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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023

Last-minute climate deal hiccups expose EU concerns over political costs

Countries including France and Germany have started to chip away at parts of the EU’s so-called Green Deal that have the potential to negatively impact their voters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023

Sunak faces trouble everywhere in bid to keep Tory voters happy

Conservative ministers and advisers say they fear a post-Brexit 'realignment” of voters in England coming back to bite them.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2023

Pakistan establishment closes ranks in crackdown on Imran Khan

With military courts, intimidation of the press and mass arrests, Pakistan's rulers are seeking to destroy former Prime Minister Imran Khan's support ahead of elections, analysts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2023

Man who opened Asiana plane door says he wanted out 'quickly'

'He felt the flight was taking longer than it should have been and felt suffocated inside the cabin,' a Daegu police detective said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2023

Suspect in deadly Nagano shooting referred to prosecutors

Masanori Aoki, 31, had been arrested on suspicion of the murder of one police officer and is likely to face charges for the murders of three others.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2023

Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars

For NASA, long-term experiments make it possible to evaluate the behavior of a crew in an isolated and confined environment, ahead of a real mission in future.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2023

Man arrested over fatal shooting in western Tokyo

The victim, who may have been connected to a gang, was apparently shot at least three times and died after escaping from a restaurant where he was initially shot.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
May 27, 2023

Whether you're partial to cats of dogs, Acerola and Buzz are both great company

One cat is rescued from a hoarding situation, while a dog needs to find new digs after his owner was hospitalized. Both are ready to play.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 27, 2023

North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall

Pyongyang has built hundreds of kilometers of new or upgraded border fences, walls and guard posts along its borders with China and Russia, commercial satellite imagery shows.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2023

What happens if the U.S. fails to lift its debt limit by June 5?

With each day that passes, the chance of the United States stumbling into a scenario where it cannot pay all its existing bills is increasing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023

Frantic negotiations, late nights and no deal on America’s debt

But all of the talking has so far failed to produce a deal to raise the country’s debt limit, raising fears of a potentially catastrophic default that could upend financial markets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2023

Super Typhoon Mawar strengthens as it moves toward the Philippines

As of Friday night in the Philippines, the center of the storm was about 1,450 kilometers east of Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2023

Russian public appears to be souring on war, analysis shows

U.S. officials say that although Russian public opinion has been difficult to accurately track, they believe cracks in support have begun to show in recent months.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2023

Ukraine says Russia plans to simulate accident at nuclear power plant

The Zaporizhzhia plant is Europe's biggest nuclear power station and the area has been repeatedly hit by shelling that both sides blame each other for.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2023

Speculators boost yen shorts to most in a year as currency slips

While the interest rate differential has underscored the divergence in monetary policy and weighed on the yen, some strategists call it undervalued and suggest a reverse in the trend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2023

Failed moon landing caused by altitude miscalculation, Japan startup says

Tokyo-based Ispace lost connection with the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander after the spacecraft attempted what would have been the world's first commercial soft-landing on the moon's surface.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2023

Japan and U.S. industry chiefs agree to boost semiconductor cooperation

During a meeting in Detroit, the two also confirmed the need to reinforce global supply chains with other partners and through multilateral engagements.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 27, 2023

Novak Djokovic heads to French Open hoping to take sole possession of Grand Slam record

Djokovic and Nadal are tied for the most men's Grand Slam titles in history with 22 each, and Djokovic can take sole possession of the record with a triumph at Roland Garros.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2023

Suspects at large after fatal shooting in western Tokyo

The shooting comes just a day after four people were killed, including two police officers, in a shooting and stabbing in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
May 27, 2023

Roger Dahl on blogs

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 27, 2023

Vinicius Jr. situation stirs painful memories for F1 star Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton feels the sports world needs to do more to tackle the problem of racism
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 27, 2023

NATO struggles in the shadows to find new leader

Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg, the transatlantic military alliance's secretary-general, is due to step down at the end of September after nine years in the post.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 27, 2023

Despite irregular standards, Japanese morticians bring dignity to death

Known as nokanshi, Japan's end-of-life professionals are often asked to work miracles on the deceased.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 27, 2023

100 miles around Mount Fuji on 'Asia's most important' race

The Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji ultramarathon isn't just Japan's most prestigious trail running competition — it might one day be the world's biggest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
May 27, 2023

Netflix's answer to finding love in the time of an aging population

Dating show “Love Village” and its cast of singles 35 years old and above offer the perfect bait to millennial audiences and show that entertainment can age up without losing its edge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2023

Government unveils policy outline featuring child care steps but no details on funding

The outline made no mention of how to fund such spending — a sticking point before a snap poll Kishida may call in the coming months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2023

South Korean police detain passenger after plane door opened mid-air

No one was hurt in the incident but nine people, all teenagers, were sent to hospital after suffering breathing issues, a Daegu fire department official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2023

In first, South Korea fund compensates surviving Japan wartime labor victim

The amount of the payment has not been made public, but it is believed to be between 200 million won ($150,800) and 290 million won based on South Korean Supreme Court rulings.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2023

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolts Tokyo area; no major damage reported

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 50 kilometers off Chiba Prefecture on Friday.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
May 26, 2023

Terunofuji wins showdown against Asanoyama to maintain outright lead at Summer Basho

The Mongolian-born yokozuna heads into the final weekend of the 15-day tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan with the outright lead at 12-1.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
Yen rally could help end crushing wage decay in Japan
Some economists say a sticky weak yen trend would have a negative impact on Japan's real wage growth.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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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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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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