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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 27, 2023

Jimmy Butler helps Heat knock top-seeded Bucks out of playoffs

It is only the sixth time in NBA history that a No. 8 seed has eliminated the No.1 seeds from the playoffs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 27, 2023

It's time for the U.S. to rediscover its role in the G7

While President Joe Biden should be strengthening his country's relations with its allies and partners, he is instead struggling to balance foreign and domestic policy priorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2023

Why flying is so expensive and likely to remain that way

While airlines expect decent profits now that business and leisure travel has returned, there are myriad reasons why fares remain high.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2023

Beer brewer Kirin strikes $1.2 billion deal for Australia’s Blackmores vitamins

Kirin Holdings has agreed to buy Australian vitamin-maker Blackmores for 1.88 billion Australian dollars ($1.24 billion, ¥165.9 billion) in cash, as part of a push by the Japanese brewer into health products to reduce its reliance on beer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2023

Nomura profit falls for third straight year under CEO Kentaro Okuda

Muted client sentiment and lackluster deal-making weighed on revenue at the Japanese brokerage while its overseas operations have now lost money in 10 out of the past 12 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2023

Slain Japanese journalist's last Myanmar images shared 15 years after death

Kenji Nagai was shot when the military opened fire on protesters. Myanmar authorities said he was shot accidentally.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2023

LDP will try to pass LGBTQ law ahead of G7 summit

Japan is alone among the G7 wealthy democracies in not having laws to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people or give legal recognition to same-sex unions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 27, 2023

Tweets become harder to believe as labels change meaning

The elimination of check marks that helped authenticate accounts has convulsed a platform that once seemed indispensable for following breaking news.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 27, 2023

Aaron Rodgers aiming high with Jets

Aaron Rodgers was unveiled as the new quarterback of the New York Jets and quickly made it clear his goal is to end the franchise's long wait for a second Super Bowl title.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 27, 2023

Lessons emerge as scientists unravel a new understanding of sleep

When our routines don’t match our biological cycles, the body tries to compensate using responses that evolved to help early humans survive danger — with major implications for our health.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 27, 2023

Kishida's policies on children key to dealing with aging society

The government's estimates showed Japan's population continuing to decline, albeit at a slower pace thanks to a greater inflow of foreign nationals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2023

Singapore hangs prisoner over 1 kilogram of cannabis

Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged in defiance of a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office for Singapore to 'urgently reconsider' and calls by British tycoon Richard Branson to halt it.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2023

Ron DeSantis' showdown with Disney carries political risk

While DeSantis has tried to portray himself as a trustworthy, pro-growth steward of Florida’s economy, his stance on Disney has left some deep-pocketed Republican donors befuddled.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2023

Trump rematch may be Biden’s best bet, polls show

Still, a majority of Americans remain unsure about the president’s accomplishments over the past two years and the economy remains a particular concern.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 27, 2023

More simple words to power up your conversations in Japanese

Continuing with conjunctions, here are a few that allow you to string pieces of similar information into a sequence.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 27, 2023

‘Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room’: Ryohei Suzuki stands out in formulaic adaptation

The actor gives a blockbuster performance in an entertaining but predictable feature film spin-off of the hit TBS medical drama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 27, 2023

‘Okiku and the World’: Rare romance plot refreshing for period drama

Junji Sakamoto’s tender drama aptly balances lowbrow comedy with sumptuous visuals to portray a romance between urban commoners that defies conventions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 27, 2023

Japan-based Holocaust survivor honors historic Jewish revolt with piano performance

Pianist Janos Cegledy's three pieces at a commemorative event in Tokyo for the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Poland were a moving tribute to the Jewish people’s acts of bravery.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2023

Xi speaks with Zelenskyy for first time since war in Ukraine began

The two countries’ readouts of the call on Wednesday struck familiar themes and suggested there had been no major breakthroughs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2023

China pushes ahead with new revised spy law, report says

The law was approved during a Standing Committee meeting of the National People’s Congress on Wednesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 26, 2023

Will the EU push back against Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ laws?

Following similar anti-LGBTQ+ debates in Romania and Poland last year, activists hope that action against Hungary will thwart more copycat proposals.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 26, 2023

[Rebroadcast] Is it too late to save the Japanese giant salamander?

Check out this podcast from December in which we speak with environment journalist Mara Budgen about the trouble facing the Japanese giant salamander.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 26, 2023

South Korea to vow not to build own nukes as Yoon meets with Biden

The pledge will be part of a new agreement — the Washington Declaration — that also creates a fresh bilateral nuclear consultation mechanism based on U.S.-European Cold War-era frameworks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 26, 2023

Inside Meta's scramble to catch up on AI

Despite high-profile investments in AI research, Meta had been slow to adopt expensive AI-friendly hardware and software systems, hobbling its ability to keep pace with innovation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2023

Betting on bacteria to fix the cement industry’s emissions problem

Denmark’s concrete manufacturing giant IBF and U.S.-based startup Biomason are creating a new kind of cement mix that requires less energy to make.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 26, 2023

Buffett and other billionaires say Tokyo is worth revisiting

Interest in Japan from some of the U.S.’ richest investors is reviving talk of the nation's capital as a financial center. It’s a good start.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

Podcast

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

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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