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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2021

Toshiba unit in Europe hit with ransomware; group to undergo strategic review

The attack, by the same hacking group said to be involved in the Colonial Pipeline attack, overshadowed an upbeat profit forecast and a strategic review announcement.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 14, 2021

Japan names 20-man provisional basketball roster for Tokyo Olympics

NBA players Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe were among those named to the provisional roster.
SOCCER / J. League
May 14, 2021

Gamba fires manager Tsuneyasu Miyamoto after poor run of results

Gamba Osaka has terminated the contract of manager Tsuneyasu Miyamoto after the club recorded just one win in their last 10 league matches, the J. League first division team said Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2021

India’s virus crisis impacting Japanese firms, clouding short-term outlook

One of the hardest-hit companies is Suzuki Motor Corp., which relies heavily on the Indian market with its Maruti Suzuki India subsidiary.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2021

CEOs criticize Japan’s slow vaccine push, saying growth at risk

While Japan has fared better during the pandemic compared with its Western peers, executives fear that the pace of inoculations will have an impact on potential recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2021

Too cold to handle? Race is on to pioneer shipping of hydrogen.

Companies including Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries are beginning to develop a new generation of vessels that can deliver hydrogen to heavy industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2021

Roaring cryptocurrency cacophony drowns out rest of Wall Street

Even for a market that's famous for its wild volatility and gimmicks, the past week's cryptocurrency news set new records for jaw-droppers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 14, 2021

Vaccine lottery: Indian states grapple with how to share COVID-19 jabs

India is a major producer of COVID-19 vaccines, but by Monday it had fully vaccinated only 34.8 million people — about 2.5% of the population, government data shows.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2021

Hundreds of epidemiologists expected public mask-wearing for at least a year

The latest advice from U.S. federal health officials came as a surprise to many involved in public health.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2021

Australia's Scott Morrison stands by ‘one country’ remark on China and Taiwan

Such a stance would represent a shift in the U.S. ally's longstanding policy of 'strategic ambiguity” toward Taiwan's status.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2021

Modi ally taps misinformation law to quash reports on India’s COVID-19 crisis

Journalists report receiving notices stating their reports are false and demanding that they reveal sources.
Tourists visit a park in front of the Imperial Palace amid snowfall in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2025

Japan's record snow in February attributed to global warming

The Meteorological Agency said global warming contributed to the record snowfall in northern and eastern Japan last month.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw takes part in a sumo demonstration in Tokyo on Friday.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 19, 2025

Japan’s twin obsessions meet as MLB visits sumo’s heartland

Sumo is often referred to as Japan’s national sport but it’s baseball that is the country’s one true obsession. This week, those two sports are intersecting in Tokyo.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with C.C. Wei, chief executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., at a news conference in Washington on March 3.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2025

Tariff threats spur TSMC’s Taiwan peers to seek U.S. expansion

Taiwanese electronic firms' migration of manufacturing to the U.S. has accelerated from previous years as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens more trade barriers.
Soldiers take part in the first day of the annual Han Kuang military drills in Taoyuan, Taiwan, in July last year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 19, 2025

Taiwan defense drills identify 2027 for potential China invasion for first time

The Taiwanese Defense Ministry unveiled the date in a document released Tuesday to brief lawmakers on upcoming war games simulating an attack by the Chinese military.
A vehicle carrying Kunihiko Katsuta enters the Hyogo Prefectural Police's Tatsuno Police Station in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, in November following his arrest on suspicion of attempted murder.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2025

Man indicted over '06 and '07 Hyogo elementary school girl attacks

Both cases remained unsolved for years due to a lack of physical evidence, including the weapon used.
Matt Fuller and his son, Isaiah, were lucky enough to meet Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in the lead-up to the season-opening Tokyo Series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 19, 2025

Tokyo Series gives diehard American baseball fans the ideal gateway into Japan

The Tokyo Dome may be filled with Japanese baseball diehards this week, but more than a few Americans have also made the trip to see the Cubs and Dodgers.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (center left) and Arm Holdings CEO Rene Haas (center right) during a ceremony to launch a collaboration between Malaysia and the chipmaker in Kuala Lumpur on March 5
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2025

Malaysia's Silicon Valley ambitions face tough challenges

Internal constraints such as a talent crunch, funding problems and other supply chain gaps present key hurdles to the Southeast Asian country.
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings, at the company's headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 19, 2025

Seven & I signs confidentiality pact with Canada’s Couche-Tard

The nondisclosure agreement (NDA) will pave the way for discussions around antitrust issues in the United States, Seven & I said.
A flooded road in the Philippines following heavy rain in July 2024
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Mar 19, 2025

Extreme weather in 2024 forced most people to flee in 16 years

The climate damages also exacerbated a food crisis in more than a dozen countries, according to a report.
The number of foreign visitors to Japan exceeded 3 million in February, the first time for the month.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2025

Japan records 3.25 million visitors in February

The number shot up 16.9% from a year before, boosted mainly by an increase in travelers from China during the Lunar New Year holiday period.
Artifacts that will be part of the Yakyu Baseball / The Transpacific Exchange of the Game exhibition at the Baseball Hall of Fame are displayed at Tokyo Dome on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Mar 19, 2025

New Japanese baseball exhibit to open at Baseball Hall of Fame in July

Ichiro, who has visited the Hall of Fame eight times, expressed his support for the project.
Roki Sasaki throws the first pitch of his MLB career to open the Dodgers' game against the Cubs at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Mar 19, 2025

Shohei Ohtani homers to help Dodgers earn second straight win over Cubs

The Dodgers swept the two-game Tokyo Series.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas presents the white paper on the future of European defense, in Brussels on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 20, 2025

EU proposes joint defense push amid Russia fears and U.S. worries

EU countries have already begun boosting their own defenses in response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu take part in a demonstration in Istanbul on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 20, 2025

Turkey detains Erdogan’s top rival, triggering market meltdown

The mayor's detention highlights an increasingly aggressive campaign that Turkey's president is waging against critics to silence dissent.
SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere Computing.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 20, 2025

SoftBank seals $6.5 billion deal for chip designer Ampere

The move further broadens the Japanese investment firm’s push into artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Nippon Ishin urges cap on foreign residents in Japan
While not specifying what percentage of foreign residents should make up the total population, “we conveyed the message that the ratio should be kept as low as possible and that the current rapid pace of increase must be properly curbed,” said Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita.
Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
Osaka Expo visitors top 20 million as crowds surge
Visitors at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.

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