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Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 8, 2020

Naomi Osaka's activism helping her game, says coach Wim Fissette

Taking a stand against racial injustice has boosted Naomi Osaka's motivation and energy going into this year's U.S. Open, her coach Wim Fissette told reporters on Monday.
SPORTS
Sep 8, 2020

NPB and J. League call on government to raise crowd limits

The two leagues, citing the success of anti-COVID countermeasures, said they should be allowed to welcome up to 20,000 fans at larger venues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 8, 2020

Sharp says air purification technology can reduce airborne coronavirus

The firm said its technology, which emits positive hydrogen ions and negative oxygen ions, cuts the concentration of the virus in the air by about 90 percent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2020

Eyeing China, Taiwan urges alliance against 'aggressive actions'

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan stood at the forefront of defending democracy from 'authoritarian aggression.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 8, 2020

Chess (yes, really) finds an eager audience during pandemic

The exploits of grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and other top players have drawn thousands of viewers to Twitch in recent months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 8, 2020

Boris Johnson’s taste for Brexit danger could doom EU trade deal

For economists, business leaders and European Union officials, the question is whether to believe that he won't back down.
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 21, 2025

40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings

Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the accord, struck between Japan, the U.S., the U.K., France and what was then West Germany.
Angels designated hitter Mike Trout connects on his 400th career home run during a game against the Rockies on Saturday.
BASEBALL
Sep 21, 2025

Mike Trout hits 400th homer as Angels win

The eighth-inning blast was Trout's 22nd on the season. He became the 59th player in major league history to hit 400 home runs.
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes celebrates after his squad's home win over Chelsea.
SOCCER
Sep 21, 2025

Manchester United breathes life into season with Chelsea victory

Manchester United got goals from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro to earn a thrilling 2-1 home victory over Chelsea on Saturday.
Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, former commissioner-general of Japan's National Police Agency, speaks during an interview on Aug. 12 in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2025

Ex-police chief pins hopes on new 'tokuryū' measures

Conventional methods do not work against such groups because they recruit using encrypted social media apps, making it difficult to identify the ringleaders.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting his 53rd home run of the season on Saturday in Los Angeles.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 21, 2025

Shohei Ohtani's 53rd homer caps Dodgers' slugfest in win over Giants

With the win, the Dodgers retained a four-game lead over the San Diego Padres atop the National League West
Japan head coach Eddie Jones during a training session in November last year.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 21, 2025

Fiji beats Japan in Pacific Nations Cup rugby final

Fiji seized a 33-10 lead on Nasova's try early in the second half and then held off a furious Japan rally over the final minutes in a rematch of last year's final.
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.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Sep 21, 2025

As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price

Japan is Australia’s second-largest export market for energy and natural resources, giving Tokyo a certain political weight when it comes to Australian energy matters.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden celebrates with fans after winning the women's 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 21, 2025

How the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo delivered on the fan experience

After the Olympics, the fan experience at World Athletics Championships was arguably more important than any other event. So how did National Stadium fare with its big do-over?
A thermometer displays 42 degrees Celsius in the city of Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 5.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2025

Government to step up heatstroke prevention for elderly

While elderly people are at higher risk of heatstroke due to their declining thermoregulation and ability to sweat, some refrain from using air conditioners even on very hot days.
Study by Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and House Foods Group has found that the sweet-salty combination dulls the sense of avoiding high salt concentrations and can lead to greater salt intake.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2025

Sweetness dulls salt aversion and may lead to excessive intake, study shows

The tendency is more pronounced among people with chronic kidney disease, underscoring the need for salt reduction that takes the effect of sweetness into account.
Bill Gates, chairman of the Gates Foundation, visits Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Aug. 19.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2025

The world needs Japan’s leadership in life sciences

For decades now, Japan has understood the value of global health investment better than almost any other country on the planet.
A crude oil tanker berths at an oil terminal, off Waidiao Island in Zhoushan, China. The country’s large-scale oil stockpiling is driven by cheap prices, expanded storage, new legal mandates, energy security worries and efforts to diversify away from U.S. assets.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2025

Why is China stockpiling so much oil?

In problem-solving, the principle of Occam’s razor recommends searching for the simplest explanation. So perhaps the answer is as straightforward as "because it’s cheap.”
Bartender and raconteur Shingo Gokan wants his new Tokyo bar, Sangai, to tell the story of Japan's terroir.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kanpai Culture
Sep 23, 2025

With new Tokyo bar, Shingo Gokan's bartending journey comes full circle

After a nomadic career, a charismatic bartender now finds home to be a vibrant source of tippling inspiration.
An offshore wind turbine off the coast of Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2025

Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shift

Still heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels, Japan has declared offshore wind energy a "trump card" in its drive to make renewables.
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito (front second from right) and other participants announce the "Hyogo Declaration" during the creative reconstruction summit on Saturday in the city of Kobe.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2025

'Creative Reconstruction Summit' held in Kobe 30 years after major quake

The meeting introduced reconstruction efforts in areas damaged by large-scale disasters throughout Japan.
Workers in protective suits stand outside Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift medical facility for treating patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in April 2020
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 21, 2025

Chinese COVID-19 whistleblower handed four more years in jail, group says

Zhang Zhan, 42, was sentenced on a charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" in China.
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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