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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2020

Honda joins Fiat in paying Tesla for European emissions compliance

Selling regulatory credits to other carmakers has been a boon to Tesla, bringing in almost $1.2 billion of revenue this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2020

Almost like clockwork, talk of a military coup follows Thai protests

For the protesters, the military's enduring power in a country that markets itself as a modern democracy is as alarming as it is anachronistic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2020

As Election Day arrives, Trump shifts between combativeness and grievance

President Donald Trump arrives at Election Day on Tuesday toggling between confidence and exasperation, bravado and grievance, and marinating in frustration that he is trailing Joe Biden, whom he considers an unworthy opponent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2020

Trump’s dismissal of COVID-19 risk paved way to White House outbreak

The story of the president's inability to fend off the virus inside one of the most secure locations on earth is a microcosm of his administration's wider failure.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 2, 2020

Johnny Depp loses 'wife beater' libel case against The Sun

Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Monday lost his libel battle with a British tabloid that labelled him a “wife beater,” after a London High Court judge ruled he had repeatedly assaulted his former partner and put her in fear for her life.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Nov 2, 2020

Three-team race for final spot in Pacific League Climax Series down to wire

There is only one race of real consequence remaining in this NPB season and it's still too close to call.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2020

Democracy dies when Facebook and Twitter define the truth

Democrats and Republicans alike missed the point on Wednesday when members of the Senate Commerce Committee had their last chance before the election to grill the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, and Google. With the GOP on the hunt for partisan bias and the Democrats urging greater efforts to reduce misinformation,...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2020

Some statistics to enliven election night

Never mind the geysers of overheated 2020 rhetoric about a constitutional crisis. Tuesday evening in the U.S., the nation will likely know that Vice President Walter Mondale's elegant words of concession on election night 40 years ago are still apposite: "The American people quietly wielded their staggering...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2020

Why emerging markets are wary of a modern monetary fix

For countries that pass the threshold conditions, MMT says the only real constraint on government spending is inflation.
An Emerald Toucanet. Nearly half of all bird species are found in biodiversity-rich tropical regions.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Aug 12, 2025

Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: study

Intensifying temperatures caused a 25% to 38% reduction in tropical bird populations between 1950 and 2020, compared to a scenario without global warming.
Military personnel in tanks participate in a parade in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 12, 2025

Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture, U.N. report says

Investigators said victims were subject to beatings, electric shocks, gang rape, strangulation and other forms of torture.
People with children walk in the sun as the Japanese government issued a heatstroke alert due to a heat wave, in Tokyo, on Aug. 5
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 12, 2025

Heat waves pose serious health risks for pregnant women, study shows

The Tokyo team found that the risk of serious complications for pregnant women increases the day after a heat wave.
Advertisements for factory rentals at Datang village in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 12, 2025

China factories cut shifts and workers' pay as U.S. tariffs bite

The increasingly common practice has become a hidden deflationary force in the world's second-largest economy.
 A woman walks past a heavily damaged residential building following a Russian strike in the town of Bilozerske, Donetsk region on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

Ukraine, sidelined in Trump-Putin summit, fights Russian grab for more territory

Zelenskyy and most of his European counterparts have said a lasting peace cannot be secured without Ukraine at the negotiating table.
Former first lady of South Korea Kim Keon Hee arrives at court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

South Korea prosecutors raid party HQ after ex-first lady arrested

Former first lady Kim Keon Hee was arrested late Tuesday on a range of charges including stock manipulation and corruption.
Palestinians scramble to collect aid supplies from trucks that entered through Israel, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

Israel's overnight bombardment of Gaza City kills at least 11

Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya is in Cairo for talks to revive a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan.
Born in 2011, Ginger is a medium-size poodle that acts about half his age.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Aug 13, 2025

Fluffy poodle Ginger, forever young at heart

This spirited dog is full of sugar and spice for those who treat him nice.
Metal-meets-idol trio Babymetal is sure to bring spectacle to this weekend's Summer Sonic.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 13, 2025

The early bird gets the bangers at this year’s Summer Sonic

This year’s festival makes its biggest moves before noon, with Japan’s top acts and K-pop stars commanding early slots.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.
BASEBALL
Aug 13, 2025

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani sued over $240 million Hawaii development

Ohtani and his agent allegedly "exploited their celebrity leverage to destabilize and ultimately dismantle Plaintiffs' role in the project ... for financial self-interest."
A cargo ship in the Panama Canal in July 2024. Waterway authorities are seeking to expand operations with shipping terminals on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2025

Panama Canal to enter ports business as Trump-China feud simmers

The new shipping terminals are part of an $8.5 billion spending plan and would compete with Colombia's Cartagena port.
Myanmar's national flag flutters at half-mast outside the City Hall in Yangon on July 19.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2025

Myanmar region sees 'dramatic' hunger rise after aid cutbacks

The situation was exacerbated in April when the World Food Program was forced to cut aid to 1 million people nationwide.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (center left) talks to U.S. President Donald Trump and Sen. Tim Scott as they tour the Federal Reserve’s renovation project in Washington on July 24.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

Trump may allow lawsuit against Powell over Fed renovation amid rate tension

The renovation work has become a flash point in Trump’s pressure campaign against Powell and the central bank for not lowering borrowing costs.
A man stands in front of a flooded workshop in Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2025

Torrential rain in Kumamoto Prefecture leaves two dead

Four people remain missing in Kyushu after heavy rain lashed the region from Sunday to Tuesday.
The U.S. State Department's 2024 Human Rights Report was delayed for months as appointees of President Donald Trump altered an earlier draft dramatically to bring it in line with "America First" values, according to government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025

U.S. State Department softens criticism of some countries in human rights report

The 2024 Human Rights Report's section on Israel was much shorter than last year's edition and made no mention of the severe humanitarian crisis or death toll in the Gaza Strip.

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