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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2022

Japan wary of Xi's more hard-line stance on Taiwan

Tokyo is planning to call on China through dialogue to exercise restraint on its assertive moves in the region.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2022

Neither thrill nor agony in second game of the Japan Series as scene shifts to Osaka

A 3-3 tie between the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Orix Buffaloes left both sides in a weird state of emotional purgatory.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 24, 2022

Duty-free sales jump by up to twentyfold at Japan's department stores

Competition is seen heating up further in the Japanese retail industry amid efforts to respond to such demand from inbound tourists.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2022

Swallows slugger Jose Osuna carries hot streak into Japan Series

The Venezuelan slugger did not waste any time putting his mark on the 2022 Japan Series, connecting on a two-run double and a no-doubt solo homer in Saturday's Game 1.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2022

Swallows connect on three home runs to top Buffaloes in Game 1 of Japan Series

The Swallows picked up where they left off in last year's Japan Series with a victory in Game 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Japan confirms 31,802 new cases

The number of severely ill patients across the country dropped by seven from Thursday to 106, while 60 new deaths were reported.
Japan Times
The Philippines report 2022
Oct 17, 2022

Japan-Philippines: A bright and dynamic relationship

Defined by diverse and grounded ties, Japan and the Philippines stand at the “Golden Age” of their bilateral relations. Both countries have worked hand in hand and through close cooperation and friendship to reach this remarkable state of relations, and it continues to show promise for the future....
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2022

Amway Japan ordered to halt transactions for six months over illegal soliciting

The company was punished for soliciting people to buy products or sign up for membership without telling them that they would be made to participate in a networking business.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 14, 2022

Suicides among women in Japan rise for second year in a row

The number of suicides increased among women in almost all generations regardless of whether they lived alone or not.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 7, 2022

What did Japan learn from its largest and deadliest COVID wave?

While the surge of infections — fueled by the BA.5 subvariant of the omicron variant — has subsided, some important questions remain unanswered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022

Ruling LDP looks to continue aid to struggling Japan firms as pandemic loans end

The party will draw up new support proposals for firms at risk of default, aiming to reflect them in the government's economic package that will be put together by the end of the month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2022

Japan considering additional sanctions after Russia seizes Ukraine territory

Tokyo is expected to work to come up with details of its envisaged additional sanctions in line with the G7 stance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2022

Japan, South Korea and U.S. stage anti-submarine drills amid North Korea tension

The U.S. Navy said the drills will enhance interoperability and tactical and technical coordination between the three countries.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2022

Japan plays ‘critical role’ in chip supply chain, says U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris

The vice president's four-day visit to Japan and South Korea is intended to shore up economic and national security ties between the U.S. and Asian allies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022

Japan's COVID-19 herd immunity near 90% after omicron wave, study shows

People in Tokyo, Osaka and Okinawa Prefecture got most of their immunity through contagion amid high case counts in those areas, researchers found.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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