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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2020

White House wants to know how fast nukes could be pulled out of storage, report says

The report comes as talks over extending the last remaining strategic arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia remain deadlocked.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2020

SMIC joins the growing list of China security threats

U.S. export restrictions mean American companies will have to apply for a license to sell some products to the Shanghai-based chipmaker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 29, 2020

Record ban on short-selling fuels worries of bubble in South Korea

In August, the government extended the ban the country imposed in March for another half a year, much to the consternation of institutional investors.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 29, 2020

B. League Chairman Shinji Shimada pushing for growth amid pandemic

The former Jets president has pledged to protect financially struggling clubs and expand the league's online viewership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2020

Japan Airlines ditches 'ladies and gentlemen' for gender-neutral greetings

The announcement comes as gender-equality advocates say corporate support for LGBT rights is growing in socially conservative Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 29, 2020

Japan stocks finally beat bubble-era high — at least on one gauge

The Nikkei 500, an index that includes 275 more companies than the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average, rose to a record Monday, topping the closing high in December 1989.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 29, 2020

Japan has finally come to its census

Japan undergoes a census every five years and 2020 happens to mark the questionnaire's 100th anniversary.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 29, 2020

Why the true coronavirus death toll may be way over 1 million

Even in countries with sophisticated health systems, mortality is difficult to accurately gauge.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Sep 29, 2020

Onomatopoeic terms like 'niko-niko' get us smiling

'Kusu-kusu' and 'gera-gera' are two types of laughs that are used in entirely different situations.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 29, 2020

Let's discuss Japanese name order

A Japan Times article looks at the idea of putting last names first for Japanese people in English media.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands as they attend a joint news conference at the White House in Washington in February.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Trump says India and Russia appear 'lost' to 'deepest, darkest China'

"Looks like we've lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!" Trump wrote in a social media post.
Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, near Miami. The Group of 20 summit, a major diplomatic event that includes rich and developing nations, will be held at the Doral resort in 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump announced.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Trump announces he’ll host 2026 G20 summit at his Doral resort

The U.S. will also streamline the summit to trim what had become a ballooning attendance list in recent years, officials said.
A sign that reads "Pete Hegseth Secretary of War" is displayed on a door, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Defense to be renamed as the "Department of War," reverting to a title it held until after World War II, when officials sought to emphasize the department's role in preventing conflict, at the Pentagon in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Trump hails Department of War rebrand as 'message of victory'

Trump cannot formally change the name of the Pentagon without the approval of Congress — but the 79-year-old's order authorizes the use of the new label as a "secondary title."
A raid is conducted at a construction site for an electric vehicle battery plant in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday. Immigration authorities arrested hundreds of workers for a major South Korean battery maker at the Hyundai plant in Georgia, U.S. officials said Friday, calling it the largest ever Homeland Security enforcement operation at a single location.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 6, 2025

U.S. agents arrest 475 in raid on South Korea's Hyundai-LG plant in Georgia

The operation was the largest single site raid carried out so far as part of President Donald Trump's nationwide anti-migrant drive.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with the high military command in Caracas on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Trump plays down regime change in Venezuela as U.S. deploys stealth fighter jets

The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels.
U.s. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June 2018. Trump approved a 2019 Navy SEAL operation to plant a listening device in North Korea, a mission that unraveled amid a series of mistakes and resulted in the SEALs killing North Korean civilians.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 6, 2025

How a top secret SEAL Team 6 mission into North Korea fell apart

The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Donald Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a warning via social media after the EU announced it was fining Google almost €3 billion ($3.5 billion) and ordering the search giant to stop favoring its own advertising technology services.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 6, 2025

Trump threatens trade actions after EU fines Google over ads

The EU announced that it was fining Google almost €3 billion ($3.5 billion) and ordering it stop favoring its own advertising technology services.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) building in Washington
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

U.S. appeals court says Trump cannot continue foreign aid cuts

A U.S. appeals court declined to block a lower court ruling that said the administration could not unilaterally cut billions of dollars of foreign aid.
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as he signs executive orders at the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2025

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for big changes at Fed

Bessent called for renewed scrutiny of the Federal Reserve, including its power to set interest rates, saying the "Fed must change course."
Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 6, 2025

With diplomatic tour de force, China's Xi shows he's 'totally in charge'

The recent display of geopolitical ambition has helped quell concerns about the 72-year-old president's vitality and so-far-unknown succession plans.
A woman wearing a poncho takes a selfie at Bondi Beach during wet weather in Sydney on Aug. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 6, 2025

Suspected 'large shark' kills man off Sydney beach

It was the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 2022, when 35-year-old British diving instructor Simon Nellist was killed off Little Bay.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits an interactive exhibition in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his country under postwar security guarantees.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner with members of his Cabinet and members of Congress, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2025

Trump signs order offering some tariff exemptions to countries with U.S. trade deals

The exemptions could come for trading partners who strike deals on exports of certain metals, as well as pharmaceutical compounds and chemicals.
Prince Hisahito concludes his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2025

Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms

The nephew of Emperor Naruhito, Prince Hisahito, on Saturday received a black silk and lacquer crown at the ceremony, which marks the beginning of his royal adult life.
The Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo. Recent polls paint a bleak picture for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s chances of avoiding an early leadership contest than previous surveys.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 6, 2025

Ruling LDP moving toward calling presidential election, polls show

The latest polls paint a far bleaker picture for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s chances of avoiding an early leadership contest than previous surveys.
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.

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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