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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Nov 2, 2020

Tuck lost his best friend and now he's looking for a new one

Wary, standoffish, aloof, moody — though these are words often used to describe cats, they also describe many Japanese breeds of dog, including the Shiba. They also suit Tuck, but they only describe a part of him. There’s a lot more below the surface, waiting to be discovered by the right person....
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2020

Make Science Great Again: U.S. researchers dream of life after Trump

Dozens of U.S.-based climate scientists shifted their research to France, or sought refuge in academia or in left-leaning states after Donald Trump was elected in 2016.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2020

Osaka voters say no to merger. Again.

The referendum defeat dealt a heavy blow to the Osaka Ishin no Kai local political group, with Mayor Ichiro Matsui vowing to retire at the end of his term.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2020

Airlines suffer blow as England bans overseas leisure travel

According to restrictions, overnight stays and holidays away from primary residences will not be allowed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 1, 2020

England virus lockdown may be extended beyond December

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced that England would go into a second, partial lockdown, as virus cases have spiked.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2020

Suga needs new tack on the North Korea abductee issue

With the abduction issue continuing to inform the Suga administration's North Korea policy, the government must adjust its approach if it hopes for progress.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 1, 2020

Parkrun returns to Japan after seven-month hiatus

Parkrun, a free, inclusive running event, offers safe opportunities for physical fitness and community building — even amid a pandemic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 1, 2020

New consoles debut just in time for 2020’s holiday season

This month sees the release of the PlayStation5 and Xbox Series X and Series S, plus the new Kingdom Hearts game has a musical twist.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2020

Trump’s election gift to China

At the ideological level, a U.S. election meltdown featuring bitter political clashes and endless litigation would be a propaganda bonanza for the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2020

Rethinking the nation's dependence on Tokyo

As living with COVID-19 becomes more normal and with the risks of other pandemics growing, Japan needs to disperse important agencies and facilities around the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Nov 1, 2020

‘We’re going to ground the fleet’: How Boeing’s 737 Max was parked

For days after the second fatal crash of a Boeing Co. 737 Max last year, one nation after another halted flights on the beleaguered jetliner.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 1, 2020

From exile in Kyoto, a social media leader in the fight for Thailand

With thousands of Thai students defying government attempts to halt pro-democracy rallies, many see Pavin Chachavalpongpun as an inspiration for change.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 1, 2020

Japanese soccer legend Kengo Nakamura to retire

After his miraculous comeback from an ACL injury sustained last year, the former J. League MVP will hang up his boots at 40.
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
JAPAN / History
Aug 13, 2025

The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731

For 95-year-old Hideo Shimizu, the 4½ months he spent with the biological and chemical warfare unit of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army were just like yesterday.
Steel exports from China, the world’s largest producer, have surged this year, weighing on prices.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2025

Japan starts anti-dumping probe into Chinese and South Korean steel goods

The investigation will probe flows of hot-dipped galvanized coil, sheet and strip, the trade and finance ministries said.
The Maruti Suzuki India e-Vitara electric vehicle unveiled during the Bharat Mobility Global Expo in New Delhi in January
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2025

Suzuki’s India unit doubles down on SUVs as small cars slide

The nation’s top carmaker is scrambling to counter slowing demand for its bread-and-butter small cars.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the BRICS summit meeting in Johannesburg in 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

India-China thaw takes shape as Modi embraces BRICS over Trump

Modi’s economic calculus was fundamentally altered this month when Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% as a penalty for its purchases of Russian oil.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki on July 16, 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

For Trump, Putin summit presents the ultimate test of dealmaking

Trump, voicing uncharacteristic humility about his diplomacy, said it was a "feel-out meeting" that would not in itself lead to a deal on Ukraine.
Emily Badger, a co-manager of the Man Japan CoreAlpha Fund
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2025

Man Group’s Japan fund buying bank stocks in bet on inflation

An investment manager at the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund is adding Japan’s financial shares to her portfolio.
Noe Ito (third from right) was editor-in-chief of feminist magazine Seito and her partner Sakae Osugi (second from right) was a prominent anarchist of the Taisho Era. Both were murdered by military police in 1923.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Aug 16, 2025

Taisho Democracy: A turbulent, tenuous era of conflicting ideals

The resilience of Japanese politics, culture and society were tested during the 14 years of the Taisho Era (1912-26).
An Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft operated by the Ground Self-Defense Force.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 13, 2025

GSDF completes relocation of Ospreys from Chiba Prefecture to Camp Saga

The Ospreys will be operated to defend remote islands, such as the Nansei island chain in southwestern Japan, with a Taiwan contingency in mind.
Wakatakakage during a ring entering ceremony in February 2020
SUMO
Aug 13, 2025

Will Wakatakakage bring balance to the banzuke?

Recent performances and sumo’s need for two ōzeki should help the veteran’s promotion hopes.
This handout video grab released and taken on Monday by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a Chinese Coast Guard ship with a damaged bow following an incident with a Chinese Navy vessel, as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2025

China's military says it 'drove away' U.S. destroyer near Scarborough Shoal

The shoal has been a major source of tension in the South China Sea, a conduit for more than $3 trillion of annual ship-borne commerce.
A yacht and a cargo ship collided near Hoto Island in Oita Prefecture on Wednesday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2025

Gravel carrier captain arrested over deadly yacht collision in Oita

Yuki Mochizuki, 28, was arrested on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and endangering traffic through negligence.
Fred Kerley celebrates with his 100m bronze medal at the Stade de France at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 13, 2025

Olympic medalist Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts failure

Kerley took 100m silver in Tokyo and bronze last year in Paris as well as the 2022 world 100m crown.
Tokyo stocks rallied to a new high on Wednesday even as trade tensions and economic concerns remain.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 13, 2025

Japan's Nikkei 225 breaches 43,000 for first time ever

The benchmark stock index surged to a new high for a second consecutive day.
Among the middle school students who admitted to abusing over-the-counter medication, the majority — around 64% — said they got them from pharmacies while a third said they had access to them in their own households.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 13, 2025

1 in 55 Japanese middle schoolers abuse over-the-counter drugs, survey shows

Most of them got the drugs from pharmacies and their own households.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a news conference at the Blue House in Seoul on July 3.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

South Korean President Lee to visit Japan for summit with Ishiba, Seoul says

The leaders will discuss ways to improve regional peace and boost trilateral cooperation with Washington.
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.
JICA scraps Africa ‘hometown’ agreement after migration mixup
The “Africa Hometown Initiative,” announced by the Japan International Cooperation Agency at an African development conference in Yokohama in August, sought to foster exchanges that would help bridge four municipalities in Japan with four countries in Africa.
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.
Japanese corporate boards have changed dramatically in recent years
Most Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Section companies have independent directors now.
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.

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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