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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2020

Japan is paying firms to make things at home. But China’s pull is still strong.

The pandemic — and Beijing's increasingly combative behavior during it — has driven home the risks of overreliance on China for the production of a broad range of goods.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2020

Brushing off criticism, China’s Xi calls policies in Xinjiang ‘totally correct’

Xi made the remarks at a conference that is likely to set the direction of Chinese policy in Xinjiang for years to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2020

Europe’s green state control

Apparently, the bureaucrats in Brussels think that they — and only they — know which technological pathways are best for building a sustainable future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2020

As U.S. and China squabble at U.N., a plea — and warning — from Micronesia

As China and the United States feuded at the United Nations last week over COVID-19 and the climate, one of the world's smallest states pleaded for detente.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 27, 2020

Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor to fight in 2021

Philippine boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will face former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor in the ring next year, and part of proceeds from the fight will go to coronavirus victims in his country, his office said on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2020

Nissan eyes return to profit in 2021 on back of resurgence in China

The company, which in May reported its first fiscal year loss in a decade, is forecasting a strong recovery in the Chinese market by year-end.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2020

U.S. tightens exports to China's chipmaker SMIC, citing risk of military use

The United States has imposed restrictions on exports to China's biggest chipmaker SMIC after concluding there is an "unacceptable risk" equipment supplied to it could be used for military purposes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2020

North Korea warns of naval tensions during search for slain South Korean

North Korea said it was searching for the body a South Korean man killed by its troops, but warned that South Korean naval operations in the area threatened to raise tensions, state media reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 27, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett picked by Trump to push court further to right

The loss of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the confirmation of the conservative Barrett, 48, could cement the court's rightward shift for a generation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 26, 2020

Why local communities are important to the future of Japan's ailing tourism industry

Why do people visit destinations if not to experience local flavor, and who suffers the adverse consequences of tourism but those who live there?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Sep 26, 2020

Painting with an airbrush: Meet contemporary ukiyo-e artist Masumi Ishikawa

Woodblock prints collaborations portraying major musicians and films have spurred new interest in ukiyo-e.
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 26, 2020

Yokohama FC beats Urawa through Yusuke Matsuo brace

On Wednesday, a trio of aging superstars headlined Yokohama FC’s starting eleven in a valiant defeat against league-leading Kawasaki Frontale.
Palestinians react after an explosion from an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025

Israel warns recognizing Palestinian state could trigger 'unilateral' action

Several countries, including France and Britain, have pledged to recognize a Palestinian state during the U.N. General Assembly later this month.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen celebrates after his victory in the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Italy, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 8, 2025

Max Verstappen says Red Bull has taken step forward after winning Italian GP

Verstappen won nine races last year, after a record 19 of 22 in 2023, but Sunday was only his third during the current campaign in which McLaren has so far won 12.
A Homeland Security Investigations police officer watches over workers during a federal search warrant at a company in Ellabell, Georgia, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2025

U.S. migrant raid jolts South Korea and stirs investor anxiety

The raid came shortly after a White House summit between the presidents of both countries where Korean companies pledged to up U.S. investments.
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 8, 2025

Race to become next LDP president kicks off again

One presidential hopeful has announced his bid following Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to step down just a year after taking over as chief of the ruling party.
Haruto Kotani (second from right), the 20.25 millionth visitor to the Osaka Expo, and others during a ceremony in Osaka on Saturday
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2025

Osaka Expo hits record 200,000 daily visitors

The cumulative number of visitors, including those related to the Expo project, has reached 20.25 million.
A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2025

Afghan earthquake survivors refuse to return to villages, fearing landslides

Without sufficient shelter, sanitation and food, the earthquakes on Sept. 1 could spread disease and poverty in one of the world’s poorest and most quake-prone nations.
Gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 2.2% last quarter, the revised report said, indicating that consumer spending is gaining momentum.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2025

Japan confirms GDP growth as spending holds up amid U.S. tariffs

The Japanese economy grew at an annualized pace of 2.2% in April-June, exceeding an initial estimate of a 1.0% expansion, the Cabinet Office said.
Protesters sit down with their placards in support of Palestine Action at a "Lift The Ban" demonstration in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action, calling for the recently imposed ban to be lifted, in Parliament Square, central London, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025

Almost 900 people arrested at London Palestine Action protest, police say

Defense minister John Healey said the firm action was needed to counter accusations by rightwing critics of "a two-tier policing and justice system."
The coast of the Red Sea. Microsoft on Saturday said its Microsoft Azure users may experience increased latency due to multiple undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2025

Red Sea cable cuts disrupt internet across Asia and the Middle East

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the damage, but an internet monitoring group identified failures affecting cable systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Takeover offers by foreign firms are increasing in Japan, backed by government guidelines that instructed companies to give "sincere consideration” to such proposals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2025

Japan set for record number of takeover offers from foreign firms

Foreign firms' proposals to buy or acquire majority stakes in Japanese companies are on pace to exceed last year’s record of 193.
U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey is one of the most senior ministers to retain their post after Prime Minister Keir Starmer reshuffled his Cabinet.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025

Starmer tells Cabinet to change gears in bid to fend off Farage

The British prime minister recently reshuffled his government, appointing more than four dozen junior ministers after overhauling his Cabinet.
A French flag flutters on top of the National Assembly ahead of a confidence vote that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou seeks on a budget issue, in Paris on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025

France faces more turmoil with government on brink ahead of confidence vote

France has been mired in a political crisis since President Emmanuel Macron called the 2024 snap election, which resulted in a hung parliament.
A plane is reflected in the facade of the Ramon International Airport after an inauguration ceremony for the new airport, just outside the southern Red Sea resort city of Eilat, Israel, in 2019.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2025

Israel's Ramon Airport near Eilat reopens after being hit by drone from Yemen

Takeoffs and landings at the airport were halted for around two hours as the Israeli military investigated the crash of a drone, which injured two people.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (right) and Takayuki Morimura, head of Tomin First no Kai, during the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election campaign in Tokyo in June
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 8, 2025

Tokyo Gov. Koike seen keeping three-party alliance involving LDP

Attention is also turning to whether the Tokyo governor will seek cooperation with the Democratic Party for the People, which won its first seats in the metropolitan assembly.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen passes against the Ravens during their game in Orchard Park, New York, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Sep 8, 2025

Bills rally to stun Ravens to cap wild opening weekend in NFL

Matt Prater, a 41-year-old veteran signed this week, booted the game-winning field goal as time expired to complete the epic comeback.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
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.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
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.

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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