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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2022

Time to talk peace terms with Russia

The Ukraine in consultation with the U.S. and Europe, which are backing its war-fighting capacity, should formulate and state what a reasonable peace settlement would look like.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 31, 2022

Oklahoma and Arizona ban transgender students from girls' sports

The Republican governors of Oklahoma and Arizona signed bills banning transgender athletes from girls' school sports on Wednesday, joining a growing list of states that have passed or enacted similar laws on a contentious election-year issue.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 31, 2022

Bruce Willis has aphasia and is ‘stepping away’ from his career

Willis, who turned 67 this month, is most famous for his role as rough-around-the-edges yet clever New York City cop John McClane in the highly successful 'Die Hard” movie series.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 31, 2022

How China aims to treat Hong Kong's explosive COVID-19 outbreak

Hong Kong had been relatively successful in containing the virus until the emergence of the omicron variant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2022

Driven from city life to jungle insurgency

More than a year after Myanmar's military seized full control in a coup, the country is at war, with some unlikely combatants in the fray.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2022

Highest wheat price rise in 14 years has Japan consumers bracing for more expensive bread

The price hike for wheat the government sells to private milling companies comes amid growing concerns about poor harvests in supply countries and the effect of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 31, 2022

Rory McIlroy hoping to see Tiger Woods make return at Masters

'For golf and for the Masters tournament and for everyone, to have Tiger there would be phenomenal. I think it just adds to the event,' McIlroy said.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 31, 2022

Economic expansion a major priority of development strategy

Since President Shavkat Mirziyoyev came to power, Uzbekistan has undertaken a large-scale program of economic and social reforms and structural transformations in the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2022

Town, company team up to achieve SDGs in Kumamoto

While the United Nations sustainable development goals present the diverse challenges the world faces, it is important that companies and municipalities examine what exactly they can do and who they can partner with to maximize the impact of their actions, fully aware that what they do today may ultimately...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2022

Philanthropist celebrates life with art, music

Japanese philanthropist Haruhisa Handa, who is a professional in many fields, including calligraphy, art, music, noh dramas and literature, as well as business, held a solo exhibition of his artworks, including paintings, pottery and Japanese calligraphy, in Tokyo from March 18 to 21.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 31, 2022

Tech workers urge employers to exit Russia

Small groups of employees at Microsoft, SAP and IBM have called for management to withdraw fully from Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2022

Ukraine sunflower oil price surge casts shadow over Ramadan meals

The oil has become too expensive for many people in Lebanon and other Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Georgia forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates his team's second goal during its group-stage win over Portugal on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Jun 27, 2024

Georgia makes history by reaching Euro 2024 knockouts

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's finish with less than two minutes on the clock clinched Georgia's greatest soccer victory.
Ukraine players applaud the fans in Stuttgart at the end of thir Euro 2024 run.
SOCCER
Jun 27, 2024

Ukrainians keen for a wartime success lament Euro elimination

Ukraine drew 0-0 against Belgium and finished the group stage with 4 points.
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2024

Russia opens secret trial of U.S. reporter accused of espionage

The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich, 32, faces up to 20 years in prison on an espionage charge that he, his employer and the U.S. State Department vehemently deny.
A firefighter works in a rural area of Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 27, 2024

'Breathing smoke': Brazil's Pantanal wetlands hit by record fires

In the first half of this year, satellites recorded more than 3,300 fires in the region.
Of the 384 people who died from all mpox strains in Congo this year, more than 60% were children, the World Health Organization has said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2024

Fears emerge over new 'most dangerous' mpox strain crossing borders

The new deadlier strain transmits more easily between people — including through nonsexual contact — and is killing children and causing miscarriages in Congo.
Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito (left), U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (center) and South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Duk-geun in Washington on Wednesday
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 27, 2024

U.S., Japan and South Korea vow strategic cooperation

"We're doubling down our efforts to work together," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said.
Kaz Hosaka during the 148th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in May. Hosaka guided two miniature poodles to Best in Show victories at the event, including the most recent one in May.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2024

Kaz Hosaka, who led two poodles to Westminster glory, dies at 65

The Japan-born Hosaka was a masterly handler for over 40 years.
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks during a debate in Nottingham, England, on Wednesday, in the build-up to the U.K. general election set for July 4.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2024

Starmer denies Sunak clear win he needed in U.K. election debate

The head-to-head contest came amid a betting scandal that’s dominated the last two weeks of the campaign.
A rendering of a life-sized Gundam model to be displayed at the 2025 Osaka Expo
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2024

Life-size Gundam to be displayed at 2025 Osaka Expo

The life-sized Gundam will be built with pieces from the Moving Gundam that was on display in Yokohama until March this year.
Akimasa Nihongi, who spoke about his experience as a victim of sexual assault by Johnny Kitagawa, the late founder of the eponymous talent agency, said in a video message that victims who report their abuses are often subject to slander and harassment.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2024

Ex-member of Johnny's calls for victim protection at U.N. panel

Akimasa Nihongi said measures ought to be put in place to protect victims from slander and harassment after they go public with abuses.
An injured man is brought into the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, following the Israeli bombardment of a residential apartment on June 8.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2024

U.S. health workers describe dire conditions at Gaza's hospitals

A lack of supplies meant many had to make agonizing decisions on who would live and who would die.
Daiki Hashimoto takes part in a training session in Tokyo on June 21.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jun 27, 2024

Japan men's gymnastics team sets sights on China for team gold

Three years ago, the Russians beat Japan by 0.103 points — a sliver of a number that etched itself into the minds of Japan's gymnasts.
Emperor Naruhito visits the Francis Crick Institute in London on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2024

Japan's Emperor Naruhito visits medical research center in London

Along with working to break down barriers between scientific disciplines to further disease research, the center also supports a number of U.K.-Japan partnerships.
Tadej Pogacar (left) rides behind rival Jonas Vingegaard and Vingegaard's teammate Sepp Kuss during the Tour de France in July last year.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jun 27, 2024

Tour de France favorite Pogacar says he has 'never felt so good on a bike'

The Slovenian is seeking to become the first cyclist since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same season.
Sports announcer Al Michaels during an event in 2015
OLYMPICS
Jun 27, 2024

NBC brings AI version of legendary broadcaster to Olympic coverage

Narration by Al Michaels generated using artificial intelligence will voice the recaps that will be personalized to individual viewers of NBC's Peacock streaming service.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
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.

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

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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
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