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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2022

LDP's junior partner Komeito to propose economic relief package

Komeito chief Natsuo Yamaguchi also urged the Bank of Japan to maintain its massive stimulus program 'for a bit longer' to ensure a solid recovery in the economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2022

What happens in Russia if Putin can’t win in Ukraine?

Russia has now been subjected to an isolation more sudden and total than that experienced by any major power in recent history. What that leads to may not be pretty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2022

Air crash disaster risks an even wider rift for Boeing and China

With relations between Washington and Beijing at their lowest ebb in years, the probe into the crash has turned the two archrivals into reluctant bedfellows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2022

Japanese firm that moves world’s chips counts on data explosion

Daifuku Co. is redesigning its ubiquitous overhead conveyors for factories to handle an 'exponential” surge in data usage and global chip demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2022

Japan energy giant Eneos plans to withdraw from Myanmar gas project

The move comes after Malaysia's state-run Petronas and Japan's Mitsubishi said last month they were divesting from the project.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2022

Microplastics found in blood for the first time, study says

Scientists found 17 out of the 22 healthy people they took samples from had quantifiable amounts of plastic particles in their blood.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2022

Japanese national in Poland opens home to Ukrainian refugee families

Until three weeks ago, Yugo Azuma was just another graduate student in Poland, but after the invasion of Ukraine he felt compelled to come to the aid of those fleeing the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 25, 2022

Is Japan at risk of a downgrade?

The COVID-19 pandemic stalled the Japanese government's debt-control efforts, now it also has to deal with the economic fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2022

Putin’s war and the mirage of the rules-based order

Rules-based order and economic interdependence has not stopped countries like Russia and China from engaging in relentless expansionism at the expense of their neighbors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2022

Yen at risk of deep slump as traders pile on

The yen's depreciation could also have knock-on implications across the region and help spur further depreciation of China's yuan, says Societe Generale SA strategist Albert Edwards.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 25, 2022

How well do you know Japan's Oscar history?

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's “Drive My Car” is nominated in four categories at the 94th Academy Awards, but win or lose, the film joins an exclusive club for cinematic greats.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2022

Amazon fired and disparaged him. Then he started a labor union.

Christian Smalls, an upstart labor leader hoping to unionize Amazon facilities in Staten Island, New York, has taken on an aggressive strategy against the e-commerce giant.
Yohei Kono, leader of a Japanese delegation to promote economic ties with China (left), speaks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2024

Japan group shows concerns about safety of Japanese in China

The delegation leader asked China to identify whether the Suzhou knife attack last week specifically targeted Japanese nationals.
MPD Superintendent-General Yoshimi Ogata (back) speaks at a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Tokyo police's Info-Communications Department on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2024

Tokyo police communications department marks 70th year

Since its launch in 1954, the department has supported police communications and played key roles in historic incidents.
As interest rates rise, the Bank of Japan will have to pay more on deposits, resulting in a mismatch between what it pays out and how much it receives on bonds it holds.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 2, 2024

The Bank of Japan’s $3 trillion problem

As interest rates rise and the deposits it holds become far more expensive, the central bank could end up becoming unprofitable.
Supporters of the far-right National Rally wave French flags at the party's headquarters following voting during the first round of legislative elections in Henin-Beaumont, France, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2024

French left and Macron race to prevent far-right takeover

Analysts say the most likely outcome of the snap election is a hung parliament that could lead to months of political paralysis and chaos.
A makeshift squat-style toilet is still used at an evacuation center in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, six months after the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 2, 2024

Six months on from Noto quake, shelter toilets are still squat-style

Reports of health deterioration among evacuees, many of whom are elderly, due to the discomfort of having to use such toilets have emerged.
Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis, walk after the Israeli army ordered they evacuate their neighborhoods in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 2, 2024

Palestinian militants fire into Israel as tanks advance in Gaza

The attack showed Palestinian militants still have rocket capabilities almost nine months into the war.
A city street in Kyoto crowded with tourists in April. American tourists headed for Japan have surged this year, according to data from the International Trade Administration.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2024

More American tourists head to Japan as battered yen beckons

Airlines are also moving in tandem with this trend, adding 9% more seats between the United States and Japan in the three months through August.
A Taliban spokesperson addresses a press conference in Kabul on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2024

Taliban told to 'include women' in public life at U.N. talks

Excluding civil rights groups from the talks was the price for the Taliban government's participation in them.
A Chinese worker organizes plastic doll heads after painting them at a toy factory in Xietang, Zhejiang Province, China, in 2015.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 2, 2024

China’s plastics boom is set to create another trade headache

Parts of the country’s sprawling petrochemicals sector are running at as little as half capacity as producers cut back.
Demolition work underway in areas around the Asaichi-dori morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Saturday
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2024

Only 4% of publicly funded demolitions in Ishikawa complete

Requests have been filed for over 20,000 residential buildings damaged by the Jan. 1 quake.
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks during the launch of the party's general election manifesto in Manchester, England, on June 13.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 2, 2024

Labour win in U.K. election would likely mean continuity for Asia

While the party has focused on domestic challenges in the run-up to Thursday's election, it maintains a deep interest in the region, experts say.
Security officers escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan as he appeared before the Islamabad High Court, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 12, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2024

Pakistani prime minister's detention is unlawful, U.N. group says

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been in jail since last August and was convicted in some cases ahead of a national election in February.
Elliott Investment Management's sizable stake in Sumitomo reflects a growing shareholder activism in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2024

Activist investor campaigns hit record high, driven by Japan

The number of new activists campaigns totaled 147, up 7% from 138 in the same period in 2023 and 29% above the five-year average.
Junya Ito in Reims, France in March.
SOCCER
Jul 2, 2024

Prosecutors likely to drop sexual assault case against Japan midfielder Junya Ito

Investigators have raised suspicions that the two women filed a criminal complaint based on false or incorrect accounts, sources said.
Japan's Universal Entertainment is dropping a plan to buy PH Resorts' gaming project in the central Philippines.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2024

Japan's Universal scraps plan to buy central Philippines casino

Shares in PH Resorts slumped as much as 29% to a nine-month intraday low following the disclosure.

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