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JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

Conservation and environmental efforts gain recognition

JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

Satoyama: Grand Prize winner

Rumiko Obata, executive vice president of Obata Sake Brewery, holds the Grand Prize trophy in the Satoyama category at Gakkogura brewery, which used to be an elementary school, on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. | OBATA SAKE BREWERY
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

Satoyama: Excellence Award winner

Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

Satoyama: Excellence Award winner

Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

Satoyama: Special Award winner

Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

ESG: Grand Prize winner

Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

ESG: Excellence Award winner

Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

ESG: Excellence Award winner

Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

ESG: Special Award winner

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2020

‘Kill all you see’: For first time, Myanmar soldiers tell of Rohingya slaughter

The atrocities described by the two men echo evidence of serious human rights abuses gathered from among more than 1 million Rohingya refugees.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 8, 2020

Japan's foreign policy: What's next after Shinzo Abe's exit?

Everybody seemed to know the result even before the game began.
Haruka Kitaguchi could not make it out of the qualifying round of the women's javelin throw at the world championships on Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 20, 2025

Japan’s hopes too much for Haruka Kitaguchi’s elbow to bear at worlds

"I don’t think life is over just because I did not make it to the finals here," she said. "I might need a long break, but I want to come back stronger.”
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference announcing his formal entry into the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2025

Koizumi makes economic growth top priority in bid for LDP presidency

Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi used a news conference Saturday in Tokyo to unveil a raft of policies as he sought to appeal to his party’s conservative wing.
Nanako Fujii celebrates as she crosses the line to take bronze in the women's 35-kilometer race walk on Saturday at National Stadium in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 20, 2025

Nanako Fujii takes bronze in 20 km race walk for Japan's second medal at worlds

The 26-year-old became the first Japanese woman to capture a medal in a race walk event at the World Athletics Championships or the Olympics.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks during a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2025

Japan will not recognize Palestinian statehood for now

The decision is believed to have been made in light of Israel hardening its stance against Palestinian statehood, as well as U.S. opposition to such recognition.
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2025

Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits

As tariffs change trade patterns and roil global supply chains, corporate Japan is dealing with it by getting executives in the air.
A security officer stands guard at an entrance gate to the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2025

Japan requires prison officers to display ID numbers on uniforms

Officers are required to display their numbers above the rank badges on the right chest of their uniforms so that inmates can identify them.
A wheat harvest in Ukraine
ENVIRONMENT
Sep 20, 2025

NASA scientist starts food crisis hotline with tech giant funding

The aim is to use images from space that are then sifted and interpreted by AI models to predict potential crises early.
Rengo President Tomoko Yoshino at a symposium in Tokyo on Friday
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2025

Japan's top union group advised to seek 5% pay hike during spring talks

An expert panel report stressed that the 2026 shunto will be a crucial opportunity to firmly establish a healthy cycle of rising wages and prices.
A security officer stands guard at the Security Council Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 20, 2025

Trump to return to the U.N. as Gaza and Ukraine conflicts rage

The U.S. leader will speak on Tuesday, eight months into a second term marked by U.S. foreign aid cuts that have raised questions about the U.N.'s future.
Travelers wait at Brussels airport after a cyberattack at a service provider for check-in and boarding systems disrupted operations at several major European airports on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2025

Cyberattack disrupts European airports including London's Heathrow and Brussels

A "cyber-related disruption" at a provider of check-in and boarding systems has disrupted operations at several airports including London's Heathrow.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European leaders at the White House in Washington on Aug. 18.
WORLD
Sep 20, 2025

After diplomatic blitz on Ukraine and Gaza, Trump moves to passenger seat

In recent weeks, Trump has allowed and in some cases pressed allies to take the lead, with only distant promises of U.S. help.
U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates with a gesture from the "Dragon Ball" anime series after winning gold in the men's 200-meter final on Friday in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 20, 2025

Noah Lyles wants athletics to stop being an ‘amateur sport’

The American sprinter has consistently voiced his frustration with the sport’s dwindling public interest in non-Olympic years.
Mets pitcher Kodai Senga throws during a game against the Marlins on Aug. 31.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 20, 2025

Mets weigh options as Kodai Senga struggles in Triple-A start

Senga, who agreed to a rare option to Triple-A Syracuse earlier this month to reset his mechanics, surrendered four runs over 3⅔ innings on Thursday.
Japan's 4x100-meter relay team (from left, Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu and Towa Uzawa celebrate after qualifying for the final at the world championships at National Stadium on Saturday night.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 20, 2025

Japan qualifies for men's 4x100 relay final at world championships

Japan finished in a time of 38.07 seconds.
The Pentagon is mandating that journalists agree to release only pre-approved information about the military or lose their credentials to cover the Pentagon.
WORLD
Sep 21, 2025

Pentagon limits journalists’ access to military information

The new rule — part of an updated press credentialing process presented to news organizations this week — came in a memo by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.

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