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EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2021

AUKUS shakes up the region, but that is a good thing

Chinese concerns are valid. AUKUS seeks to better deter, and if need be, defend against revisionist powers in this region. If that describes Chinese behavior, then it is a target.
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2021

Japan's ruling party race puts legacy of Abenomics in focus

Share prices and corporate profits boomed under Abenomics, but a government survey indicates that households barely benefited.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2021

Don’t let U.S. presidents start nuclear wars on their own

Aside from the possibility that individual members of the military might refuse orders they deem unlawful, there are no constraints on a U.S. president's ability to initiate a nuclear war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2021

Is the Chinese Communist Party returning to the 'communist' path?

To address a sense among the public that economic unfairness is a growing problem, Xi Jinping announced his 'common prosperity' policy aimed at correcting the country's income disparity.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 24, 2021

U.S. and Europe powered by different motivations at Ryder Cup

When the Ryder Cup gets underway on Friday, the United States team members will be playing for their country and the Europeans will be playing for respect.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 24, 2021

Nets' Kyrie Irving could miss home games due to being unvaccinated

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving remains unvaccinated, a situation that could prohibit him from playing in home games, Fox Sports reported Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2021

Japan's consumer prices didn't fall in August, snapping longest downtrend since 2011

While the reading was improved, the nation's weak inflation pulse has trapped the Bank of Japan in a holding pattern while other central banks move toward curbing pandemic stimulus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2021

Trump allies Bannon and Meadows subpoenaed in probe of Capitol riot

The chairman of the House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot said Meadows was reportedly in communication with organizers of the riot.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2021

Mental health could be the next casualty of global warming

The sheer number of people across the globe susceptible to climate-induced stress has fostered a sense of urgency among mental health professionals seeking to understand the issue.
Kumiko Shichijo provides tips on Japanese etiquette and manners on Instagram and says videos on gift-giving and hand towels have done particularly well.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 29, 2024

Kumiko Shichijo: ‘Living abroad helped me appreciate Japanese etiquette’

Worried about committing a social faux pas while in Japan? This manners expert hopes to help you be your most polite while out and about.
The infrastructure ministry and environment ministry released a survey on levels of PFAS, potentially carcinogenic chemicals, found in drinking water supplied across Japan as of Sept. 30.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2024

No excessive levels of PFAS found in tap water across Japan

No drinking water suppliers nationwide had PFAS levels in excess of the limit of 50 nanograms per liter of tap water in fiscal 2024.
Kylian Mbappe had a penalty saved during Real Madrid's loss against Liverpool during the Champions League.
SOCCER
Nov 29, 2024

European giants struggle in new Champions League format

Heavyweights such as Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are currently at risk of an early exit.
The yen briefly breached the key ¥150 mark against the dollar on Friday, as traders' expectations for a rate hike by the Bank of Japan in December grow.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 29, 2024

Yen breaches key ¥150 level as Tokyo inflation fuels BOJ bets

The swaps market is now factoring in a 63% chance of a BOJ rate hike in December, twice the odds at the start of the month.
The industry ministry plans to provide aid of up to ¥70.5 billion to auto parts maker Denso and Fuji Electric for the joint production of power semiconductors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2024

Denso and Fuji Electric to get government aid for power chips

Although Japanese companies have a large share of the global power semiconductor market, production volume per maker is smaller compared with European and U.S. peers.
Simona Halep speaks to the media after a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on Feb. 9.
TENNIS
Nov 29, 2024

Simona Halep questions process after Iga Swiatek's one-month ban in doping case

Halep was provisionally suspended in October 2022 and later banned for four years.
A stone pillar at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, on which the word "toilet" was spray-painted in May
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2024

Chinese man pleads guilty to role in vandalizing Yasukuni Shrine

Jiang Zhuojun said he assisted with the vandalizing to protest against Japan's discharging of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Mick Schumacher plans to leave Mercedes at the end of the season.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 29, 2024

Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher to leave team after F1 season

Schumacher, a reserve driver, said it had been tough watching others race.
In an interview in Tokyo with the BBC that was published on Thursday, Fast Retailing CEO Tadashi Yanai said the company does not source cotton from China's Xinjiang region.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2024

Uniqlo criticized in China after CEO says retailer does not use Xinjiang cotton

Tadashi Yanai, the CEO of Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing, said it does not source cotton from the region, which has faced allegations of forced labor.
Ruben Amorim won his first game as Manchester United manager on Thursday.
SOCCER
Nov 29, 2024

Manchester United earns first win under Ruben Amorim

Amorim's first game in charge was a 1-1 draw in the Premier League against Ipswich Town on Sunday.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech at the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2024

Ishiba sticks to the basics in second policy speech

Rather than expand on his broader vision, Ishiba chose to focus on less-contentious individual policy matters.
Tokyo police have arrested six Chinese nationals on suspicion of unlawful confinement and attempted extortion involving a 23-year-old exchange student who had become involved in a financial dispute over a yami baito, or a “dark” part-time job.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2024

Tokyo police arrest six Chinese nationals over yami baito scheme

The six people are being held on suspicion of unlawful confinement and attempted extortion involving a 23-year-old exchange student.
Drag queen Becca D’Bus plays Dido, the forlorn queen of Carthage, in a drag version of “Dido and Aeneas."
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 30, 2024

Divas and diversity: Opera meets drag in ‘Dido and Aeneas’

Becca D’Bus, one of Singapore’s most popular drag queens, and Tokyo’s voguers and queens team up for a grand show at the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting.
While the economic benefits of Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel are clear, concerns remain about sustaining U.S. domestic steel production, preserving national security interests and addressing union concerns.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 28, 2024

Nippon Steel endgame: Resistance or renaissance for the U.S. steel industry

The endgame for Nippon Steel’s bid for U.S. Steel appears near and the results could have a significant impact on U.S.-Japan relations, depending on the outcome.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Group of 20 summit in Osaka in June 2019.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2024

Japan should prepare for tariff-loving Trump

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's focus on tariffs as a core economic strategy could disrupt global trade.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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