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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 15, 2022

U.S. warns that Russia wants armed drones from China

The news came as the White House national security adviser met with China's top diplomat for six hours in Rome to discuss a range of issues, including Ukraine.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 15, 2022

Bank of Japan chief risks hitting inflation goal in a way he doesn’t want

Economists are predicting core consumer prices will rise at a pace of 2% or more this year as surging energy prices, a weakening yen and stabilizing phone charges feed inflation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2022

Diplomacy quickens to halt Ukraine war or stop its expansion

A flurry of recent developments suggest that people are groping for a way out of the crisis — or, failing that, for ways to prevent it from mutating into a wider proxy war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 15, 2022

China sees at least one winner emerging from Ukraine war: China

With a strategy to shield itself from the worst economic and diplomatic consequences it could face, China seeks to benefit from geopolitical shifts once the smoke clears.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 15, 2022

Cameron Smith survives wild final round to win Players Championship

The 28-year-old Australian held his nerve when needed, carding a six-under 66 for a winning total of 13-under to capture his second title of the season and fifth of his career.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2022

U.N. chief says prospect of nuclear war over Ukraine 'within realm of possibility'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Russia's move to raise the alert level for its nuclear forces after its invasion of Ukraine was a 'bone-chilling development.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2022

Germany leads EU spending push, going big with F-35 buy

Berlin says it will purchase 35 of the $100 million-plus warplanes and 15 Eurofighter jets equipped for electronic warfare as part of its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 15, 2022

Australia to replace suspended Russian team in Billie Jean King Cup finals

Australia was the highest-ranked side among the losing semifinalists in 2021 and will take Russia's automatic spot in this year's finals of the tournament formerly known as the Fed Cup.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2022

Panasonic scouting U.S. sites for new battery factory by 2024

The plant would supply Tesla Inc. and potentially other electric-vehicle manufacturers with next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2022

Shaming Apple and texting Elon Musk, a Ukraine minister uses novel war tactics

Mykhailo Fedorov has become one of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's most visible lieutenants, deploying technology and finance as modern weapons of war.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. Midwest report 2022
Mar 15, 2022

The proven resilience of the Midwest states

Stretching from the vast expanse of the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west, the Midwestern states have been traditionally referred to both as the country’s bread basket and the manufacturing hub of the United States, supplying the country and the rest of the world...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. Midwest report 2022
Mar 15, 2022

Omron: Keeping the heart of the Midwest beating

Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. Midwest report 2022
Mar 15, 2022

The key to winning legal disputes: litigation strategy

Kitagawa & Ebert is one of the few American law firms that has won many trials and arbitrations for prominent Japanese business clients in federal courts and arbitrations in multiple states in the USA. The firm has lawyers licensed in California, Texas, Georgia, New York, Michigan, Nevada and Alabama...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. Midwest report 2022
Mar 15, 2022

Southern Illinois: A place to prosper

At the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, Southern Illinois is centrally located in the Midwest. Its vast transportation network includes four port districts, three interstate highways, three railroads and two airports. Southern Illinois is within driving distance of major metropolitan areas,...
The Nikkei stock average hit another record high on Thursday, rising above the 42,000 level for the first time.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 11, 2024

Japan's Nikkei average hits record high, topping 42,000 on Wall Street gains

The 225-issue average went on to secure a third consecutive record high close this week, after an overnight rally in U.S. stocks boosted investor sentiment.
The Tokyo District Court has ordered advertising agency Hakuhodo to pay ¥200 million in fines for violating the antimonopoly law in a bid-rigging case linked to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2024

Hakuhodo ordered to pay ¥200 million over Tokyo Games bid-rigging

The firm is the first to receive a court ruling over a high-profile series of cases linked to the Olympics and Paralympics.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers remarks at NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2024

Why Indo-Pacific countries are joining the NATO summit

This is the third successive NATO summit for four countries from the Indo-Pacific region to attend.
An empty street in Fukiya, Okayama Prefecture. Japan may be both experiencing overtourism in some places and witnessing the opposite in others.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2024

Japan doesn't have too many tourists, statistics suggest. It just feels that way.

The country received 0.2 tourists per capita in 2023, compared with France's 1.5, Greece's 3.4, Portugal's 2.5 and Spain's 1.8.
Politicians pay their respects to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday in the city of Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 11, 2024

Two years after Abe’s death, LDP's conservatives still lack direction

The absence of a figure who is able to embody conservative ideals and marshal widespread consensus within the party has weighed heavily on conservatives.
When Microsoft took a non-voting, observer position on OpenAI's board in November, it triggered unease among antitrust watchdogs in the European Union, Britain and the United States over how much control it exerts over the artificial intelligence startup.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 11, 2024

Microsoft ditches OpenAI board observer seat to avert antitrust scrutiny

The move comes amid concerns among British and U.S. antitrust watchdogs over Microsoft's influence over OpenAI and the latter's independence.
A woman is rescued by a helicopter on Wednesday off the coast of Chiba Prefecture after drifting at sea for 36 hours.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2024

Woman rescued off Chiba 36 hours after going missing in Shizuoka

The woman, who is a Chinese national in her 20s, was dehydrated but conscious and did not require hospitalization.
The Chinese navy aircraft carrier the Shandong in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, on Tuesday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 11, 2024

Taiwan monitors surge of Chinese warplanes headed to Pacific carrier drills

The Chinese military exercises coincide with a NATO summit in Washington, where a draft communique says Beijing continues to pose systemic challenges to security.
Caeleb Dressel dives into the pool during the men's 100-meter freestyle event at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis on June 18.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Jul 11, 2024

Swimming star Caeleb Dressel preparing to dive into uncharted waters in Paris

Dressel will defend two of his three individual titles at the Paris Games.
The Veolia Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility in London.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Jul 11, 2024

Nestle quietly shifted recycling goals as plastics problem grows

Nestle changing its plastics goal means 280,000 metric tons of additional nonrecyclable plastic waste a year, according to the latest available data for 2022.
People attend a seminar, hosted by Daiwa Securities, on the new NISA tax-free investment program last November. Retail investors in Japan have been favoring international investments as they deploy funds held in their fast-growing NISA accounts.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 11, 2024

Yen takes hit as ¥1 trillion flows abroad monthly after NISA tweak

Many taking advantage of changes to the rules for Japan's tax-free savings accounts have been shifting their savings to international investments.
Public support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet marked a new low of 15.5% in July, Jiji poll shows.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 11, 2024

Kishida Cabinet's approval rating sinks to 15.5%, poll shows

The results marked a new low for the Liberal Democratic Party since it returned to power in December 2012.
Tokyo police have arrested four people for allegedly luring their targets into multilevel marketing, using dating apps, last year, despite orders for the suspension of network marketing-related business.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2024

Four arrested in Japan over multilevel marketing using dating apps

The police believe that the four collected a total of some ¥850 million from about 2,000 people in 42 prefectures, including university students.
Fast Retailing’s expansion into the U.S. and Europe is paying off, with a strong performance in those markets helping to make up for a sharp deceleration in China.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2024

Fast Retailing’s push into western markets softens China slump

The company behind popular brands Uniqlo and GU raised its full-year forecast for operating income to ¥475 billion ($2.9 billion) from ¥450 billion.
The members of Glay — (from left) Jiro, Teru, Takuro and Hisashi — are celebrating 30 years of rocking out as a band.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 12, 2024

Glay celebrates three decades of rock greatness

The band's 12-month-long Glay Expo takes the idea of a concert tour to the next level for the anniversary of its major label debut.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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