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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2022

Trump documents will be reviewed by retiring judge, court says

The Justice Department has already appealed the appointment of the special master at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2022

'Humor over rumor': Taiwan eyes Ukraine messaging model if China attacks

Taiwan is looking at Ukraine's ways of communicating its message to the outside world at a time of conflict, by making use of tools such as satellites and deploying humor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2022

Putin nods to Xi’s ‘concerns,’ and the limits of their cooperation

Rather than put on a show of Eurasian unity against the West, the two leaders struck discordant notes in their public remarks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 16, 2022

When breaking up in Japanese, be sure to give up the ghosting

It's hard to break up with someone in any language, but the inclination toward “ghosting” may make one side feel even worse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2022

Kishida Cabinet approval sinks to 32.3% in Jiji poll

The disapproval rate grew 11.5 points to 40%, exceeding approval for the first time according to the survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2022

U.S. railroad strike averted as unions and companies reach tentative deal

A rail shutdown could freeze almost 30% of U.S. cargo shipments by weight, stoke inflation and cost the U.S. economy as much as $2 billion per day.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 15, 2022

Behind the Japanese government’s purchase of the Senkaku Islands

Tokyo's attempts to not aggravate Beijing further over the Senkakus raises questions over how far it will go to defend its own territory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2022

Do most Russians support the war in Ukraine?

Opinion polls show that a majority of Russians support the actions of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine. But for many, it's probably less a matter of conviction than of conformity.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 15, 2022

Elden Ring takes top honors at the Japan Game Awards

Hidetaka Miyazaki, Elden Ring director and FromSoftware president, took away three prizes by the time the final honoree was named.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2022

Patagonia founder gives away the company to help fight climate change

Rather than selling the company or taking it public, Yvon Chouinard and his family have transferred their ownership of the $3 billion brand to a specially designed trust and a NPO.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2022

Opposition parties split over Abe state funeral as CDP says it won't attend

The government's failure to address concerns over the funeral's necessity, the decision-making process for the event and its cost are some of the reasons raised for the CDP's decision.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 8,825 new cases as downtrend continues

A health ministry expert panel said Wednesday that new cases are decreasing across Japan, along with fatal cases and severely ill patients.
A Tokyo toilet cleaner (Koji Yakusho, left) bonds with his teenage niece (Arisa Nakano) in “Perfect Days.”
CULTURE / Film
Jan 4, 2024

Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ finds beauty in small pleasures

Koji Yakusho gives an evocative, multilayered performance as a Tokyo toilet cleaner with a passion for simple joys in this poetic drama.
Haru (An Ogawa, center) searches for the origin of a recording left by her late mother, while keeping a watchful eye over two older acquaintances, in “Following the Sound.”
CULTURE / Film
Jan 4, 2024

‘Following the Sound’: A tantalizing and enigmatic study on grief

While Kyoshi Sugita’s fourth feature is a quietly absorbing drama, it leaves a great deal open to interpretation.
Firefighters inspect collapsed wooden houses in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Tuesday, a day after a major 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2024

Ishikawa quake rescue efforts ramp up as crucial time window narrows

Over 33,000 people are staying in evacuation centers with limited access to electricity and water.
China has cast Taiwan's Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections as a choice between war and peace, warning that an attempt to push for the island's formal independence means conflict.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 3, 2024

'Hawkish' China likely to squeeze Taiwan militarily after poll

With both the DPP and KMT pledging to bolster the island's defenses, Beijing is expected to continue its saber-rattling regardless who emerges victorious in the polls.
Firefighters and first responders inside a residential building that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2024

Russia hammers Kyiv with missiles in large-scale attack

The barrage came a day after President Vladimir Putin of Russia promised to retaliate for a Ukrainian assault on a Russian city.
Protesters rally to denounce the Israeli government's judicial overhaul in Jerusalem on March 27. The Jan. 1 decision by the Israeli Supreme Court to reject legislative control over the judiciary displayed anew the cultural war at the heart of Israeli politics.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2024

The twin fronts in the battle over Israel’s identity

Protests over the efforts to diminish the courts deeply divided Israel, but the subsequent war united it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping after a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21. China has refused to push back against the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, in the hopes that the war would weaken the United States and NATO.
COMMENTARY / The Year Ahead
Dec 11, 2023

Europe’s Chinese new year

The last year has solidified China’s status as one of the most salient foreign-policy challenges facing Europe. But it has been a long time coming.
Officials examine the burned wreckage of a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the tarmac at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2024

A collision, a jet on fire and a 'miracle' evacuation in Tokyo

Passengers and aviation experts are crediting the disciplined response of both staff and travelers for what’s being called a miracle evacuation.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2024

Japanese firms rush to send supplies to areas devastated by quake

Various companies nationwide are preparing to provide food, water and other relief supplies to Ishikawa Prefecture and surrounding areas.
Indian migrant women in Tokyo often face stifling social expectations. In contrast, they may feel empowered in more egalitarian societies like Berlin.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 3, 2024

How patriarchy perpetuates among Tokyo’s Indian migrants

Indian migrant women in Tokyo struggle to break free from the patriarchal structures they experienced back home. But in Berlin, a different picture emerges.
A scientist works on a quantum computer at the IBM Quantum lab in Yorktown Heights, New York.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2024

Your money may not survive a quantum heist

Prime numbers have served the internet age well, but the private sector and public authorities can no longer take their continued guardianship for granted.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands inside an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing on espionage charges in Moscow on Oct. 10.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2024

Remember the world’s political prisoners. One could be you.

Hostage diplomacy and arbitrary arrests by autocratic governments are a growing threat.
Firefighters inspect earthquake-damaged houses in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 3, 2024

Heed the warning of Japan’s New Year's Day earthquake

That so few deaths happened in Japan's Noto region, even in areas with the most severe shaking, isn’t down to luck.
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung speaks during a news conference in Seoul on April 11.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2024

South Korean opposition leader 'could have been killed': party

Lee Jae-myung, who suffered a wound to his jugular vein, was first taken to a hospital in Busan, then flown to Seoul.
Frontiers players pose with their trophies after winning the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 3, 2024

Frontiers roll over Impulse once again for third straight Rice Bowl

As with other recent title showdowns, Panasonic had opportunities throughout the game, but near-misses and questionable decisions saw them come up short.
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.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
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.
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.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of an indiscriminate fatal attack on a street of Tokyo's Akihabara area on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
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.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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