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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2020

Suga says he got Biden's backing on Senkakus in first phone talks

Suga congratulated Biden on winning last week's presidential election against incumbent Donald Trump and stressed the importance of the Japan-U.S. security alliance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2020

Nissan cuts annual operating loss estimate to ¥340 billion

Nissan raised its forecast for full-year global vehicles sales to 4.165 million units, although that still represents a decline from the previous year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2020

Biden’s transition teams sideline industries Trump put in charge

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has stocked his transition team with policy experts, academics and former Barack Obama administration officials, a contrast with the industry-friendly figures President Donald Trump placed in government upon winning office.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 12, 2020

T. League officials upbeat ahead of third campaign

Despite the the T. League being forced to open its third season behind closed doors due to COVID-19, officials are hoping to continue to expand the table tennis circuit's fanbase.
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Nov 12, 2020

What the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy brings to Suga's table

Powerful advisory group is now the administration's 'command center' for economic and strategy debates.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2020

Thousands flee Ethiopia fighting that’s left hundreds dead

Thousands of people have fled violence in northern Ethiopia, where the government said it’s killed at least 550 fighters in a week of clashes with forces loyal to the Tigray region’s rebellious ruling party.
OLYMPICS
Nov 12, 2020

Hope rises for Tokyo Games after gymnastics event sticks the landing

Tuesday also brought a small ray of hope for Olympic organizers, as drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was 90% effective per initial trial results.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2020

Biden set to ‘undo the Trump years’ with civil rights pivot

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department is headed for a dramatic makeover under President-elect Joe Biden, who has pledged to make racial equality a centerpiece of his agenda.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2020

Ant's IPO gets stepped on

The $37 billion initial public offering would have been the world's largest and conferred a value of $316 billion on the Chinese financial giant.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2020

PlayStation dominates Xbox and will for years to come

As incredible it may seem that Microsoft had no new games ready for its first console launch in seven years, it now looks like the disparity for 2021 will be just as bad.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2020

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial reaches key goal to gauge merit

The bet among top experts in the field is that Moderna's therapy will likely prove to be highly effective.
Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami celebrates after hitting a home run against the BayStars in Yokohama on July 29.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Aug 4, 2025

Return of Munetaka Murakami could get hearts racing at Jingu Stadium again

The Swallows have not been good this year but have a chance to end the season on a positive note.
Although the idea is still small in scale, Kitepower flying a giant kite to generate renewable electricity — with Padraic Doherty acting as the "pilot" on the ground — could yet prove to be a mighty plan as Ireland seeks to cut its reliance on fossil fuels such as oil and gas.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Aug 4, 2025

'Let's go fly a kite': Capturing wind for clean energy in Ireland

A sparsely populated spot in Ireland near the stormy Atlantic coast is home to the world's first designated airborne renewable energy test site.
Participants take part in the Pride March in Amsterdam on July 26.
WORLD / Society
Aug 4, 2025

Going Dutch: LGBTQ+ Americans find Trump-free life in Netherlands

In the face of rolled back rights, some LGBTQ+ people have voted with their feet.
The Memorial Cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2025

U.S. envoy to attend peace ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The United States didn't send its ambassador to Japan to the annual ceremony in Nagasaki last year, over the city's decision not to invite Israel.
Mihama Mayor Hideki Toshima expressed his support on Monday for Kansai Electric Power Co.'s planned survey for building a new reactor at its Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 5, 2025

Mihama mayor willing to accept survey for new nuclear reactor

At a meeting with senior officials of Kansai Electric, Toshima said that the town would accept the survey with the understanding of local communities.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2025

Australia announces new warships will come from Japan

Canberra will purchase 11 Mogami-class frigates in what will be Tokyo’s biggest-ever defense contract — a breakthrough for Japan's defense industry.
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) hold a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025

Kremlin plays down Trump submarine order and urges caution on nuclear rhetoric

The exchange takes place as Trump threatens new sanctions on Russia and buyers of its oil unless Moscow agrees to end the war in Ukraine by Friday.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, departs from the National Congress in Brasilia.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025

Bolsonaro ordered into house arrest for defying Brazil court

The move came a day after Bolsonaro supporters staged rallies across the country against Brazil’s top court.
Palestinians hold out pots and pans to collect free food from a charity kitchen in Gaza, the Gaza Strip, on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2025

More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger, with burial shrouds in short supply

The United Nations says more than 1,000 people have been killed trying to receive aid in the enclave since the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operating in May 2025.
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the White House in Washington on Feb. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025

Trump again threatens India with harsh tariffs over Russian oil purchases

A spokesperson for the Indian foreign ministry said in response that India will "take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security."
Houda Ali Mohammed, 32, a displaced Sudanese mother of four, prepares food at a camp shelter amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on July 30.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2025

Hunger mounts and cemeteries grow in Sudan's besieged al-Fashir

The capital of North Darfur state is the biggest remaining frontline in the region and is under fire at a pivotal point in a civil war now well into its third year.
A drone footage shows partially submerged village houses and other buildings after heavy rainfall flooded the Miyun district of Beijing on July 29.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 5, 2025

Beijing evacuates more than 80,000 over heavy rain: state media

The move follows flooding in the capital's suburbs last week that killed dozens.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron after a joint news conference at a military base at Northwood Headquarters in northwest London on July 10
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025

U.K. and France set to ratify 'one in, one out' boat migrant returns deal

France will accept the return of undocumented people arriving in the U.K. by boat while the U.K. will accept an equal number of asylum-seekers with British family connections.
LA28 logos are seen on a Delta Airlines jet carrying American athletes and officials and the Olympic flag as it arrives in Los Angeles, on August 12, 2024.
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2025

Trump to sign order creating Olympics task force ahead of 2028 games

The United States will host the Olympics in Los Angeles in three years.
Amid rising prices for food and other items, a government panel has proposed a record hike in the average minimum wage.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 5, 2025

Amid inflation, Japanese government panel proposes record ¥63 minimum wage hike

The recommendation by the panel, which advises the labor minister, would raise the average minimum wage to ¥1,118 per hour.
Autumn to be cut short as harsh winter arrives suddenly
A short-lived autumn is expected this year, with temperatures staying unseasonably high through October before plunging in late November, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Tim Cook arrives in Tokyo as Apple prepares to reopen Ginza store
Apple is reopening its redesigned store in Ginza, Tokyo, on Friday. The location holds special importance for the company — it was its first overseas store, which originally opened in 2003.
Taiwan isn’t as susceptible to invasion as one would think
Soldiers participate in a military exercise in Miaoli County, Taiwan, in July 2022. While China may desire to unify the island, military, geographic, political and economic factors make a successful invasion unlikely.
Osaka Expo tickets being resold at exorbitant prices as closing date nears
With just three weeks left until the closing of the Osaka Expo, most admission slots are nearly fully booked. On auction sites, however, many reserved tickets are being traded at high prices.
India aims to challenge global shipbuilding giants
Cargo ships are docked in Navi Mumbai, India, in February. Only 5% of India's exports and imports are carried on Indian-flagged ships.
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.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(Clockwise from top 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
Tax-advantaged investments no lost cause for U.S. residents of Japan
While some American taxpayers assume they are ineligible to participate in Japan’s tax-deferred savings schemes, certified public accountant Rick Gundlach says that this is no longer the case.
Aichi Triennale’s message from the world: Free Palestine
“Between Currents and Bloom,” an eye-popping crocheted seascape by Indonesian artist Mulyana, dazzles with Instagram-ready cuteness while recalling a vibrant ocean now threatened by warming seas.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

"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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