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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2021

Hong Kong security chief threatens Jimmy Lai's bankers with jail if they deal in his accounts

Observers said the action extended the tightening national security apparatus into elite tiers of the banking system for the first time.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 27, 2021

IOC's Dick Pound says 'political posturing' behind some calls to cancel Olympics

Several polls have shown the majority of the public is opposed to holding the games this summer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2021

China tech giants spend billions to fuel growth after crackdown

Companies are digging deep into their pockets to open up new avenues of growth as Beijing curtails their most lucrative businesses from fintech to e-commerce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 27, 2021

SoftBank’s top eight executives made $64 million after record profits

Simon Segars, who heads the company's chip unit Arm Ltd., topped the list with a $17 million paycheck in the year ended March 31.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2021

World faces longer supply shortage as China’s factories squeezed

Higher input prices and a weak recovery in domestic consumer demand meant Chinese manufacturing investment from January to April was 0.4% below the same period in 2019.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2021

Biden renews COVID-19 origin probe that’s so far come up empty

After more than a year hunting for the pandemic's mysterious origins, it's unclear what new resources American spies may bring to the search.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2021

Exxon loses board seats to activist hedge fund in landmark climate vote

The success by hedge fund Engine No. 1 in its showdown with Exxon shocked an energy industry struggling to address growing investor concerns about global warming.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 27, 2021

Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence praises new teammate Tim Tebow

Trevor Lawrence has something in common with the newest tight end on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 27, 2021

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford receives barrage of racial abuse after loss in Europa final

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said he was subjected to "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media following Wednesday's defeat against Villarreal in the Europa League final.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda addresses a rally calling for the introduction of a system allowing married couples to choose whether to use the same or different family names on Feb. 26 at parliament.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2025

Some 44% of Japanese lawmakers back selective dual surname system

The figure far outstrips the 1% who said that the country should maintain its current same surname system.
A demonstration by the Polish army at the Bemowo Piskie Land Forces Training Center in Poland in September 2023. As U.S. President Donald Trump casts doubt on his country's alliances, Poland needs to double its military manpower and consider more destructive weapons, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2025

Alarmed by Trump, Poland must look at nuclear options, premier says

Poland needs to double its military manpower and consider more destructive weapons, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Tokyo Metro President Akiyoshi Yamamura (front) and others observe a moment of silence near the site of the accident in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2025

Tokyo Metro marks 25th year since deadly derailment

The subway derailment accident on March 8, 2000, killed five passengers and injured 64 others.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Marine One, while departing the White House en route to Florida, in Washington, on Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2025

Majority in Japan expect stronger economic ties under Trump

Also in the survey, 81.5% said they strongly or somewhat agree that the security environment in East Asia is becoming more severe.
Former Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Japan must fix "any misunderstanding" held by U.S. President Donald Trump that its central bank was intentionally weakening the yen with monetary policy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2025

Japan must fix 'misunderstanding' it is manipulating yen, says ex-BOJ chief Kuroda

Trump said he had told Japan and China they could not continue to reduce the value of their currencies, as doing so would be unfair to the United States.
Qianmen street, Beijing, in March 2023. Though the immediate shock has passed, COVID-19's legacy continues to reshape global economies and markets.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2025

Five years on, the economic impact of COVID-19 lingers

Though the immediate shock has passed, COVID-19's legacy continues to reshape global economies and markets.
A makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square in Kyiv.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2025

Ten days that shook Ukraine’s world reverberate in defiant Kyiv

The U.S. shift is as calamitous for Ukraine as it is shocking for European allies. But the mood remains defiant in Kyiv.
South Korean impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol reacts outside the Seoul detention center after his release, in Uiwang, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 8, 2025

South Korea's impeached President Yoon released from detention

The suspended president walked out of the detention center smiling, before bowing deeply to a small crowd of cheering supporters.
Iran's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in the south of the country
WORLD
Mar 9, 2025

Trump administration ends Iraq's waiver to buy Iranian electricity

Trump restored "maximum pressure" on Iran in one of his first acts after returning to office in January.
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop it's super heavy booster is launched on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD
Mar 9, 2025

SpaceX scrubs launch of two NASA satellite missions

One rocket’s chief passenger was SPHEREx, a space telescope that will take images of the entire sky in more than a 100 colors that are invisible to the human eye.
Shigeru Ishiba, the prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with one of the party's candidates for the upcoming Upper House election during the party's annual convention in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 10, 2025

Ishiba vows all-out election fight at LDP convention

The triennial Upper House election comes after the LDP-Komeito ruling coalition lost its majority in the Lower House in last year's general election.
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda attends a news conference on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2025

CDP leadership faces growing internal frustration

Due to the CDP's lackluster performance, a party source said, "We can't compete in (this summer's) House of Councilors election if we don't do anything."
Cyclone Alfred weakened into a tropical depression Saturday as it neared the rain and wind-lashed eastern coast of Australia where hundreds of thousands of properties were without power.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2025

Wild weather leaves mass blackouts in Australia

Wild weather has blacked out more than 300,000 homes and businesses on Australia's east coast, officials said Sunday.
Personal items that were collected after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 are on display at a facility in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2025

Municipalities to end storage of personal items collected after 3/11

When asked what is needed to continue storing collected personal items, 16 municipalities cited the need for storage and display space, while 10 mentioned budget constraints.
Toyota will suspend three lines at two plants in Aichi Prefecture on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2025

Explosion and fire lead Toyota to halt production at two plants in Aichi from Monday

The suspension is believed to be due to the effects of an explosion and fire accident at a plant of Chuo Spring, a Toyota affiliate, on Thursday.
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.
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.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Japan’s ‘Mr. 119’ might be facing his biggest challenge yet
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi touts his own "experience and achievement" during the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election candidate debate at Nihon Kisha Club in Tokyo on September 24.
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.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.
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.
On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday
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
Chef Shota Itoi’s innovative take on modern French cuisine at Auberge Eaufeu elevates the produce of rural Ishikawa Prefecture.

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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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