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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2022

Japan's September factory output posted first fall in four months

Manufacturers took a hit from rising costs for raw materials and the global economic slowdown.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Oct 31, 2022

A store is a ballet stage: LVMH Japan head

Norbert Leuret's career spans more than four decades and his passion for elevating the luxury brand retail experience is palpable. In his eyes, every aspect of a store is an integral part of the total package, from the window display and products to the music and temperature.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022

Alarmed by suicide attack, China and Pakistan join hands in probe

A female suicide bomber targeted nationals from Pakistan's most important partner, seeking to undermine a relationship on which Islamabad's financial survival largely depends.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 31, 2022

Efforts to train female lawmakers gain impetus in Japan

A range of programs have been put in place, planned by university professors or foundations, with some having already produced female lawmakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2022

With sweeping chip export rules, U.S. moves to choke off China’s tech rise

The unprecedented controls may have far-reaching implications as Washington seeks to slow Beijing's technological and military rise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 31, 2022

Workers leave China's biggest iPhone plant to escape COVID-19 curbs

Emergence of COVID cases saw the plant adopt a closed loop system, triggering unrest when the company shut cafeterias at the manufacturing site.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 31, 2022

Verstappen sets F1 record for most wins in a season

Verstappen's win was the 25-year-old's fourth in Mexico, and the podium was the same as last year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022

Car bombs at busy Somalia market intersection kill at least 100, president says

The al-Qaida-linked group al Shabaab, which is seeking to topple the government and establish its own rule based on an extreme interpretation of Islamic law, claimed responsibility.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2022

Masao Uchibori wins third term as Fukushima governor

Uchibori succeeded in gaining widespread support by highlighting his responses to natural disasters that hit the prefecture in recent years.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 31, 2022

LIV Golf vows next year will be bigger and better

Bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, LIV grabbed the golf world's attention with staggering prize purses totaling $255 million while luring top players.
SOCCER
Oct 31, 2022

Furuhashi goal at Livingston helps Celtic ease pain of European exit

Kyogo Furuhashi, Greg Taylor and Jota got the goals as the Scottish champions bounced back from the disappointment of exiting European competition in midweek.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 31, 2022

Yamathoners once again take to the streets of Tokyo for charity

The annual Tokyo Yamathon event draws 1,155 participants and raises more than u00a54.5 million for charity.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022

Lula narrowly wins Brazil’s presidency in stunning comeback

The vote signals a change in direction for Latin America's largest economy after a heated campaign that showed extreme polarization among the electorate.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2023

Defense chief condemns ‘outrageous’ response in SDF harassment case

A male perpetrator of sexual assault was forced to apologize directly to the female victim despite her wishes not to see him.
A 23andMe DNA kit
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2023

Drugmakers are set to pay 23andMe millions to access consumer DNA

Under the new agreement, 23andMe will provide GSK with access to anonymized DNA data from customers who have agreed to share their information.
A man stands next to a robot in use at ROLEC Gehause-Systeme in Rinteln, Germany on Oct. 6
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2023

As baby boomers retire, German businesses turn to robots

Small and medium-sized companies are turning to automation as the gradual retirement of the post-war "baby boom" generation tightens the labor squeeze.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 31, 2023

Nihon University staff downplayed drug use problem, report says

The report shows how the university’s system of governance led to the delay in taking action against the American football team’s culture of drug use.
Coffins carrying bodies of Thai migrant agricultural workers who were killed in an attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, arrive at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand, on Oct. 20
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 31, 2023

Stay or leave? Israel's migrant workers face tough choices

While many migrant workers fear for their safety if they stay in Israel, some said they cannot afford to give up their jobs.
Reporters take cover upon hearing sirens warning of an incoming rocket attack from Gaza, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, on Oct. 23
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2023

Media reporting on Israel-Hamas war face singular challenges

Lack of access to Gaza, with both the Israeli and Egyptian access points closed, is creating difficulties journalists say they have rarely seen before.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2023

Buffaloes edge Tigers in Game 3 of Japan Series

After dueling 8-0 blowouts, the Japan Series finally got a close game.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 1, 2023

Japan ramps up yen intervention warning after BOJ-fueled sell-off

The broad decline toward ¥152 to the dollar has the currency around the threshold that a year ago drove Japanese authorities to swoop in to prop it up.
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike from Oct. 4 to 7 across the U.S.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 1, 2023

Unions in the U.S. are winning big for the first time in decades

Recent victories mark a potential turning point for the country’s labor movement, which has seen union ranks and power dwindle for decades.
Becoming the lone bidder for the 2034 World Cup, just 27 days after its campaign was announced, caps a stunning year where the unheralded Saudi Pro League has snapped up some of soccer's top stars including Cristiano Ronaldo (center).
SOCCER
Nov 1, 2023

Bridging the Gulf: How the World Cup is key to Saudi revamp

While human rights controversies have not gone away, the kingdom is gaining a reputation for extravagant forays into sport.
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Nov 1, 2023

Israel kills at least 50 in military strike on Gaza refugee camp

An Israel Defense Forces statement said the strike by fighter jets on Jabalia, Gaza's largest refugee camp, had killed a Hamas commander.
The front entrance gate leading to the former Ashigakubo Elementary School in Yokose, Saitama Prefecture. The school, which was more than a century old, was forced to close in 2009.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2023

School's out forever in aging Japan

As the number of children in Japan decreases, public money has been made available to help municipalities repurpose old schools.
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Andrew Heaney during the first inning of Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday in Phoenix.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 1, 2023

Offensive explosion moves Rangers to cusp of World Series title

The Rangers rolled to an 11-7 win and are now one victory away from their first World Series championship.
An assembly engineer works on a lithography system at chipmaker ASML in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on June 16.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 2, 2023

How can the EU strengthen its strategic autonomy regarding chips?

The bloc has felt a sense of crisis over the fact that its growth strategy has been largely dependent on third countries.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on AI in London on on Oct. 26.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2023

Rishi Sunak embraces Musk to boost AI summit

The U.K. prime minister organized the event to reassert Britain’s influence in the wake of Brexit.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.

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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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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