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JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 15, 2023

One year on, massive Tonga eruption still reverberates across Pacific Rim

The blast underscored the risks to other nations in the 'Ring of Fire,' particularly Japan, and the importance of gathering precise data to understand just how big those threats might be.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2023

At least 68 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in 30 years

A Nepalese police official said rescue workers were having difficulty reaching the site of the plane crash in a gorge between two hills near a tourist town's airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2023

Japanese Embassy in Ukraine condemns latest attacks by Russia

The Japanese Embassy in Kyiv said Tokyo is infuriated to learn about Russia's brutal attacks against critical infrastructure and civilian buildings causing injuries and death on Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2023

China’s 60,000 COVID-19 death toll spurs calls for more data

China COVID-19 surge since December has spurred concern about variants; WHO chief stresses importance of transparency.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jan 15, 2023

Takakeisho survives brutal bout to retain share of lead

The win was the sixth straight for Takakeisho, the highest-ranked wrestler at the 15-day meet.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 15, 2023

Takefusa Kubo scores in Real Sociedad's win over Bilbao

Kubo received a diagonal through pass from David Silva, before dribbling past a defender and slotting home to make it 2-0 in the 37th minute.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2023

China and Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after three years of COVID curbs

The reopening of the high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland comes amid a massive wave of infections nationwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2023

Japan startups team with farmers to put tech to work in agriculture

From robots to AI to blockchain, technological innovations are being harnessed to improve Japan's farming industry and its aging workforce.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 8,269 new cases and 30 deaths

The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 10,871, compared to 14,846.9 a week earlier.
Tourists board a ferry to Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, from Ishigaki, another island in the prefecture. The local government of the town of Taketomi, which includes Iriomote Island, is planning to introduce a visitor's tax to fund environmental protection measures in the face of rising tourist numbers.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jan 30, 2024

Local governments in Japan battle overtourism challenges

Officials are seeking ways to solve problems that emerge from higher tourist numbers, such as a shortage of taxis and the accumulation of garbage.
Visitors walk past a military fence at Imjingak peace park in the border city of Paju on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2023

U.S. worries mount over soldier after silence from North Korea

U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Washington was fully mobilized in trying to contact Pyongyang, including through U.N. communications channels.
Hou Yu-ih, mayor of New Taipei City, during a protest against the ruling Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei, on July 16. Taiwanese voters are preparing to choose their next president in January, in a vote that will define cross-strait and U.S.-China relations for years to come.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2023

Popular Taiwan mayor stumbles in bid to lead in U.S.-China hotspot

His failure to articulate a critical policy at the bedrock of Taiwan’s international status drew widespread criticism online.
As the entire world is fixated on Gaza, the Iranian government has been arresting girls who go out in the street without headscarves and executing people.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2024

Don't let Gaza help Iran cloak its own repression

As the entire world is fixated on Gaza, the Iranian government has been arresting girls who go out in the street without headscarves and executing people.
Masato Kanda, vice minister of finance for international affairs, reiterated the currency authorities' readiness to step into the market for speculative-driven foreign exchange moves.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 7, 2024

Japan warns of action over rapid currency moves

Comments by the government's top currency diplomat, Masato Kanda, reinforced Tokyo's readiness to intervene again to support a fragile yen.
The hack of a U.S. IT management company shows how North Korean cyber spies are now tackling companies that can give them broader access to multiple victims downstream — a tactic known as a "supply chain attack."
WORLD
Jul 21, 2023

North Korean hackers breached U.S. IT company in bid to steal cryptocurrency

The hack shows how North Korean cyber spies are now tackling companies that can give them broader access to multiple victims downstream.
A suicide helpline worker takes calls in Tokyo. Health ministry officials say that comprehensive countermeasures are needed to realize a society in which people do not feel suicidal.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 26, 2024

Suicides in Japan decreased slightly to 21,818 in 2023

The decrease marks the first decline in the number of suicides in two years.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an event in Paris on July 14.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2023

Modi condemns Manipur sexual assault as 'shameful' after footage goes viral

The incident prompted India's prime minister to make his first comments on clashes in India's remote northeast that have killed at least 125 people.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state, attend a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2023

White House looks forward to hearing about Kissinger's China trip

Kissinger — an architect of normalizing ties between Washington and Beijing in the 1970s — was welcomed warmly as an "old friend" by Xi Jinping.
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
JAPAN
May 4, 2024

Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings

Japan fell by two places from last year, and was ranked lowest among the Group of Seven major countries.
Resistance soldiers ride in the back of a pickup truck in southern Karenni State, Myanmar, on Jan. 28. Three years after a military coup, the Southeast Asian nation is teetering on the brink of failed statehood.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 3, 2024

What’s happening in Myanmar’s civil war?

The military is still the country’s most influential institution, and a militarized culture pervades many areas that ethnic minorities control.
Japanese imports of seafood in a supermarket in Hong Kong on July 12
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2023

China's blanket seafood testing deals blow to Japanese firms

The newly implemented testing is seen as a move to pressure Tokyo over its plan to begin releasing treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of the government's top economic council on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 20, 2023

Japan cuts growth forecast and projects inflation over 2% BOJ target

The estimates come ahead of a Bank of Japan policy meeting next week, set to be closely watched amid market expectations the bank will soon phase out its massive stimulus program.
People in a shopping district in Tokyo in March
BUSINESS / Economy
May 10, 2024

Japan’s households cut outlays as inflation remains sticky

Real outlays decreased 1.2% in March from a year before, falling for the 13th consecutive month.
The Cards series of aluminum statement earrings, designed by Kanako Matsuo and manufactured by Marushin Industrial Co. Ltd’s in-house brand Alart, each comprise five pieces that can be hung on loops in any combination.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 22, 2023

Summer is the season of playful design debuts

June's Interior Lifestyle Tokyo international trade fair was filled with objects designed to spark a little joy in life.
Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species.
JAPAN
May 9, 2024

Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of commercial whaling

The country resumed commercial whaling in 2019, after withdrawing from an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of the marine mammals.
JR East says it will not yield to unreasonable demands by customers who harass its employees.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2024

JR East says it will not respond to customer harassment

According to the policy, the company will not respond to customers who engage in harassment, such as physically or psychologically attacking employees.
A cinema employee checks on a display showing a digital poster for Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, "The Boy and the Heron," on the first day of its premiere in Tokyo on July 14.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 21, 2023

For his last movie, Hayao Miyazaki recycles himself

While visually and technically stunning, "The Boy and the Heron" might give some viewers an unsatisfying sense of deja vu.
Tan Tan was supposed to be sent back to China in 2020, but her return was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 1, 2024

Japan’s oldest panda, Tan Tan, dies at 28

The giant panda leased from China lived in Kobe Oji Zoo for 24 years as a symbol of recovery from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.
A lonely woman (Ayaka Nakagochi, left) develops romantic feelings for her personal care humanoid (Kosei Kudo) in “12 Months of Kai.”
CULTURE / Film
Jul 20, 2023

‘12 Months of Kai’: When Prince Charming is too perfect to be real

Mutsuki Kameyama’s sci-fi romance about a woman who falls in love with a handsome humanoid delves into the difficulties of “unconventional” relationships.
Brazil's Ronaldo (left) celebrates his goal against Turkey with teammate Ronaldinho during a World Cup match in Ulsan, South Korea, in June 2002.
SOCCER
May 8, 2024

Is Brazil still the land of soccer?

"We're at a low point. We used to have more top-quality athletes," the late Pele's eldest son, Edinho, said recently.

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