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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2023

New AI smartphone app will be able to decipher Japanese cursive manuscripts

The app's beta version is set for release later this month, while the full version is scheduled to become available to the public this March.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Dec 27, 2022

“Creating a sustainable world by the power of data science” with Yuki Kishi

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2022

Twitter is said to have struggled over revealing U.S. influence campaign

The situation began in 2017 when an official working with U.S. Central Command requested that Twitter verify some of the military's accounts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 24, 2022

Walmart manager kills six in latest U.S. mass shooting

The shooting came on the heels of a weekend gun attack at an LGBTQ club in Colorado that killed five people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2022

Colorado mass shooter stopped by 'heroic' people inside club, police say

The shooting was the latest in a long history of attacks on LGBTQ venues in the United States, the deadliest of which claimed 49 lives at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 21, 2022

Reports shed new light on last hours of South Korean slain by North in 2020

Documents from a parliamentary inquiry, the coast guard and a human rights watchdog provide previously unpublished details about the case.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Oct 19, 2022

“The first sustainable paper pack for natural water in Japan” with Remi Yano

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
JAPAN / History
Oct 4, 2022

Tokyo to digitize material related to March 1945 air raids

The government will create a digital database of videotaped testimonies from those who experienced the airstrikes and personal belongings of victims that have not been publicly shown.
PRESS / Events
Sep 22, 2022

“Biodiversity conservation in landscapes and seascapes” with Yasuo Takahashi

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 22, 2022

Jenny Xie explores the subversive power of the concealed and the overlooked

In her new poetry collection, “The Rupture Tense,” Xie peeks at the past to examine the consequences of “how we see, what we see, and also what we allow to remain unseen.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2022

Egyptians push back against 'whitewashing' of Egyptology

Egyptology is flush with tales of brilliant foreign explorers uncovering the secrets of the Pharaohs, but Egyptians are relegated to the background.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Aug 22, 2022

“Policymaking to achieve Sustainable Development Goals” with Mahesti Okitasari

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2022

Memento mori: Photography in the face of the inevitable

The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum examines how we face our own mortality in the new exhibition “TOP Collection: The Illumination of Life by Death.”
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 31, 2022

Ryo Osera: 'Travelers want to experience local areas at a slower pace'

The guys behind the startup KabuK Style want you to take the same approach to travel as you would your Netflix account.
PRESS / Events
Jul 22, 2022

“Creating ESG-driven value creation strategies for real assets” with Stuart Kay

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 22, 2022

They loved volcanoes and each other

A new documentary examines the work and lives of the French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, helped mightily by their own magnificent footage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2022

U.S. Senate passes gun safety bill as Supreme Court knocks down handgun limits

The landmark court ruling and Senate action on gun safety illustrate the deep divide over firearms in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2022

U.S. Capitol assault hearings take break as new evidence floods in

The new evidence includes documents from the National Archive and multiple new leads given to a tip-line since the televised hearings began earlier in June.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Jun 22, 2022

“Reducing plastic waste by upcycling Japan’s abundance of umbrellas” with Aki Saito

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 6, 2022

Celtics and Warriors add voices to calls for gun control laws

'We feel very strongly as a league that it is time for people to take notice and take part in what should be a nationwide effort to limit gun violence,' Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2022

‘Not if but when’: More mass shootings add to weary nation’s grief

Some 20 shootings in which at least four people were hurt or killed have unfolded in a matter of nine days, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022

Biden says 'Enough!' on gun violence and urges Congress to act

The president called for a number of measures historically opposed by Republicans in Congress, including banning the sale of assault weapons.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
May 25, 2022

“Driving diversity and paving a path for women in Japan” with Kaori Sasaki

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by Aum Shinrikyo, the Public Security Intelligence Agency launched a special website Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2025

Special website created 30 years after Tokyo subway sarin attack

The Aum Shinrikyo digital archive covers not only the Tokyo subway system attack, but also other crimes by the cult, including a 1994 sarin gas attack in Matsumoto.
Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the White House in Washington on Feb. 11.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2025

Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team provided tech service to cybercrime ring

Edward Coristine, 19, is among the most visible members of the DOGE effort that has been given sweeping access to U.S. government networks.
Lawyer Shoichi Ibuski (right) speaks during a news conference in Tokyo along with Wayomi, younger sister of Wishma Sandamali who died in 2021 while in detention.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2025

Family of Sri Lankan woman who died in custody to sue Japan for footage

Attorney Shoichi Ibuski, representing the family, told reporters that the government's refusal suggests there may be “inconvenient information for immigration authorities.”
Demonstrators gather in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outside the agency's main campus in Atlanta on March 28.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2025

Volunteers on 'right side of history' fight Trump data purge

The Trump administration has gutted several federal agencies, fired tens of thousands of employees and altered or deleted thousands of government webpages since taking office.
Margot Magniere and Theo Poyer returned to Japan after pandemic-era restrictions were lifted and decided to stay for a while.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2025

The band that turned a pandemic lockdown into a Tokyo dream

On “Grand Voyage,” French pop act Tapeworms tap into Japanese cultural nostalgia and picopop.
Then-U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz checks his mobile phone while attending a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on April 30.
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2025

Hacker behind U.S communication breach stole data from across government

The discovery potentially raises the stakes of a breach that has already drawn questions about data security in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
While hacking to steal data and information about the semiconductor industry in Taiwan is not new, there has been an increase in sustained hacking campaigns from several China-aligned hacking groups.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2025

China-linked hackers seen targeting Taiwan's chip industry with increasing attacks

The attacks come amid rising restrictions by Washington on exports to China of U.S.-designed chips that are often manufactured in Taiwan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Extreme heat grips Japan, including even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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