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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2022

Standing up to Iran's gender-driven violence

Women in Iran are not only protesting for the right not to wear the hijab; they are protesting against a government that has curtailed their most basic rights.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2022

Xi cements control over China, but huge challenges await in third term

Experts warn Xi Jinping's unchecked power is a huge risk, with a debt-ridden economy and a growing U.S. rivalry presenting major challenges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2022

Poor nations face peril over elusive G20 debt relief push

Results under the Common Framework have proven elusive, hampered by a combination of a lack of progress in bringing key creditors around the table and getting them to commit to joint action.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2022

Xi Jinping secures unprecedented third term as China leader

Xi was picked as the party's general-secretary for another five-year term in a closed-door vote, meaning he is almost certain to be elected president next year.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2022

Wage growth — and spring negotiations — in focus as inflation hits

The Rengo trade union announced that it's bumping the pay raise target to about 5%, the highest in 28 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2022

Who gets the last word on Steve Jobs? He might.

Some historians are wondering if Steve Jobs' widow is trying to frame the legacy of her late husband, a complicated and transformational figure who was shadowed by his flaws.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2022

Who's on the Chinese Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee?

The new seven-member body headed by leader Xi Jinping represents the apex of political power in China. Here are the men who will rule Beijing for the next five years, in order of seniority.
SPORTS
Oct 23, 2022

Antonio Inoki: A career remembered in an open-hand slap

The late former wrestler was known for taking on the likes of Muhammad Ali with his own brand of combat, but his personality ensured he always had something to offer his fans.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 23, 2022

Astros and Phillies win big to reach brink of World Series

Rhys Hoskins smashed two home runs as Philadelphia outslugged visiting San Diego, while Houston pitchers allowed the Yankees only one hit over eight innings in a shutout.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2022

Swallows slugger Jose Osuna carries hot streak into Japan Series

The Venezuelan slugger did not waste any time putting his mark on the 2022 Japan Series, connecting on a two-run double and a no-doubt solo homer in Saturday's Game 1.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2022

China hangs on Xi’s every word. His silence also speaks volumes.

At the important Communist Party congress last week, the Chinese leader didn't mention two long-repeated maxims. To many, it's a warning of the turbulent times ahead.
The world’s carbon footprint is split into three roughly equal portions: China, all developed nations and the rest of the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2023

How China’s downturn could save the world

The world’s carbon footprint is split into three roughly equal portions: China, all developed nations and the rest of the world.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with entrepreneur Elon Musk during a chat session on the rewards and risks of artificial intelligence in London, earlier this month.
EDITORIALS
Nov 10, 2023

Can the world harness AI’s fire without getting burned?

Calls are increasing for governance of artificial intelligence, the world-changing tech that bears both major rewards and risks.
Both Israelis and Arabs must think carefully about what their policies and actions are likely to accomplish.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2023

The futility of violence in the Middle East

In the Israeli-Palestinian context, wars have a long history of achieving little, beyond satisfying a self-destructive desire for vengeance.
Ruby Lilley practices in a skateboard bowl ahead of the Exposure 2023 skateboarding competition in Encinitas, California, on Nov. 2.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2023

Female skateboarders display skills in continued push for exposure

In the bowls and street skating ledges and rails of U.S. skate parks, women and girls exude pride over their increasingly impressive skateboarding skills and say even the guys who have long dominated the sport are taking notice.
Japanese state-backed fund INCJ has sold all but a token portion of its stake in semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2023

Japan fund INCJ sells ¥279 billion of Renesas shares

The shares have primarily been sold to overseas institutional investors, INCJ said.
The Suiso Frontier hydrogen carrier, built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in January 2022.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2023

Tokyo and Seoul to set up hydrogen and ammonia supply chain: report

Japan and South Korea, both highly dependent on energy imports, plan to work together to negotiate prices and volumes.
A Shiseido booth at the third China International Consumer Products Expo, in Haikou, Hainan province, in April
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2023

Shiseido slashes profit forecast on Fukushima water release

Cosmetic products were at the center of a viral campaign that spread unproven safety allegations on Chinese social media platforms.
A newly built floating solar plant that can generate 192 megawatts of peak electricity, on Thursday at Cirata Reservoir, Indonesia.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 10, 2023

U.S. and EU lead push for COP28 to endorse tripling of renewables

Nearly 60 countries, including Japan, are backing the targets to be included in the outcome of the U.N.’s upcoming COP28 talks in Dubai.
Cosmo Energy is calling another shareholder vote on Dec. 14 to seek approval to discourage an activist group, led by Yoshiaki Murakami, from increasing its stake to 24.56% from the current 20%.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2023

Japan's Cosmo braces for 'poison pill' anti-activist vote

The refiner is calling another shareholder vote on Dec. 14 to seek approval to discourage an activist group from increasing its stake.
Myanmar's junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, at a parade in Naypyitaw in March 2021
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 10, 2023

Losing ground to rebel alliance, Myanmar junta faces biggest test

The fiercest fighting has been near Myanmar's border with China in northern Shan state.
Federal spending and political polarization prompted Moody's on Friday to lower its outlook on the U.S. credit rating to "negative" from "stable."
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2023

Moody's turns negative on U.S. rating, drawing Washington's ire

Moody' lowered its outlook on the U.S. credit rating to "negative" from "stable" citing large fiscal deficits and a decline in debt affordability.
Smoke and flares dropped by Israeli forces over the Gaza Strip is seen amid ongoing battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2023

As Gaza toll rises, Israel faces pressure to protect civilians

Global calls for Israeli restraint increased as the number of Palestinians killed rose above 11,000 in a 5-week-old Israeli conflict.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (from left), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh ahead of their bilateral meetings in New Delhi on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2023

U.S. pulling India closer to West as strategic interests converge

At “two-plus-two” talks Friday, the nations' top diplomats and defense chiefs agreed to accelerate defense-industrial collaboration.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2023

Komeito chief Natsuo Yamaguchi to visit China from Nov. 22

Yamaguchi had initially planned to visit China in August, but the trip was postponed amid a row over the Fukushima water release decision.
An assembly line at Honda Motor's Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio, in November 2016
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2023

Honda will give autoworkers 11% raise after UAW’s big wins

While nonunion automakers race to boost pay and keep the union out of its gates, the UAW is trying to organize foreign-owned factories in the U.S.
Japan's jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job-to-applicant ratio dipped to 1.22 in June, down 0.02 point from the previous month, according to the labor ministry.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Japanese students struggle with description-type tests
The average correct answer rate for description-type questions in the Japanese-language section of the fiscal 2025 national achievement test for third-year junior high school students was as low as 25.6%, according to the education ministry.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
From Osaka to the NHL: Jordan Spence hopes to inspire young Japanese hockey players
Ottawa Senators defenseman Jordan Spence helps lead the Dreamskate Japan hockey camp in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 5.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.

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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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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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