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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 3, 2021

Is change sweeping the sclerotic Japanese film industry?

The Japan Academy awarded top honors to the LGBTQ-themed drama “Midnight Swan” and its star, and Tokyo International Film Festival announced that its 34th edition would see more diversity.
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JAPAN / View from Osaka
Apr 3, 2021

Kansai classics for a home movie festival

Given that it will be a while before movie theaters are back to normal, here are recommendations for those interested in the Kansai region and classic films.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2021

U.S., Japan and South Korea agree to keep up pressure on North Korea

The top security officials from the three countries reaffirmed their commitment to address the North Korean nuclear issue 'through concerted trilateral cooperation towards denuclearization.'
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Apr 3, 2021

Roger Dahl on Japan's Olympic torch relay concerns

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CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Apr 3, 2021

Roger Dahl on the perils of refining one's golf swing in Japan

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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 2, 2021

Train crash kills 48 in Taiwan's deadliest rail tragedy for decades

The train was carrying many tourists and people heading home at the start of a long weekend traditional holiday to tend to family tombs.
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PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 2, 2021

Episode 89: Why are the Tokyo Olympics still going ahead in a pandemic?

Joining Deep Dive is the New York Times Tokyo bureau chief Motoko Rich, here to discuss why the government seems so intent on holding the Games this summer, and the risks associated with them going ahead as planned.
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OLYMPICS
Apr 2, 2021

British skateboard prodigy Sky Brown back from accident with renewed vigor

Twelve-year-old skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown said she has fully recovered from her life-threatening fall last May and plans to broaden her horizons by adding surfing to her Olympic schedule.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 2, 2021

When will Japan's economy return to pre-pandemic levels? Not soon, say economists.

Most say a full economic recovery is unlikely until well after the vaccination of the general public is underway.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 2, 2021

Kevin Durant apologizes for using homophobic and misogynistic language in text exchange

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has apologized for the language he used in a social media exchange with actor and comedian Michael Rapaport.
More than half of Japan's population may suffer from pollen allergies, with hay fever dubbed the nation’s "national disease" and blamed for being a drag on the economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 21, 2025

Did I fall victim to Japan’s stealth productivity killer?

Hay fever has been dubbed Japan’s "national disease” and blamed as a major drag on productivity.
Next year’s FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the U.S., will test whether America — with President Donald Trump pushing tariffs and tough immigration policies — can draw global fans or drive them away.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2025

The White House just kicked a World Cup own-goal

Next year’s FIFA World Cup will test whether the U.S. — with President Donald Trump pushing tariffs and tough immigration policies — can draw global fans or drive them away.
Global trade, energy and financial networks are increasingly being leveraged as strategic tools by nations, with supply chains, shipping routes and financial systems becoming potential points of conflict.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2025

How much 'weaponization' can the global economy take?

Global trade, energy and financial networks are increasingly being leveraged as strategic tools by nations.
Hiroshima is full of memorials to the 1945 atomic bombing. Among them, the peace museum promotes an ambiguous message: One against nuclear weapons without acknowledging the role of nuclear deterrence in preserving the postwar peace.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 21, 2025

The ambiguity of Japan’s message on nuclear weapons

It is common in Japan to be both anti-atomic weapons and anti-war. But are these positions not contradictory if nuclear deterrence actually works to preserve the peace?
A U.S. judge’s ruling against Google’s ad tech business marks a rare antitrust case with a clear remedy, threatening a key revenue stream and signaling a potential shift in the digital advertising landscape.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2025

Google’s money-printing machine can be easily dismantled

On Thursday, a district court judge handed down a ruling that threatens to dismantle part of that money-printing machine.
Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates after scoring against Leicester during their match in Leicester, England, on Sunday.
SOCCER
Apr 21, 2025

Leicester relegated from Premier League as Liverpool closes in on title

Liverpool could be crowned champion on Wednesday if Arsenal loses at home to Crystal Palace.
Justin Thomas celebrates after winning the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 21, 2025

Justin Thomas wins RBC Heritage to end long drought

It was Thomas' 16th win on the PGA Tour and moves him to second place in the FedEx Cup rankings behind Masters champion Rory McIlroy.
A 35-year-old mother was found guilty of attempted coercion by  repeatedly sending mobile messages to her daughter not to eat while being hospitalized.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2025

Japanese mother partially acquitted over abuse of daughter

Kasumi Nawata, 35, was found guilty of attempted coercion and sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces tariffs on several countries during a press conference on April 2.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 21, 2025

World’s economic chiefs to face Trump’s trade war in Washington

Finance chiefs want an off-ramp from the worst global trade crisis in a century. This week they’re heading toward its epicenter.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on Monday, during which U.S. tariffs were discussed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 21, 2025

Tokyo insists defense issues and tariff talks must remain separate

Mixing the two risks distorting the essence of each issue, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says.
An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on April 14, 2022. The European Union is looking at ways to make it easier for U.S. gas exports to comply with its methane emissions rules.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2025

EU explores tweaking methane rules for U.S. gas to help trade talks

The European Commission is looking at using flexibilities in how it applies the bloc's methane rules, which could benefit U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters, sources say.
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 21, 2025

Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?

Among the world’s largest democracies, Japan has some of the highest minimum age requirements for politicians.
Multinational victims of scam centers, who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar, stand on a vessel floating towards the Thai side of border via Moei River in Phop Phra District, Tak province, Thailand, on Feb. 12.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2025

'Cancer' of billion-dollar cyberscam industry spreading globally: U.N.

Even as Southeast Asian governments have intensified a crackdown, syndicates have moved within and beyond the region.
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
WORLD
Apr 21, 2025

Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88

Francis' often turbulent reign was marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows' Munetaka Murakami bats during spring camp on March 14 in the city of Urasoe, Okinawa. Murakami returned from a spring injury on Thursday but was taken off the roster again the next day.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 21, 2025

Munetaka Murakami's return cut short as Swallows’ struggles deepen

The Tokyo team’s star slugger returned on Thursday but was taken off the roster again the next day.

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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