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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021

U.K. weighing lockdown amid omicron wave and political turmoil

Scientific advisers have warned lawmakers that more action is needed because the surge is threatening to overwhelm the country's health system.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021

Drones take center stage in U.S.-China war on data harvesting

A top Chinese drone manufacturer has become the poster child of a much wider national security threat: The Chinese government's ability to obtain sensitive data on millions of Americans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 20, 2021

Pro-Beijing candidates sweep 'patriots'-only Hong Kong vote amid low turnout

The turnout of 30.2%, was almost half that of the previous legislative poll in 2016, with the latest results showing almost all of the seats being taken by pro-Beijing candidates.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021

With its human rights record in question, China turns to an old friend

Perhaps no international organization has a more symbiotic relationship with Beijing than the IOC.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 20, 2021

Singapore’s economy faces multiple threats as growth slows

The global spread of the omicron variant has rekindled concern of restrictions, but so far the government is staying the course of reopening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 20, 2021

Crypto attracts more money in 2021 than all previous years combined

Venture capital funds have poured about $30 billion into crypto, or more than in all previous years combined for the little more than a decade-old technology.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2021

Leftist Gabriel Boric wins Chile presidency pledging economic revamp

Leftist Gabriel Boric was elected president of Chile on Sunday, vowing higher taxes, greener industries and greater equality, after tapping into discontent over an investor-friendly economy that has left many behind.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Dec 20, 2021

China tennis star Peng Shuai denies she made sexual assault accusation

Peng's remarks on Sunday marked the first time she had addressed the matter on camera in public.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 20, 2021

Scholars launch effort to assist peers stuck outside of Japan

Japan's border situation and lack of digitized archives continue to cause problems for academics who need access to historical documents.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 20, 2021

Give the gift of going easy on yourself this holiday season

The holidays can be lonely for some people, especially after a trying year. Remember to reach out to others and take a moment to relax.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2021

Putin’s Ukraine saber-rattling and a last gasp

With Russia's economy faltering, Vladimir Putin may be seeking a military victory to turn around his tanking political fortunes.
Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election in November, Chinese decision-makers expect bitter disputes over trade, technology and Taiwan.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2024

How Beijing is preparing for America's next president

Both Trump or Harris are expected to continue contentious issues surrounding trade, technology and Taiwan, without desiring open conflict.
Americans face a choice in the November presidential election between Donald Trump’s isolationist vision of America alone and Kamala Harris’ approach, which builds on the Biden administration’s legacy of strengthening alliances to tackle global challenges.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2024

America’s role in the world is hard. It just got much harder.

November's election offers stark contrast between Donald Trump’s isolationism and Kamala Harris’ focus on strengthening alliances.
Actor Zhu Jian, 69, rehearses with other actors on the set of a micro movie during a filming session at a banquet hall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, on July 16.
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2024

Micro dramas shake up China's film industry, aim for Hollywood

The leader in the micro drama space is Kuaishou, an app that accounted for 60% of the top 50 Chinese micro dramas last year.
Injured Palestinian student Fares al-Farra, 19, salvages some of his academic documents from the rubble of his home, destroyed due to Israeli bombardment, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 16.
WORLD
Sep 23, 2024

Bereaved and destitute: Gazans a year after Oct. 7

A student, a paramedic and a former civil servant in the Gaza Strip share their stories on how the conflict has destroyed their lives.
A person rides a scooter underneath a fallen pole following Typhoon Shanshan in Miyazaki on Aug. 29 in this screengrab taken from a social media video.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Sep 23, 2024

Shanshan study spotlights science linking warming to extreme weather

Scientists are now able to assess the influence of climate change on particular weather events within weeks or even days.
Visitors taste sake from Fukushima Prefecture at a Japan-South Korea exchange festival held in Seoul on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2024

Japan-South Korea exchange festival held in Seoul

The event comes at a time where more and more South Koreans are visiting Japan as relations improve and the yen remains weak.
The street where a 10-year-old boy is said to have been stabbed with a knife last week in Shenzhen in southern China. The boy died the next day.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2024

Top Japanese and Chinese officials hold talks in wake of deadly stabbing

Japan's state minister for foreign affairs, Yoshifumi Tsuge, urged China on Monday to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals.
McLaren driver Lando Norris celebrates after winning the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 23, 2024

Lando Norris cuts into Max Verstappen's lead with dominant win in Singapore

It was the McLaren driver's third career win and his first from pole position as he finished almost 30 seconds clear of his rival's Red Bull.
A North Korean flag flying over North Korea's Gijungdong village is seen from the Dorasan Observatory in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, in 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 23, 2024

Seoul warns of military actions over North Korea trash balloons

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff declined to elaborate what measures were under consideration.
Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Sep 23, 2024

'Convergence' growing on global plastics treaty: U.N. environment chief

At negotiations in November in South Korea's Busan, countries are hoping to seal a potentially groundbreaking deal to tackle the problem of plastic pollution.
Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends a news conference after being elected as the new leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Monday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2024

Former PM Yoshihiko Noda elected new leader of main opposition CDP

The win puts him on track for a showdown with a new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a general election likely to be held sooner rather than later.
Yurin Fujii was among the Japanese athletes to compete at X Games Chiba over the weekend at Makuhari Messe.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 23, 2024

Japan to remain in X Games mix for ‘foreseeable future’

Japanese athletes likely hope the X Games continue to come to Japan, as the event has become special for many.
The Padres' Yu Darvish recorded his 2,000th MLB strikeout during a win over the White Sox on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 23, 2024

Yu Darvish becomes first Japan-born player to reach 2,000 strikeouts in MLB

Darvish and the Padres were hoping to clinch a playoff berth on Sunday, with the results in other games set to determine that.
Max Verstappen described his recent punishment for swearing during a news conference as "silly."
SPORTS
Sep 23, 2024

Red Bull's Max Verstappen says 'silly' swearing penalty could hasten F1 exit

The Red Bull driver was sanctioned by the FIA after swearing during Thursday's drivers' news conference, which was being broadcast live.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a game-tying home run against the Rockies in the ninth inning in Los Angeles on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Sep 23, 2024

Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts homer in ninth to lift Dodgers to walk-off win

Ohtani, the favorite to become the first primary designated hitter to win an MVP award, had four hits with two stolen bases.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
Prince Hisahito concludes his his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
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.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Japan's $550 billion investment pledge outlined in MOU
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, sign trade agreements on Thursday in Washington.
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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