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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2021

Sentiment among Japan's big manufacturers improves in June survey

The Bank of Japan survey came as a sign that solid global demand was helping the economy emerge from pandemic-induced doldrums.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2021

Everyone’s a rising star when debt is cheap

Companies are getting upgraded rapidly this year, but the logic underpinning the rise relies on ultraeasy financing that can't go on forever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2021

Banks and their role in the green transition

The increased frequency and severity of weather-related disasters will gradually come to be reflected in insurance coverage and costs, affecting profitability and the default rates of loan portfolios in the banking sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2021

Fired by bot at Amazon: ‘It’s you against the machine’

Former Amazon managers said a largely automated system is insufficiently attuned to the real-world challenges drivers face every day.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2021

Phuket opens for business in push to save vital tourism industry

Before the pandemic, tourism contributed about 20% of Thailand's gross domestic product — about double the global average.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2021

China's Xi pledges 'reunification' with Taiwan, drawing stern rebuke

While China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, Xi called for a process of 'peaceful reunification.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 1, 2021

Samoa pulls weightlifting team out of Tokyo Olympics; other athletes to attend games

The withdrawal of Samoa is another setback in Japan's fraught attempts to hold the world's biggest sporting event during a pandemic.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Jul 1, 2021

『中学英語で読んでみる イラスト英英英単語』発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ出版（本社：東京都千代田区、取締役社長：伊藤秀樹）は、『中学英語で読んでみる イラスト英英英単語』を出版しました。
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2021

Joy and skepticism as Myanmar frees hundreds held since coup

More than 2,000 detainees were released on Wednesday, among them journalists and others who the ruling military said had been held on incitement charges.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 1, 2021

Deaths surge in U.S. and Canada from worst heat wave on record

The worst of the heat had passed by Wednesday, but the state of Oregon reported 63 deaths linked to the heat wave.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 1, 2021

Foodman escapes the city for ‘Yasuragi Land’

Music producer Foodman's new album is an ode to the places and objects that make up the landscape of everyday life beyond the dense cities of Osaka and Tokyo.
Latvia's Minister for Climate and Energy Kaspars Melnis (left) and Rolands Irklis, CEO of electricity transmission state system operator AST, pose with a severed cable after technicians worked on the disconnection of the major power line between Latvia and Russia in Vilaka, Latvia, near the Russian border on Saturday.
WORLD
Feb 9, 2025

Baltic nations disconnect from Russian power grid ahead of linking with EU

The Baltic states have disconnected from Russia's power grid and will synchronize with the EU's system, marking a major step toward energy independence and security.
Yellowtail is unloaded in Himi, Toyama Prefecture. Japan is looking to expand yellowtail exports to the United States, with China's blanket ban on Japanese fishery products still in place.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 9, 2025

JETRO to support yellowtail exports to U.S.

JETRO hopes to help expand sales channels for the fish in the United States, where Japanese cuisine has become popular amid an increase in health conscious consumers.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba raised North Korea's past abduction of Japanese nationals during his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2025

Head of abductees' families relieved over Japan-U.S. talks

Takuya Yokota, 56, is a brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 when she was just 13 years old.
Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, speaks at a White House event with President Donald Trump, left; Softbank chief executive Masayoshi Son, third from left; and Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle, at the White House on Jan. 21.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 9, 2025

How Sam Altman sidestepped Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump

After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the nation’s AI policies. But someone got there before him.
Participants applaud onstage at the end of a meeting of Patriots for Europe, the European Parliament's largest far-right bloc, at a hotel in Madrid on Saturday.
WORLD
Feb 9, 2025

EU's largest far-right bloc makes show of force in Spain

Far-right leaders, including Hungary’s Viktor Orban and France’s Marine Le Pen, gathered in Madrid to rally behind Patriots for Europe as it seeks greater influence in the EU.
The Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2025

Kansai Electric to ship more spent nuclear fuel to France

The move comes as Fukui Prefecture, home to several nuclear plants, urges Kansai Electric to address shrinking storage capacity for spent nuclear fuel, the sources said.
The Philadelphia Eagles float with figurine of running back Saquon Barkley during the Super Bowl LIX Host Committee Parade.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 9, 2025

Trump plans Super Bowl visit after years of tumult with the NFL

Donald Trump plans to attend the Super Bowl, making him the first sitting president to do so, while continuing his long-running feud with the NFL and its stars.
Protesters hold a banner reading "Enough of the Nazi glorification" as they demonstrate against an annual neo-Nazi rally in Budapest on Saturday.
WORLD
Feb 9, 2025

Thousands join far-right rally in Budapest as anti-fascists protest

Each year, far-right groups gather in Budapest for the "Day of Honour," marking a failed 1945 Nazi-Hungarian breakout during the Soviet siege of the city.
Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis (right) and guard Klay Thompson celebrate after Davis dunked the ball during the second quarter against the Houston Rockets on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 9, 2025

Anthony Davis dominant in Dallas debut

Anthony Davis impressed in his Mavericks debut with 26 points and 16 rebounds, but an apparent groin injury in the third quarter overshadowed Dallas’ win over Houston.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and U.S. President Donald Trump. Microsoft and Nvidia are quietly engaging with the Trump administration on policies affecting AI, chip exports and data centers
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 9, 2025

Tech giants Microsoft and Nvidia taking a quieter approach to Trump

Under Biden, the United States curbed the sale of Nvidia chips to China and capped the sales of its AI chips to more than 100 other countries
Real Madrid's French forward Kylian Mbappe is tugged by Atletico Madrid's French defender Clement Lenglet during the Spanish league football match between in Madrid on Saturday.
SOCCER
Feb 9, 2025

Mbappe secures Real Madrid derby draw against Atletico

Kylian Mbappe scored in his first Madrid derby to secure a 1-1 draw in a tense clash against Atletico, keeping Real Madrid atop La Liga.
The sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Feb. 3
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2025

Saitama sinkhole search for missing driver shifts to sewer pipe

No clues to the missing driver's whereabouts were found on Sunday, and authorities have decided to shift the search due to safety concerns.
Governor of California Gavin Newsom talks to U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 upon his arrival to tour areas impacted or destroyed by the southern California wildfires.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2025

California governor Newsom allocates $50 million to help immigrants

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills allocating $50 million to fight the Trump administration in court and provide legal aid for immigrants, escalating the state’s efforts to push back against the president’s policies.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2025

Ishiba says Trump didn't push defense spending hike or discuss tariffs

Ishiba also echoed Trump's pledge to help mediate a move by Japan’s Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel rather than purchasing the American company.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) is being greeted by party members after he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters to celebrate the party's win in the Delhi legislative assembly election in New Delhi on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2025

Indian PM's party celebrates landslide win in New Delhi

Modi’s BJP secured a landslide victory in Delhi, unseating Arvind Kejriwal and reclaiming power from AAP in the capital after 25 years.
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.
Japanese team detects gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Prime Minister's Office on Sept. 1 during an anti-disaster drill simulating an earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan over Fukushima livestream
An empty street is seen in the abandoned town of Okuma, in Fukushima Prefecture, during a temporary return visit by evacuees in February 2012.
Osaka Expo visitors exceed breakeven point
The Osaka Expo in Osaka on Sept. 13. The daily number of visitors to the expo has topped 200,000 since mid-September as its Oct. 13 closing approaches.
Japan private-sector pay hits record in 2024
The average salary for men was ¥5.87 million, up 3.2%, and that of women was ¥3.33 million, up 5.5%, both marking record highs.
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
Can Japan crack the China code in table tennis?
Tomokazu Harimoto waits for China's Wang Chuqin to serve during the men's singles final at the WTT Champions Yokohama 2025 tournament on Aug. 11.
Auberge Eaufeu brings French flair to a quiet village in Ishikawa
Located in the village of Kanagaso in Ishikawa Prefecture, Auberge Eaufeu is housed in a former elementary school that has been converted into a French-style inn.
Taiwan showcases chipmaking prowess as a private exhibitor at Osaka Expo
Visitors wait in line to enter the Tech World pavilion at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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