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JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 16, 2020

In first foreign trip, Suga faces test of diplomacy — and resolve on China

Many are keen to see how Japan's new leader will embody his vision for diplomacy in one of the world's most critical geopolitical arenas.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 16, 2020

Doha to host single-leg Asian Champions League final

Qatar will host the single leg final of this year's Asian Champions League in Doha on Dec. 19 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Football Confederation said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 16, 2020

BLM Tokyo continues the conversation on race with webinar series

Speakers Jamie Smith and Eric L. Robinson will participate in BLM Tokyo's online series that provides information on racial inequality and systemic injustice.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 16, 2020

UEFA president says fewer hosts for Euro 2020 an option

The continental tournament, scheduled to take place in 12 host cities, was postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 16, 2020

Japan needs another extra budget to help ailing economy, experts say

Ruling-party lawmakers have likewise called for another stimulus package funded by a third extra budget.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2020

Tokyo theme park Yomiuriland becomes new office for teleworkers

Yomiuriland is offering packages including a workspace by the pool and rides on its Ferris wheel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2020

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son reportedly brokering a Grab-Gojek truce

A key sticking point remains whether the two companies merge all operations or whether Grab acquires Gojek's business only in Indonesia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Oct 16, 2020

Fukushima 'blank spaces' in limbo, left out of decontamination plan

Residents who were forced to leave their homes are encountering barriers stopping them from tearing them down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 16, 2020

Aichi city invites and trains youth to become independent fishers

Gamagori in Aichi Prefecture is putting young people through a training program of up to three years to get them on the seas in their own vessels.
Alexandra Eala in action during her first round match against Clara Tauson at the U.S. Open in New York on Sunday
TENNIS
Aug 26, 2025

From Philippines to Mexico, U.S. Open reflects game's global spread

Alexandra Eala secured the Philippines' first major match win on Sunday while qualifier Coleman Wong carried the flag for Hong Kong.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Australian defense chief to inspect Japanese frigate

Richard Marles will also attend a "two-plus-two" meeting of foreign and defense ministers from Japan and Australia.
An employee at a wholesaler puts a price tag on a package of sea urchins from Hokkaido at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2025

Warming seas add to food inflation woes as urchin rice bowls hit ¥18,000

Policymakers have mostly blamed rising food prices on the weak yen's upward pressure on import costs, but the effects of global warming now also loom as a risk.
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas (front) celebrates after winning the Turkish Grand Prix with third-placed Red Bull's Sergio Perez in Istanbul on Oct. 10, 2021.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Aug 26, 2025

Cadillac set to name Perez and Bottas as F1 drivers

Perez was dropped by Red Bull Racing at the end of the 2024 season, but the 35-year-old is not far removed from finishing second in the 2023 F1 championship and third in 2022.
Southampton's Tyler Dibling (front) in action with Everton's Idrissa Gueye at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England on Nov. 2, 2024.
SOCCER
Aug 26, 2025

Everton signs Tyler Dibling from Southampton

British media reported Everton would pay around £42 million ($56.74 million) for the player.
The Tokyo Electron booth at the Semicon Japan exhibition in Tokyo in December. Tokyo Electron supplier Marumae is seeking out deals to consolidate the chip tool components sector.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025

Japan’s niche chip gear makers left out of Nvidia boom, one CEO says

Small companies lack the scale to demand better prices and lower costs, resulting in profit margins of less than 10%, the head of Tokyo Electron supplier Marumae said.
Shi Ming (left) fights against Bruna Brasil during the UFC Fight Night event in Shanghai on Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 26, 2025

A healer and a fighter: The double life of UFC star Shi Ming

Shi shot to fame in November when she won a contract with UFC with a devastating kick that saw Chinese compatriot Feng Xiaocan carried out of the octagon on a stretcher.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks next to U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Terry Cole, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), during the signing of executive orders by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2025

U.S. weighing sanctions on EU officials implementing Digital Services Act

The law aims to make the online environment safer, in part by compelling tech giants to tackle illegal content such as hate speech and child sexual abuse material.
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2025

Trump to fire Fed board's first African-American woman over mortgage allegations

The unprecedented step could test the boundaries of presidential power over the independent monetary policy body should it be challenged in court.
Founded in 1948, Puma reported €281.6 million in net income last year and €8.8 billion in sales, and counts a global workforce of roughly 22,000.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025

Pinault family is exploring options for Puma, including a sale

Puma has been trying to revamp itself under new CEO Arthur Hoeld after failing to generate much enthusiasm for its products with consumers in recent years.
Japan Boxing Commision Secretary-General Tsuyoshi Yasukochi gives a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 12.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Aug 26, 2025

Deaths could spell end for Japanese boxing, says commission chief

Japanese boxing authorities are considering a raft of new measures to make the sport safer.
Daiki Hama, lecturer at Tama University in Tokyo, shows his creation of a virtual Siberian internment camp and a virtual reality headset in April.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Japanese lecturer digitally re-creates post-WWII Siberian detention camp

The virtual camp has been used for hands-on events for children at a museum and training sessions for student storytellers at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum.
A Japan Coast Guard SeaGuardian unmanned aircraft
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Japan to buy four SeaGuardian aircraft to boost maritime surveillance

Japan's SeaGuardian fleet will increase to nine units in fiscal 2028 if the four go into service that year.
Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba speaks during an interview in Tokyo on July 8.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2025

Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba hopes for no more wars

Through his works, Chiba looks to pass down stories from World War II to future generations.
Magret John (left) delivers a sack of plastic waste collected in her neighborhood to a Human Needs Project official at a collection point in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi on Aug. 11.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Aug 26, 2025

'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic

The Human Needs Project provides water and sanitation services in a part of Kenya where they are scarce and costly.

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