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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 13, 2020

China looks to give vaccines still being tested to students

Two shots being developed by CNBG which are still in the final, third phase of testing have been authorized for emergency use in the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 13, 2020

Getting 'Suganomics' on track: Three points to gauge PM's progress

The new Japanese government will be successful if early and small successes can be achieved to give it momentum.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2020

In Putin’s pain, there is an opportunity

Putin is taking great pleasure in the convulsions that have seized the U.S. body politic, yet the satisfaction must be fleeting as his attention focuses elsewhere.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2020

Power firm JERA to shut inefficient coal-fired plants by 2030

The firm also said it aims to achieve net zero emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 13, 2020

What’s the problem with vote-by-mail? Hint: It’s not fraud

Vote-by-mail has become one of the most contentious issues of the 2020 election. But while battles rage on social media and in the courts, a group of bipartisan Michigan election officials worry they won’t have the time or resources to ensure results on election night.
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Oct 13, 2020

Controversy over bids to host nuclear waste highlights disposal issue

Two municipalities in Hokkaido have applied to the first stage of the process to build final disposal sites for nuclear waste, but the moves have prompted opposition.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault final during a Diamond League meet in Zurich on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2025

Mondo Duplantis soars to fifth Diamond League crown

Duplantis, who improved on his own world record with a vault of 6.29 in Budapest two weeks ago, now has five Diamond League trophies.
A malnourished Palestinian child gets a checkup at a medical point run by a local nongovernmental organization affiliated with the primary health care of the Palestinian health ministry in al-Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Younis, on Aug. 13.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2025

Starving Gaza children too weak to cry, Save the Children head says

The United Nations officially declared famine in the Gaza Strip on Friday, blaming what it called Israel's systematic obstruction of aid during more than 22 months of war.
Despite coming from a difficult background that resulted in behavioral issues, Tosca has turned a new leaf with his new owners in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Aug 28, 2025

Tosca turns a new leaf in a new home

A dog with a troubled past has finally found his way to a loving family.
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown after taking office in January.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2025

Trump administration moves to tighten duration of visas for students and media

The proposed regulation is part of U.S. President Donald Trump's broader crackdown on legal immigration.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 28, 2025

Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled

Japan's chief tariff negotiator had been set to leave on Thursday for a 10th round of talks.
Anthropic, an AI startup founded in 2021, is one of the world’s most valuable private companies and competes with OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI as well as Google and Microsoft.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2025

Anthropic says attacker used AI tool in widespread hacks

The campaign demonstrated a "concerning evolution in AI-assisted cybercrime” in which a single user can operate like an entire cybercriminal team.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world's largest contract maker of chips, used in everything from smartphones to missiles.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2025

Taiwan prosecutors charge three with stealing TSMC trade secrets

The three people include a former TSMC engineer who went to work for Tokyo Electron's Taiwan subsidiary and two staff employed by the chipmaker.
Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear power plant is seen from the shoreline in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2025

Court backs restart of nuclear reactors in Kagoshima Prefecture

Plaintiffs had questioned the rationality of a volcanic assessment guide used for safety screening.
The industry ministry aims to reduce tax burdens on Japanese companies making investments in facilities and equipment by expanding tax deductions and allowing lump-sum depreciation.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2025

Industry ministry to spur capital expenditure through tax measures

The ministry aims to reduce tax burdens on Japanese companies making investments in facilities and equipment by expanding tax deductions and allowing lump-sum depreciation.
Thailand's suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra gestures as she arrives at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok on Aug. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2025

Powerful Thai court again to decide fate of Thaksin-aligned prime minister

The case against Paetongtarn Shinawatra shows how the country’s conservative establishment can thwart governments and engineer military-backed rule.
A father carries his daughter after a shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Two children were killed and 17 others were injured in the attack.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2025

Shooter kills two children in Minneapolis church and injures 17 others

The heavily armed shooter opened fire on schoolchildren attending a church service marking their first week back at school.
The ByteDance logo at the company's office building in Shanghai in 2023. The company plans to offer to buy back current employees shares at a price 5.5% higher than it offered in a previous repurchase program about six months ago.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2025

TikTok owner ByteDance sets valuation at over $330 billion in planned buyback

The latest buyback at a higher valuation will come as ByteDance consolidates its position as the world's largest social media company by revenue.
A Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle in Shanghai
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2025

Chinese carmakers resist Beijing’s call to end brutal price war

Domestic EV maker Leapmotor said recently that while the government’s campaign is beneficial for the industry, it won’t affect its pricing tactics.
The former main building of the Justice Ministry. The ministry is requesting ¥877.5 billion in overall funding, of which ¥22.9 billion would be used for measures linked to foreign workers.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2025

Budget requests from Justice Ministry focus on foreign nationals

Of the ¥877.5 billion requested, ¥22.9 billion would be set aside for measures linked to foreign workers and ¥18.3 billion for measures that respond to a rise in foreign tourists.
Bank of Japan rate hikes may continue though trade uncertainties remain, board member Junko Nakagawa says.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 28, 2025

BOJ board member reaffirms stance on raising interest rates

Junko Nakagawa's remarks indicate there’s at most a low chance of a move coming at the board's next meeting, which concludes on Sept. 19, as of now.
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.
Woman in Japan arrested for keeping daughter's body in freezer for 20 years
Police have arrested a 75-year-old woman after she allegedly confessed to keeping her adult daughter's body in a freezer for 20 years.
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.
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.
Court rules sex change appearance requirement unconstitutional
The Sapporo Family Court on Friday ruled that a legal provision requiring individuals to undergo genital surgery to change their legal gender is unconstitutional and invalid.
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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