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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Feb 20, 2021

Australia and Japan's alliance can beat China’s interdependence trap

As Canberra and Beijing get deeper into their ongoing trade spat, Tokyo needs to step in to help boost regional ties and agreements.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2021

Flying taxis are an extremely expensive ride

Despite their cost, air taxis could soon become reality thanks to advances in batteries, software and lightweight materials.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 20, 2021

Last-minute Yu Kobayashi goal hands Super Cup to Frontale

As the seconds ticked down to a seemingly inevitable penalty shootout, Kobayashi saved the day for the reigning double champion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 20, 2021

Thai prime minister survives no-confidence vote as protest looms

The no-confidence motion against the premier was rejected by 272 lawmakers, while 206 voted supported it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2021

Tokyo reports 327 COVID-19 cases Saturday to stay below 500 for two weeks

Tokyo reported 327 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the daily count staying below 500 for the 14th consecutive day.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2021

Russian team to be branded as 'ROC' during Tokyo Olympics as part of doping sanctions

Russian athletes will compete under the acronym "ROC" at the Tokyo Olympics this year — part of the nation's sanctions for several doping scandals — the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 20, 2021

Daniil Medvedev: Pressure all on Novak Djokovic in Australian Open final

After giving Stefanos Tsitsipas a semifinal bruising on Friday, Daniil Medvedev fired a mental barb at Novak Djokovic ahead of their Australian Open final, declaring the pressure was all on the Serbian champion's shoulders.
Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after defeating Jannik Sinner in the Italian Open final in Rome on Sunday.
TENNIS
May 23, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz to open French Open title defense against Kei Nishikori

Naomi Osaka will face No. 10 seed Paula Badosa in the first round.
Palestinian workers pack bread in a bakery that returned to operations after being closed due to a flour shortage, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD
May 23, 2025

Some flour reaches Gaza as blockade eases, with aid groups calling for more

Israel imposed the blockade on all supplies in March, saying Hamas was seizing deliveries for its fighters — a charge the group denies.
The Hokkaido East Trail links some of the northern prefecture's most striking national parks and landscapes.
LIFE / Travel
May 24, 2025

In search of untouched Japan? Meet Hokkaido’s newest hiking trail.

The 410-kilometer Hokkaido East Trail links three national parks as it winds through marshland, calderas and more.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn't your typical Japanese role-playing game, but that hasn't stopped it from being one of the best to come from the genre in years.
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
May 24, 2025

Uh-oh, is the rest of the world making JRPGs better than Japan?

Developed by a French studio, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has pushed the genre forward more than any Japanese-developed title in the past 10 years.
Compensation paid in the year that ended in March to Nomura Holdings' seven executive officers totaled ¥4.6 billion, up 3% from the previous year when there were eight such officers.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2025

Nomura raises top executives’ pay to highest in over a decade

Compensation paid in the year ended March to the company’s seven executive officers totaled ¥4.6 billion.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 23, 2025

Netanyahu links embassy shootings to hostility over Gaza

Netanyahu has vowed to press on with the war and there was no sign that the Washington killings would affect the conduct of Israel's military operation.
A satellite image shows the North Korean warship in water at a shipyard after the launch accident, in Chongjin, North Korea, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2025

North Korea launches probe into accident during warship's launch

Pyongyang has said the incident on Wednesday was caused by a loss of balance while the vessel was being launched, and sections of the bottom of the warship were crushed.
Yoshinobu Tsutsui (left), who is expected to become the new Keidanren chairman, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on March 25, as the current chairman, Masakazu Tokura, looks on.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 23, 2025

Keidanren to install first leader from financial sector

The post of Keidanren chairman has traditionally been held by leaders from the manufacturing sector.
A man talks of his experience of being hit by a spread of fake information about him online after appearing in a reality show.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
May 23, 2025

Online defamation still pesters reality show participants

Television broadcasters and online streaming services have taken steps to support and protect cast members, but defamation has not stopped.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court shields Fed but lets Trump fire agency leaders

In a ruling Thursday that let Trump oust officials at two other agencies, the court said its decision wouldn’t apply to the Fed.
People walk through Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
WORLD
May 23, 2025

Trump's Harvard foreign student attack threatens key college revenue

The administration’s move to stop foreign enrollment is a huge blow to Harvard and sends a message to other universities.
Team Penske driver Will Power climbs into his car during practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Monday in Indianapolis, Indiana.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 23, 2025

Team Penske ready to move past scandal and focus on Indy 500

Team Penske fired three senior executives days before the Indy 500 after an illegally modified spec part was found on two of the team's cars.
Imperial family members attend a spring garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden in Tokyo on April 22.
JAPAN
May 23, 2025

Support for female imperial family members keeping status at 64.9%: poll

While many respondents backed the idea, 10.7% opposed it and a total of 24.3% had no opinion or were not sure.
Self-Defense Force personnel transport debris believed to be part of the wreckage of the Air Self-Defense Force's T-4 training aircraft that crashed near a lake in Aichi Prefecture on May 15.
JAPAN
May 23, 2025

Two ASDF crew members confirmed dead in training plane crash in Aichi

The Air Self-Defense Force's T-4 training aircraft crashed near a lake in Aichi Prefecture immediately after taking off from the Komaki Air Base last week.
Japan's consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3.5% from a year earlier in April, with food items, especially rice, remaining a major contributor to price growth.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 23, 2025

BOJ and Ishiba pressured as prices rise the fastest in two years

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3.5% from a year earlier in April, higher than economists' expectations.
Institutional Shareholder Services backed the reappointment of Chairman Akio Toyoda to Toyota’s board, reversing its position from a year ago.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2025

ISS reverses stance and backs Toyota chief's reappointment

"There are no particular concerns about the nominee,” Institutional Shareholder Services said of Akio Toyoda in a report Thursday.
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.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
South Korea’s baby bust threatens its demographic future
Marriage is rapidly declining in South Korea as rising education and career aspirations collide with traditional gender norms.
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
German companies choosing Japan as Asia manufacturing hub: survey
Japan has many positive qualities for German companies, but the market does face some challenges, such as talent acquisition and retention, particularly as demand for skilled workers grows, a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan showed.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(From left) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi; former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi; former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi; and former minister of state for economic security Sanae Takaichi, speaking at events in Tokyo.
Twice-a-year injection could make HIV prevention easier, developer argues
Jared Baeten, Gilead Sciences' senior vice president and virology therapeutic area head, hopes regulatory approval elsewhere for lenacapavir as a preexposure prophylaxis — for reducing the risk of contracting HIV — could lead to real discussions toward ending HIV in Japan.
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.

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
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