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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2020

High crimes against journalism and decency

Jeffrey Goldberg's insane 'Trump called troops suckers' piece is a new low.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2020

Her father in prison, Uighur activist wants Disney to apologize

'It would be actually great if Disney can publicly first acknowledge the existence of those ... forced-labor camps ... and that it's wrong,' she said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2020

First woman to head top bank shows how Wall Street is playing catch-up

Citigroup Inc.'s appointment of Jane Fraser as its next chief executive on Thursday was celebrated on Wall Street as the first woman to lead one of the top U.S. banks. Yet this is a glass ceiling that corporate America shattered decades ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020

BHP ties CEO's bonus to targets for cutting customer emissions

Supply-chain emissions typically account for more than 90 percent of BHP's total, and the responsibility miners take for them is disputed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2020

Emissions are already back at pre-pandemic levels

While overall emissions will fall more than ever this year, the drop won't slow climate change, according to a U.N. agency report.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2020

'Not seeing the urgency': Communications failure blamed for climate inaction

Experts warn that people are not seeing rising threats as urgent, leading to a lack of adequate responses.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 11, 2020

Georgia replaces Japan in Europe's new Autumn Nations Cup

Georgia will replace Japan in the new eight-team Autumn Nations Cup competition being held in Europe in November, with the format and fixtures confirmed by organizers on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2020

China and India agree yet again to ease tension on Himalayan border

The stand off has been ongoing since May, with additional troops having been brought to both sides of the boundary.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2020

Traders are getting smarter about the vaccine race

Investors watching the COVID-19 vaccine development process could be forgiven for thinking it's not so hard. The effort has moved extraordinarily quickly so far, and with few hiccups.
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 18, 2025

World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics

For many athletes competing at the world championships in Tokyo this week who also competed at the COVID-hit Summer Games, the experience has been like night and day.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (front right) and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (front left) meet in Riyadh on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact amid regional tensions

The enhanced defense ties come amid growing uncertainty about the reliability of the United States as a long-standing security guarantor, and after an attack on Qatar by Israel.
In the “Kojiki,” the origins of the Japanese archipelago are attributed to the coupling of Izanagi and Izanami, two kami from the Plain of High Heaven.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Sep 20, 2025

Humanity's tales of creation, cataclysm and kami

Cultures the world over have invented their own distinctive creation myths since antiquity. In Japan, the “Kojiki” offers insight into premodern perspectives on the nation.
The Syrian flag is flown in Aleppo on May 14.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2025

U.S. envoys focused on Syria ousted amid pro-Damascus shift, sources say

The diplomats at the de facto U.S. mission to Syria, based in Istanbul, all reported to the U.S. special envoy for Syria, a longtime friend of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Takaya Awata, president of Toridoll Holdings, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2025

Marugame Seimen noodle restaurant managers to see raise of up to ¥20 million

Eatery chain operator Toridoll Holdings' president also indicated the company may extend the plan to other restaurant chains in the group.
In July, the government ordered Hanoi to phase out gas-powered motorbikes in central districts within a year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 18, 2025

Vietnam startup seeks slice of third-largest EV motorbike market

Vietnam is behind only China and India in terms of its market size for electric two-wheelers, according to an August report from MotorCycles Data.
Hokkaido is reconsidering the possibility of hosting a casino resort, several years after Gov. Naomichi Suzuki halted plans for one.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Sep 29, 2025

Hokkaido cities consider fresh bet on casino resort

Citing concerns over gambling addiction and possible environmental impacts, Hokkaido's governor said it will be challenging to gain public acceptance for a casino bid.
Agricultural minister Shinjiro Koizumi was the most favored candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party's next president, a Jiji survey found.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2025

Agriculture minister Koizumi most favored for LDP chief, poll finds

Koizumi was favored by 23.8% of respondents, while 21% backed former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi.
Signage in Nagoya counting down to the start of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games earlier this month.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 18, 2025

Japan considering North Korea's participation at 2026 Asian Games

The neighboring countries have no diplomatic ties and North Korea was a no-show when Japan last hosted the Asian Games in 1994.
Polls suggest a head-to-head contest in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race, but powerbrokers may sideline veteran contenders to engineer a youth-versus-youth showdown that could reshape both the party and Japan’s political landscape.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 18, 2025

Whiteboarding the LDP election

As I whiteboard the election scenarios, Koizumi vs. Takaichi is the most obvious race.
A U.S. flag flies at half mast in front of the White House on Sept. 11 in honor of Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist who was fatally shot the previous day at an event at a university in Orem, Utah. The tragedy comes as the Trump administration shutters terrorism-prevention programs despite rising extremist violence.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2025

Why is Trump killing programs designed to prevent terrorism?

Political violence is rising worldwide while the Trump administration dismantles prevention programs, weakening U.S. security and global counterterrorism efforts.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday about his candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2025

Hayashi pledges to carry on Ishiba and Kishida’s work if elected LDP president

The chief cabinet secretary, who served under both prime ministers, says he will follow their lead as well as add initiatives of his own.
Chinese tech stocks have surged in past weeks, driven by a perception that the nation’s industry leaders are making steady progress in developing homegrown AI and chips.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2025

Huawei unveils AI chip road map to challenge Nvidia’s lead

Chinese tech stocks have surged in past weeks, driven by a perception that the nation’s industry leaders are making steady progress in developing homegrown AI and chips.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone celebrates after winning the women's 400-meter world title at Tokyo's National Stadium on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 19, 2025

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone runs second-fastest time ever to win 400-meter world title

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone claimed gold after beating Marileidy Paulino to the finish line.
Botswana's Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (left) crosses the finish line ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards in the men's 400-meter final at the world championships at National Stadium on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 18, 2025

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi wins men's 400 final; Yuki Joseph Nakajima finishes sixth

Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago finished in second place with a national record of 43.72, while Kebinatshipi’s compatriot Bayapo Ndori was third with a season best of 44.20.
American Noah Lyles competes in the men's 200-meter semifinals at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 18, 2025

Noah Lyles makes statement ahead of 200-meter final at world championships

Lyles ran a 19.51 in the semifinals.
‘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 trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
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.

Podcast

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

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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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