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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2021

HSBC says clients must have plan to exit coal by end of 2023

Built on earlier promises to phase out coal, the policy would stay in line with the science of climate change and be reviewed annually.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2021

Citing local needs, Kishida defends use of coupons in financial aid plan

One estimate has shown that administrative costs for the central government would more than triple to u00a596.7 billion if coupons are included in the handouts to young people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2021

South Korea has long wanted nuclear submarines. A new reactor could open a door.

The reactor project comes amid fears of an arms race in the Indo-Pacific region, driven by the conflict between China and the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2021

Why Filipino voters are backing another member of the Marcos clan

In the Philippines' strangely frugal electoral system, all Marcos Jr. needs to do to become the next president is to secure the largest share of votes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2021

It will take more than a summit to protect democracy

Democracy is slow and deliberative, process oriented and, as a result, capable of manipulation by special interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2021

Moderna to produce millions of mRNA vaccines in Australia

The deal underscores efforts by governments around the world to build up local production and prepare for future pandemic threats.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 14, 2021

Top U.S. diplomat rallies Asian allies in face of 'aggressive' China

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington doesn't want conflict in Asia, and would ensure competition with China doesn't veer into a 'catastrophic” war.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2021

Amazon rethinks warehouse cell phone ban in wake of tornado

For years, Amazon prohibited employees from having their phones on warehouse floors and required them to leave them in their vehicles or in lockers near break rooms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 14, 2021

California rocks solar industry with rollback plan on incentives

The changes are intended to prod customers to install batteries that can store energy along with solar arrays to help the state deal with electricity shortages in the evening.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 14, 2021

Paris 2024 floats openness after two closed-door Olympics

The organizing committee said it planned to send more than 10,000 Olympians down the Seine in a parade of some 160 boats instead of having a traditional march into the Olympic Stadium.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 14, 2021

Larry Nassar abuse survivors reach $380 million settlement

The deal ends the latest dark chapter in one of the biggest child-molestation cases in history.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 14, 2021

Vaccine mandates rekindle fierce debate over civil liberties

Across Europe's democracies, the latest wave of the pandemic is prompting governments to reimpose sweeping restrictions on free movement and mixing in their societies.
A Toyota Rav-4 Prime charges at an electric vehicle charging station in New York on Sept. 3. Toyota's sales fell again in August after declines in Japan and China put an end to a short-lived recovery.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2024

Toyota production falls on vehicle safety scandals and U.S. recalls

Global output, including that of subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors, dropped in August by 12.6% from a year earlier
Tetsuya Ike, a farmer in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, examines a site where his greenhouse farm used to be before it was washed away by last week's torrential rain.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2024

Farmers struggle to rebuild after devastating rains in Wajima

Fields that had recently begun to recover from the damage caused by the Jan. 1 quake have been submerged by torrential downpours.
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves after he was elected as the new head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party during a leadership vote on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2024

Fifth time's a charm: Shigeru Ishiba set to be Japan PM after LDP poll win

Ishiba, who has also served as party secretary-general, won the LDP presidential election on Friday, defeating economic security minister Sanae Takaichi in a runoff vote.
A 13-year-old junior high school student receives a vaccine for the human papillomavirus at a hospital in Tokyo in 2022.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 27, 2024

Deadline approaches for free HPV vaccine 'catch-up' campaign

The government's free vaccination program requires the first dose to be administered by the end of September to complete the three-dose series before the campaign ends.
Ten elementary and junior high schools in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, reopened Thursday after closing temporarily as a result of record rainfall in the northern part of the Noto Peninsula over the weekend.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 27, 2024

Schools in Ishikawa Prefecture reopen after heavy rain

Ten elementary and junior high schools in the city of Wajima have reopened but two others remain closed after being flooded during last weekend's record downpour.
A Japanese Self-Defense Force jet was forced to fire flares recently as a warning to Russian aircraft that violated the country's airspace, highlighting how both China and Russia tried to test Japan’s leadership during a period of political transition.
EDITORIALS
Sep 27, 2024

China tests Japan. Are its new leaders ready?

Most of China's moves require considerable planning. That means that the signals they sent were anticipated and approved by political decision-makers.
Myanmar's then-state counselor, Aung San Suu Kyi, meets with Fumio Kishida, Japan's then-foreign minister, for talks in Tokyo in November 2016.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2024

Kishida’s failure to support democracy in Myanmar

Kishida's lack of engagement with Myanmar's pro-democracy movement shows he prioritized economic relations over democratic values.
The tech platforms contributing to social instability should financially support independent journalism as a way to combat misinformation and promote a healthier society.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2024

How independent journalism can save society from the effects of Big Tech

Independent journalism is critical in verifying facts, exposing corruption, addressing societal issues and contrasting it all with the negative impacts of Big Tech.
A Tokyo Electric Power Company employee uses a Geiger counter to check for radiation near storage tanks holding contaminated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the towns of Okuma and Futaba in January 2020.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2024

Tepco's Fukushima decommissioning effort is challenging — but making progress

Tepco believes that diligent monitoring by it and the IAEA over the past year supports the conclusion that water discharges from the Fukushima No. 1 plant are safe.
The world's multilateral development banks must shift to a growth-focused approach that stabilizes economies without forcing them to cut essential public spending.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2024

The world needs bigger and better financial firefighters

The world's multilateral development banks must shift to a growth-focused approach that stabilizes economies without forcing them to cut essential public spending.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Waesche and crew transit the San Francisco Bay en route to Base Alameda, California, on Aug. 11 following a 120-day Indo-Pacific patrol.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard advising Manila as it seeks bigger Indo-Pacific footprint

It has also been assisting Manila in its missions to resupply the Philippine garrison at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the agency's Pacific area chief says.
A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives past an honor guard during a military parade on Victory Day in Red Square in central Moscow on May 9.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2024

Putin draws a nuclear red line for the West

Experts are debating how seriously to take Putin's new nuclear doctrine.
New Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba (right), economic security minister Sanae Takaichi (left) and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida celebrate after Ishiba won the LDP leadership race on Friday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 27, 2024

Yen rallies as Ishiba beats Takaichi in LDP race

Ishiba has shown support for the BOJ’s rate policies and the independence of the central bank.
Out of a total of 509,373 foreign technical trainees, 1.9% went missing in 2023, according to Immigration Services Agency data.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 27, 2024

Record number of technical trainees go missing in Japan in 2023

Of the total, 1,765 were Myanmar nationals who had fled conflict in their home country.
Justice Minister Ryuji Koizumi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Koizumi stressed that the granting of the special residency permits to children subjected to deportation orders was a one-time measure.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2024

Japan fine-tunes issuance of humanitarian visas

The move comes amid a near-tripling of technical intern trainees from Myanmar going missing from their programs in 2023.

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