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Employees make pastries in the Princi bakery inside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery store in Shanghai in 2018.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 8, 2024

Starbucks cafes in Tokyo almost alone in keeping Princi baked goods

Starbucks is removing Howard Schultz's brand of Italian baked goods from many of its higher-end cafes, stepping back from an initiative championed by longtime leader.
Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe (left) in action against Villarreal's Santi Comesana in Madrid on Saturday
SOCCER
Oct 8, 2024

Mbappe under fire for skipping France duty but playing for Real Madrid

"As a captain (Mbappe) must be an example for the fans, and he has not been," said a spokesperson for a France supporters' group.
New York Liberty forward Leonie Fiebich passes the ball to teammate Breanna Stewart against Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray during a 2024 WNBA semifinal game in Brooklyn, New York, on Sept. 29.
BASKETBALL
Oct 8, 2024

Liberty savors 'brick-by-brick' redemption story in WNBA

Their on-court success has been matched by huge gains in the ledger book, with average regular-season attendance of 12,729.
Former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal speaks during an interview in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 8, 2024

Hamas will rise 'like a phoenix' from the ashes, leader-in-exile says

Khaled Meshaal, who was overall Hamas leader from 1996 to 2017, said the group is still recruiting fighters and continues to manufacture weapons.
Jets coach Robert Saleh during his team's loss to the Vikings on Sunday in London.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 9, 2024

Jets fire head coach Robert Saleh after 2-3 start

Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will be the interim head coach for the remainder of the season, according to team owner Woody Johnson.
Security Service Director General Ken McCallum in London on Oct. 14, 2020. In a wide-ranging speech outlining the current threat picture, McCallum underlined a growing threat from resurgent al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as his greatest terrorism concern.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2024

Russia's GRU seeking to cause 'mayhem' in Britain and Europe, U.K. spy chief says

Security Service Director General Ken McCallum also accused Iran of being behind "plot after plot" on British soil.
Shonannoumi hits the dirt at the hands of Kotozakura during a bout in Tokyo in May. Shonannoumi is among the many top wrestlers who have dropped out of this month's regional tour due to injury.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 9, 2024

Spate of sumo tour dropouts highlights need to rethink wrestlers' health

While it would be foolish not to capitalize on sumo’s surging popularity, expanded tour schedules cut into recovery time and push wrestlers to their physical limits.
As streaming services like Netflix invest in Japanese content, the hope is to revitalize the nation’s cultural exports and elevate its television landscape.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 9, 2024

Netflix’s ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ reveals some surprising truths

"Tokyo Swindlers" can reveal some home truths — even when they’re presented by a group of fraudsters.
U.K. Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch (left) and Robert Jenrick after delivering speeches at the party's annual conference, in Birmingham, England, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2024

Who are Badenoch and Jenrick, the candidates to lead U.K. Tories?

By choosing Badenoch or Jenrick, the Conservative party looks set to appeal to supporters lost to Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform U.K. party.
Yuri Kondo (center), who filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Japan's ban on dual nationality, speaks at a news conference in the city of Fukuoka in December 2023.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2024

Ban on dual nationality is constitutional, Fukuoka High Court rules

The court dismissed a claim filed by a woman who lost her Japanese citizenship after she became a naturalized American citizen.
The wellness amenities at Six Senses Kyoto are just the latest example of hotels in Japan bolstering their relaxation offerings to attract guests.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 12, 2024

Can't choose a Kansai hotel? Perhaps a wellness screening will help you decide.

The holistic offerings at Six Senses Kyoto and Four Seasons Osaka are part of a growing wellness travel trend sweeping Japan.
Nobuyo Oyama
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 11, 2024

Long-time 'Doraemon' voice actor Nobuyo Oyama dies at 90

Oyama voiced the nation's beloved blue cat-robot in her own inimitable way from the time the show debuted in 1979 until 2005.
South Korean author Han Kang, the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, attends a press conference, in Seoul in November.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 11, 2024

Han Kang’s Nobel win underscores essential role of translators as literary tastemakers

The trailblazing South Korean author was virtually unknown in the West just 10 years ago — then came Deborah Smith’s translation of "The Vegetarian."
The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in September 1945.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2024

Nobel Prize is a warning to a world on the nuclear brink

The awarding of the prize to Nihon Hidankyo — a group of atomic bomb survivors — reflects a widely held fear that nuclear war is now closer than ever.
Scotland's former first minister, Alex Salmond, attends an event in Ellon, Scotland, in April 2021.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2024

Alex Salmond, champion of Scottish independence, dies at 69

Salmond, who died after falling ill after making a speech in North Macedonia, stepped down as Scotland's first minister after losing the 2014 independence referendum.
An aerial view shows people paddling through a flooded street in South Daytona, Florida, following the passage of Hurricane Milton on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 13, 2024

Hurricane Milton’s floodwaters are hiding a dirty secret

Even though the risks from rising, fast-moving water is past, standing water remains treacherous to navigate and likely harbors dangerous diseases.
The Guardians celebrate after defeating the Tigers in Game 5 of their AL division series in Cleveland on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 13, 2024

Guardians get best of Tigers' ace in Game 5 to reach ALCS

Cleveland will face the New York Yankees on the road in Game 1 of the ALCS on Monday.
Liberty forward Breanna Stewart drives against the Lynx's Napheesa Collier in the third quarter of Game 2 in the WNBA Finals in New York on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Oct 14, 2024

Breanna Stewart leads strong defensive effort as Liberty top Lynx in Game 2

The Liberty combined for 13 steals and harried the Lynx into 20 turnovers that resulted in 26 New York points.
Outrageous stories about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump online were widely mistaken as real across social media, underscoring how content from satirical websites is being repurposed to fuel political misinformation and sow confusion ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2024

'Stolen satire' feeds U.S. election misinformation

False claims are being widely mistaken as real across social media, underscoring how content from satirical websites is being repurposed to fuel political misinformation.
Rohingya refugee children look on from their shelter at a refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Sept. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2024

Stateless speak up as world misses its #Ibelong deadline

They are often deprived of the most basic rights, exposing them to exploitation, destitution and detention.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends the East Asian Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 15, 2024

Ishiba openness to nuke ban treaty involvement puts pact in spotlight

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said his government will “seriously consider” participating as an observer in a conference of signatories to the U.N. treaty.
Young people, including students and youth league officials, sign petitions to join or return to the North Korean army this week, according to state media on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 16, 2024

North Korea says 1.4 million young people apply to join army

Pyongyang's claim comes as it accuses Seoul of a drone incursion that it says had brought the "tense situation to the brink of war."
The Japan International Cooperation Agency is responsible for most of Japan's overseas aid known as official development assistance.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2024

JICA staffer suspected of leaking info on Philippines railway project

The employee is thought to have intended to secure a contractor in advance to prevent delays to the ¥38.1 billion project.
A Blade battery on display at BYD’s headquarters in Shenzhen
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2024

Apple secretly worked with BYD on long-range EV battery, sources say

Sources claim the firms teamed up around 2017 to build a battery system using lithium iron phosphate cells.
Former tennis great Serena Williams announced that she recently had a cyst "the size of a grapefruit" removed from her neck.
TENNIS
Oct 17, 2024

Serena Williams has grapefruit-sized cyst removed from neck

Williams said that she is still recovering but that "all is OK."
A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber flies over the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, in 2022.
WORLD
Oct 17, 2024

U.S. bombers strike Houthi weapons storage sites in Yemen

The strikes hit five hardened underground facilities, with no indication of civilian casualties so far.
Japan Times
PRESS
Oct 21, 2024

10月25日開催 Sustainable Japan Day のお知らせ

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長：末松弥奈子）では、2017年から持続可能な社会の実現のために様々な⽴場で活躍してきた企業や団体そして個⼈をフォーカスし、その取り組みを国内外に発信してきました。...
The dining room at Ca'enne is as authentically rustic as the ingredients — all from Nagano Prefecture's Yatsugatake region — that chef Noriyuki Usui cooks with.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Oct 20, 2024

Ca’enne: Into the Yatsugatake mountains for Nagano’s freshest produce

For a restaurant that only uses ingredients from a landlocked region, there is a surprising amount of excellent fish on chef Noriyuki Usui’s menu.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a roundtable in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2024

Trump says he would impose tariffs on China if it were to 'go into Taiwan'

Asked if he would use military force against a blockade on Taiwan by China, Trump said it would not come to that because Xi Jinping respected him.
Ilia Malinin performs his free skate program during Skate America in Allen, Texas, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 21, 2024

Ilia Malinin captures third straight Skate America crown

Malinin became the first three-time Skate America champion since Nathan Chen won four straight from 2017 through 2020.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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