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SOCCER
Apr 21, 2023

Shinji Okazaki and SD Huesca hope to strengthen bonds between Japan and Spain through academy

The Spanish team is working to form an academy with Japan's FC Basara Hyogo in hopes of promoting more cultural exchanges between the two nations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2023

World leaders emboldened Sudan's warring generals, analysts say

'It was their poorly thought out political process which really ratcheted up tensions,' one analyst said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2023

The next arms race: China leverages AI for edge in future wars

China already produces the most top AI scientists, with the country hosting the first nine of the world’s top 10 institutions publishing AI-related papers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2023

'Hotter and hotter': Swaths of Asia sweat in heat wave

Bangladesh saw its highest temperature for almost 60 years in the past week, while in India at least 13 people died from heatstroke along with two in Thailand, according to local media.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2023

Taking on Erdogan, Turkish opposition leader banks on everyman appeal

Kemal Kilicdaroglu is aiming to attract voters tired of the president’s bombastic rhetoric and tough-guy persona, campaigning not just as an anti-Erdogan but as his polar opposite.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 15, 2023

Artisans update timeless craft of intricate ‘puzzle cabinets’

Although the craft of making karakuri-dansu is slowly disappearing, a craftsman and his son are keep the tradition torch lit with story-filled pieces for collectors and enthusiasts.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023

Kishida's verbal slip sees Japan target new hay fever countermeasures

Steps likely to be taken are the periodic thinning of cedar trees, the utilization of the trees as timber and replanting forests with trees that produce less pollen.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023

Approval rate for Kishida's Cabinet rises above 30% in latest poll

The approval rate climbed 3.6 percentage points from the previous month to 33.5%, up for the third straight month, according to the poll.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2023

In Brazil, 'bioeconomy' initiatives offer hope of a less destructive future

Amazon forest has an economic value four times higher than if turned into cattle pasture, if benefits such as its contribution to rainfall, clean air and a stable climate are considered.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2023

U.S. left red-faced over 21-year-old’s alleged tie to intelligence leak

Washington is going to have a hard time explaining how the biggest U.S. intelligence leak in a decade may have been committed by an airman in a junior role.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023

South Korea tries $500 handouts to help get reclusive children outside

The new policy’s main goal is to help disadvantaged youth, but it’s also a way for the country to address its shrinking working-age population.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2023

China records world's first human death from H3N8 bird flu

The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected with the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, the WHO said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023

Russia pounds Ukraine's front line as leak prompts questions over counteroffensive

Ukrainian officials played down a report that Kyiv is amending plans following the unauthorized release of classified U.S. documents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023

U.S. officials review intel sharing after damaging leak

Investigators are also working to determine what person or group might have had the ability and motivation to release the intelligence reports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 11, 2023

A punch in the face for Xi caricature: Taiwan air force badge goes viral

Chinese censors have long targeted representations of Winnie the Pooh over internet memes that compare the fictional bear to China's president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2023

The idiocy that will come with a reliance on AI

The real danger with AI is not that people will mistake a chatbot for a real person, it is that communicating with them will make real persons talk like chatbots.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2023

Boosting young workers' pay key to reversing Japan's low birthrate

More support to child-rearing and wage growth are two key engines to reverse the low birthrate trend, economists have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2023

Ma Ying-jeou’s historic trip: Can former Taiwan president help ease cross-strait tensions?

Despite being the first former Taiwanese president to set foot on mainland soil, the impact of this landmark trip on cross-strait relationships might be limited.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

Ice storm in eastern Canada leaves two dead and 1 million without power

Authorities have called for caution, advising people to stay away from downed power lines and avoid walking in wooded areas where trees laden with ice might topple.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2023

Thailand's promised cannabis bonanza disappoints as politicians trade blame

A deluge of marijuana smuggled in from abroad has driven down wholesale prices and hurt local growers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 6, 2023

Twitter’s blue check apocalypse is upon us. Here’s what to know.

Changes on the social media site are likely to make it harder for users to discern real people from impersonators, while making posts from accounts that don't pay less visible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2023

Ukraine's tech entrepreneurs fight war on a different front

Military innovation in Ukraine's once-thriving technology sector has bolstered the country's out-manned and out-gunned armed forces.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2023

North Koreans trapped in 'state-sponsored slavery' in Russia

China and Russia have become loopholes helping the North earn badly needed cash as it deals with the fallout of international sanctions and the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 4, 2023

Taiwan defends plans to meet U.S. lawmakers as China threatens response

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed that the expected meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will take place at the Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2023

Business innovations boost national recycling efforts

The Japanese have long embraced the need to protect and preserve the natural world, safeguarding our shared environment for generations to come. As a nation, the Japanese have been ahead of the game when it comes to initiatives such as recycling to conserve finite stocks of resources, helping to tackle...
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
China says Philippine ship ‘deliberately rammed’ coast guard vessel in South China Sea
A China Coast Guard ship navigates near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in August.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

Podcast

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

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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