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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2020

Southeast Asia detects mutated virus strain sweeping the world

Southeast Asia is facing a strain of the new coronavirus that the Philippines, which faces the region’s largest outbreak, is studying to see whether the mutation makes it more infectious.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2020

Groups from U.S., Europe and Oceania protest Japan’s travel ban

Many countries have imposed curbs to battle the pandemic but Japan's are among the most strict, effectively banning foreign nationals' entry from more than 140 countries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 18, 2020

U.S. tightening restrictions on Huawei access to technology and chips

The Trump administration announced on Monday it will further tighten restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co., aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2020

Japan's low jobless rate masks deepening despair among workers

Official figures belie worsening prospects for temporary workers, who make up about 40 percent of the employment market, and 2.4 million furloughed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 18, 2020

Tokyo wonders who Kamala Harris is

The Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate is a bit of an enigma to Japanese.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 18, 2020

A vision for growth, 75 years on

The pandemic has made clear that the world is actually now much more borderless than it has ever been.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2020

Keeping the United Kingdom united

As the U.K. fights its way out of the COVID-19 lockdown, and at the same time stumbles toward the its exit from the EU, a new preoccupation takes hold.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2020

In an era of social distancing, the emperor might need social media

The emperor's attendance at a WWII memorial service last weekend was practically his first major public appearance in six months, and possibly his last this year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2020

Japanese honeymooners, stuck in Cape Verde due to coronavirus, join Olympic team

The pair have impressed the local population and have earned a place supporting the island nation's team.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 18, 2020

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has credit card trouble after U.S. sanctions

The chief executive is one of 11 officials to have been named in the measures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2020

The publishing empire helping China silence dissent in Hong Kong

When Hong Kong’s richest tycoons declared their support for the city’s national security law in June, it wasn’t what they said that stood out as much as how they said it.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) attend a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels in June 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2025

Ukraine's obstacles to EU membership extend beyond Hungarian resistance

Senior European Union officials who recently visited Ukraine have delivered a stern message that Kyiv still has a lot more to do.
Toyota Chairperson Akio Toyoda's ¥4.7 trillion buyout plan for Toyota Industries is delayed due to slower-than-expected antitrust reviews overseas.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2025

Toyota Industries $31 billion buyout plan faces antitrust delays

The regulatory hurdle could be the first of many as Toyoda attempts to tighten his family’s grip on Toyota in a deal that would rank among the biggest buyouts on record anywhere.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's drug Datroway extended survival in patients with a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2025

Breast cancer patients lived longer on drug Datroway, says maker

The drug is said to have significantly improved survival and delayed disease progression in patients with a particularly hard to treat form of the disease.
The government's revised action plan for preventing human rights violations linked to corporate activities is likely to focus on small companies as a "priority area."
JAPAN / Society
Oct 7, 2025

Japan's revised corporate action plan on human rights to prioritize small firms

The government aims to accelerate efforts across entire supply chains by encouraging small businesses, which have been slower to adopt human rights measures, to make improvements.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visits the Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition in Taipei on Sept. 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2025

China takeover of Taiwan would threaten U.S. too, Taiwan president says

China's increasing military activities further and further from its own shores are a challenge not only for Taiwan, Lai said.
A screen capture from video shows trekkers leaving their campsite as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in China's Tibet Region on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 7, 2025

Hundreds of trekkers rescued from Everest in Tibet amid unusually heavy snow

October is a peak season, when skies usually clear at the end of the Indian monsoon.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2025

Chinese Premier Li Qiang to visit North Korea for ruling party anniversary

The festivities are expected to include a large-scale nighttime military parade, South Korean authorities have said.
Brewers center fielder Jackson Chourio hits a three-run home run against the Cubs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 7, 2025

Brewers blast three homers to take 2-0 NLDS lead over Cubs

The Brewers are in the playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons but have not won a playoff series since the 2018 NLDS.
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.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 7, 2025

Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely

While this year’s prize is expected to be out of reach, the U.S. president could gain momentum for next year’s award if his Gaza plan and North Korea outreach prove fruitful.
Ana and Maria, (not their real names), victims of sex trafficking from Latin America, clean dishes in Tirane on Aug. 1.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2025

'I found hell': the women ensnared in Albania's global sex trade

Empowered by the global reach of cybercrime, criminal networks are using Albania as a transit point to exploit women from other nations around the world.
Palestinian mother Iman Abdel Halim Abu Mutlaq holds her newborn twins Uday and Hamza Abu Odah inside the maternity ward at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 2, 2023.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2025

The Gaza twins whose whole lives have been war

The lives of the children have been defined and encompassed by Israel's military offensive, launched in response to the deadly attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Japan's then-foreign minister, Yoko Kamikawa (left), and Philippine defense chief Gilberto Teodoro shake hands after signing a Reciprocal Access Agreement, at the Malacanang Palace in Manila in July last year.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2025

Tokyo, Manila apply visiting-forces pact for first time to supply relief goods

The two countries employed the Reciprocal Access Agreement as part of a disaster relief mission following a deadly quake in the Philippines last week.
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.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 7, 2025

OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'

Iconic Japanese characters are prevalent across Sora 2, but legally, this places the company on shaky ground.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025

With medical breakthrough, Japan’s latest Nobel winner bucked convention

Shimon Sakaguchi’s unwavering conviction in the validity of his research paid off with the discovery of immune-regulating cells — and a Nobel Prize in medicine.
A woman places a candle as people grieve at the site of the Nova festival where partygoers were killed and kidnapped, in Reim, southern Israel, on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza.
WORLD / Society
Oct 7, 2025

Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary as talks in Egypt aim to end Gaza war

Hamas' attack killed 1,219 people, according to Israeli figures. Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 67,160 people, according to data the U.N. considers credible.
How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines
Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU) Chairman Raul Lambino shakes hands with guests during a ceremony for the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding at The Manila Hotel in Manila in June.
‘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.
Typhoon Halong to cause windstorms, heavy rain and high waves on the Izu islands
Typhoon Halong is moving north near the Izu Islands, with strong winds, high waves and heavy rain expected as it passes early on Thursday, prompting warnings from the weather agency.
Japan's Susumu Kitagawa among three chemistry Nobel winners
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
Takaichi's leadership lineup favors Aso and his allies while shutting out rivals
The LDP's newly-appointed election chief Keiji Furuya (far left), general affairs council chair Haruko Arimura (second from left), vice president Taro Aso (center left), president Sanae Takaichi (center right), secretary-general Shunichi Suzuki (second from right) and policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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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