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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2020

Japan-U.K. trade deal: Cheer amidst the gloom

It could be that the golden era of U.K. relations with China is set to be replaced by a golden era of relations with Japan.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 21, 2020

J. League and NPB reaffirm commitment to safety as limits on attendees eased

The two leagues said they'd remain vigilant in order to safely complete the remainder of their respective 2020 campaigns.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Sep 21, 2020

Buffaloes score with play, uniforms during mostly positive week on diamond

The Orix Buffaloes looked good last week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2020

The rise of Covidnomics

Once links between medicine and economics are pinpointed, fascinating policy ideas begin to emerge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2020

The post-pandemic recovery’s missing link is trust

As with the 2008 global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has decisively weakened public confidence in expertise.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 21, 2020

First Suga-Trump talks go off without a hitch, but challenges still ahead

U.S.-Japan alliance seen as focal point of the new prime minister's one-on-one talks with Trump, but questions remain over whether Suga will be able to preserve the status quo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2020

Jack Ma’s Ant Group lifts IPO funding target to $35 billion

Ant's simultaneous listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai may mark the biggest IPO ever, topping Saudi Aramco's record $29 billion sale.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 21, 2020

Meet Japan's new top government spokesman, same as the last one

Some believe what appealed most to Yoshihide Suga about Katsunobu Kato, the new chief Cabinet secretary, is how much he resembles the new prime minister.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2020

U.S. and North Korea came much closer to war than previously thought, book claims

Book by journalist Bob Woodward details scores of instances that highlight the unease felt by top U.S. officials amid the 'fire and fury' of the 2017 crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 21, 2020

Abortion was on the back burner in the U.S. presidential race — not anymore

An all-out fight over the issue could further alienate the more moderate suburban voters both sides are competing for.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2020

Chinese military video appears to show simulated attack on U.S. air base on Guam

The video, released on the People's Liberation Army Air Force Weibo account, came as China carried out a second day of drills near Chinese-claimed Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Sep 21, 2020

Job or hijab? Singapore debates ban on Islamic veil at work

Although Muslim women can freely wear the hijab in most settings in Singapore, some professions bar the headscarf.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 21, 2020

China's ByteDance says TikTok will be its subsidiary under deal with Trump

China's ByteDance said on Monday that TikTok's global business will become its subsidiary, even as Oracle Corp. and Walmart Inc. said over the weekend that they and U.S. investors would own the majority of the video app following a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
Tokyo's National Stadium will host the World Athletics Championships from Sept. 13 to 21.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 11, 2025

National Stadium to finally fulfill destiny years after hosting Olympics without fans

Originally built in 2019 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, National Stadium was robbed of its original purpose when the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down.
Actor and World Athletics special ambassador for the local organizing committee Yuji Oda (front, fifth from right) poses with athletes at Tokyo's National Stadium during an open practice on Sept. 4.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 11, 2025

Broadcaster TBS taps Hello Kitty and Yuji Oda in bid to sell World Athletics

TBS has provided televised coverage of the World Athletics Championships since the 1997 event in Athens.
Evan Dunfee competes during the 35-kilometer race walk during the world championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 11, 2025

Canada's Evan Dunfee hopes to create race walk to remember at world championships

Having won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Dunfee will be vying for gold when the 2025 World Athletics Championships begin on Sunday.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (right) meets with his Portuguese counterpart, Luis Montenegro, on Thursday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2025

Japan and Portugal to upgrade ties to strategic partnership

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Portuguese counterpart, Luis Montenegro, also agreed to strengthen Japanese-Portuguese cooperation in various fields.
Singer-songwriter Mei Ehara confronted the pressure of creating her third album by taking inspiration from a literary device that merely serves as a trigger for a plot. The resulting album is “All About McGuffin.”
CULTURE / Music
Sep 12, 2025

Mei Ehara’s third album finds clarity in the noise

The Japanese singer-songwriter turns the concept of a McGuffin into her most direct work yet, sharpened by a U.S. tour with Faye Webster.
South Korea’s lack of a free trade deal with Mexico puts it at a disadvantage to Japanese rival carmakers.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2025

Mexican tariffs give Japan’s carmakers an edge over Korean rivals

Higher tariffs are expected to apply to a list of more than 1,400 categories of products coming from countries with which Mexico has no trade agreement.
FBI agents inspect a rooftop on Thursday at the scene where, a day earlier, youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk was shot during a public event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025

Hunt for shooter of Charlie Kirk enters third day in U.S.

The manhunt for the shooter who killed Charlie Kirk stretched into a third day on Friday, after police released fresh images in an effort to crack the case.
FBI Director Kash Patel
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2025

FBI director faces scrutiny for inaccurately saying Kirk killer had been caught

Just before officials on the scene of the shooting in Utah briefed the press on Wednesday, Kash Patel said the shooter was in custody.
Melos Han-Tani is a game designer of eclectic interests whose upcoming releases, Angeline Era and Danchi Days, are set in alternate-history Ireland and a public housing complex in Japan, respectively.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 12, 2025

Melos Han-Tani: ‘Figuring out what you value is valuable for any artist’

A designer, programmer and composer, Han-Tani draws inspiration from a wide range of sources and channels his creativity through games, music and writing.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint news conference at the White House in Washington in February. Israel has shown it is not afraid to act against U.S. interests.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 12, 2025

Qatar bombing tests the limits of the Trump-Netanyahu alliance

Israel's surprise attack against Hamas leaders in Doha showed the cold calculus beneath U.S. President Trump's relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest in Brasília, Brazil, on Aug. 14. Brazil's Supreme Court has convicted Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025

Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot conviction

The conviction made the 70-year-old Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be convicted for attacking democracy.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swastika Jajoo (fourth from right) began attending the daily radio calisthenics routine at Sendai’s Kitasanbancho Park and struck up unexpected friendships with a group of elderly residents.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 15, 2025

Calisthenic companions bridge cultures and generations

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a doctoral student in Sendai found friendship in unexpected places.
Japan Coast Guard officials take part in joint antipiracy exercises with the Indonesia Coast Guard, held off the coast of Jakarta in January.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 12, 2025

Staffing difficulties leave Japan Coast Guard stretched

Applications for officer posts have fallen, while turnover has increased, especially among younger members.
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2025

Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?

Facing a stagnant and highly competitive retail market in Japan, Seven & I’s growth is expected to come from overseas.
The Environment Ministry and other government agencies decided to strengthen calls for caution, as bear sightings are feared to increase this autumn.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2025

Asian black bear sightings hit record high in Japan

Bear sightings are feared to increase this autumn due to an expected poor harvest of beech nuts, a key food source.

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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