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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 13, 2021

U.S. eyes potential threat from China’s digital yuan

Some officials are concerned China's moves could kick off a long-term bid to topple the dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2021

Elon Musk leaves Vladimir Putin stranded on Earth

A combination of Russian bureaucracy, military secrecy and a state-dominated economy have failed to foster private space enterprises of the kind driving innovation in the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2021

COVID-19 widens the cracks in a fragmented, contested world

Insight, however, no matter how good, is wasted when policymakers aren't paying attention — a lesson that the Global Trends report makes painfully clear.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2021

Union loss may bring new phase of campaign against Amazon

Labor leaders said they would step up their informal efforts to highlight and resist the company's business and labor practices rather than seek elections at individual job sites.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2021

Even Tesla can’t overcome Australia's 'uniquely hostile market' for electric cars

Tesla Inc. and the electric-car industry generally thrive in the world's richest nations. Not so in Australia, where even tractors outsell EVs two to one.
SOCCER / From the Spot
Apr 13, 2021

Little certain for Nadeshiko Japan despite pair of blowout wins

A number of players excelled in friendlies against Paraguay and Panama, but questions remain over whether they've served as adequate preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2021

In Europe, once 'green' plug-in hybrid cars now look like dinosaurs

EU policy plans for plug-in hybrid vehicles could mean the 'transition' technology has a shorter lifespan than envisaged by carmakers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2021

Nepal chokes on smoke and ash as fires rage, compounded by drought

Hundreds of fires have been spreading across the country since November, in the worst wildfire season Nepal has seen in a decade.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2021

Second night of unrest after police shoot dead Black man near Minneapolis

The shooting of Daunte Wright, 20, appeared to result from an officer mistakenly opening fire with her gun instead of a Taser during a traffic stop, the city's police chief said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 13, 2021

Countering China's threat to the Senkakus requires a full rethink of operations

As the China Coast Guard ramps up its provocations, Japan needs to respond in kind and increase the possibilities available for maritime protection.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 13, 2021

WBA's Sam Allardyce calls for VAR overhaul

West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce said the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system needs overhauled after his team was controversially denied a goal in Monday's 3-0 Premier League victory over Southampton.
Jared Isaacman (left), U.S. President Trump’s nominee to head NASA, testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Bloomberg
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2025

NASA nominee should resist Musk’s pull toward Mars

During a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Jared Isaacman, the nominee for NASA administrator, was — in a twist on the Will Smith ’90s tune — gettin’ squishy wit it.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, in St. Petersburg on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2025

The U.S. and Russia are negotiating in bad faith

For now, Trump says he is “pissed off” at Putin for not being more amenable to his administration’s ceasefire proposals and he is threatening to impose yet more sanctions.
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama holds a news conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2025

LDP's Moriyama will coordinate for extra budget to combat inflation

Regarding the size of a possible budget, Moriyama said, "We would like (to compile it) without issuing deficit-covering bonds."
The U.K. government rushed urgent legislation through Parliament on Saturday to stop the Scunthorpe plant's blast furnaces from turning off.
WORLD
Apr 13, 2025

'Naive' to trust Chinese firm with British Steel, U.K. minister says

The government rushed urgent legislation through parliament on Saturday to stop the Scunthorpe plant's blast furnaces from turning off.
Ukrainian law enforcement officers work at the site of a deadly missile attack in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on Sunday.
WORLD
Apr 14, 2025

Russian missile strike on Ukraine city kills 34 on Palm Sunday

European and U.S. leaders condemned the strike — one of the deadliest attacks in months — that also wounded 117, including 15 children.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart next to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on April 2.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 14, 2025

Trump warns tariffs are coming for electronics after reprieve

The American president downplayed a weekend exemption as a procedural step in his overall push to remake U.S. trade.
Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, in October 2010.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 14, 2025

China halts critical rare earth exports as trade war intensifies

The official crackdown is part of Beijing’s retaliation for President Donald Trump’s sharp increase in tariffs that started April 2.
Fire damage at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in Harrisburg on Sunday. Pennsylvania state authorities have arrested a 38-year-old Harrisburg man and said he set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, forcing Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family to evacuate early Sunday before the blaze severely damaged part of the building.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2025

Suspect held over arson attack on Pennsylvania governor’s mansion

Shapiro, who is Jewish, said the suspect’s motives weren’t known but he evoked the Passover meal he hosted at the governor’s residence hours before the fire was set.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the Group of 20 leaders summit in Osaka in June 2019.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2025

How China went from courting Trump to ‘never yield’ tariff defiance

Beijing has put civilian government officials on a "wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back.
The heavily damaged Al-Ahli hospital after an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Sunday. The Israeli military struck and destroyed part of the hospital on Sunday morning, shortly after telling patients and staff to evacuate the site.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2025

Child dies after Israel strike hits Gaza hospital, WHO says

The Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza is one of few functioning hospitals in the war-ravaged territory.
Masters champion Rory McIlroy receives his green jacket from 2024 winner Scottie Scheffler after the final round at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 14, 2025

Rory McIlroy wins Masters in dramatic fashion to complete career Grand Slam

It marked the fifth major championship for McIlroy, and his first since capturing the PGA Championship for the second time in 2014.
A sign outside the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York in 2013
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2025

JPMorgan analyst says he now tempers public comments on U.S. tariffs

Michael Cembalest, chair of market and investment strategy and a Wall Street veteran, said he had not been able to fully express his views.
Lo Kin-hei (center), chairman of the Democratic Party, attends a news conference after an extraordinary general meeting to seek members' views on the potential dissolution of the party in Hong Kong on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 14, 2025

Hong Kong's last major opposition party moves toward disbanding

The head of the Democratic Party says 90% of its 110 members had voted for disbandment arrangements to begin, followed by a final vote in the coming months.
People walk past debris in the damaged Me Nu Brick monastery on the outskirts of Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2025

Myanmar quake victims mark new year camped in ruins

Families were buying clay pots and plant sprigs customarily placed inside homes to welcome the new year, though some had nowhere to put them.
Japan celebrates after beating Canada to secure a spot in the Billie Jean King Cup finals at Ariake Colosseum on Sunday.
TENNIS
Apr 14, 2025

Japan gets past Canada to book spot in Billie Jean King Cup finals

The United States also booked a spot after defeating Slovakia.
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.
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.
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.
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
Anime’s ‘Demon Slayer’ hit is a watershed for Japan
Channing Tatum, one of the English-language voice actors, and others attend the premiere of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle” at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 9. Japanese anime has surged from niche fandom to global box-office powerhouse with the latest “Demon Slayer” installment.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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