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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2022

Flu epidemic declared in Tokyo and five other prefectures

Japan did not experience a flu season over the past two years and the number of people with immunity is believed to have fallen significantly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 23, 2022

‘There’s less noise’: How investors are dealing with the fintech slowdown

Funding globally for financial technology firms smashed several records last year, but that boom didn't last into 2022.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2022

Australia's housing crisis, largely hidden, is getting worse

Relentlessly rising rents, eight consecutive interest rate hikes and surging living costs have inflamed what was already among the world's least affordable rental markets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs record 371 deaths as cases continue to surge

By prefecture, Kanagawa posted the most daily deaths, with 28, followed by Hokkaido, with 25, Tokyo, with 24, and Osaka, with 19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 23, 2022

Stories centered on climate change slowly make inroads in massive gaming industry

Activists and governments are hoping they can encourage behavioral change among gamers through green nudges, where points are awarded for protecting the environment in consumer games
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2022

High-ranking LDP lawmaker says TSMC considering second plant in Japan

Yoshihiro Seki, secretary general of a Liberal Democratic Party group on chip industry strategy, also urged the government to provide a favorable environment for investment.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Dec 23, 2022

What to make of Japan’s new defense documents

Nothing in Japan's new defense documents signals an abandonment of the core principles of its security, but a refinement of roles and capabilities to match modern needs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 23, 2022

Meta to pay $725 million in Cambridge Analytica scandal settlement

Facebook's parent company admitted no wrongdoing, saying in a statement that settling was 'in the best interest of our community and shareholders.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2022

Tokyo’s long-term plan to become more disaster resilient

The capital is planning to upgrade its infrastructure by 2049 to be better prepared for heavy rain and flooding events.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 23, 2022

Ukraine's parallel war on corruption to unlock door to West

The drive to stamp out graft and fraud is deemed urgent enough for the government to devote resources to, even during Russia's invasion.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 23, 2022

A looming biodiversity crisis demands action

Some 188 governments agreed to a sweeping deal to protect the Earth's biodiversity at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference: COP15 that convened earlier this month in Montreal, Canada.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2022

Java without java? The crisis brewing in coffee

The Indonesian island is a byword for caffeine. The woes piling up for the coffee industry are on full display.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2022

The Asian nations bringing Washington and Beijing together

Southeast Asian nations have been playing a key role in mediating tensions between Washington and Beijing.
North Korea's new Chollima-1 rocket is launched in Cholsan County, North Korea, on May 31 in this image taken from video.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2023

North Korea to launch satellite between Thursday and Aug. 31

Japan has indefinitely extended an order issued to destroy any North Korean ballistic missile, rocket or debris that threatens the country's territory.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2023

CDP eyes bill to limit PM's power to dissolve Lower House

By introducing stricter procedures, the main opposition force aims to highlight its efforts to prevent the prime minister from abusing such powers.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a ministerial meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2023

Japan to begin releasing treated Fukushima water Thursday

Despite fishing cooperatives' lingering worries of reputational damage, the government will go ahead with its plan.
The 2024 Republican presidential hopeful, former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to speak at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2023

Trump plans to turn himself in on Thursday over Georgia indictment

When Trump surrenders, there will be a "hard lockdown" of the area surrounding the Rice Street Jail, the local sheriff's office said earlier Monday.
The initial public offering for Arm Holdings is set to be the biggest in the United States this year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 22, 2023

SoftBank’s planned IPO for Arm set to be biggest of 2023

Arm didn’t disclose proposed terms for the share sale in the document, but it’s expected to seek a valuation of $60 billion to $70 billion.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves after arriving at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 22, 2023

Thailand's Thaksin returns to jail after years in exile

Thaksin, who was found guilty in absentia in four corruption cases and still faces 10 years in prison, was taken into custody by the police.
U.S. President Joe Biden (second from rigt), U.S. first lady Jill Biden (right), Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (second from left) and Jaime Green, first lady of Hawaii, visit an area devastated by wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Monday.
WORLD / Society
Aug 22, 2023

Biden vows to help Maui rebuild after ‘unimaginable tragedy’

"Whatever you need, you’re going to get,” Biden said in the historic town of Lahaina, which was ravaged by the fires, vowing to help residents rebuild.
People look at job listings. A U.N. study has found that artificial intelligence is likely to change the intensity of work and the degree of worker autonomy than destroy jobs.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 22, 2023

AI more likely to change work than destroy jobs: U.N. study

The study found that 5.5% of employment in high-income countries was potentially exposed to impacts from generative AI, more than in low-income countries.
Sha'carri Richardson celebrates winning gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Aug 22, 2023

Sha’Carri Richardson is the fastest woman in the world

Richardson on Monday won her first title at a world track and field championships, running 10.65 seconds to win the 100 meters.
Spain players celebrate with the trophy after winning the World Cup in Sydney on Sunday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 22, 2023

Success of Women's World Cup can't hide financial gap with men

The 2023 World Cup buoyed hopes that the women's game can start to bridge the yawning financial gap.
A COVID-19 test swab is placed into a tube in Hilversum, the Netherlands, in November 2020.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 22, 2023

Two years after catching COVID, patients still risk getting sick

People who were not hospitalized for acute COVID-19 still had a higher risk than uninfected people of developing long COVID-related disorders.
Semen Kryvonos, head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2023

Ukraine's anti-graft police zero in on major wartime corruption

Fighting corruption has taken on vital significance with Kyiv hoping Western donors will send billions of dollars to help rebuild Ukraine.
New Zealand's Dane Coles celebrates after winning a Bledisloe Cup test match against Australia at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand, on Aug. 5.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Aug 22, 2023

All Blacks star 'gobsmacked' by former coach assisting Australia

Former New Zealand coach Steve Hansen is helping rivals Australia prepare for the Rugby World Cup, it was revealed this week.
Jenni Hermoso celebrates with Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales after Spain's victory in the World Cup final on Sunday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 22, 2023

Spanish soccer boss apologizes for kissing World Cup star

Luis Rubiales planted the kiss on Jenni Hermoso after she collected her medal following the final in Sydney, provoking outrage in Spain.
The fast-growing field of generative AI has raised novel intellectual property issues.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2023

AI-generated art cannot receive copyrights, U.S. court says

Only works with human authors can receive copyrights, a judge ruled Friday.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreign nationals
The new administrative body would serve as a cross-agency "control tower" to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign nationals, according to the government.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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