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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2020

U.S.-China relations: Washington's bold moves have few buyers

By now, it is widely known that the U.S. is tightening the screws on Beijing across all areas of competition — from trade, technology to security.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2020

What's stopping women in Japan's politics from making history? A lot.

Viewed mainly as 'decoration,' female politicians struggle to win support of the Liberal Democratic Party's powerful factions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2020

A vaccine could slow down job growth

Businesses and other re-openings would depend on the widespread distribution of a vaccine. Experts are uncertain about how long that would take.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Sep 14, 2020

Giants stripping all mystery out of remainder of Central League campaign

After winning six games last week, the Kyojin have a 9u00bd-game lead over the second-place Hanshin Tigers with fewer than 50 games remaining for each team.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 14, 2020

Japan's next leader: How Yoshihide Suga beat the odds to succeed Shinzo Abe

The current chief Cabinet secretary won by a landslide in the party poll, all but guaranteeing his spot at the top.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2020

Tokyo reports 80 new coronavirus cases

Monday's figure brought the cumulative number of people infected with the virus in the capital to 23,083.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2020

Taiwan holding five Hong Kongers picked up at sea

Taiwan has been holding since last month five people from Hong Kong who fled the Chinese-run city by boat and were picked up by Taiwan's coast guard in the South China Sea, sources familiar with the situation said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2020

Once an American foe, now a friend: OPEC turns 60

Shifts in global politics and a surge in America's oil production have transformed the group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 14, 2020

U.S. election risk spurs Japan bond fund to cut treasuries

Japanese investors are now turning to bonds from the European Union instead.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2020

Veterans fortify the ranks of militias aligned with Trump’s views

The role of veterans in the newly proliferating groups — which sometimes are steeped in racism — has increased over the last decade.
PRESS / Events
Sep 14, 2020

「第2回 The Japan Times Satoyama & ESG Awards 2020」を発表

Smoke rises from Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, after an explosion, as seen from the Israeli side of the border on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2025

Israel unleashes massive ground assault on Gaza City

A U.N. commission accused Israel of committing "genocide" in the Palestinian territory, saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials had incited the crime.
Tyler Robinson, 22, the suspect in the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, appears by camera before Judge Tony Graf of the 4th District Court on Tuesday for his initial appearance in Provo, Utah.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination

The killing sparked denunciations of political violence but also raised concern that Kirk's murder might beget more bloodshed.
Ukrainan Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga (right) and his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski (center) look at drones as they visit an exhibition showcasing Ukrainian unmanned vehicles in Kyiv on Sept. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

Trump's public shrug over drone incursion in Poland fuels unease in Europe

Many NATO members already question U.S. President Donald Trump's commitment to their defense in the event of an actual Russian attack.
Israeli Border Police stand as Israeli Druze cross the border to check on their family members in Syria, amid the ongoing conflict in the Druze areas in Syria, in Majdal Shams, near the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria on July 16.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

Under U.S. pressure, Syria and Israel inch toward security deal

Washington is pushing for enough progress to be made by the time of the U.N. General Assembly at the end of this month to allow President Donald Trump to announce a breakthrough.
Russian President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition of military equipment while inspecting the joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground in Russia's Nizhny Novogorod region on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2025

Moscow and Minsk rehearse launch of nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus

Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor attends a ceremony by the U.S. Postal Service for the unveiling of a new stamp commemorating late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington in 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

As Trump exerts power, U.S. Supreme Court justice raises specter of a 'king'

Justice Sonia Sotomayor emphasized the need for Americans to know the difference between a president and a king.
Ukrainian soldiers fire toward Russian troops near a front line, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Aug. 20.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

Trump administration clears first Ukraine arms aid paid for by allies, sources say

Since taking office, the Trump administration has only sold weapons to Ukraine or shipped donations which were authorized by former President Joe Biden.
U.S. and Chinese officials have agreed on a framework to keep ByteDance’s TikTok app running in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 17, 2025

TikTok lives: U.S. and China in deal for app to keep operating in United States

The agreement requires TikTok's American assets to be transferred to U.S. owners from China's ByteDance, potentially resolving a saga that has lingered for nearly a year.
Japan's exports slipped 0.1% in August from a year earlier, led by a 13.8% drop in the value of shipments to the U.S., with cars the main drag.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2025

Japan’s exports fall for fourth month as U.S. shipments tumble

Exports slipped 0.1% in August from a year earlier, led by cars and steel, the Finance Ministry reported Wednesday.
Sanfrecce players celebrate after their Asian Champions League Elite win over Melbourne City on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Sep 17, 2025

Sanfrecce Hiroshima grabs second-half goals to win Asian CL opener

In other action, Machida Zelvia, making its debut in the competition, secured a 1-1 draw with FC Seoul.
Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato takes part in an online meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers on Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2025

Japan pushes back on U.S. call for tariff hikes over Russian oil

Tokyo is cautious about joining efforts to raise tariffs on countries trading with Russia as Japan itself has continued importing LNG from its neighbor.
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and his Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan counterpart, Jun Azumi, at parliament on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2025

LDP and CDP agree to create panel to discuss refundable tax credit

Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama hinted at the possibility of launching the panel under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration.
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2025

End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan

Companies that ship to the U.S. are hoping customers will tolerate higher costs or that the de minimis treatment will be restored, but many believe it's gone for good.
Gold medalist Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1,500 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 17, 2025

Faith Kipyegon cements place as supreme champion and role model for mothers

Kipyegon, a three-time Olympic champion, took her fourth world title at 1,500 meters on Tuesday in dominating fashion.
The Bank of Japan has maintained a wait-and-see approach for most of the year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 17, 2025

Bank of Japan set to hold rates steady even as inflation remains high

It is expected to keep the policy rate at 0.5% at its meeting this week.
Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake
A newspaper headline in Japanese about a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. In a report issued Friday, the government's Earthquake Research Committee widened the probability range for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake occurring off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years from "around 80%" to 60% to 94.5% or higher.
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.
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.
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.
Trump’s 100% pharmaceutical tariffs won’t apply to Japan and EU
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 19.
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’

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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
By Christoph Sponsel

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