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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Feb 27, 2021

Family Mart serves up a game-changing dessert

Family Mart was never a go-to shop after dinner, but two new treats promise to change all that — as long as you eat all your vegetables.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2021

With gold-colored Trump statue, conservatives show fealty to former president

U.S. conservatives praised Donald Trump at an annual gathering on Friday, even unveiling a golden statue of the former president, showing he remains a Republican political force despite violent scenes in Washington last month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2021

U.S. signals it will implement tough rule curbing China tech threats

The Trump-era rule would give the Commerce Department broad authority to prohibit transactions involving 'foreign adversaries.”
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2021

Japan to lift state of emergency over COVID-19 in six prefectures from Monday

With the decision to cancel the declaration in Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, Gifu and Fukuoka starting March 1, the focus in those areas will shift to suppressing any resurgence of the virus.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 26, 2021

Frontale opens title defense with win as Akihiro Ienaga scores twice

Marinos manager Ange Postecoglou bemoaned his team's poor performance as the Kanagawa Derby kicked off the J. League first-division season on Friday night.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2021

Japanese journalist in Myanmar released from police custody

'Thanks very much to all my friends. I'm OK. I'm safe,' Yuki Kitazumi said after leaving a police station in Yangon following a brief detainment amid protests over the Feb. 1 coup.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2021

India beats China at its own game in vaccine diplomacy fight

India's pharmaceutical industry had already made the South Asian nation the main supplier of essential medicines to the developing world.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2021

Japan on high alert for COVID-19 vaccination scams

Vaccine-linked scams emerged in January, according to an official, when the approach of the vaccine program quickly captured national attention.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 26, 2021

New Zealand pulls out of Olympic basketball qualifiers

New Zealand's men's basketball team has withdrawn from Olympic qualifiers in Serbia due to costs associated with COVID-19 protocols and international travel, the country's governing body (BBNZ) said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Feb 26, 2021

Radiation criteria sow confusion for evacuees

The government has given two conflicting figures for radiation exposure levels — 20 millisieverts a year and 1 millisievert a year — triggering concern.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Feb 26, 2021

Fishermen call for calm in wake of China coast guard law

While government officials are alarmed at the provision for weapons use, no local Japanese fishing vessels travel near the Senkaku Islands nearest China.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 26, 2021

Aichi rescue officer remembers information blackout after 3/11

Kunihiko Asai cautions against taking electronic devices for granted in times of disaster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 26, 2021

Australia shows the world what post-virus recovery may look like

Success in suppressing COVID-19 — outside isolated flare-ups — has sparked a snap back in household and business sentiment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2021

Japan’s factory output shows resilience despite emergency

Industrial output rose 4.2% in January from the previous month, with production of memory chips and semiconductor equipment climbing, the trade ministry reported Friday.
Ukraine's president, Volodymr Zelenskyy, attends the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2025

Pope Leo talks of 'martyred Ukraine' ahead of meeting with Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy was among politicians, royals and faith leaders from around the world who attended the mass inaugurating the start of Leo's papacy.
Then-U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington on Jan. 17.
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2025

Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

The former U.S. president has a form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, and is reviewing treatment options, his office said Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow last Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 19, 2025

Putin heads into Trump call confident that Russia has upper hand

Putin is confident that his forces can break through Ukraine’s defenses by the end of the year to take full control of four regions that he has claimed for Russia.
Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, attends an election campaign rally in Seoul on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 19, 2025

South Korean conservative presidential candidate open to discussing U.S. troop costs

South Korea's conservative presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo said on Monday he was willing to discuss sharing more of the cost of stationing the U.S. military in the country.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (left) U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (second from left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (second from right) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's economic revitalization minster, pose for a photo ahead of a meeting in Washington on May 1.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
May 19, 2025

China-U.S. trade truce prompts nations to consider tougher tactics

After China’s tough negotiating tactics earned it a favorable deal, nations taking a more diplomatic and expedited approach are questioning whether that’s the right path.
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.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
May 19, 2025

That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb

A tragic accident in Saitama shows how aging pipes, soft soil and climate threats are straining the country’s infrastructure.
A woman walks next to an anti-U.S. mural near the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran on May 11.
WORLD
May 19, 2025

Iran says it will keep enriching uranium, even with a deal

Iran currently enriches uranium to 60%, far above the 3.67% limit set in the 2015 deal but below the 90% needed for a nuclear warhead.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 19, 2025

U.S. Treasury chief to focus on imbalances at G7 finance meeting

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will seek to refocus the group on addressing trade imbalances and nonmarket economic practices.
Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the presidential candidate of the Civic Coalition, and his wife, Malgorzata Trzaskowska, kiss following exit polls for the first round of Poland's presidential election, in Sandomierz, Poland, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2025

Polish centrist's narrow presidential lead leaves pro-EU path in balance

If confirmed, the result would mean Rafal Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki will go head-to-head in a runoff vote on June 1.
Scottie Scheffler holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
May 19, 2025

Scottie Scheffler claims third major with 5-shot win at PGA Championship

Scheffler is also the first player since Seve Ballesteros more than four decades ago to win his first three majors by at least three shots.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.
WORLD
May 19, 2025

Israel to let limited amounts of food into Gaza as new ground assault begins

Facing mounting pressure over an aid blockade it imposed in March and the risk of famine, Israel has stepped up its campaign in Gaza.
Presidential candidate Nicusor Dan speaks as he reacts to exit polls of Romania's second round of the presidential election, in Bucharest on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2025

Centrist Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidency over hard-right, pro-Trump rival

The election drew the highest percentage of voter turnout in a Romanian election in 25 years.
McLaren drivers Lando Norris (left) and Oscar Piastri celebrate on the podium after finishing second and third, respectively, in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola, Italy, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 19, 2025

McLaren teammates relish chance to race without team orders

Oscar Piastri started on pole and finished third, and Lando Norris took second place after lining up fourth.
The Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shoots over Nuggets guard Julian Strawther during Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Sunday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 19, 2025

Thunder blow past Nuggets in Game 7 to reach Western Conference finals

The Thunder advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2016.
Supporters of far-right Portuguese party Chega celebrate general election results at its party headquarters in Lisbon on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2025

Ruling party tops Portugal polls marked by far-right surge

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's Democratic Alliance remains short of a parliamentary majority.
A secret no more: Russia and North Korea's battle against Ukraine is celebrated in Moscow exhibit
A woman visits an exhibition of North Korean art at a museum in Moscow on Monday.
Prices to rise for 3,024 food products in Japan in October
A wide range of products will see higher prices due to rising material and labor costs.
Koizumi and Takaichi continue to lead in LDP presidential race, polls show
Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (right) reacts as former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election Candidate Debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, on Sept. 24. Koizumi and Takaichi remain head-to-head in the race, media polls show.
The party that ruled Japan for decades is in danger of crumbling
Haruo Tsukamoto, a rank-and-file member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a rice farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture, questions if the party still stands for people like him.
U.S. federal shutdown affects Americans in Japan and diplomatic talks
The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday, though essential services are still being offered.
Tea ceremony experts see matcha hype as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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?
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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