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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2020

What Abe leaves behind for Japan and the world

Shinzo Abe will likely be haunted by the goals that remain beyond his grasp when he officially steps down as prime minister.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 29, 2020

Frontale smashes S-Pulse as Kengo Nakamura scores in return

Kawasaki Frontale fans arrived at Todoroki Stadium on Saturday hoping not only to see their team rebound after their first loss of the season, but also to welcome back a club legend after a long recovery from injury.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 29, 2020

The books that explain Japan's path to war in the Pacific and its denouement

Ronald H. Spector, S.C.M. Paine and Eri Hotta's texts on Japan's involvement in Asia help to understand the origins of the war.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 29, 2020

Elegies and excitement in Tokyo’s dining landscape

Tokyo Food File wraps up summer 2020 with a look at how Tokyo's dining scene is shaping up in Year One of COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 29, 2020

Small luxuries offer some consolation amid COVID-19 pandemic

With more time on their hands, consumers are shopping online to make their home lives more comfortable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 29, 2020

Japan's small-scale sake breweries struggle to survive

2020 is proving to be a rough year for sake breweries, and the pandemic has forced many into making tough decisions about marketing and production.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Aug 29, 2020

Hakkō: Brewing sake the additive-free way

Hayato Shoji, who runs Kidoizumi Brewery, continues his grandfather's dedication to making additive-free sake.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Aug 29, 2020

Sweet, fruit-filled and ... vegan?! This shortcake is a dream come true

Satisfying your sweet tooth as a vegan can be a challenge in Tokyo. Hal Okada Vegan Sweets Lab is a welcome arrival.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 29, 2020

Exporting Japanese culture abroad in the guise of a TV drama

'Hanzawa Naoki 2' borrows from traditional kabuki stagecraft to heighten the show's dramatic effect.
Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Sep 29, 2025

Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?

Soaring property costs, foreign investment and scarce supply are reshaping who can afford to live in central Tokyo.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on April 7
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Netanyahu to meet Trump as U.S. intensifies Gaza ceasefire push

The talks come as Israel intensifies its offensive on Gaza City with the aim of eliminating Hamas’ remaining military strongholds.
The Kyoto International Entrepreneur Community brings together local and global professionals from a range of industries, backgrounds and ages and collaborates with government-sponsored entities and nonprofit organizations.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Sep 24, 2025

Stirred, not shaken: Kyoto business platform blends local and global

Since its launch in 2018, the Kyoto International Entrepreneur Community has amassed a diverse membership and built solid relationships with local organizations.
A mobile radar installation is positioned near the strait between Denmark and Sweden on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Denmark bans civilian drone flights due to EU summit

Unexplained drone sightings across Denmark since Sept. 22 have caused several airports to close, with Denmark hinting at possible Russian involvement, though Moscow denies it.
Russia's armored vehicles, including T-34 Soviet-era tanks, roll through Red Square in central Moscow during a military parade on Victory Day on May 9.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Putin’s war machine is now built into the Russian economy

Years of massive defense outlays have locked the country in a state of militarization that’s transformed factories and sucked in hundreds of thousands of workers.
Men stand at the site of heavily damaged residential buildings following a Russian air attack on the outskirts of Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025

Massive Russian drone and missile attack kills four in Kyiv

Diplomatic efforts to stop the war have faltered, with Russia vowing to press on with the offensive that it launched in February 2022.
An Iranian woman walks in front of a billboard depicting slain Lebanese Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah (center), his successor Hashem Safieddine (right) and the late Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Iran's clerical leaders face existential crisis amid nuclear deadlock

The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran on Saturday.
Migrants wade into the sea to try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025

U.K. sees biggest-ever migrant arrival as boats get bigger

A boat carrying 125 people crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a "mega-dinghy.”
The city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, used a crowdfunding-style hometown donation program to help fund fireworks during the Matsue Suigosai festival held in August.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Sep 29, 2025

Crowdfunding-style hometown donations gain traction in Japan

Such initiatives set clear fundraising targets and deadlines to solicit contributions to address specific local challenges.
Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw pitches against the Mariners in Seattle on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 29, 2025

Dodgers leave pitcher Clayton Kershaw off wild-card roster

The Dodgers will rely on Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to start against the Cincinnati Reds.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel stand guard near closed shops along a pavement after curfew was partially relaxed for a few hours in Leh, in India's Ladakh region, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Deep roots of rage as India's Ladakh seeks self-rule

Growing resentment with New Delhi's direct rule over the territory and fears of losing livelihoods boiled over on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly announced a $100,000 fee for the H-1B visa earlier this month, a move that potentially deals a big blow to the technology sector that sources many skilled workers from India.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 29, 2025

'Clog the toilet' trolls hit Indian visa holders rushing back to U.S.

Users on the far-right message board 4chan moved to overwhelm flight reservation systems, in a bid to block Indian visa holders from booking tickets.
A BYD Dolphin during a test drive in Yokohama. Due to poor sales in Japan, BYD is offering discounts of up to ¥1 million.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2025

BYD brings price war to Japan in bid to win over customers

BYD is now turning to discounts — a practice that’s put it front and center of an industry crackdown in China — to try and boost sales.
Members of an electoral commission count ballots after polling stations closed in Moldova's parliamentary elections in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sunday. The country detected and neutralized multiple cyberattacks targeting election-related infrastructure over the weekend.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025

Moldova’s pro-EU party set to win most votes in election

The election has been marred by allegations of widespread Russian meddling, including disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks.
Rory McIlroy celebrates with the trophy after Europe's win over the United States in the Ryder Cup in Farmingdale, New York, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Sep 29, 2025

Europe holds off surging U.S. on final day to capture Ryder Cup

It marks Team Europe's 11th win in the last 15 Ryder Cups and its second in a row under captain Luke Donald of England.
‘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.

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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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