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BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2022

With flights sharply reduced, COVID-19 absolutism isolates China from global travel

Flights between China and key destinations like Europe, Japan and North America are even lower now than they were a year ago.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 14, 2022

Naomi Osaka tops list of highest-paid female athletes

The list was published after a year in which Osaka withdrew from the French Open to focus on her mental health.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2022

North Korea vows ‘stronger’ action in response to U.S. sanctions over tests

North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that the pursuit of an advanced hypersonic missiles system is the country's 'legitimate right,” and accused the U.S. of using 'gangster-like” logic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 14, 2022

Xi reshapes China property market, paving way for state dominance

While the endgame is still unclear, China watchers predict that the days of blistering home-price gains and debt-fueled building sprees by billionaire property tycoons are set to fade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 14, 2022

What can we expect from J-pop in 2022?

Ditch the downer sounds of 2021 for brighter bops, Shibuya-kei and breakout hits via TikTok.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2022

U.K.'s Prince Andrew stripped of royal and military links

A statement from Buckingham Palace said the move had been given Queen Elizabeth's approval.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 14, 2022

A look at the kanji that helps us turn nouns into adjectives

The kanji for 'teki' can be seen in many words, and it's a rather versatile one that works particularly well as a suffix.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2022

Russia, at an impasse with the West, warns it is ready to abandon diplomacy

Hopes faded that negotiators could forge a path toward resolving the security crisis surrounding Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jan 14, 2022

The Tokyo Bar Association needs our help to understand racial profiling in Japan

The Tokyo Bar Association has put together a multilingual questionnaire to try and find answers on how suspected racial profiling affects the non-Japanese community.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / Vocabulary Boost
Jan 14, 2022

Language roars to life in 2022, the Year of the Tiger

The arrival of the Year of the Tiger is an opportune moment to go over a few idioms and sayings that involve the animal of 2022.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2022

The idea of 'capital as a strategy' has taken hold

Not only is capital not a strategy, but too much capital can eliminate the need for entrepreneurs and investors alike to have any strategy at all.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (right) shakes hands with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul on May 26.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2024

Kishida to visit South Korea for summit with Yoon

The leaders will review progress on their efforts to step up cooperation between the countries and discuss ways to deepen their partnership.
A stock board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 3, 2024

Japan FSA to examine bank risks in ‘world with interest rates’

In its annual policy guidance released on Friday, the Financial Services Agency pointed to uncertainty over the global economy and markets.
Japan's Naoya Inoue (left) and Ireland's TJ Doheny fight during their super bantamweight title match at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Sep 3, 2024

'Monster' Inoue eyeing Vegas bout after stopping injured Doheny

The unbeaten Inoue was declared the winner when Doheny was left hobbling and unable to continue following a barrage to the body.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh attend an official welcoming ceremony in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2024

Putin gets lavish welcome in Mongolia despite ICC warrant

An ICC arrest warrant against Putin obliges the court's 124 member states to arrest Putin and transfer him to the Hague if he sets foot on their territory.
Linda Sun, a former aide to New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul, exits Brooklyn Federal court after she was charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China’s government in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2024

Ex-aide to New York governor charged with acting as Chinese agent

Federal prosecutors said Linda Sun was acting as an agent of the Chinese government in exchange for millions of dollars in compensation and gifts.
Rescue workers clear debris from a destroyed floor of a military academy struck by Russian missiles in Poltava, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2024

Russian missiles kill 50 in strike on Ukrainian military institute

Russia has been intensifying its missile and drone attacks on Ukraine 2½ years into the full-scale war.
Elon Musk during an event in Manhattan in November 2023
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2024

Musk’s Starlink backs down, vowing to block X in Brazil

Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink reversed course and said it would comply with an order by Brazil’s top court to block access to X.
American Taylor Fritz celebrates after defeating Germany's Alexander Zverev in the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Sep 4, 2024

Tiafoe, Fritz and Navarro boost American hopes of U.S. Open title sweep

The 12th-seeded Fritz won a big-hitting battle against fourth-seeded 2020 runner-up Alexander Zverev of Germany 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Nvidia shares got zapped by 9.5% on Tuesday, wiping out $278.9 billion in the biggest loss of value ever for a U.S. stock.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 4, 2024

Nvidia suffers record $279 billion rout as stocks sink

Chipmakers touched off another bout of selling after industry analysts rekindled worries that the mania surrounding artificial intelligence had gone too far.
A woman uses her mobile phone while holding a placard reading "STOP 5G" during a protest against 5G technology, in Bucharest, Romania, in 2020.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 4, 2024

No link between mobile phones and brain cancer, WHO-backed study says

The findings even apply to people who make long phone calls or those who have used mobile phones for more than a decade.
The government-affiliated National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology will establish a domestic research and development base and plans to receive technical cooperation from Intel.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 4, 2024

Japan research body AIST to create chipmaking R&D base

It will be the first Japanese research institute to introduce extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment, crucial for making chips' circuit line widths narrower.
The Aichi Prefectural Police headquarters in Nagoya
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2024

Three Nagoya men arrested over series of burglaries

Numerous burglaries have been reported within Aichi Prefecture since April 2022, with the police suspecting the same three men were involved.
U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2024

U.S. Steel to remain American-led, Nippon Steel says

The Japanese firm said post-acquisition the majority of U.S. Steel's board of directors and all members of core senior management would be U.S. citizens.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's US-2 amphibious plane
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2024

Japan to continue production of MSDF US-2 amphibious plane

The Defense Ministry has sought ¥21.9 billion ($150 million) for the acquisition of one US-2 aircraft in its fiscal 2025 budget request.

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