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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 5, 2021

China sends aircraft carrier strike group near Okinawa in message to U.S. and Japan

The carrier and five other ships' sailing over the weekend was a signal of China's growing ability to counter U.S. and Japanese military power further from its shores, experts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

With stories and puppets, environmentalist battles to save Indonesia's mangroves

Caked in mud up to their knees, a small group of Indonesian youngsters plant mangrove saplings along a stretch of exposed coastline next to the Java Sea under the watchful eye of local environmentalist Samsudin.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

Taiwan crash investigators focus on how truck fell in train’s path

Some family members said they did not want to assign responsibility for the disaster before the government had finished its investigation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2021

Japanese luxury resort operator Hoshino eyes U.S. hot spring potential

The 107-year-old company famed for retreats in beautiful locales aims to open its first location on the U.S. mainland in the next three to five years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

Phuket sees mass vaccination drive ahead of the rest of Thailand

The island aims to deliver shots to at least 460,000 people as it gears up for July 1, when vaccinated overseas visitors will no longer be required to quarantine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2021

Johnson pushes COVID-19 tests for all to help reopen U.K. economy

Everyone in England will be urged to take a coronavirus test twice a week as a new system of COVID-19 passports is assessed for wide-scale use, under Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to reopen the economy after lockdown.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

China pushes vaccine on bankers and colleges to catch up with U.S.

The prospect of other countries — particularly geopolitical rivals like the U.S. — reopening their economies and borders sooner is hardening the resolve to speed up vaccinations.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Apr 5, 2021

Susan Mercer’s 15-year quest to educate on pet adoption in Japan

Canadian Susan Mercer founded HEART Tokushima 15 years ago. Amid a rise in pet ownership due to the pandemic, she's asking people to get educated before committing to a new furry friend.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Apr 5, 2021

社会課題の解決へ、「空気を入れないボール」の挑戦

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松弥奈子）は、日本国内でESG（環境・社会・企業統治）について積極的に発言するリーダーにインタビューするシリーズ、「ESG Talk」の第4回目ゲストとして、株式会社モルテン...
Yokohama F. Marinos players after the team dropped into the relegation zone of the J. League's top flight following a loss to Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 18, 2025

Yokohama F. Marinos fire Steve Holland as loss sends club to relegation zone

Holland leaves the five-time J. League champion after a 3-2 loss to Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday saw F. Marinos drop to 19th in the 20-team top flight.
Singer Aki Yashiro in Tokyo in 2012
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2025

Nude photos of deceased singer Aki Yashiro spark row in Japan

A record company is facing a backlash after announcing it would release a CD by the enka legend, who died in 2023, that will include nude photographs of her taken privately.
The average price for 60 kilograms of unmilled rice in March stood at ¥25,876, down 2% from the previous month.
BUSINESS
Apr 18, 2025

Wholesaler rice prices in Japan see first drop in eight months

The average price for 60 kilograms of unmilled rice stood at ¥25,876, down 2% from the previous month but still up 68% from 2023 rice a year before.
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 11.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2025

Japan defense chief says 'no reason' to change current U.S. troop deal

Gen Nakatani said that spending “is appropriately shared between the Japanese and U.S. governments based on mutual agreement, with a set time frame.”
Japanese Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono (right) and others during the "Miss Sake India" event in New Delhi.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2025

'Miss Sake India' contest held in New Delhi to promote the Japanese drink

The winner, Aakansha, who works in the marketing industry, said she was very excited to be chosen for the one-year role of promoting sake.
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2025

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano

The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.0, occurred at around 8:19 p.m. at a depth of about 10 kilometers.
People walk past a banner picturing Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, Crimea, on March 22. The banner reads: "The West doesn't need Russia, we need Russia!"
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025

U.S. open to recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine deal

The signal comes as the Trump administration said it is prepared to move on from its peace-brokering efforts unless progress is made quickly.
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to remarks during a swearing-in ceremony for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz in the Oval Office in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025

Trump seeks to put more civil servants under his control

The move would give him power to directly hire and fire as many as 50,000 jobs reserved for career federal employees.
Scott Bessent
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025

Bessent replaces acting IRS commissioner in power struggle with Musk

The move came hours after a report that Bessent approached President Donald Trump to complain that Musk had gone around him to get his pick appointed.
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko, last May in Los Angeles
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 19, 2025

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani placed on paternity list

The Japanese slugger's wife, Mamiko, is slated to give birth to the couple's first child.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference, in Washington in January.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 19, 2025

Trump goes to war with the Fed

The U.S. president has threatened to take the unprecedented step of ousting the head of the fiercely independent central bank.
A screenshot image from the Whitehouse.gov website that promotes the "lab leak" theory of COVID-19’s origins. The Trump administration has replaced the government’s main portal for information about COVID-19 with a website arguing that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab, throwing its weight behind a theory of the virus’ origins that is so far not backed by direct evidence.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025

New White House website blames China for COVID-19 'lab leak'

The website, previously focused on promoting vaccine and testing information, now includes a large image of President Donald Trump and criticizes the Biden-era pandemic policies.
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference in Kyiv on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2025

Ukraine bans China's firms for helping Russia make missiles

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not offer any evidence of the claim, which came a day after he alleged China had been supplying weapons to Russia.
A soldier from the U.S.-led coalition holds the hand of a boy during a joint U.S.- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces patrol in the countryside of Qamishli in northeastern Syria in February 2024.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2025

U.S. to withdraw some 1,000 troops from Syria

President Donald Trump has long been skeptical of Washington's presence in Syria.
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.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
By Christoph Sponsel

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