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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 9, 2022

A Kobe farmers market opens Tha Door for craft beer-loving couple

Momentum was building around In Tha Door Brewing's collaborations but it wasn't until 2018 when the Nakatos decided something more formal was needed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2022

In banning Russian fuel imports, U.S. refuses to subsidize Putin’s war

With other petroleum products included, Russia accounted for about 8% of 2021 oil imports to the U.S., though those shipments have trended lower in recent months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2022

Ukrainian refugees reach 2 million mark as evacuation from besieged cities ramps up

Residents ran with their young children in strollers or cradling babies in arms, while others carried pets and plastic bags of belongings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2022

Rice could keep Asia’s food inflation risks from getting worse

Rice is more popular with many Asian consumers than wheat, which has seen supplies cut off from one of the world's breadbaskets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 8, 2022

At the top of Europe's banks, it's still a man's world

The 25 biggest banks by assets have seen 22 changes in chief executive and chairs over the past two years. Twenty-one of those 22 jobs went to men.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 8, 2022

Asian farmers turn to drones and apps for labor amid climate challenges

While agricultural technology 'help farmers produce more with less water, land, inputs, energy and labor,' it also poses risks from job losses to social inequities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2022

Shoppers scramble for staples as food fallout from war spreads

Russia and Ukraine are vital suppliers of grains, vegetable oil and fertilizers, which means that supply disruptions will be felt all over the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2022

Invasion of Ukraine becomes moment of truth for Asian nations

Many Asian nations insist on noninterference in internal affairs, so it would be expected that the dismembering of a state, Ukraine, by a neighbor would have warranted condemnation. It did not.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2022

The letter ‘Z’ has become a symbol for Russians who support the invasion of Ukraine

The letter's ubiquity has led many to conclude that its adoption is an orchestrated Kremlin effort to drum up support for the war.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2022

January brought Japan's first rise in real wages in five months, data shows

The figures largely reflected a change in the way inflation was calculated in the survey compared to the previous month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 8, 2022

Ukraine invasion sets back Elon Musk's dream for cheaper EVs, for now

Rising prices of nickel, lithium and other materials threaten to slow and even temporarily reverse the long-term trend of falling costs of batteries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2022

Global outlook grim for U.S. intelligence agencies with Russia and China as top foes

A 31-page declassified document released late Monday by the House Intelligence Committee makes for stark reading.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 8, 2022

South Korea seizes North Korean fishing boat that crossed border, report says

The seized boat was carrying seven crew, including six wearing military uniforms. The seven unarmed North Koreans are said to have no intention of defecting to the South.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance (right), the Republican's vice-presidential nominee, attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2024

J.D. Vance is red meat for Trump’s MAGA base

It’s a shrewd pick — a nod to Trump’s base. More than any of the other contenders, Vance’s selection shows that Trump wants to lock down the MAGA faithful.
China's success in retrieving samples from the far side of the moon and its strategic advances in space exploration are prompting calls for international collaboration amid growing concerns over efforts to achieve space dominance.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2024

It's too early to be fighting a space race with China

Lunar exploration is dangerous enough without turning it into a contest between great powers.
Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi holds a news conference at the Diet on July 2.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 17, 2024

Speculation rising over possible end to Yamaguchi's Komeito reign

Natsuo Yamaguchi, 72, is currently serving his eighth term as Komeito chief.
Artwork is displayed in the home of Mikiko Watanabe, who was killed in an arson attack at a Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, in Shiga Prefecture on June 11.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2024

Mother of Kyoto Animation arson victim continuing to deliver lectures

Tatsuko Watanabe's 35-year-old daughter Mikiko was an art director at the anime company.
Naoki Prize winner Michi Ichiho (left), and Akutagawa Prize winners Sanzo K. Matsunaga (center) and Aki Asahina pose with their award-winning books at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 17, 2024

Three novelists named for Akutagawa and Naoki awards

Authors Sanzo K. Matsunaga and Aki Asahina won the Akutagawa Prize for literary writers, while the Naoki Prize for genre fiction went to Michi Ichiho.
With 25 Emmy nominations, FX’s historical drama “Shogun” leads the competition with the most nods, including nominations for actors (from left) Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 18, 2024

'Shogun' tops Emmy nominations with 25 nods

As well as a nomination for best drama, “Shogun” received nods for stars Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai in the lead drama actor and actress categories.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he has contracted COVID-19, forcing him to cancel an appearance before a key Latino advocacy group.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 18, 2024

Biden’s COVID-19 case delivers latest blow to hard-luck campaign

While U.S. President Joe Biden's symptoms are mild, the COVID-19 diagnosis removes him from the campaign trail and thrusts his health back into the spotlight.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Pretoria, South Africa, Aug. 22, 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 18, 2024

Xi to map out vision for China’s economy as key meeting wraps up

The summit comes as China battles a years-long real estate crisis, which has prompted the longest deflationary streak since 1999.
This undated handout picture from NASA released on Wednesday shows the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover assembled inside a cleanroom at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2024

NASA cancels lunar rover after spending $450 million building it

NASA's scrapped rover was intended to explore the moon's south pole in search of ice and other resources.
The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association says AI-assisted online search services offered by Google and Microsoft is highly likely to not only infringe news organizations' copyrights but damage their trustworthiness.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2024

Japan news media association demands consent and accuracy from generative AI

Without regulation, generative AI will erode media content, harming democracy and national culture, according to the association.
The background footage shows a Chinese Coast Guard ship using a water cannon against a Filipino resupply vessel, during a news conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila in August 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2024

The risky business of standing up to Beijing

Philippines faces balancing act between economic interests and territorial rights.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) speaks to the press next to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on June 11.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 18, 2024

Germany says it will halve its military aid for Ukraine

German aid to Ukraine will be cut to €4 billion ($4.35 billion) in 2025 from around €8 billion in 2024.
The S&P 500 drops from all-time highs amid a selloff in chipmakers.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 18, 2024

High-flying chipmakers see worst plunge since 2020

Concern about tighter U.S. restrictions on chip sales to China spurred a selloff in the industry that has led the bull market in stocks.
Sanyo Shokai sells custom-ordered T-shirts from Spanish clothing brand Ecoalf using digital printing technology.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2024

Digital printing of clothes drawing attention in Japan

The process allows for small-quantity production and caters to customers' tastes more precisely.
Ukrainians walk past the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee to protest the organization's plan to have Russian athletes compete in Paris under a neutral flag.
OLYMPICS
Jul 18, 2024

Russian athletes headed to Paris break IOC’s rules, NGO says

A total of 33 out of 59 athletes were in violation of the IOC’s guidelines on participation, a report from The Hague-based Global Rights Compliance concluded.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
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.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
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.

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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