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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 15, 2021

Boxing nurse Arisa Tsubata's Olympic dream crushed by COVID-19

In order to focus on her boxing, the 27-year old quit her job at a major hospital in January to take on a less demanding and lower-paid position at a smaller psychiatric clinic.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 15, 2021

Sebastian Coe says COVID-19 vaccine a big factor in making Tokyo Games happen

The Olympics were postponed in March last year following the start of the pandemic but Coe said he believes athletes are in a different frame of mind heading into the July 23-Aug. 8 games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2021

Rakuten founder Hiroshi Mikitani calls Tokyo Olympics a ‘suicide mission’

Mikitani, who has been an outspoken critic of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, said the sporting event, due to start in two months, should not be held this year.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 15, 2021

Brazil begins mass vaccination of Tokyo-bound Olympians

Brazil began a mass vaccination program on Friday for athletes, coaches, staff and journalists heading to the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
May 15, 2021

Big promises, few doses: Why Russia is struggling to produce Sputnik V

Putin has trumpeted the vaccine around the world, but Russia had produced just 33 million vaccines as of May 12 and exported fewer than 15 million.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 15, 2021

Athletes willing and eager to participate in Tokyo Olympics

Athletes have apparently not been deterred by the conditions they will likely compete under in Tokyo.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
May 15, 2021

Go maskless? Some Americans skeptical of new guidelines, other say it's high time

New U.S. guidance allowing people to go without masks in most places provided one more topic of disagreement among Americans who have found little common ground throughout the pandemic.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 15, 2021

German gymnast thinks bodysuits could convince young athletes to stick with sport

The German Gymnastics Association (DTB) said its athletes wore the full bodysuit in Basel as a stand 'against sexualization in gymnastics.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2021

New Zealand PM vows to fight hate and study social media algorithms

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that world leaders and tech firms looking to stamp out violent extremism online would need to focus efforts on understanding social media algorithms that drive content.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 15, 2021

It's usually safe to say money talks, but is Myanmar's junta listening?

If the idea of economic pressure is to bend a regime to your will, then Japan should have leverage with Myanmar.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 15, 2021

Japan’s growing cider industry presses on through adversity

Bars, breweries and even a bilingual magazine are helping the apple-based beverage find a new, appreciative audience across the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 15, 2021

Can Japan say 'no' to China and 'yes' to political activism?

Japanese media reports a tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, with domestic brands dependent on Chinese money and a local populace that may not take action.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 15, 2021

Ransomware is a national security threat. Treat it like one.

In the Colonial Pipeline attack, the perpetrator was identified as a cybercriminal group called DarkSide, which admitted its involvement but said it did not want to cause “social unrest.”
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 15, 2021

Roger Dahl on COVID-19 and the service sector

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20 in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2025

Supreme Court chief rebukes Trump over call for judge's impeachment

The White House has repeatedly lashed out following court rulings it disagrees with such as the rejection of Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Smoke billows behind a cemetery (foreground) during Israeli strikes west of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 19, 2025

Israeli Gaza strikes widen attacks on Iran’s militant allies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the renewed strikes were "only the beginning” and vowed to maintain military pressure until Hamas releases hostages.
A service member of the 13th Operative Purpose Brigade "Khartiia" of the National Guard of Ukraine operates a mine-laying unmanned ground vehicle with anti-tank land mines installed on it, in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Jan. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2025

Poland and Baltic nations plan to withdraw from land mine convention

Poland and the Baltics are concerned that an end to the war in Ukraine could lead Russia to rearm and target them, instead.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent walks to a television interview outside the White House in Washington on Friday. Bessent had indicated a possible delay in the activation of new reciprocal tariff rates on the United States' trading partners.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 19, 2025

Trump still intends for reciprocal tariffs to kick in on April 2

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had indicated a possible delay but the White House says trading partners would need to negotiate deals in advance to avoid new tariffs.
People protest as the USAID building sits closed to employees after a memo was issued advising agency personnel to work remotely, in Washington on Feb. 3.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 19, 2025

Powerful Asian countries will struggle to fill aid gap left by U.S.

China may be reluctant to fully fill the void, while South Korea and Japan could struggle to give enough.
Google will acquire cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion, citing the need for greater cybersecurity capacity as artificial intelligence embeds itself in technology infrastructure.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2025

Google to buy cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion

The transaction will test Donald Trump's openness to large takeovers after resistance to such deals by the administration of his predecessor.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni talks with Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti in the upper house of Parliament in Rome on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2025

Meloni cautions EU on U.S. trade war and says Italy won't send troops to Ukraine

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is close to U.S. President Donald Trump, said established ties between Europe and the United States had to be preserved.
Snow falls on a narrow drinking alley in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday morning.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2025

Snowfall in Tokyo as storm sweeps country

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan.
Minoru Kariya, who lost his father, Kiyoshi, in 1995 in an abduction case involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, speaks during an interview in Tokyo in February.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2025

Aum Shinrikyo victim's son wants continued remorse

Minoru Kariya's father, Kiyoshi, then 68, was killed in an abduction case involving the doomsday cult in 1995.
Documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are displayed after they were released following an order from U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2025

Trump releases JFK assassination documents

Many of the documents reflected the work by investigators to learn more about assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's time in the Soviet Union.
Public Security Intelligence Agency officers enter the headquarters of Hikari no Wa, one of the three successor groups to Aum Shinrikyo, in Tokyo in July 2019.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2025

Aum Shinrikyo successor groups still dangerous, justice minister says

The minister also expressed concern about the groups' activities in recent years to recruit young people with little knowledge of the deadly attack.
Novak Djokovic hits a shot during his second round match at Indian Wells in California on March 8.
TENNIS
Mar 19, 2025

Djokovic player union launches legal blitz against governing bodies

Both the ATP and WTA responded by vowing to defend themselves against the claims.
Gonzalo Gallegos, director of communications for the U.S. Institute of Peace, carries a box out of the building in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2025

Elon Musk’s team evicts officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace

Officials say that as the institute is a congressionally chartered nonprofit, not part of the executive branch, Trump and Musk do not have authority to gut its operations.
A man rides past a graffiti that reads "Patino FARC EP" on a road near El Plateado, Cauca department, Colombia, on March 9. The Micay Canyon mountains have been transformed into a micro-state, ruled by guerrillas fighting each other and the army.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2025

USAID suspension shutters Colombia programs, endangering FARC peace deal

In recent years, Colombia had received as much as $440 million annually in USAID assistance for more than 80 programs.

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