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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2020

Race for coronavirus vaccine pits spy against spy

The pandemic has prompted one of the fastest peacetime mission shifts in recent times for the world's intelligence agencies, pitting them against one another.
Rugby
Sep 5, 2020

Can Japan make the most of its Rugby World Cup legacy?

One year after the global tournament kicked off, the impact of COVID-19 is hampering efforts to build on the hugely successful event.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 5, 2020

Kaoru Mitoma scores twice as Frontale dismantles Marinos

When it rains, it pours — something Kawasaki Frontale was all too eager to prove in their 3-1 dismantling of Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday night in a Kanagawa Derby clash at Nissan Stadium.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 5, 2020

Welcome to Aomori, the cassis capital of Japan

Japan may not be famous for blackcurrants, but in Aomori Prefecture, domestic production begins and ends with the quality of the fruit.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 5, 2020

‘Astral Season, Beastly Season’: The ambiguity and conflicting extremes of being a teenager

Poet Tahi Saihate's novel centered on adolescence offers an authentic yet compassionate view of searching for meaning and human connections.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 5, 2020

Competing interests of labor unions laid bare at TV Asahi

When a company's workforce contains both journalists and news program workers, conflict can arise.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 5, 2020

Rise & Win: A victory for beer lovers (and sustainability)

Rise & Win beer is brewed in the zero-waste town of Kamikatsu, and that philosophy is built into the foundation of its brewery and Tokyo taproom.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 5, 2020

Toshimaen fans bid final farewells to a 94-year-old Tokyo institution

'We loved Toshimaen because it was uniquely Japanese,” one fan wrote on Twitter. “Now it's going to be just another imported theme park.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 5, 2020

Hasegawa Saketen Gransta: A sake lover's boon beneath Tokyo Station

Hasegawa Saketen's reborn Tokyo Station branch is larger, sleeker and even better stocked. It even boasts a new in-house sake microbrewery.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Sep 5, 2020

Cardboard Creations: Arty, eco-friendly Kami-waraji cardboard sandals

Innovative Kami-waraji sandals utilize corrugated cardboard in a twist on a venerable Japanese standby.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 5, 2020

‘Friend: A Novel from North Korea’: A fascinating glimpse into hidden lives

Paek Nam-nyong's state-approved novel reveals a side of North Korea that is rarely seen, with complex characters dealing with relatable woes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020

Trust and truth go hand in hand in a troubled year

COVID-19's most visible symbol is the mask, but 85 of 100 doctors surveyed by Shukan Gendai say masks are unnecessary in open outdoor spaces.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Sep 5, 2020

If you can’t decide between sweet or savory, why not get both to go?

Lawson has gone cup crazy with new Cupke desserts and skewers in portable packaging.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2020

Should freedom of assembly be an absolute right?

During the coronavirus pandemic, sizeable demonstrations have taken place in Belarus, Germany and the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in front of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delivers remarks linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children — claims that are not backed by decades of science — at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2025

'I'm not a doctor': Trump's autism announcement gives COVID-19 flashbacks

The U.S. president's announcements linking a painkiller to autism ranged from unproven medical claims to self-proclaimed expertise.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda announces the central bank's plan to start offloading its massive exchange-traded fund holdings, at a news conference in Tokyo last week.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2025

BOJ seeks to remove stocks overhang with slow sell-down of ETFs

The century-long plan to offload its massive holdings of ETFs, through which it indirectly owns about 7% of Japanese stocks, could begin in early 2026.
The municipal assembly of Toyoake in Aichi Prefecture passed an ordinance Monday that will limit daily leisure-related screen time for all residents to two hours.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2025

City in Aichi Prefecture passes ordinance capping screen time to two hours

There are no penalties for violators, with the city's mayor saying the aim is for residents to see whether they are losing sleep by using smartphones too much.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez listens to Bill Gates speak during an interview at the annual Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers Summit in New York on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2025

Bill Gates pledges $912 million to health aid, urging countries to reverse cuts

Speaking at an event in New York, Gates said the world was at a crossroads, with millions of children at risk of dying if funding drops too steeply.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (left) and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (right) at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2025

Japan, U.S. and South Korea reaffirm commitment to ridding North Korea of nukes

The countries’ top diplomats poured cold water on the chances of the U.S. ditching its denuclearization policy, after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hinted he is open to talks.
Google could be forced to sell a part of its online advertising business as antitrust enforcers bring their latest case against the tech giant.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 23, 2025

Google seeks to avoid ad tech breakup as antitrust trial begins

The case comes after regulators recently failed in a separate bid to make Google sell its Chrome browser earlier this month.
Waleed Siam, representative of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan, at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2025

Palestinian envoy urges Japan to recognize state after France, U.K. and others

The call came after Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday that Japan will not recognize Palestine as a state for the time being.
Visitors at the Osaka Expo last week. Japan will teach Saudi Arabia how to cope with venue congestion during the Riyadh Expo in 2030, which is expected to attract more than 40 million visitors.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2025

Japan to share expo know-how with Saudi Arabia

Riyadh is set to host the 2030 World Exposition.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. The <i>tankan</i> survey is one of key economic indicators the central bank assesses when determining monetary policy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 23, 2025

BOJ tankan expected to show slight rise in manufacturers' sentiment

The lowering of United States' tariffs on Japanese cars and auto parts earlier this month is likely to have eased makers' perception of current business conditions.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ishiba will be the first Japanese prime minister to join the General Debate at the U.N. General Assembly in two years.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2025

Ishiba departs for U.N. session in New York and meeting with Trump

The outgoing prime minister will be the first Japanese leader to join the General Debate at the U.N. General Assembly in two years.
Police officers stand guard Tuesday after all traffic was closed at Copenhagen Airport following reports of two or three large drones seen flying in the airport's immediate vicinity.
WORLD
Sep 23, 2025

Drone sightings disrupt flights at Copenhagen and Oslo airports

Danish police said that the drones that shut the country's main airport on Monday appeared to have been flown by "a capable operator," adding that no suspects had been identified.
India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk II lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, on July 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2025

India plans ‘bodyguard’ satellites after orbital near miss

India is developing a plan to improve its ability to protect satellites from attacks after a near miss in orbit by other spacecraft.
Police investigate an area around the scene where a woman was killed in a knife attack in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Sept. 1.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2025

Tokyo police rearrest South Korean man suspected of murdering ex-girlfriend on stalking charges

Police allege that the suspect, Park Yong-jun, repeatedly stalked the victim, Bang Ji-won, and trespassed into her home in the days leading to her killing.
Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which had been burning for eleven consecutive days, while vessels try to extinguish the fire in the sea off Sri Lanka's Colombo Harbor on May 30, 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2025

Singapore shipper rejects $1B damages over Sri Lanka's worst pollution incident

The company operated the MV X-Press Pearl that sank off Colombo Port in 2021 while carrying 81 containers of hazardous goods and hundreds of metric tons of plastic pellets.
Anti-vaccine activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 18, 2024. "Disinformation" has become such a contentious label in the United States that some researchers who study the harmful effects of falsehoods are abandoning it altogether.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2025

What do some researchers call disinformation? Anything but disinformation.

The label has become so contentious in the United States that some researchers who study the harmful effects of falsehoods are abandoning it altogether.
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.
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
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.

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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