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Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2022

Devastating Afghanistan earthquake leaves more than 1,000 dead

The quake — the deadliest in the country in two decades — hit about 28 miles southwest of the city of Khost, a provincial capital in the country's southeast.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2022

JERA prepares to revive a second aged power unit at Anegasaki plant

Japan's energy supply problems relate to various domestic issues, including the suspension of some plants after March earthquakes in Fukushima.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 21, 2022

What to know about the COVID vaccine for little kids

An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously last week to recommend that the agency authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for use in very young children.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 20, 2022

Where did the Black Death begin? DNA detectives find a key clue.

By fishing shards of bacterial DNA from the teeth of bodies in a cemetery, researchers found the starting point for the plague that devastated Eurasia, they say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 20, 2022

War derails plan to ditch coal after U.K. championed global cuts

Efforts to get rid of dirty power are being slowed as the war hits European economies, with soaring gas and electricity prices stoking inflation and raising the specter of recession.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2022

Colombia braces for economic change as Gustavo Petro wins presidency

The election of the former guerrilla, who wants to transform Colombia's economic model, sets up the most radical change of course in the Andean nation's recent history.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 20, 2022

TELL’s Bahasa Indonesia services provide vital support

Felicia Nainggolan, TELL's Indonesian-language counselor, on the importance of mental health services for underserved communities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2022

Japan’s blurred vision for the future of capitalism

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has finally given the broad strokes of his signature economic growth program. It's not Abe's “Three Arrows.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2022

Trump’s shadow looms over fading Iran nuclear talks

With no compromise in sight and Iran making steady progress toward nuclear capability, the Biden administration could soon face a stark choice.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2022

Despite growing evidence, a prosecution of Trump would face challenges

As House hearings highlighted testimony that could create more pressure to pursue a criminal case, former president tried out a defense that strained credulity.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 19, 2022

Naomi Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon, citing Achilles injury

The former world No. 1 and her team indicated that the withdrawal was due to tendinitis in her left Achilles tendon and that she would have played if healthy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2022

Foreign fighters in Ukraine, many in motley groups, face perils if captured

Missing and captured fighters have focused attention on the thousands of largely unregulated volunteers in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2022

A defiant Putin says Russia will flourish without the West

In a speech at an economic forum, the Russian leader called the U.S. a fading power and said sanctions on Moscow, not the Ukraine war, are hurting Western economies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2022

Fears grow over Iran’s nuclear program as Tehran digs a new tunnel network

Although construction is evident on satellite and has been monitored by groups that track the proliferation of new nuclear facilities, officials have never talked about it publicly.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2022

In Ukraine, one minority group is ambivalent about the war

After Moscow's invasion, some Ukrainians worry that divided loyalties within the country's small ethnic Hungarian minority might make it susceptible to pro-Russia propaganda from Hungary.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2022

For Mike Pence, Jan. 6 began like many days. It ended like no other.

At one point, an angry mob with baseball bats and pepper spray chanting 'hang Mike Pence” came within 12 meters of the vice president.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 17, 2022

Takeda and Nintendo among Japanese firms quietly celebrating weak yen

For Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's biggest drugmaker, a weaker yen helps because 80% of its sales are overseas, said the firm's CFO.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2022

Toiling to complete a gun bill, U.S. parties part ways on its reach

The contrast between how Democratic and Republican proponents are describing the proposal — monumental versus limited in scope — reflects the tricky politics surrounding the issue.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2022

Flooding chaos in Yellowstone, a sign of crises to come

Scientists are raising the alarm that in the coming years, destruction related to climate change will reach nearly all 423 U.S. national parks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2022

How asylum-seekers cross the U.S. border

Since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, migration at the southern border of the United States has increased to levels not seen in decades.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2022

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' costume designer Shirley Kurata becomes the story

With the success of the film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' the work of Shirley Kurata is in demand, but her personal style has always had its own fans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 15, 2022

Corporate ‘self-sanctioning’ of Russia has U.S. fearing economic blowback

Some officials from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration are expressing concern that penalties are exacerbating inflation, worsening food insecurity and punishing ordinary Russians.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2022

On climate change’s front lines, hard lives grow even harder

Hundreds of millions of humanity's most vulnerable live in South Asia, where rising temperatures make it more difficult to address poverty, food security and health challenges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2022

Ensuring Taiwan’s safety is for the global public good

Taiwan's irreplaceable position in trade and technology makes the island a global public good with the world community having a vested interest in its fate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2022

If AI ever becomes sentient, it will let us know

What we humans say or think isn't necessarily the last word on artificial intelligence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2022

Rocky days for Japan's credit market spur calls to speed up deals

Some bankers, who have long advocated for shorter marketing periods, are stepping up calls for a change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 15, 2022

Australia’s baby steps toward severing ties with the queen

The Labor Party has made it clear it will not seek a constitutional revision to make Australia a republic during its first term, meaning that change is unlikely before 2025 at the earliest.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight