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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2020

Ghosn escape accomplices win delay of extradition to Japan

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston said the U.S. should 'ensure that petitioners are not transported out of the district” for the time being.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2020

Canadian judge backs Huawei CFO but won't dismiss extradition case

A judge has blocked an attempt by Canada's attorney general to get parts of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's arguments dismissed in the case to extradite her to the United States, according to a ruling released on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2020

Latest terror attacks leave France embattled at home and abroad

A terror attack that killed three people in Nice on Thursday left France increasingly embattled at home and abroad, as the government called for toughening measures against Islamist extremism, amid rising tensions with Muslim nations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2020

As the West stumbles, ‘helmsman’ Xi pushes an ambitious plan for China

A Communist Party conclave concluded Thursday with a rousing statement lauding Xi as the party's helmsman, affirming his broad mandate as leader.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 30, 2020

World Rugby bars transgender women, baffling players

The decision earlier this month came as a shock to transgender players, especially in light of the organization's push for inclusion in the sport.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2020

Trump’s China scorecard shows many defeats, and one big change

American companies cite much the same concerns — and the same growth objectives — with regard to China today as they did when Trump took office.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 30, 2020

Olympic men's champion Kohei Uchimura tests positive for coronavirus

Negative tests next week could allow the reigning Olympic champion to participate in a planned four-nation meet at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Nov. 8.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Oct 30, 2020

Porcelain shards serve as stark reminder of war

Pieces of Old Imari porcelain serve as reminders of the tragedy of war and reviving them symbolizes the hope for world peace.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Oct 30, 2020

The 12th Japan Spelling Bee参加校募集！

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役会長兼社長：末松 弥奈子、以下 ジャパンタイムズ）は、小中学生が英単語の正しいつづり方を競うThe 12th Japan Spelling Beeを2021年3月6日（土）に開催するにあたり、ただいま参加校を募集しています。...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 30, 2020

Filmmaker Eiji Han Shimizu finds his 'True North' in animated film about North Korea

Eiji Han Shimizu seeks to accurately reflect the experiences of prisoners in North Korean camps with his animated film.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 29, 2020

Designart Tokyo forges ahead with hybrid approach

Like many industries, design, art and fashion has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic — from major exhibitions and trade fair cancellations to drops in consumer sales.
GDP grew at an annualized pace of 1% in the three months through June from the prior period, surpassing economists’ forecast of a 0.4% gain, according to the Cabinet Office.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 15, 2025

Japan growth beats forecasts, boosting rate-hike case for BOJ

Better-than-expected economic growth has given Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba some good news as he fends off calls to resign after July's election setback.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, in September last year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2025

Meta AI rules let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids and offer false info

Meta's standards don’t necessarily reflect "ideal or even preferable” generative AI outputs, an internal document states. But they have permitted provocative behavior by the bots.
Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa (right) with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (center) and Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn as they meet in Anning in China's Yunnan province on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 15, 2025

China urges Thailand and Cambodia reconciliation in three-way talks

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China supports the Southeast Asian countries in strengthening dialogue and eliminating misunderstandings
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in May.
WORLD
Aug 15, 2025

Trump’s Golden Dome still shrouded in mystery, even for its builders

Government officials told defense contractors last week they weren’t even allowed to mention the project by name.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference regarding the E1 settlement scheme, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 15, 2025

Far-right Israeli minister announces plan to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state

The Palestinian government, allies and campaign groups have condemned the plan to divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, calling it illegal.
Hong kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2025

Trump says he hopes to 'save' Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai

Trump has said he would raise Lai's case as part of negotiations with China over trade and tariffs.
The Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia
WORLD
Aug 15, 2025

U.S. military deploying forces to southern Caribbean against drug groups

U.S. President Donald Trump has wanted to use the military to go after Latin American drug gangs that have been designated as global terrorist organizations.
Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system unit is put on show during a military parade in central Moscow on May 9.
WORLD / Politics / EXPLAINER
Aug 15, 2025

Why is Putin talking about a new nuclear weapons treaty with the U.S.?

If a U.S.-Russian summit on Ukraine makes progress toward a new arms control treaty, the Russian president could argue he is engaging on wider peace issues.
Dried cannabis confiscated by police shown to media in Tokyo on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2025

Japan makes its biggest drug bust ever

Authorities have seized roughly a metric ton of dried cannabis smuggled by ship from Vietnam worth around ¥5.2 billion ($35.2 million).
Kosuzu Harada (right), a Nagasaki resident and the granddaughter of a double hibakusha, and Ari Beser, the grandson of a radar operator who flew aboard the U.S. B-29 bombers, in the city of Nagasaki in September 2024
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2025

Beyond A-bombs, grandchildren unite for nuclear-free world

A Japanese woman and an American man whose grandfathers experienced the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from opposite sides have forged an unlikely collaboration.
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2025

In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’

As part of a new UNESCO initiative, the elite Relais & Chateau hospitality group will empower its Japan-based members to preserve the country’s “omotenashi” culture.
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.
LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2025

A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling

Naoshima is known for art, but this coastal hotel in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, focuses on Japan’s competitive cycling scene.
Music instructor Ahmed Abu Amsha, 43, of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, conducts a lesson for Palestinian girls in Gaza City.
WORLD / Society
Aug 15, 2025

Gaza's young musicians sing and play in the ruins of war

Students in Gaza have continued music classes from displacement camps and shattered buildings even after Israel's bombardments forced them to abandon schools in the city.
Hiromi Kishi of the Japan Society on the History of Blind Education holds a vinyl record containing recordings of U.S. military aircraft sounds, which was used during World War II to train students of the school for the blind to recognize the approach of enemy planes, during an interview in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2025

For the disabled, WWII was a terror of another level

Individuals with disabilities, many of whom struggled to escape from attacks, were also expected to contribute to the war effort.
Mitsuko Arakaki talks about life on Tinian Island and the situation after the U.S. military landing, on July 12 in the village of Nakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 15, 2025

'Why do humans wage war?': Woman recalls escaping death on Tinian island in WWII

When U.S. air raids began in 1944, life changed overnight for the around 13,000 Japanese civilians living on Tinian.
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.
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.
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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