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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 7, 2020

Eddie Van Halen, virtuoso of the rock guitar, dies at 65

Van Halen's razzle-dazzle guitar-playing made him the most influential guitarist of his generation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2020

Japan records most negative view of China as unfavorable opinions surge, survey finds

The jump in negative views of China comes amid widespread criticism over Beijing's global response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2020

Thousands of Indonesians protest against passage of jobs bill

The law removes the three-year maximum duration of contracts and reduces severance benefits — provisions the government said are intended to promote formal hiring.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2020

Suga clears first diplomatic hurdle in meeting with Pompeo

The meeting with the top U.S. diplomat at the Prime Minister's Office took place ahead of a dialogue among foreign ministers from the so-called Quad countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 6, 2020

'Suganomics' and India-Japan economic ties: A seven-point plan

Suga's clear global focus can be an advantage for India and Indian talent as it may open more doors for educational and professional exchanges between citizens.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2020

Japan eyes stress test on major banks to gauge impact of COVID-19

The Bank of Japan is moving toward stress testing many banks simultaneously based on standardized risk scenarios, bringing it in line with overseas counterparts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2020

Toyota adds to hydrogen bet with North American fuel cell truck

The automaker did not provide a timeline for beginning sales of the Class 8 truck but said it would debut a prototype in the first half of 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2020

Nintendo bulls betting Switch can provide gaming’s iPhone moment

Some Nintendo bulls believe the company can transform into one that's able to roll out incremental new platforms while retaining its user base.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2020

An appalling debate is only the latest blow to the U.S. image in the world

Last week's U.S. presidential debate was engrossing — as is a car crash or a tawdry reality TV show. The rudeness and incoherence left most viewers aghast.
Houses in the Devonport area of Auckland in July last year
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2025

New Zealand reverses course to let some foreign investors buy homes

The country will open its housing market to wealthy foreigners who invest in local businesses, reversing a previous ban in expectation it will boost economic growth.
A portable gas stove in flames after using an old gas canister
JAPAN / Society
Sep 1, 2025

Be careful with gas canisters and portable generators, safety watchdog warns

While they are useful especially in times of disasters, their misuse or mishandling have led to many accidents, some even causing deaths, between 2020 and 2024.
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2025

Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya

An emergency call was made just after 1:30 p.m. on Monday that the woman, a 40-year-old South Korean native, was bleeding on the ground.
People use their phones in a garden in Moscow on June 22. Many Russians have turned to the private messaging service Telegram as the government bans Western social media platforms.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 1, 2025

Russian influencers are thriving on Telegram

Since 2021, Telegram’s monthly active users in Russia have risen to 120 million, more than 90% of the country’s internet users.
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 1, 2025

More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record

Temperatures were more than 2.36 degrees Celsius higher than average across Japan in August, with the heat expected to continue into this month.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CEO Eisaku Ito at the firm's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 1, 2025

Mitsubishi Heavy to double gas turbine capacity in two years as demand soars

Demand for the turbines has increased globally due to the proliferation of data centers, new manufacturing and continued electrification.
Australia's Nina Kennedy (AUS) wins the women's pole vault at 4.90 meters during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Aug. 7, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 1, 2025

'Mongrel' spirit drives pole vault queen Kennedy in world title defense

Kennedy has not competed since becoming the first Australian woman to win Olympic gold in a field event in Paris last year.
Seattle Sounders and Inter Miami players push and shove after the game at Lumen Field, Seattle on Sunday.
SOCCER
Sep 1, 2025

Miami's Suarez at center of spitting incident after Leagues Cup loss

The 38-year-old's reputation as one of the game's arch-villains was cemented when he bit Giorgio Chiellini during the 2014 World Cup.
Southern bluefin tuna at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2025

'Antarctic tuna' rebrand weighed for southern bluefin

Southern bluefin is regarded as the second highest-quality tuna, after Pacific bluefin, but is not well known among consumers.
Afghan volunteers and Taliban security personnel work to move injured people near a military helicopter following earthquakes in the village of Nurgal, in Afghanistan's Kunar province, on Monday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2025

Afghanistan earthquake death toll crosses 1,400, authorities say

The magnitude 6 earthquake struck around midnight local time on Monday, with the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar being the worst hit.
The plane transporting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her staff lifts off from the tarmac of Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, in Mihail Kogalniceanu, near Constanta, Romania, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2025

GPS system of EU chief's plane jammed, with Russian interference suspected

The EU did not address the question of whether it believe European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's airplane had been deliberately targeted.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smokes a cigarette before departing Pyongyang by special train to China in this image released Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2025

North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing for debut on multilateral stage

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to join Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a military parade on Wednesday.
Eric Trump, a son of U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on Friday. He attended an extraordinary shareholders meeting of Metaplanet in Tokyo on Monday as the firm's adviser.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 2, 2025

Eric Trump takes stage in Japan as bitcoin firm Metaplanet votes on capital plan

The relationship between the Japanese bitcoin firm and U.S. President Donald Trump's son comes as the Trump family expands its crypto ventures internationally.
A boy mourns his father, who was killed in a strike in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on May 15. Israel's military action in Gaza has killed about 63,000 people.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2025

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says

Israel's Foreign Ministry called the statement disgraceful and "entirely based on Hamas' campaign of lies."
A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest demanding police reform and the dissolution of the Indonesian parliament, in Bandung, West Java, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2025

At least 20 people missing after deadly Indonesia protests

Since Aug. 25, police have arrested 1,240 people in Jakarta in the worst protests since President Prabowo Subianto took power last year.
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.
Japan might be spared Trump's 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals
U.S. President Donald Trump is rolling out a number of new tariffs on Oct. 1.
LDP presidential hopefuls take hard-line stance on immigration
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Sept. 16. All five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race demonstrated a tougher stance on foreign tourists and nationals.
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.
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.

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

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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
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