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Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 15, 2023

The controversial plan to release Fukushima nuclear plant's wastewater

Tepco says the water has been filtered to remove most radioactive elements, and calls the release both safe and necessary, but there has been domestic and international opposition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 15, 2023

Japan airports struggle with staff shortages amid inbound travel recovery

With many occupations in the industry requiring qualifications and experience, a return to adequate staffing is likely to take time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2023

Momentum behind same-sex partnership systems continues to build in Japan

A survey found that 245 municipalities and 10 of the country's 47 prefectures had same-sex partnership systems as of Jan. 10.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2023

Nikki Haley faces uphill battle with White House bid against former boss Trump

Polls show the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador barely registering in a potentially crowded field led by the former U.S. president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2023

Hiroshima and Nagasaki push for nuclear war focus at G7 summit

The two cities' mayors met with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel earlier in the day and requested that U.S. President Joe Biden visit Nagasaki.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2023

Ferrari unveils new Formula One car with Red Bull in its sights

The coming season is the first for team principal Frederic Vasseur, who took charge in December following the resignation of Mattia Binotto the month before.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023

Elderly brothers eke out life among ruins of Ukraine war

'We are 80, we've worked all our lives, in the same garden and now we're waiting for death,' one of the brothers said. 'What else can we be waiting for?'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2023

Great Britain, Czechs join growing boxing world championships boycott

The International Boxing Association has urged boxers to ignore the boycott and said it will fund those wanting to compete in the championships.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2023

Electric vehicles could match gasoline cars on price this year

Increased competition, government incentives and falling prices for lithium and other battery materials are making electric vehicles noticeably more affordable.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023

Zelenskyy urges speedy help from allies as Russia pounds Ukraine's east

Leader says Russia is in a hurry to achieve as much as it can before Ukraine and its allies can gather strength.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2023

Tiger Woods laments 'turbulent' time for golf

While banned from PGA Tour events, LIV players have been invited to compete at the Masters, with tensions potentially expected at the traditional champions' dinner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2023

U.S. inflation eases but policymakers' battle not over

The U.S. central bank has hiked interest rates rapidly in the past year to raise borrowing costs and cool demand in the world's biggest economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2023

Recount with digital map leads to doubling of listed Japanese islands

The huge increase resulting from improved accuracy with the digitalization of maps is unlikely to change the size of Japanese territory or territorial waters, a source has said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2023

Omicron variant, thought to be milder, can increase risk for diabetes

Rates of newly diagnosed diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol were higher in the 90 days after COVID-19 infection than the period before, according to a study.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023

Rising seas threaten exodus on 'biblical' scale, warns U.N. head

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said countries such as Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands are all in danger.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 15, 2023

Canada women's team threatens to boycott next camp over pay equity

The Canadian Soccer Association spent $11 million on its men’s program in 2021 but just $5.1 million on the women's team.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023

Deep-sea mining noise pollution threatens whales, study finds

Scientists warned that commercial-scale extraction of valuable minerals from the ocean floor would damage habitats and interfere with the way cetaceans communicate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023

New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000

Rare survivors were pulled from the debris eight days after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Syria and Turkey.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2023

Japan suspects China flew three spy balloons over country

The three flying objects were detected in Kagoshima, Miyagi and Aomori prefectures in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively, according to the Defense Ministry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2023

Nikki Haley announces 2024 Republican presidential bid in first challenge to Trump

She becomes Trump's first direct challenger in a Republican field expected to grow in coming weeks and months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2023

Japan's Idemitsu Kosan cuts full-year forecast on lower oil prices

The revision follows a similar step by Japan's top refiner Eneos Holdings, which last week slashed its full-year net profit forecast down by 58%.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2023

Features of Pacific seabed formation named after Godzilla body parts

Such oceanic core complexes are formed when the mantle beneath the Earth's crust is exposed on the seafloor as a result of fault displacement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023

Putin cronies and criminals gear up to steal Russia

Owing to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and the West’s response, hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of assets are up for grabs in Russia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023

China’s economic coercion isn’t as scary as it sounds

China's decision-making is dominated by strategic calculations and Beijing puts the preservation of social stability ahead of penalizing countries for damaging its interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2023

Moscow's gas ties with Europe, crafted over decades, lie in ruins

Russia's gas trade with Europe has been based on thousands of miles of pipes beginning in Siberia and stretching to Germany and beyond.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2023

Toyota honorary chairman Shoichiro Toyoda dies at 97

Toyoda, a third-generation scion of the founding family, is credited with establishing a culture of quality control at the firm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023

Britain needs some leveling up in its military

Worries mount over the British military falling behind as Vladimir Putin’s land war rages in Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2023

What to expect from the first academic economist to be BOJ governor

Kazuo Ueda's distance from the BOJ is seen as a plus when it comes to unraveling the central bank's ultraeasy policy, but that process will still be far from easy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 2,232 cases

The number of coronavirus patients with severe symptoms fell by five from Sunday to 286. New COVID-19 fatalities totaled 130.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 14, 2023

China’s top airship scientist promoted program to watch the world from above

Corporate records and media reports reveal an airship scientist at the center of China’s high-altitude balloon program. Companies he has founded were among those targeted by Washington.

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