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Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 9, 2022

Rafa Nadal the man to beat as Naomi Osaka eyes return at Indian Wells

The Spaniard is the favorite in the men's tournament after winning his 21st major, while hopes are high for a comeback by Osaka after a turbulent 2021.
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BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2022

Future turns dark for Russia’s oil industry

With short-term turmoil for the Russian oil industry a given at this point, the long-term future of an industry which bankrolls a large portion of the government budget has turned cloudy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2022

Tanker pilot project shows hydrogen plan is feasible, Japan consortium reports

The u00a542 billion project, backed by the governments of Japan and Australia in an effort to cut carbon emissions, was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2022

Japan’s economy needs more spending aid, Abenomics advocate says

The call for more stimulus by Etsuro Honda comes barely three months after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a bigger-than-expected u00a556 trillion package to support the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2022

McDonald’s and Coca-Cola hit pause on Russia amid rising backlash

The iconic U.S. brands, seen around the world as the face of U.S. capitalism, have joined hundreds of other global companies in halting work in Russia since the war began.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 9, 2022

Formula One's 'marriage' with Netflix still has more mileage

Despite some criticism over its impact, the docu-series 'Drive to Survive' has created a surge of interest in grand prix racing among younger sports fans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2022

Japan downgrades fourth-quarter GDP on service sector weakness

The downwardly revised growth is bad news for policymakers tasked with keeping the country's fragile recovery on track.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2022

Here’s how surging oil prices shift the economic outlook in Asia

Oil's relentless surge above $125 a barrel threatens to stoke inflation across Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2022

Russia's war in Ukraine set to compound worldwide hunger crisis as shipments dry up

Together, Russia and Ukraine exporting so much wheat, corn, sunflower oil and other foods that it adds up to more than a tenth of all calories traded globally.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose to record high in 2021

Coal accounted for over 40% of the overall growth in global carbon dioxide emissions in 2021, reaching an all-time high of 15.3 billion tons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2022

Taiwan studies Ukraine war for own battle strategy with China

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has championed the idea of 'asymmetric warfare,' as has been seen in Ukraine, to make its forces more mobile and hard to attack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2022

As fighting gets closer, a Kyiv hospital treats the war’s atrocities

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it had confirmed attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine and said it was investigating reports of more attacks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 9, 2022

MLB unveils $1 million fund for workers affected by lockout

The fund will be administered by teams to individuals based on financial need and will be available to part-time and seasonal workers impacted by the ongoing labor dispute.
Taro Kono, Japan's digital transformation minister, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2024

Taro Kono says central bank needs to raise rates to lift yen

Kono’s remarks could add to pressure on the Bank of Japan’s policy board to raise interest rates when it meets at the end of this month.
Passenger aircraft operated by All Nippon Airways at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. ANA has developed an autonomous driving vehicle to tow cargo containers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2024

Tokyo airport trials driverless cargo vehicle

The trial, the first of its kind at a Japanese airport, is part of government-backed efforts to innovate the air transport industry.
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
OLYMPICS / Football
Jul 17, 2024

After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption

For many, a disappointing effort on home soil in 2021 was a marker of just how far Japan's women's soccer team had fallen. Now the squad has its sights set on redemption.
Cochlear's hearing implants will be used for a program to train hearing aid experts in Shizuoka Prefecture, as Japan tries to lower the age when children can receive a cochlear implant.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 17, 2024

Australian government funds Japanese hearing implant program for children

Public health experts In Japan want to lower the threshold and the age when children can receive a hearing implant, currently at one year old.
Lower House Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga (center) receives a recommendation document from a parliamentary board to improve the Defense Ministry's system of handling of security secrets at parliament on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2024

Parliamentary board to seek improvements over MSDF information handling

In the scandal, many personnel not given security clearance were assigned to roles with access to confidential information.
Environment Minister Shintaro Ito speaks during a meeting with people affected by Minamata disease held in the city of Niigata on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 17, 2024

Environment minister meets with people affected by Minamata disease in Niigata

The minister apologized over a recent incident in which citizens' remarks were cut short during an earlier meeting he attended in relation to the disease.
Lara Trump, the co-chair of the Republican National Committee, speaks on the second night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2024

Daughter-in-law and party chief: Lara Trump’s dual roles

Lara Trump has become one of the campaign’s most visible defenders in the media, putting a smiling spin on some of the darkest aspects of Donald Trump's campaign.
Several people from Nomura Holdings in charge of Asia excluding Japan are leaving the company, according to an internal memo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2024

Nomura reshuffles Asia investment banking team and cuts jobs in slump

A management change coincides with a new round of job cuts involving about 10 bankers this week, sources have said.
Actor Kim Dae-gun won a Korean Fantastic Actor award for his performance in Yoon Eunkyoung’s “The Tenants,” which takes a dark satirical look at the scarcity of decent affordable housing in Seoul.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 18, 2024

Bucheon film festival contemplates a future with AI

Dark comedy and surreal fantasy stood out at the genre film event that focused on the advent of generative AI.
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to his vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2024

Trump's VP pick signals stronger focus on China

J.D. Vance represents a hardening of Trump’s “America First” stance, but could also help push a tougher line on China and support for democratic Taiwan.
Illustrious historical figures swoop in to save Japan amid the COVID-19 pandemic in “What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister.”
CULTURE / Film
Jul 18, 2024

‘What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister’: A historical dream team underperforms

Esteemed figures from Japan’s past are digitally reincarnated to lead the country through a time of crisis in Hideki Takeuchi’s flat-footed comedy.
A man walks past a store of luxury brand Burberry at a shopping mall in Beijing in 2021.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 17, 2024

Luxury brands feel the sting as Chinese growth slows

China accounted for 16% of $393.8 billion of global luxury spending last year, but the economy grew slower than expected in the last quarter.
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2024

Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat

Despite calls to end the relationship, there is still pressure on the CDP to seek interparty cooperation to avoid splitting the opposition vote.
Three sisters bicker over their resentments and frustrations during a weekend at a hot spring resort in Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s “To Mom, With Love.”
CULTURE / Film
Jul 18, 2024

'To Mom, With Love': Family drama cuts deep with stellar cast

Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s heartfelt love letter to the "home drama" genre resembles a screwball comedy while also unleashing eruptions of real pain and anger.
Sue Mi Terry, then director at Bower Group Asia, speaks on a panel at the Asia Society in New York in 2017.
WORLD
Jul 17, 2024

Former White House official accused of acting as South Korea agent

In exchange for gifts, a foreign policy specialist is accused of giving South Korea information on the United States government, among other things.
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.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
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.

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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