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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 8, 2020

Japanese beat the summer heat with fan-fitted clothes

As Japan swelters through record temperatures, fan-fitted clothing moves beyond workwear and into new markets.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 8, 2020

John Baumlin: Getting out the U.S. vote in Japan

The national chair of Democrats Abroad Japan says it's not difficult for Americans overseas to continue to engage in their democracy.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 8, 2020

Naomi Osaka's activism helping her game, says coach Wim Fissette

Taking a stand against racial injustice has boosted Naomi Osaka's motivation and energy going into this year's U.S. Open, her coach Wim Fissette told reporters on Monday.
SPORTS
Sep 8, 2020

NPB and J. League call on government to raise crowd limits

The two leagues, citing the success of anti-COVID countermeasures, said they should be allowed to welcome up to 20,000 fans at larger venues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 8, 2020

Sharp says air purification technology can reduce airborne coronavirus

The firm said its technology, which emits positive hydrogen ions and negative oxygen ions, cuts the concentration of the virus in the air by about 90 percent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2020

Eyeing China, Taiwan urges alliance against 'aggressive actions'

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan stood at the forefront of defending democracy from 'authoritarian aggression.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 8, 2020

Chess (yes, really) finds an eager audience during pandemic

The exploits of grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura and other top players have drawn thousands of viewers to Twitch in recent months.
A displaced Palestinian boy carries a tent on his head as he moves south in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 21, 2025

'Shocked and devastated': Gaza City assault leaves Palestinians traumatized

Israel has pummeled Gaza City with air strikes and tank fire in its bid to seize what it describes as one of Hamas' last strongholds.
England's Ellie Kildunne scores her team's fourth try during its Women's Rugby World Cup semifinal win over France in Bristol, England, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 21, 2025

Brilliant Kildunne helps England to grind down France and reach World Cup final

England's win set up an enticing showdown with Canada next Saturday.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters alongside President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Sept. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2025

Trump publicly urges U.S. Justice Department to charge his enemies

The U.S. president is demanding action against two Democrats who have been accused by Trump ally of mortgage fraud.
Colorful displays promote the Japanese film "Demon Slayer" at a cinema in the Ikebukuro earlier this month.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2025

Japan government to support domestic digital content overseas

The package includes multi-year support for the digital content industry's overseas expansion.
Gold medalist Beatrice Chebet (left) celebrates with Kenyan compatriot Faith Kipyegon after the women's 5000-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 21, 2025

Chebet beats Kipyegon in stunning sprint finish to win 5,000-meter showdown

The world record-holder's victory completed her set of global distance titles and denied 1,500-meter champion Kipyegon a double of her own in Tokyo.
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 21, 2025

40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings

Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the accord, struck between Japan, the U.S., the U.K., France and what was then West Germany.
Angels designated hitter Mike Trout connects on his 400th career home run during a game against the Rockies on Saturday.
BASEBALL
Sep 21, 2025

Mike Trout hits 400th homer as Angels win

The eighth-inning blast was Trout's 22nd on the season. He became the 59th player in major league history to hit 400 home runs.
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes celebrates after his squad's home win over Chelsea.
SOCCER
Sep 21, 2025

Manchester United breathes life into season with Chelsea victory

Manchester United got goals from Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro to earn a thrilling 2-1 home victory over Chelsea on Saturday.
Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, former commissioner-general of Japan's National Police Agency, speaks during an interview on Aug. 12 in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2025

Ex-police chief pins hopes on new 'tokuryū' measures

Conventional methods do not work against such groups because they recruit using encrypted social media apps, making it difficult to identify the ringleaders.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting his 53rd home run of the season on Saturday in Los Angeles.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 21, 2025

Shohei Ohtani's 53rd homer caps Dodgers' slugfest in win over Giants

With the win, the Dodgers retained a four-game lead over the San Diego Padres atop the National League West
Japan head coach Eddie Jones during a training session in November last year.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 21, 2025

Fiji beats Japan in Pacific Nations Cup rugby final

Fiji seized a 33-10 lead on Nasova's try early in the second half and then held off a furious Japan rally over the final minutes in a rematch of last year's final.
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Sep 21, 2025

As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price

Japan is Australia’s second-largest export market for energy and natural resources, giving Tokyo a certain political weight when it comes to Australian energy matters.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden celebrates with fans after winning the women's 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 21, 2025

How the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo delivered on the fan experience

After the Olympics, the fan experience at World Athletics Championships was arguably more important than any other event. So how did National Stadium fare with its big do-over?
A thermometer displays 42 degrees Celsius in the city of Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 5.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2025

Government to step up heatstroke prevention for elderly

While elderly people are at higher risk of heatstroke due to their declining thermoregulation and ability to sweat, some refrain from using air conditioners even on very hot days.
Study by Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and House Foods Group has found that the sweet-salty combination dulls the sense of avoiding high salt concentrations and can lead to greater salt intake.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2025

Sweetness dulls salt aversion and may lead to excessive intake, study shows

The tendency is more pronounced among people with chronic kidney disease, underscoring the need for salt reduction that takes the effect of sweetness into account.
‘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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