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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2021

When vaccination is a 'crime'

It is not difficult to think of something better than throwing away potentially life-saving vaccines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2021

Don’t forget the U.S.-Japan trade agreement

Not investing more in bilateral U.S.-Japan trade negotiations would be a mistake for both the Biden administration and Congress.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2021

What can Japan do in a Taiwan-China clash?

In the “two-plus-two” meeting that took place last week, the Japanese and U.S. governments unequivocally called out China, highlighting the country's unilateral and unlawful attempts to change the status quo in the Indo-Pacific. Since then, there has been much debate on what this means for the region, especially in the context of Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2021

Bangladeshi returnees from jobs overseas sink into debt amid glut of workers

The novel coronavirus has devastated the South Asian nation, which is one of the world's largest exporters of workers and the world's second largest supplier of clothing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2021

Failure to communicate: Suga’s media messaging falls short

Putting his policies and statements aside, the prime minister is doing a poor job at conveying his message and convincing people of his leadership qualities, experts say.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2021

Chip shortage makes repair of Renesas factory in Japan a national effort

The auto sector and chip manufacturing are among top export categories for the world's third-largest economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2021

Japan state-funded hotel deal pays rent to Myanmar Defense Ministry

The payments, starting in 2017, are not illegal but are potentially embarrassing for Tokyo given alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar's military.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2021

North Korean missile test: The start of a fresh cycle of provocations?

The fresh weapons test could put Washington in a tough spot as it prepares to brief allies in Tokyo and Seoul next week on a review of U.S. policy toward Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2021

In India's tea estates, next generation of pickers want land, not jobs

In the green, undulating hills of eastern India that supply the world with Darjeeling tea, revolution is brewing as a new generation dreams of life beyond the confines and hardship of plantation work.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2021

Manslaughter probes in Italy worsen AstraZeneca vaccine troubles

Two doctors and a nurse in Sicily were placed under investigation following the sudden death of a navy officer hours after he received the shot.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah takes a selfie with fans at Anfield in Liverpool, England on Sunday.
SOCCER
Apr 28, 2025

Liverpool fans revel in chance to finally celebrate Premier League title

Five years after COVID-19 restrictions prevented Liverpool fans from celebrating at Anfield after their team's first top flight title triumph in 30 years, Reds faithful wasted little time on Sunday getting the party started on another Premier League success.
Ground personnel unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the U.S. military near Kyiv in 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

U.S. aid pullback is making Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian hacks

USAID has been gutted in the first months of Trump’s presidency by Elon Musk’s "department of government efficiency," and Trump has become increasingly impatient with Zelenskyy.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, in April.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

Trump’s polls decline near 100-day mark, raising tax-plan stakes

Polls show that voters perceive Trump to be falling short on his core campaign promise to strengthen the economy.
Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, speaks during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10, 2024.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025

Nobel laureates urge Trump and Putin to meet on denuclearization

Three groups campaigning for the elimination of nuclear weapons, including Japan's Nihon Hidankyo, say the situation has become the most volatile in decades.
People gather to protest outside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) headquarters after the Elon Musk-led "department of government efficiency" (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington on Feb. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency

"DOGE is not a serious exercise," said Jessica Riedl, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a fiscally conservative think tank that supports streamlining government.
Keiichi Uchida, a member of a team of Japanese doctors who performed a colostomy reversal surgery on the younger of a pair of Vietnamese conjoined twins 30 years ago, shows a postcard he received from his former patient, Nguyen Duc, in February in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025

Japanese pediatrician recalls Vietnamese twin he operated on 30 years ago

The younger of a pair of conjoined twins — believed to have been affected by chemicals used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War — underwent colostomy reversal surgery in Japan.
Soldiers drive a British battle tank during joint combat exercises between the French and British armies north of the city of Reims, in northeastern France, on April 22.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending

More than 100 countries, including all of the 15 largest spenders, increased their military budgets last year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said.
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders greets fans after a win over Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, on Oct. 19, 2024.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 28, 2025

Son of Falcons coordinator apologizes for prank call to Shedeur Sanders

The NFL said it had been in contact with the Falcons and was looking into the matter.
Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards drives against the Lakers' Rui Hachimura during the third quarter in Game 4 of their playoff series in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 28, 2025

Timberwolves outlast Lakers to take 3-1 lead in first-round series

The Lakers will try to stay alive in the best-of-seven series when they host Game 5 on Wednesday.
A Doctors Without Borders nurse conducts a malaria test on a young Sudanese refugee suffering from malnutrition, at the group's hospital at the Touloum refugee camp in the Wadi Fira province, Chad, on April 11.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

U.S. aid cuts create 'perfect storm' for malaria in Africa

Experts warn that U.S. funding cuts could lead to an upsurge in the disease across Africa and beyond.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan head Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

CDP's about-face piles pressure on LDP to cut consumption tax on food

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chief Yoshihiko Noda pledged that the party will abolish the consumption tax on food products for a year.
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 28, 2025

Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’

Some 45% of full-time employees are doing just the bare minimum at work, according to a survey by job-matching company Mynavi.
The Keihin industrial area in Kawasaki
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025

One dead after floor collapses in Kawasaki building under demolition

One man died, while a worker in his 70s sustained a severe head injury and three other men, all under 30, had minor injuries.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday. His push for quick wins through tariffs and other measures is risking trade turmoil with key allies like Japan.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 28, 2025

Is there a method behind the Trumponomics madness?

Washington’s policies are treading and often crossing a fine line between political jostling and economic strategizing.
Climbers gather on the first day of the climbing season on the Yoshida Trail at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025

Man rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week, local media reports

Police could not immediately confirm reports saying the man had returned on Friday to retrieve his phone.
Jera, the world's biggest liquefied natural gas buyer, sees U.S. President Donald Trump's pet project in Alaska one of the promising procurement sources.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2025

Japan’s top gas buyer mulls procuring LNG from Alaska export project

"We see Alaska as one of the promising procurement sources,” Naohiro Maekawa, an executive officer at Jera, said at a news conference on Monday.

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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