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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2020

North Korea building two submarines, one capable of firing ballistic missiles, lawmaker says

North Korea is building two new submarines, including one capable of firing ballistic missiles, a South Korean lawmaker said Tuesday, following a closed-door briefing by the South's National Intelligence Service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2020

China to halt key Australian imports in sweeping retaliation

Relations have been in free fall since Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government in April called for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 3, 2020

Property funds feel pinch as Tokyo population drops amid pandemic

Analysts say people are moving to suburbs instead of staying near the office as they work from home amid virus-related curbs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2020

What are the odds of a disputed U.S. election? Pretty high.

Whatever goes wrong — and chances are something will — we will likely be having an argument over the vote count.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2020

Sean Connery and James Bond brought Japan to the world

“You Only Live Twice” highlights the cultural differences between Japan and the West without belittling them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2020

Japan looks to past ties with Trump and Biden for glimpses of the future

Tuesday's U.S. presidential election is being watched closely in Tokyo by those keen to anticipate its impact on the direction of bilateral relations in years to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2020

The rise of the Indian American voter

Indian Americans are the second-largest immigrant group in the U.S., and among the fastest-growing — up by nearly 150% over the last decade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 3, 2020

What China’s 'dual circulation' strategy means for the world

With little having been revealed about China's latest economic move, experts are split as to its significance.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Nov 3, 2020

Voice of long-running fan podcast gets call-up for Levain Cup final

Ben Maxwell, founder of 'The J-Talk Podcast,' will be behind the microphone for the English-language broadcast of Saturday's clash between Reysol and Tokyo.
A National Personnel Authority official has attributed a dip in the competition ratio for national public service applicants to "the number of successful applicants rising in line with an increase in the number of planned hires by each ministry and agency."
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 12, 2025

Japan marks lowest level of competition on record for civil service applicants

Women made up a record high of 47.1% of all successful applicants, up from 43.0% in the previous year.
A farmer removes weeds from a soybean farm in Nashik, India, on July 28.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 12, 2025

India's ethanol drive imperils its push for edible oil self-sufficiency

New Delhi is working to make more ethanol to meet its target of blending 20% of it with gasoline, but the process produces a protein-rich byproduct flooding the animal feed market.
Kazuto Uchida, president of the Government Pension Investment Fund, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on July 23.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2025

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is hiring amid ballooning assets

GPIF has an unusually small headcount despite being one of the world’s largest retirement funds.
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2025

Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut

This is the second time since the late 1990s that a British aircraft carrier has docked in Japan — after the HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2021.
Jannik Sinner returns a shot against Gabriel Diallo during the Cincinnati Open on Monday.
TENNIS
Aug 12, 2025

Steely Sinner advances amid Cincinnati power-failure chaos

In the WTA event, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka fought through a three-hour battle to hold off an inspired Emma Raducanu.
The number of Japanese students who applied to the National Taiwan University in Taipei in 2025 is more than 60% higher than last year due partly to affordability and proximity.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2025

Japanese students who want to study abroad looking at options in Asia

Amid a weak yen, students are increasingly picking more affordable schools in the region, such as Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Agriculture and fisheries minister Shinjiro Koizumi (left) meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in Seoul on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2025

Koizumi presses Seoul to lift fishery curbs and meets South Korea and China counterparts

South Korea suspended imports of fishery products from eight prefectures following the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a news conference in Canberra on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025

Australia's Albanese says Netanyahu 'in denial' over suffering in Gaza

The Netanyahu government's reluctance to listen to its allies contributed to Australia's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, Albanese says.
Yu Zidi after heat 2 of the women's 400m medley at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Aug. 3
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Aug 12, 2025

China's 12-year-old swimming phenom Yu sparks wonder and concern

Even as the swimming world marvels at Yu Zidi's talent, her age has raised questions about the ethics of someone so young competing at the highest level.
Crystal Palace's Daichi Kamada (right) in action with Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai during the Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday
SOCCER
Aug 12, 2025

Crystal Palace loses appeal against Europa League demotion

Nottingham Forest, which finished seventh in the Premier League last season, will replace Palace in the Europa League.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts after hitting a foul ball against the Blue Jays during the ninth inning at Dodger Stadium on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 12, 2025

Dodgers enter pivotal week, starting with series against Angels

The Angels swept a three-game series at Dodger Stadium in May, outscoring Dave Roberts' squad 23-15 in the process.
Ambulances are seen outside U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works following explosions at the plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2025

Two dead, 10 hospitalized after Pennsylvania steel plant explosions

The incident at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works happened at around 11 a.m. on Monday.
Ralph Edwards (far left), Capt. Robert Lewis (rear left), Bertha Starkey (rear center), Marvin Green (rear right), Kiyoshi (seated, left) and Chisa Tanimoto (seated, right), Koko Kondo (front left) and her three younger siblings, on the show “This Is Your Life,” on May 11, 1955
JAPAN / History / FOCUS
Aug 12, 2025

How an A-bomb survivor found forgiveness for Hiroshima bombers

Koko Kondo’s anger was extinguished when she saw the co-pilot of the Enola Gay bomber recall with regret what he and his crew had done on Aug. 6, 1945.
Senior diplomat Liu Jianchao, the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s International Department widely seen as China's next foreign minister, has been detained for unclear reasons, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 12, 2025

Xi’s ‘probe’ of senior diplomat puts China foreign policy team in doubt

Liu Jianchao, the head of the Chinese Communist Party’s International Department, has been detained for unclear reasons.
SoftBank Group has emerged as the unnamed buyer of Foxconn Technology Group’s electric vehicle plant in Ohio and plans to incorporate the facility into its $500 billion Stargate data center project with OpenAI and Oracle.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2025

SoftBank shares surge on AI hope and sign of Stargate progress

The firm's emergence as the unnamed buyer of Foxconn's electric vehicle plant in Ohio is spurring optimism that it may be able to kick-start its stalled endeavor.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration
A Swedish snowboard instructor works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, in December 2022
Retro-wrapped trains mark 100th anniversary of Tokyo's Yamanote Line
Trains decorated to resemble the 103 (left) and 205 series of trains that formerly ran on the Yamanote Line, in Tokyo on Saturday.
How Takaichi won the LDP’s leadership race
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses in the party leader's office after the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on Saturday.
North Korea says 'special assets' deployed against South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Defense Development 2025 military exhibition event ahead of the 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang in this picture released Sunday.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom 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.

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?
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