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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 15, 2021

Rising stars Munetaka Murakami and Yoshinobu Yamamoto named MVPs of 2021 NPB season

Murakami, the Swallows' slugging third baseman, and Yamamoto, the Buffaloes' ace pitcher, were named the MVPs of the 2021 season during NPB's annual awards ceremony
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 15, 2021

Health ministry formally approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for a booster shot

The government plans to allow booster shots six months after the second shot whenever possible — a reduced timeline from the current plan of eight months.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021

Beijing turns to hybrid 'lawfare' to expand its borders

China has become quite adept at waging “lawfare” — the misuse and abuse of law for political and strategic ends.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021

Build Back Better would make Biden's terrible year even worse

If in 2022 the Democrats' congressional majorities enact Build Back Better, they might earn, and certainly will merit, the restfulness of the political graveyard in 2023.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021

The cost of cutting carbon is sure to shock investors

The Paris climate agreement would cost $50 trillion in 2030, or $140 per American. Yet a recent survey found that a majority would vote against even a $24 annual climate tax.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021

Omicron scrambles what we know about immunity

If this thing keeps growing exponentially and infects millions of people in a short time, health systems could collapse, even if a tinier fraction of cases are serious.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021

Forget bitcoin. Railroads are the new bubble.

Railway carriers will benefiting from the North American manufacturing renaissance that resulted from the supply-chain snarls of the pandemic and trade tensions with China.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 15, 2021

Are Japan's onsen sustainable?

Japan Times contributor Mara Budgen takes a look at the history of onsen in Japan and asks whether Japan's iconic hot-spring resources are sustainable.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2021

Land ministry overstated construction orders data for years, potentially inflating Japan's GDP

The land ministry was 'rewriting' monthly data from about 12,000 select companies since 2013, at a pace of about 10,000 entries per year.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2021

Extra budget to finance Kishida's massive stimulus package clears Lower House

The administration hopes to roll out economic and coronavirus measures quickly, as Japan's economy is still weighed down by the impact of the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 15, 2021

As omicron spreads, vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID drops slightly, WHO says

The variant is probably present in most nations worldwide and should not be dismissed as 'mild,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
The Jeep Avenger fully electric compact utility car debuted in Japan on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2024

Jeep’s compact EV debuts in Japan as imported EVs take the lead

In Japan, gasoline and hybrid gas-electric cars remain the dominant powertrains of choice for local consumers.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 26, 2024

Small rate hike unlikely to hurt economy, BOJ policy board noted in July

The move came as a surprise and caused roller-coaster fluctuations in stock and currency markets.
Fever guard Caitlin Clark tries to dribble past the Sun's Veronica Burton during Game 2 of their playoff series in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 26, 2024

Fever star Caitlin Clark confident best yet to come following playoff exit

The 22-year-old broke the single-season assists record (337), smashed the rookie scoring record with 769 points.
A poster showing portraits of candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2024

Takaichi and Ishiba head to runoff in LDP leadership election

Ishiba, 67, and Takaichi, 63, emerged as the top picks in a crowded field of nine in the race that will decide the country’s next prime minister
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting an RBI single to center against the Padres in the sixth inning in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 26, 2024

Shohei Ohtani drives in go-ahead run as Dodgers close in on NL West title

The Dodgers can win the division with a victory over the Padres on Thursday.
Tokyo Game Show opens to the public on Sept. 28 full of cosplayers promoting a full slate of new and upcoming titles.
LIFE / Digital
Sep 26, 2024

Tokyo Game Show 2024 stacked with big returns and hyped announcements

PlayStation returns to Tokyo Game Show for the first time since 2019 as Japan's biggest gaming show opens to the public on Sept. 29 and 29.
Beauden Barrett, seen during the 2023 Rugby World Cup, will play at flyhalf for the All Blacks against Australia on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 26, 2024

All Blacks recall Beauden Barrett at flyhalf for showdown with Australia

"He's a great conductor," coach Scott Robertson said of Barrett, a World Cup winner in 2015 who will play his 131st test.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda (right) and Nippon Ishin no Kai leader Nobuyuki Baba in Tokyo on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2024

CDP's Noda wants to court Nippon Ishin and DPP, but will he succeed?

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's new leader faces an uphill task of bridging the differences of its peers in the opposition ahead of a general election.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, seen during a news conference during the Laver Cup Sept. 19, was eliminated from the Japan Open in the first round on Thursday.
TENNIS
Sep 26, 2024

Stefanos Tsitsipas loses in first round of Japan Open

Tsitsipas, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, also lost in the first round of the U.S. Open last month.
Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities have been unsuccessful in breaking Ukraine's resolve and the strategic benefit of such attacks is questionable.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 26, 2024

Lessons from Ukraine and Gaza on humanitarian law

The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza challenge, if not outright violate, humanitarian law, which seeks to balance military objectives with minimizing harm to civilians.
Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike amid the ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2024

In Lebanon, Israel set a trap for Iran and itself

Unable to rescue hostages or eliminate Hamas after nearly a year of war, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu expanded the fight to target Hezbollah and Iran.
Suntory alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2024

Suntory to raise monthly wages by 7% in 2025

Suntory will carry out a 7% raise for the third straight year.
“A Whisper in the Eye of the Storm,” by Canadian artists Caitlind R. C. Brown and Wayne Garrett is an outdoor installation of around 14,000 recycled lenses of varied prescriptions.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 27, 2024

Weather makes for an unpredictable artist at Nagano art festival

Fram Kitagawa’s Northern Alps Art Festival embraces its inconvenient location and the natural elements.
A man watches as smoke billows over southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, Lebanon, on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 27, 2024

Israel rejects cease-fire talks and keeps up attacks in Lebanon

Airstrikes will continue until all of Israel’s objectives have been achieved, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2024

Biden announces $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine

The funds will provide Ukraine with additional air defense, unmanned aerial systems and air-to-ground munitions.

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