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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2020

China vows to make Czech politician ‘pay’ for visiting Taiwan

Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Senate President Milos Vystrcil's trip as a 'betrayal.'
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Aug 31, 2020

Post-graduate degree continues to hold appeal with global firms

Demand for MBA graduates seems to be on the rise globally. It is especially high in the Asia-Pacific region in recent years. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, business schools with increased online features and the working generation that benefited from more flexible working styles may activate...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Aug 31, 2020

Giants and Hawks in driver's seat at halfway mark in NPB

Despite the shortened schedule, there's still plenty to look forward to in the 2020 campaign.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2020

Demand for online doctors creates $39 billion titan in Japan

M3, which gets about three-quarters of its revenue from Japan, also has units in China, India and France.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2020

Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes topping $6 billion in Japan's top five trading companies

Shares in the trading houses leaped on news of the foray, one of billionaire Warren Buffett's biggest in Asia's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 31, 2020

Millions of beetles are wiping out forests around the world

Due to climate change, trees are more easily attacked and killed by the insects, in turn impacting forests' ability to absorb carbon and emit oxygen.
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

Japanese leaders put economy over citizens’ well-being

The Aug. 24 article “Over 2 million used Japan's Go To Travel subsidy campaign in first month” proved to me that Japan’s leaders are only concerned about making the economy better. When the government announced the Go To Travel campaign to support the tourism industry, the pandemic was still...
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

Nuclear waste disposal is a matter of environmental concern

It has been reported that the town of Suttsu in Hokkaido is considering applying for a two-year “literature research” into the possibility of storing high-level radioactive nuclear waste. A maximum of ¥2 billion in subsidies will be granted by the central government.
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

Language matters

Regarding the Aug. 27 article “Naomi Osaka withdraws from Western & Southern Open semifinals as part of protest against racial injustice,” she joined a long list of professional athletes who have used their platforms to bring attention to matters pertaining to police brutality in the United States....
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

Saddened by Abe’s resignation

It is sad to read of the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after many years of service to his country, and everyone wishes him well and that he recovers from his illness. His leadership was a great example to a world where there are many leaders who lack any leadership qualities. This is especially...
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

Japanese connections with Indian languages

I came across the old July 6, 2008, opinion piece “Was the Japanese language influenced by Tamil? The war goes on,” and my view is that it’s not just Tamil, but the Japanese language is structurally (i.e grammar and expressions) very similar to Indian languages like Bengali. Now Bengali being a...
An empty street is seen in the abandoned town of Okuma, in Fukushima Prefecture, during a temporary return visit by evacuees in February 2012.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2025

Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan over Fukushima livestream

The arrest is the latest in a string of incidents involving fame-seeking foreign nationals behaving badly in the country.
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid that had been appropriated by Congress in a major test of President Donald Trump’s efforts to wrest the power of the purse from the legislature.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid

The case raises questions about how much authority the president has to rescind funds for programs that don't align with his policies.
President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold his planned rollback of automatic birthright citizenship, a move that will test a Trump executive order that lower courts have uniformly concluded runs afoul of the Constitution, federal immigration law and Supreme Court precedent.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to curb birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the legality of his bid to limit birthright citizenship in the United States, teeing up a major test of one of his most contentious policies that could alter how the U.S. Constitution has long been understood on the...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while leaving the White House on Friday morning. Trump on Friday cheered the indictment of James Comey, the former FBI director and predicted more indictments were on the way, even as he denied that he had a list of perceived enemies he wanted to see prosecuted.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 27, 2025

Comey indictment escalates Trump's campaign to chill opposition

Experts say the U.S. criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey shatters norms of independence in federal investigations and will face significant hurdles in court.
People carry a banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, as they protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after he delivered an address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

Trump says Gaza talks with Middle East countries are intense and will continue

Trump met leaders and officials from multiple Muslim-majority countries this week to discuss the situation in Gaza.
A DJI drone at a technology and industry trade fair in Berlin
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2025

Drone maker DJI loses lawsuit to exit Pentagon's list of firms with Chinese military ties

The world's largest drone maker said it was disappointed that the judge upheld the listing and was evaluating its legal options.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani warms up in the batters box before the start of a game against the Diamondbacks on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 27, 2025

Ohtani tops MLB jersey sales for third straight season

The reigning National League MVP has led jersey sales since 2023, becoming just the fourth player to top the charts three years in a row.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (center) walks on his way to a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

Iran says it won’t exit nuclear pact despite sanctions snapback

The Iranian president’s words marked a shift in tone from July, when a lead Iranian negotiator said they had not ruled out leaving the agreement.
American Scottie Scheffler plays a shot from the bunker during the first day of the Ryder Cup on Friday in Farmingdale, New York.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Sep 27, 2025

U.S. won't 'panic' after difficult start to Ryder Cup

Struggling U.S. stars Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau will return to the first tee Saturday with Team Europe ahead 5½-2½.
A federal agent aims a less-lethal launcher at protesters outside the Broadview ICE processing facility, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased federal law enforcement presence to assist with crime prevention, in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Sep 27, 2025

ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities

Immigration officers are pepper spraying protesters and manhandling detainees in overt displays of force.
A parody Mount Rushmore sculpture depicts the faces of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (second from right) and U.S. President Donald Trump (right), as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a shopping mall in Bangkok on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

Seoul says it can’t rule out Kim-Trump meeting during APEC summit

A report quoting a South Korean official appeared to reverse Seoul’s earlier position that North Korea’s participation in the summit was unlikely.
Fishermen sail on a boat near Caraballeda, in Venezuela's La Guaira state, on Wednesday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 27, 2025

Sitting ducks: Venezuelan fishermen wary of U.S. warships

Feeling exposed, they have started heading out in groups, limiting their range and traveling with emergency beacons issued by the government.
Former Chile President Michelle Bachelet (center) attends an event by GWL Voices, an organization of female world leaders committed to building an international system of equality, in Madrid in January last year.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 27, 2025

Calls grow for first female U.N. chief in 80 years

The United Nations has never had a woman serve as secretary-general — a fact that some world leaders now view as a glaring symbol of gender inequality.
A Boston police officer watches as protesters kneel in the street during a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Boston in June 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

FBI fires agents pictured kneeling during racial justice protest in 2020

Sources said the agents in question were trying to ease tensions between protesters and law enforcement.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

U.S. to revoke Colombian president's visa over 'incendiary actions'

Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders and to obey "the orders of humanity" instead.
‘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.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
OpenAI has rolled out a social app powered by Sora 2, its artificial intelligence video generator, which was quickly flooded with videos featuring iconic Japanese intellectual property.
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 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.
‘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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