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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022

Elon Musk got Twitter because he gets Twitter

Betting against Musk has made fools of many in recent years. So if anyone can, he has as good a chance as any to fix what ails Twitter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022

Bringing facial recognition to war is a bad idea

New York-based Clearview AI revealed it had offered the government of Ukraine free access to its 'facial network” to help stave off the Russian invasion.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 29, 2022

A pitching contortionist bends his way into shape

Ignoring the routines and patterns of a normal pitcher has allowed the Yankees' Nestor Cortes to become the unlikeliest of breakout stars.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2022

'Entry only. No exit': Beijing sees more COVID closures as anger grows in Shanghai

Chinese health officials did not respond to questions on whether Beijing will go under lockdown or what circumstances might prompt such measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 29, 2022

Yen’s historic fall signals rewrite of global currency playbook

The speed of decline caught policymakers off guard, exposing a rift between a central bank intent on stoking inflation and a government facing backlash over rising prices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022

The origins of Putin’s totalitarianism

After the economic and political turmoil of the post-Soviet 1990s, people craved stability and were willing to restore the KGB back to the top echelons of government to get it.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 29, 2022

Jaguars take Travon Walker with No. 1 pick in NFL draft

The first five players selected in the NFL draft on Thursday night play on the defensive side of the ball.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 29, 2022

Japan’s aging billionaires think they are indispensable. That’s a problem.

Japan's aging and hard-working corporate founders don't know when to walk away.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2022

Local elections could spell end of the party for U.K.'s Johnson

Conservative lawmakers are wondering if Johnson is still an electoral asset, and a poor showing in local elections next Thursday might provoke a leadership challenge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 29, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter pitch featured job cuts and ways to make money

Everyone from employees to investors in Twitter are itching to know how Musk plans to run the company, which will be privately held once his $54.20-per-share transaction closes.
Tokyo Gas storage tanks in Tokyo. The firm is looking to add more U.S. natural gas assets.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2024

Tokyo Gas seeks more U.S. natural gas assets, president says

Japan's top city gas supplier is aiming to expand its gas-related businesses in North America after its recent acquisition of a U.S. shale gas producer.
Senior ruling and opposition lawmakers on the Lower House political reform committee decide Monday that the bill will be voted on in parliament the following day.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2024

Lower House vote on political funds law revision agreed

Movement on the vote follows a deal between the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Nippon Ishin no Kai on the content of the bill.
The National Stadium was used as the main venue for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics held in 2021.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2024

NTT Docomo-led group may operate Japan's National Stadium

The consortium also includes the J. League, general contractor Maeda and SMFL Mirai Partners.
A self-driving vehicle travels along a public road in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, on May 25.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2024

Self-driving gets off to bumpy start in Fukui town

In the year since the service began in Eiheiji, financial and technical problems have emerged.
Artificial chemical scents that come from things like perfume or fabric softener can cause discomfort or even sickness for some individuals.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 7, 2024

Scents and sensitivity: Understanding ‘smell pollution’ in Japan

In the country's crowded urban areas, it is important to be aware of how your deodorant, perfume or fabric softener can affect others.
The Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on June 5, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2024

Draft IAEA resolution presses Iran on particles and inspectors

The new text calls on Iran to cooperate without delay, including by letting the International Atomic Energy Agency take samples if it needs to.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greet guests during the spring garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden in Tokyo on April 23. The imperial couple will make a state visit to U.K. in late June.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2024

Japan's emperor and empress to pay three-day state visit to U.K.

The imperial couple will arrive on June 22, but will spend the first three days in private engagements before the official state visit from June 25 to 27.
Fans cheer after Japan's men's volleyball team qualified for the Paris Olympics on Oct. 7 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS / Volleyball
Jun 4, 2024

Japanese volleyball’s fastest growing fan base — female superfans

More than 80% of the fans at men’s domestic competitions are said to be women in their 20s, 30s and 40s.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday. Kishida said Tuesday that he was not planning to call a snap election during the current parliamentary session that ends June 23.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2024

Kishida says he won't call snap election before parliament closes

Kishida's Cabinet has been saddled with record-low approval ratings, as the LDP grapples with a recent political funds scandal within his party.
French forward Kylian Mbappe waits for the arrival of the French president at the team's training camp ahead of the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament, in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, France, on Monday.
SOCCER
Jun 4, 2024

'Superstar' Mbappe makes 'dream' move to Real Madrid

The player is set to earn €35 million a season, according to reports in Spain.
Brexit architect Nigel Farage said he'll stand as a candidate for Reform U.K. in Britain’s general election on July 4, an about-turn that threatens to destabilize the campaign for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2024

Nigel Farage barrels into U.K. campaign in gut punch to Conservatives

With trademark chutzpah, Farage convened what he called an "emergency” press conference to tell reporters that he would, in fact, be standing as a candidate.
Supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Karachi hold his poster as they celebrate his acquittal of leaking state secrets following a court verdict on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2024

Pakistan's Imran Khan acquitted of leaking state secrets charges

But the former prime minister will remain in jail for now due to a conviction in another case.
Support staff dispatched by power firms work to restore electrical equipment in an area hit by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2024

Major Japan power firms boost cooperation on disaster response

The electric power sector has established a framework to streamline the dispatch of support personnel and facilitate mutual aid to cover restoration expenses.
Nadezhda Sokolova competes against Elizaveta Smirnova in the 50kg women's final at the Russian Pre-Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Championship at the Live Arena venue outside Moscow on May 1.
OLYMPICS
Jun 4, 2024

Russian wrestlers set on competing in Paris Olympics

The Games have been racked by Ukraine-related controversy in the buildup to their July 26 start.
A hydrogen storage tank and loading system at a liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal in Kobe. Japan and the European Union have agreed to work together on policies related to clean hydrogen.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jun 4, 2024

Japan and EU agree to work on creating hydrogen demand and supply

Tokyo sees hydrogen as a new and cleaner source to gradually substitute liquefied natural gas, part of Japan's path to carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past