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Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 11, 2020

Naomi Osaka reaches U.S. Open final with gutsy three-set win

Osaka overcame American Jennifer Brady at Arthur Ashe Stadium to set up a potential third Grand Slam title, two years after capturing her first at the same tournament.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 11, 2020

'Twelve Angry Men': 1950s courtroom drama about confronting prejudice still rings true

Director Lindsay Posner hopes his staging of “Twelve Angry Men” in Tokyo will make audiences assess how their attitudes affect their perceptions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 11, 2020

‘Mulan’ 1998: A moment of joy and anxiety for Asian American viewers

By the time 'Mulan” came out, Asian American activists were still reeling from the failure of 'All-American Girl” (1994-95), the first sitcom to feature a Korean American family.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 11, 2020

Radioactive soil plan casts shadow over Fukushima village

The government wants to use the earth to create arable farming land in Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 10, 2020

I used the podium to protest. The Olympic Committee punished me.

The I.O.C. is on the wrong side of history, again. Commentary by track and field Olympian Gwen Berry.
SUMO
Sep 10, 2020

Autumn Basho shaping up to be another drama-filled affair

Life as a sumo columnist in 2020 is akin to being a TV critic in 2019 writing about 'Game of Thrones.'
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 10, 2020

Hawks pitcher Dennis Sarfate facing up to reality career may be over due to injury

Sarfate isn't retiring yet, he says, but he knows he may have already thrown his last pitch.
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands as they hold a news conference at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit Thursday in Aylesbury, Britain.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025

Trump flattery pays off for Starmer with major pitfalls averted

While the British concluded the trip without any open conflict, they failed to score any obvious diplomatic breakthroughs.
A sign is seen outside of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre on Hollywood Boulevard, from where the show is broadcast in Hollywood, California, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2025

Trump threatens licenses of TV stations that criticize him

Trump’s remarks represent a startling break with the nation’s long-standing traditions of freedom of speech and of the press enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
In “Ranshima Bound,” Yoshio (Tomoki Kimura, right) returns to his Hokkaido hometown with his supposed wife (Yuko Kii) when his estranged brother tells him their mother is in a coma.
CULTURE
Sep 19, 2025

‘Ranshima Bound’: Family fractures and buried truths collide in Hokkaido chill

Tomoki Kimura’s turn as a one-time punk rocker drifting through life grounds Kamada’s drama in rage, regret and reluctant tenderness.
One notable section of the “Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989-2010” exhibition is a predominantly pink room featuring works that explore the lives of Asian women, such as Minako Nishiyama’s “The Pinku House”and footage of Lee Bul’s performance “Sorry for suffering — You think I’m a puppy on a picnic?”
CULTURE / Art
Sep 19, 2025

‘Prism of the Real’ makes two turbulent decades tangible with art

Born of a partnership between The National Art Center, Tokyo and M+, the show reveals how artists across borders grappled with a changing world.
Nvidia's support offers Intel a new chance after years of turnaround efforts failed to pay off, and triggered a 23% jump in the U.S. chip manufacturer's shares.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2025

Nvidia takes $5 billion stake in struggling chipmaker Intel

The two companies also plan to jointly develop PC and data center chips.
Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it is pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air, after the comedian weighed in on how U.S. President Donald Trump and his supporters were reacting to the assassination of Republican activist Charlie Kirk
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2025

Kimmel suspension is latest victory in Trump media war

The U.S. leader said the nation's media regulator has every right to pull the broadcast licenses of stations that run content he doesn’t like.
U.S. President Donald Trump insisted he was committed to ending the war in Ukraine and repeatedly expressed his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025

Trump says Putin ‘let me down’ and allies must stop buying Russian oil

While Trump said he’d be willing to consider other efforts to punish Putin, he signaled such moves would be contingent on allies ending purchases of Russian energy.
Lock Otoka Yoshimura claims a lineout during Japan's Women's Rugby World Cup match against Spain in York, England, on Sept. 7.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 19, 2025

Rugby chiefs want women's Global Series to build on World Cup 'energy'

The competition builds on the existing WXV tournament, created to bolster international women's rugby union between World Cups.
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes during a military operation, in Gaza City, on Thursday. Israeli troops have begun to advance toward the city center.
WORLD
Sep 19, 2025

Gaza hit by telecoms blackout as Israeli tanks and infantry advance

Large numbers of Israeli troops have begun moving toward the center of Gaza City as the families of Israeli hostages implore authorities to stop the offensive and negotiate.
ChatGPT owner OpenAI says it "actively works to identify and disrupt scam-related misuse of ChatGPT.”
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2025

ChatGPT was used ‘to help scammers do their thing’ at Asia fraud compound

Scammers used the artificial intelligence tool to craft convincing messages designed to trick people into parting with their money.
A new type of Mizuho Bank outlet in Yokohama in March
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2025

Major Japanese banks are opening new types of outlets

There is a hope to increase direct contact with customers again amid rising interest rates and the growing appetite for asset management services.
The Izumo destroyer docks at a port in Singapore after completing a mission to escort a U.S. vessel under Japan's security laws, in May 2017.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2025

10 years on, security laws continue to boost Japan-U.S. defense ties

The laws, enacted in 2015, allow Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense and have helped the SDF expand its activities with like-minded countries.
Tourists in the Dotonbori area in Osaka. Calls are growing in Osaka Prefecture for a review of <i>minpaku</i> private lodging services for tourists, as locals face the issue of bad manners by some foreign guests.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2025

Review of minpaku private lodgings sought in Osaka

Issues linked to such services became one of the focal points in the July election for the House of Councillors.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent decades promoting vaccine misinformation, including the widely debunked claim that the MMR shot causes autism.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2025

RFK Jr. panelists make initial changes to childhood vaccine schedule

The vote against the MMRV shot comes as public health experts fear more changes that flout prevailing medical advice are in the pipeline.
The Senate approved U.S. President Donald Trump's 48 nominees for diplomatic, military and other administration positions on Thursday after Republicans changed the rules.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025

As U.S. Senate goes 'nuclear,' dozens of Trump nominees are confirmed

A Senate rules change means the majority can move large groups of nominees in one package for votes on confirmation, instead of voting on them one at a time.
‘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’

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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