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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 6, 2022

Bank of Japan plans to discuss changing long-held view on price risks, sources say

The central bank meets on Jan. 17 and 18, with its quarterly report on prices and growth likely to be the focus of interest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2022

Toshiba’s No. 2 shareholder steps up fight over breakup plan

Singapore-based 3D Investment Partners is requesting a vote on Toshiba's proposed split, which must be supported by at least two-thirds of stockholders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2022

Google Fiber staff seek union vote and direct negotiations with Alphabet

At stake is whether Alphabet should be considered the boss of its global army of 'temps, vendors, and contractors,” which now comprises most of its workforce.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 6, 2022

As space race escalates, Japan bolsters defense capabilities in new domains

The government and Self-Defense Forces are looking to mount an active defense in the space, cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum fields.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2022

Twitter creates monitoring team to prepare for Capitol riot anniversary

Major social media platforms were accused of enabling extremists on Jan. 6, 2021 — now they're claiming to watch their platforms more carefully for threats.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2022

Taiwan's air force stages drill to intercept Chinese planes amid tensions

The exercises were part of a three-day drill to show Taiwan's battle readiness ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of this month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2022

U.S. and Taiwan pledge to assist Lithuania in countering China’s ‘economic coercion’

Lithuania has faced unofficial trade hurdles and a downgrade of diplomatic ties with China after it allowed Taiwan to open an office in its capital.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2022

Israel becomes test case for fourth vaccine shot amid record cases

Israel's pandemic experience has been studied around the world because of aggressive steps it took to contain the virus at the outset — and its botched exit from its first lockdown.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Jan 6, 2022

ジャパンタイムズ、「サステナブル・ブランド国際会議2022横浜」にオフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長：末松弥奈子）は、2022年2月24日~25日に開催される「サステナブル・ブランド国際会議2022（SB’22）横浜」において、オフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加いたします。...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2022

Russia sends troops to Kazakhstan to put down deadly uprising

Russia sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan on Thursday to help put down a countrywide uprising after deadly violence spread across the tightly controlled former Soviet state.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 6, 2022

Carrie-Anne Moss resurrects her 'Matrix' action-hero role

The actress synonymous with Trinity faced the weight of expectations when she reunited with Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski for the new sequel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2022

North Korea claims latest launch was 'hypersonic missile'

The test — the second of an apparent hypersonic weapon in recent months — could give more ammunition to those in Japan pushing for the country to acquire a strike capability.
The European Court of Justice is set to give a ruling on Irish tax breaks to U.S. company Apple on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2024

D-Day for Apple and Google as EU court to rule on major cases

The Apple case has been one of several investigations in the previous decade into sweetheart tax arrangements between major companies and several EU countries.
Economist and Former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2024

German opposition obscures Draghi’s vision for EU renewal through joint debt

Resistance to calls for the region to invest up to €800 billion extra a year and commit to issuing common bonds prolongs a history of stalemate between rival ambitions.
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader and prime minister, Fumio Kishida, attends a campaign event with then-LDP candidate Junko Mihara and lawmaker Shinjiro Koizumi (left) in Kawasaki in July 2022. Koizumi is viewed as a potential front-runner in the party's upcoming leadership contest.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 10, 2024

Japan’s public wants change. Can the ruling party deliver?

The LDP's upcoming leadership contest features a diverse field of candidates, including Shinjiro Koizumi, who is viewed as a potential front-runner.
This handout photo from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings taken in July shows a set of pipes used for removing radioactive debris from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 10, 2024

Tepco starts extracting radioactive fuel debris at Fukushima No. 1 plant

The move is a key step in the decommissioning of nuclear reactors crippled by a triple meltdown in the wake of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
While there are similarities between the geopolitical competition involving the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, such as global rivalry and ideological divisions, key differences suggest the situation with China does not constitute a new Cold War.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2024

A new ‘Cold War’ with China might be the best hope for the future

The current situation is often described as "a new great game," a world in which our time and challenges result from the stirring of old empires.
Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi announces his decision not to seek reelection in his party's Sept. 28 presidential election, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2024

Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi announces decision to step down

The decision not to seek reelection marks the end of an era for the party and raises questions on how it might impact the LDP's presidential race.
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the iPhone 16 at the Steve Jobs Theater on the company's campus in Cupertino, California, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2024

iPhone 16 to land in Japan without Apple Intelligence 

The new feature, which uses generative artificial intelligence to analyze text and photos, will only be activated in 2025 in several markets, including Japan.
Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato announces his entry into the LDP leadership race in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2024

Kato announces bid for LDP presidency, adding uncertainty to race

While the former chief Cabinet secretary's chances of winning are considered minimal, his candidacy adds an extra layer of unpredictability.
Growing moves by companies to pass on higher costs to consumers amid accelerating inflation are believed to have led to the decrease in bankruptcies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2024

Japan business failures log first drop in 29 months in August

The figure stood below 800 for the first time in four months.
Breakdancer Shigeyuki Nakarai (left) and fencer Misaki Emura attend an opening event for an exhibition on Japanese Olympic athletes at the Paris Games at the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2024

Exhibition on Japanese Olympians at Paris Starts in Tokyo

The event showcases items of clothing and equipment used by the athletes during the Games.
Panasonic has supported the Olympic Games with its technologies, product and services, such as the Technics turn-tables at the breaking event in Paris last month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2024

Panasonic ends 37-year contract as top Olympics sponsor

The Osaka-based company first became an official partner of the Olympic Games in 1987 and expanded its partnership to the Paralympics from 2014.
An electronic sign developed by Mitsubishi Electric displays announcements in multiple languages at a factory in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2024

Mitsubishi Electric develops multilingual translation system for meetings

The firm hopes the system will be used when information needs to be related accurately to a large number of workers, including non-Japanese ones.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shakes hands with former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024

Harris rattles Trump in combative U.S. presidential debate

The Democratic vice president put her Republican rival on the defensive with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes.
Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, during a news conference in London on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024

Russia received missiles from Iran, U.S. says as it piles on sanctions

Russian defense ministry representatives are believed to have signed a contract in December with Iranian officials for ballistic missile systems.
Palestinians look at the destruction following Israeli airstrikes in the humanitarian zone known as Mawasi, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024

Israel offers Hamas leader safe exit from Gaza in a bid to end the war

A senior Israeli official said he put the offer of safe passage on the table for Hamas a day and a half ago but declined to characterize the response so far.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Podcast

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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