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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 9, 2021

Biden administration's stance on Trump-linked cases aims to 'defend presidency,' experts say

The department's latest action, in a defamation case brought by a woman who accuses the former president of raping her, has divided the legal community.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 9, 2021

England will stick to anti-racism stance despite boos

Head coach Gareth Southgate said his team will not 'just stick to football' during the European Championship.
Japan Times
Jun 9, 2021

Verified the Efficacy and Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor “Opdivo” in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Poor Liver Function

The international collaborative research team centered around Prof. Masatoshi Kudo of Kindai University (Osaka Sayama City) Faculty of Medicine (Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology) have verified for the first time in the world through a multi-national multi-institutional study that the efficacy...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2021

Biggest vaccine-maker’s problems keep world short of COVID-19 shots

The Serum Institute of India's travails have become a key illustration of how the effort to inoculate against COVID-19 has failed the developing world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 9, 2021

How China is tightening its grip on Hong Kong’s media scene

The moves by the city's Beijing-appointed government have raised more questions about Hong Kong's viability as a financial hub.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 9, 2021

A Chinese American gunslinger challenges the whiteness of Westerns

Tom Lin's debut novel explores the lives of Chinese Americans and immigrants who have largely been omitted from the cultural history of the West.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2021

Fastly failure: Why a slew of major websites went offline

The cascade of failures across the web turned a mere 'service configuration” into a global outage that hit large companies and small users alike.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2021

Websites rumble back to life after Fastly-linked outage

High traffic websites including Reddit, Amazon, CNN, Paypal, Spotify and the New York Times were listed as experiencing problems by outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2021

Renewable energy boom unleashes a war over talent for green jobs

Difficulty securing a well-trained workforce could end up being a bottleneck in an industry that is key to slashing emissions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 8, 2021

NFT interest growing in Japan, but legal worries persist

While the local NFT market is still in its infancy, there has already been a battle among businesses to team up with popular intellectual-property holders.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2021

Local fans lose out as events linked to Tokyo Olympics canceled or repurposed

With the country in the midst of its third state of emergency, promotional events for domestic fans have become a gamble some are no longer willing to take.
Researchers from Osaka University (center) have developed a new method to test for pancreatic cancer.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 26, 2025

Osaka University develops new method for pancreatic cancer testing

If put into practical use, the method would make it easier to detect pancreatic cancer early, which is often very difficult.
Nissin Foods expects continued demand for cheap precooked noodles even as the industry works to shed its image of being an unhealthy staple, the firm's president said on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2025

Noodle-maker Nissin plans big investments, eyeing pickup in demand

Nissin Foods expects continued demand for cheap precooked noodles even as the industry works to shed its image of being an unhealthy staple.
A man wades through a shopping area flooded by the Kinugawa river in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2015.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2025

Government partly responsible for 2015 river flooding, court finds

In a lawsuit, residents in flooded areas along the river claimed that the government's inadequate river management caused the disaster.
Noonoo, a chihuahua dressed in a T-shirt that reads "BRAT," takes part in the Halloween Dog Parade in New York last year.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 28, 2025

Brats, rebels and rascals: Finding the right word for mischievous kids

Charli XCX’s idea of “brat” doesn’t translate neatly into Japanese, but there are other words for playful rebellion.
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts his first cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2025

Trump sows confusion on timing of tariffs for Canada and Mexico

Trump's comments on the timing of the tariffs prompted jumps in the value of the Canadian dollar and Mexican peso versus the greenback.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives a news conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2025

Trump confirms Zelenskyy visit to sign Ukraine minerals deal

The Ukrainian leader said the success of the deal would hinge on talks in Washington on Friday and continued U.S. aid.
Shohei Ohtani swings during batting practice in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12
BASEBALL
Feb 27, 2025

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani set to make spring debut against Angels

Ohtani was injured stealing second base during the Dodgers' victory in Game 2 of the World Series.
Thousands of mourners, carrying flags and orange balloons, joined a funeral procession on Wednesday for Shiri Bibas and her two sons, who were among the hostages taken by Palestinian militants in Gaza in October 2023 and who died during their captivity.
WORLD
Feb 27, 2025

Hamas releases bodies of hostages; Israel frees Palestinian prisoners

After days of impasse, Egyptian mediators secured the handover of the bodies of the four hostages.
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts his first cabinet meeting with Elon Musk in attendance in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2025

White House bars reporters from covering Trump cabinet meeting

The White House denied access to an Associated Press photographer and three reporters from Reuters, HuffPost and Der Tagesspiegel, a German newspaper.
Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the Human Rights Council at the U.N. in Geneva on Feb. 29, 2024.
WORLD
Feb 27, 2025

Israel disregards human rights and Hamas broke international law, U.N. says

The U.N. Human Rights Chief called for all violations to be investigated independently, a move which the European Union supported.
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida concludes a news conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama in February.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2025

Nissan management shake-up plans reported as sharks circle  

Nissan is considering a change in leadership following poor results and the failure of a proposed merger with Honda, according to a report citing unnamed sources.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement on defense spending at Downing Street in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2025

Starmer tries to buy Ukraine time with Trump security pitch

The British prime minister's main objective is to secure an American "backstop” for any truce between Russia and Ukraine.
The Eagles use the tush push to score against the Chiefs during the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 27, 2025

Packers GM supports effort to ban tush push

Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris is also in favor of banning the play.
A drone to shoot videos from the sky of customers at tourist spots, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Wednesday
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2025

Japanese firms to offer drone video-shooting services for tourists

The three companies plan to launch the services at a national park on Shodo Island in Kagawa Prefecture on Aug. 1.
Komeito head Tetsuo Saito speaks at a party meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2025

Policy differences push Komeito to tread carefully in LDP coalition

Komeito is likely to emphasize where it stands apart, but it isn't preparing for a breakup with the ruling party.
Daiwa House employees take part in a barrier-free workshop as part of its hiring system for people with disabilities.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2025

Daiwa House to boost disability employment

Daiwa House aims to increase the whole group's disability employment rate to 2.7% in the coming fiscal year.

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