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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 9, 2020

Universities in Chubu returning to face-to-face classes

According to an education ministry survey, a majority of institutions said they plan to have more than half of courses be in-person.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Oct 9, 2020

People with Minamata disease offer life lessons for Oita students

School students learn about mercury pollution and related stigma that are associated with the illness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 9, 2020

‘Rural surge’ propels India toward more COVID-19 infections than U.S.

A defiance of coronavirus rules is being reflected across rural India, and it is propelling this nation's virus caseload toward the No. 1 spot globally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2020

How to build a better 'Quad'

The Quad 's future will mostly depend on the trajectory of China's development in the coming years.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 9, 2020

Japan has no plan for digital currencies yet but will delve deeper

Japan has no plans now to issue central bank digital currencies but must deepen research on the possibility, the government's top spokesman said Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2020

Hong Kong’s woes may help Japan woo financiers, top official says

The vice finance minister said tax cuts and other tweaks to regulations ultimately matter less than whether Japan can bring back business opportunities for firms.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2020

Vegalta threatened by poor finances and fan anger

The Tohoku side announced earlier this week that an expected $6 million in losses this year will plunge the club into insolvency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2020

Suga’s daily schedule may carry key insights for stock investors

Shares in GMO Internet Inc., a tech conglomerate, jumped as much as 5.5 percent Thursday after founder and CEO Masatoshi Kumagai tweeted that he'd had dinner with Suga.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 9, 2020

Who’s whispering in Joe Biden’s ear about climate policy?

Biden's plan was knitted together in consultation with representatives from various diverse corners of the economic, political and climate advocacy worlds.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks next to U.S. Sen Deb Fischer at Songshan Airport in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

Taiwan has right to be free and 'preserve self-determination,' senior U.S. senator says

Taiwan has the right to be free and "preserve self-determination," U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Armed Services Committee and one of the strongest advocates for Taiwan in the U.S. Congress, told the island's president Friday.
Under a notice published Friday, the U.S. Commerce Department said it was revoking waivers for Samsung and SK Hynix to use U.S. technologies in their Chinese operations.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 30, 2025

Samsung and SK Hynix lose U.S. waiver on chip gear for China use

The semiconductor companies had been operating in China under regulations that allow them to import chipmaking equipment without applying for a new license each time.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference in Kyiv on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 30, 2025

Zelenskyy wants higher-level talks on security guarantees

The call came as European Union defense ministers pledged to train Kyiv's troops on Ukrainian soil in the event of a truce.
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a "Trump Was Right About Everything!" hat, as he visits The People’s House: A White House Experience museum in Washington on Aug. 22.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2025

Seeking more power, Trump uses firings to test presidential limits

The actions underscored Trump's desire for influence in sectors normally seen as independent from overt political control.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, will screen government agencies and ministries' requests for tax reform at their respective tax panels, aiming to draw up guidelines later this year.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

Government agencies draw up fiscal year 2026 tax reform requests

The ruling coalition will screen the requests, aiming to draw up late this year tax reform guidelines for the fiscal year starting next April.
Pedestrians walk past a flag that reads “Free DC” hanging on an overpass near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Aug. 15
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

Trump notifies Congress of plan to rescind billions in foreign aid

The maneuver challenges Congress’ spending powers and intensifies an already contentious battle over government funding, which is due to lapse Sept. 30.
People visit a beach near the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, South Korea, in August 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2025

South Korea and U.S. agree to discuss nuclear reprocessing, minister says

Changing an agreement on the issue would mark a major shift for the U.S., which has long sought to limit the number of countries with this capability.
A sleepy Tokyo-listed operator of nail salons is aiming to reinvent itself as one of the world’s largest corporate holders of Bitcoin.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 30, 2025

Japanese nails salon attempts reinvention as major bitcoin holder

The shift is the latest in a wave of radical financial reinventions pulling the likes of biotech firms and regional banks into crypto’s orbit.
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani, leaves federal court in Santa Ana, California, in February.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2025

Bookmaker linked to ex-Ohtani interpreter sentenced to prison

A California bookmaker who took at least 19,000 bets from Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on Friday.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, in April.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

U.S. bars Palestinian leader Abbas from U.N. as allies pledge statehood

The U.S. justified its decision by restating that the Palestinian Authority had failed to repudiate extremism while pushing for a Palestinian state.
Then-U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to board Air Force Two as she departs LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, in September last year.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

Trump withdraws Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection

The move comes just weeks before Harris is set to go on a tour to promote a new book about her failed presidential campaign against Trump last year.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a joint news conference in Toulon, France, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

German and French leaders push for secondary sanctions on Russian backers

The two European leaders are increasing pressure on Moscow as U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts sputter.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a signing ceremony during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Qingdao, China, in June 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

China's Xi prepares meeting of SCO security bloc to rival U.S.-led world order

The Chinese leader is likely to focus on what’s ahead for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at a time when Donald Trump upends U.S. alliances with the likes of India.
Chinese People's Liberation Army troops attend training ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2025

Defying West, China's Xi gathers 'Axis of Upheaval' for military parade

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un will attend the "Victory Day" parade on Sept. 3 — the first time they have appeared in public alongside Xi.
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, British Defense Minister John Healey (center) and British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom walk after the welcome ceremony upon arrival of Britain's Prince of Wales aircraft carrier at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

British defense chief emphasizes close security ties with Japan

British Defense Secretary John Healey has underlined his country's close security ties with Japan amid the changing security environment.

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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