of advanced military equipment to Pakistan is part of an intensifying military and intelligence cooperation that reflects the growing level of trust between the two sides.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2022

What political upheaval in Pakistan means for rest of the world

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's actions have created huge uncertainty in Islamabad, fueling anger among the opposition and deepening the country's political crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 4, 2022

Toyota says it will stick with U.K. in move to electric vehicles

The firm said it is ready to sell only zero-emission cars and reiterated its view that hybrids have a role to play in the transition by 2035.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 4, 2022

Padres acquire LHP Sean Manaea from Athletics

Manaea, who joins a rotation that includes Yu Darvish, Blake Snell, Mike Clevinger and Joe Musgrove, posted an 11-10 record with a 3.91 ERA in 32 starts last season with Oakland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2022

China promotes traditional cures as Pfizer pill alternatives

China is struggling to persuade skeptics to put aside doubts about traditional medicine that hasn't gone through large, standardized clinical trials.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2022

Putin’s pre-war allies dominate Hungarian and Serbian elections

The country's leaders are walking a tightrope between maintaining old ties and trying to get closer to the West.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2022

BOJ should pay attention to yen, ruling coalition lawmaker says

Keiichi Ishii, secretary-general of Komeito, says efforts to hold down interest rates are weakening the currency.
Park Cheol-hee, the brains behind President Yoon Suk-yeol's diplomatic policies, is expected to be appointed as the country's next ambassador to Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

South Korea to name Japan hand as next ambassador to Tokyo

Seoul has informally decided to appoint Park Cheol-hee, the brains behind President Yoon Suk-yeol's diplomatic policies.
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te visits soldiers and air force personnel in Hualien, Taiwan, on May 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

Autocracy is 'evil,' Taiwan president says after China threatens death for separatism

China, viewing Taiwan as its territory, openly opposes Lai, labeling him a "separatist" and conducting military exercises shortly after his inauguration last month.
A general shareholders meeting is held at Sompo Holdings in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2024

Japan nonlife insurers apologize to shareholders over scandals

Leaders of three major Japanese nonlife insurers apologized at their respective general shareholders meetings over scandals rocking the industry.
In his 14 years as prime minister, Viktor Orban has become expert in playing hardball with Brussels and has repeatedly wielded his veto to get more EU funds.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

Will Hungary hijack the EU during its presidency?

Officials and diplomats fret that one major victim of Hungary's six months in charge will be EU support for Ukraine as it battles Russia's invading forces.
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (center), shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (left) and shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy in Paris in 2023
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

Labour's Brexit red lines set to limit shift in U.K.'s ties with EU

Officials believe the party will struggle to deliver a significantly different trading relationship unless it U-turns on certain issues.
Simone Manuel, seen on at the U.S. trials in Indianapolis on June 18, won the 50-meter freestyle on Sunday.
OLYMPICS
Jun 24, 2024

Simone Manuel wins 50-meter freestyle race at U.S. trials

Manuel said she's focused on getting faster and having some fun with her U.S. teammates.
A new post has been proposed for coordinating takeoffs and landings at major airports' traffic controls.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2024

Japanese ministry proposes new air traffic coordinator post

The new post was drawn up in response to a collision between a Japan Airlines passenger jet and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda Airport on Jan. 2.
People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police," in Tehran on Sept. 21, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

For Iran's youth, legacy of 2022 clashes shapes presidential race

Contrasting views of the worth of the election have underscored the division in Iran between supporters and opponents of the 45-year-old Islamic Republic.
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Monday, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

Seeing duplicates of a poster on election boards? It's due to a loophole.

The law only restricts details about other candidates or factually incorrect information from posters on boards set up for elections.
Renho left the CDP, Japan's largest opposition party, earlier this month to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election as an independent candidate.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 24, 2024

Death threat sent to office of aspiring Tokyo governor Renho

The threat, made via fax, was also sent to a building that houses the headquarters of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, which Renho left in early June.
Amy Yang holds the trophy after winning the Women's PGA Championship in Sammamish, Washington, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 24, 2024

Amy Yang wins Women's PGA Championship

Amy Yang captured her long-awaited first major title on Sunday, hanging on late for a three-stroke victory at the Women's PGA Championship.
Kyosuke Matsuyama (right) competes against France's Erwann Le Pechoux during the men's team foil semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021.
OLYMPICS
Jun 24, 2024

Japanese fencers heading to Paris Games with plenty of confidence

The men's national team is aiming to secure its first medal in three Olympics in the foil event, a category considered by many to be a Japanese specialty.
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro speaks during the opening session of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations defense ministers' meeting in Jakarta last November.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

Philippines says China deliberately used 'illegal force' disrupt resupply mission

The Philippines' defense cheif said last week's maritime incident, which injured a sailor, was neither a misunderstanding nor an accident.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on June 12
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 24, 2024

Yen nears lows as Bank of Japan leans dovish

The BOJ has suggested in recent weeks that it might not hurry in tightening monetary policy, unsettling the market.
A wind farm in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. For Japan's future energy roadmap to center on clean sources, the government should reform the institutions overseeing energy policy to avoid vested interests from slowing the transition down.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 24, 2024

It’s time for Japan to set up a climate change agency

The government is currently reviewing Japan's Strategic Energy Plan. But who's shaping this key document for the future? It's mostly older men with vested interests.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen's National Rally party is expected to win snap parliamentary elections called by French President Emmanuel Macron.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2024

French elites’ silence on Le Pen is deafening

Despite the economically risky promises of the far right (and far left), France's business leaders are not weighing in on the crucial elections only a week away.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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
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