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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2022

In China, homebuyers occupy their 'rotting,' unfinished properties

Residents face poor conditions as cash-strapped builders halt construction amid the country's deep real estate slump.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2022

Major leaks in Russian gas pipelines caused by attacks, EU nations say

Seismologists in Denmark and Sweden said they had registered two powerful blasts on Monday in the vicinity of the leaks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2022

South Korea emerges as major defense industry player

One of the key features of Seoul's plan to go big on defense involves the continued international promotion of the latest South Korean-made military equipment and technologies.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2022

Japan’s businesses brace for long-awaited return of tourists

Spending by inbound travelers totaled u00a54.8 trillion in 2019. The question now is how much of that will come back, and how soon.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2022

Pipeline leaks add to methane concern after scientists find unexpectedly high emissions

Emitters have not kept good records, and those trying to improve them in the past decade have had a shock.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 28, 2022

Banana thrown at Richarlison as Brazil thrashes Tunisia

Head coach Tite's Brazil will head into its World Cup opener against Serbia on Nov. 24 on a 15-match unbeaten run, dating back to the team's Copa America final loss to Argentina last year.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2022

Gaffe or insight? Deciphering Biden's unguarded answers

The U.S. president's remarks often aren't quite blunders — they betray deeper truths about his thinking and occasionally offer the public a better window into his administration's approach.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2022

'Sham' referendum in Ukraine results point to Russia annexation

The U.S. will introduce a resolution at the United Nations Security Council calling on member states not to recognize any change to Ukraine and obligating Russia to withdraw its troops.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2022

Phil Mickelson, three others drop out of LIV lawsuit against PGA Tour

The players' decision to drop out of the lawsuit comes about a month after the PGA Tour made sweeping changes including increased purses and an earnings assurance program.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2022

Eliud Kipchoge to present medals to young runners at London Marathon

The current world record holder will present medals to thousands of youngsters racing parts of the London Marathon course on Saturday, finishing under the famous gantry on The Mall.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022

Japan's COVID-19 herd immunity near 90% after omicron wave, study shows

People in Tokyo, Osaka and Okinawa Prefecture got most of their immunity through contagion amid high case counts in those areas, researchers found.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022

In pictures: Shinzo Abe's state-sanctioned farewell

Shinzo Abe's divisive legacy was manifest on the streets of Tokyo, in displays of both public mourning and protest.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 27, 2022

With a gamer prince and oil billions, Saudi Arabia turns to esports

The world's biggest oil exporter has leveraged its immense wealth to assert itself on the esports stage, hosting glitzy conferences and snapping up established tournament organizers.
A story on the front page of The Japan Times on Jan. 4, 1924, focuses on a Tokyo attempting to recover from the Great Kanto Earthquake.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Jan 1, 2024

The Japan Times 1924: Tokyo greets 1924 in hope of better things

After a year in which the capital and its surroundings experienced a catastrophic earthquake, an article highlights the resolve of the people.
U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday
WORLD
Dec 14, 2023

Biden impeachment inquiry authorized by House Republicans

The White House has dismissed the inquiry as unsubstantiated by facts and politically motivated.
Eddie Jones at a news conference after being named as Japan rugby head coach in Tokyo on Thursday
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Dec 14, 2023

No guilt for Eddie Jones after taking Japan job

Jones quit his native Australia after leading them to a dismal showing at the Rugby World Cup.
Shohei Ohtani puts on a Dodgers cap and uniform during his introductory news conference at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 15, 2023

Shohei Ohtani says shared commitment to winning led him to Dodgers

The one-of-a-kind talent received a Hollywood intro Thursday as he began his new chapter with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
While Hayao Miyazaki’s return to filmmaking, “The Boy and the Heron,” did not attain the ¥10 billion milestone that the beloved animator’s movies had once routinely surpassed, it debuted at the top of the North American box office and became the first original anime film to lead the box office in the United States and Canada.
CULTURE / Film / 2023 in Review
Dec 15, 2023

Japan’s auteurs and anime triumphed in 2023

From Hayao Miyazaki's “The Boy and the Heron” to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Monster,” the box-office hits kept coming.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 15, 2023

Despite a taxing year, 2023's top kanji still draws questions

In a year of major crises around the world, Japanese voters pick the kanji for "zei," meaning "tax," based on a plan yet to be implemented.
What makes a good gift guide? The answers are as varied as they are complex.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 16, 2023

The naughty and nice of creating holiday gift guides

The most shoppable gift guides, some say, suggest products that are novel but useful, surprising but thoughtful, affordable but not cheap.
Developed by Larian Studios, Baldur's Gate 3, a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired action-adventure role-playing game, is the consensus game of the year.
LIFE / Digital
Dec 16, 2023

Critical success: Baldur’s Gate 3 wins Game of the Year honors

First presented in 2014, the Game Awards decides on winners through a voting jury of the news media and input from players.
A filling, home-cooked Christmas dinner is within your reach — even among all the fried chicken and cramped kitchens throughout Japan.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 17, 2023

An oven-less Christmas ‘roast’ for your tiny Japanese kitchen

Forget fried chicken. Forget expensive meals out. Here’s how to cook your own filling meal no matter what kitchen appliances you have.
This savory-sweet cake can be made with either fish paste or shrimp — whichever you think will best guide you into 2024.
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Dec 17, 2023

Recipe: Good luck egg and fish rolls

The trickiest part of making “datemaki” is rolling it up — the rolled form is supposed to resemble a paper scroll, representing wishes for the new year.
A man walks past a pollution pod designed to mimic the air quality in New Delhi, during the COP28 summit in Dubai, on Dec 4.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Dec 15, 2023

How the world agreed to move away from fossil fuels at COP28

This year's climate conference marked the first time in history countries expressed a unified desire to end the oil age.
The image of activist Frances Hui is displayed during a news conference to issue arrest warrants in Hong Kong on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 15, 2023

Hong Kong police expand dragnet on overseas pro-democracy activists

The move, which adds to a list of eight overseas activists deemed fugitives by authorities in July, triggered criticism from the U.S. and U.K.
Scientists discovered what they described as widespread and dangerous levels of toxic chromium in areas of Northern California severely burned by wildfires in 2019 and 2020.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Dec 15, 2023

Wildfires are unleashing dangerous metals from soil, study shows

Firefighters and anyone living downwind of a wildfire would be at most immediate risk if chromium 6 becomes airborne.
Firefighters tackle a fire in a field in San Buenaventura in the Bolivian Amazon in November.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Dec 15, 2023

Despite COP28 deal on fossil fuels, 1.5 C goal likely out of reach

The "UAE Consensus" does not commit the world to phasing out oil and gas, nor to near-term timelines for transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Palestinian children hold pots as they queue to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid shortages in food supplies, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Dec 15, 2023

Desperation grows among families in Gaza as aid deliveries falter

The Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has made it almost impossible for aid convoys to move around.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
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