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Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 17, 2021

U.S. FDA will permanently allow abortion pills by mail

The decision comes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers rolling back abortion rights or even overturning Roe v. Wade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 17, 2021

Japan's island paradise near the front line of tensions over Taiwan

Not long ago, Japan saw mostly economic opportunity with China, but with security challenges growing, the calculus has changed.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 17, 2021

Safety and security are key to a new Go To Travel campaign

The prospect of a recovery from COVID-19 and a vaccine and pills that can protect against future infection has prompted the Kishida government to restart the Go To Travel program.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 17, 2021

Jaguars 'full steam ahead' minus Urban Meyer

Darrell Bevell has taken the reins of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who fired coach Urban Meyer Wednesday night following a string of controversies.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2021

Fears over community spread rise after omicron slips through Japan's airport testing

Although the authorities have denied that two recent cases are instances of community spread, omicron's growth globally has made that outcome much more likely.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2021

24 confirmed dead in suspected case of arson in Osaka

One source said police received a report that the fire started from a liquid that came out of a paper bag held by a man who appeared to be in his 60s.
SOCCER
Dec 17, 2021

Junya Ito scores third goal of season in Genk win

Junya Ito provided an assist before scoring his third goal of the season as Genk beat Charleroi 4-2 at home in the Belgian top-flight on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2021

Four ways the U.S. can keep Putin from invading Ukraine

The U.S. should consider disconnecting Russia from the Swift international payment system used by banks around the world, a penalty that helped devastate Iran's economy a decade ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2021

The U.S. can’t keep dodging the trade issue in Asia

China trades nearly three times as much with the rest of the region as the U.S. does and far outpaces Washington in economic diplomacy.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 17, 2021

COVID-19 surge wreaking havoc on sports world

The sports world was impacted by COVID-19 infections on Thursday, with soccer and rugby matches called off, a cricket series canceled and action in North America under threat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2021

Small investors won’t be hurt by capital gains tax reform, LDP lawmaker says

Changes are aimed at rectifying perceived unfairness and won't hurt people investing small amounts, according to Katsunobu Kato.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 17, 2021

Cheap valuations and low inflation to benefit Japan stocks in 2022

COVID-19 infections and deaths at near-record lows and the highest inoculation rate among the G7 countries have also boosted expectations for economic reopening.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner ahead of a practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 25, 2024

Red Bull building back from Monza low point, Horner says

While McLaren believes the drivers' championship is on, the mathematical reality is that Norris still has a mountain to climb.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 25, 2024

At U.N., world leaders warn against 'full-scale war' over Lebanon

The U.N. General Assembly comes after Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes had killed 558 people — 50 of them children.
Smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Abbasiyeh on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 25, 2024

Alarm grows as Israel and Hezbollah exchange intense fire

Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed at least 558 people on Monday, the deadliest day of violence in the country since its 1975-90 civil war.
EV cars are pictured inside BYD's first electric vehicle (EV) factory in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing regional EV market where it has become the dominant player, in Rayong, Thailand, on July 4.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 25, 2024

Biden's car-tech ban is a powerful new weapon against Chinese EVs

The ban on Chinese hardware and software, announced by the U.S. Commerce Department, is the Biden administration's latest salvo.
Haitham Al-Ghais, general secretary of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), attends the Rio Oil & Gas & Energy 2024 meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 25, 2024

No peak oil demand 'on the horizon' and phaseout a 'fantasy,' OPEC says

The oil cartel's prediction runs counter to the assessment of the Paris-based International Energy Agency.
An unearthed Nazca Lines geoglyph in southern Peru
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2024

AI research uncovers 300 ancient etchings in Peru's Nazca desert

Researchers found the geoglyphs through field surveys conducted at sites selected with artificial intelligence technology from aerial photographs.
A total of 509 patients in Japan had to give up on organ transplant operations last year because hospitals were unable to carry out such procedures, according to a health ministry survey.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2024

Hospital shortcomings forced 509 patients to abandon organ transplants

A lack of hospital staff and insufficient space in intensive care units needed for such operations were among the reasons.
CCP Committee Secretary and People's Bank of China head Pan Gongsheng in Beijing on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 25, 2024

Xi’s economic adrenaline shot is only buying China a little time

The measures include interest rate cuts, more cash for banks, bigger incentives to buy homes and plans to consider a stock stabilization fund.
A view of the RSS Invincible during a commissioning ceremony of the Republic of Singapore Navy’s first and second Invincible-class submarines Invincible and Impeccable, at the Changi Naval Base in Singapore on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2024

Singapore commissions new submarines as Asia's undersea rivalry grows

The new submarines represent a technological step forward for Singapore's fleet, allowing the nation to operate farther from shore.
A woman walks in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower (left) and St. Basil's cathedral in downtown Moscow on Monday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 25, 2024

Russia takes aim at those without children — while sending young men to war

Proposals to ban "the ideology of childlessness" resemble legislation passed more than a decade ago that banned "propaganda" about LGBTQ relationships.
Houthi fighters march in a parade during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Houthi takeover in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2024

Iran brokering talks to send advanced Russian missiles to Yemen's Houthis, sources say

Seven sources said that Russia has yet to decide to transfer the Yakhont missiles.
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2024

China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test

Tokyo said it had not received advance notification from the Chinese side of the launch, which Beijing said was part of annual military training.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2024

Brazil and Spain struggle to shake criticism as Maduro enablers

While not recognizing Nicolas Maduro as Venezuela's president, Brazil’s leader and Spain's prime minister have also not endorsed the opposition candidate.
Iwao Hakamata in March 2023 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Hakamata was convicted in 1968 over the fatal stabbings of a couple and their children two years earlier. He has pleaded his innocence throughout his trial, maintaining that his confession was coerced.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2024

In Japan, the road to exoneration takes decades

Defense lawyers’ extremely limited access to evidence and prosecutors’ right to appeal a court order for a retrial result in a long, drawn-out process.
Choi Min-kyong (right), a North Korean defector who said she was deported by China four times before making it to South Korea in 2012, and Shin Ju-ye (left), who fled North Korea in the 1990s and settled in China before defecting to South Korea last year, speak during an interview in Seoul on July 19.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2024

China cracks down on North Korean defectors with biometric surveillance

Facial-recognition cameras now monitor China's border with North Korea, documents show, while police have collected biometric data of North Koreans in the country.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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