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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2022

Many have seen a weak yen as being good for Japan. That view is fading fast.

Frustration over the yen's recent slide is growing among policymakers and in the business community, while some economists say the fall is hurting the nation's economy more than helping it.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 27, 2022

Shaq says Lakers should keep 'Big Three' but need younger players too

The retired star's comments come after the veteran squad, which was the oldest in the league with an average age of 30, ultimately missed the playoffs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2022

Super Dry brewer Asahi joins Japan businesses raising prices

The price hike, which includes kegs, Yoichi whiskys and other beverages, will take effect for shipments from Oct. 1.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2022

Online army deploys to save Ukraine's art and heritage

Historians, librarians and IT specialists from around the world have joined forces since the invasion began to form an online army to back up everything from websites to libraries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2022

Anger erupts at Xi’s ‘Big White’ army of lockdown enforcers

Since Shanghai went into lockdown, the brigade of workers and volunteers in white hazmat suits have become the focus of public anger for their role in enforcing the 'COVID-zero' strategy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2022

Emboldened by Ukraine’s grit, U.S. wants to see Russia weakened

The U.S. not only wants to thwart the Russian invasion but also aims to weaken Russia so that it can no longer carry out such military aggression anywhere.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 26, 2022

Australia and New Zealand not sending athletes to Asian Games

The Olympic Council of Asia had invited a quota of around 300 athletes and 150 support staff from Oceania nations to compete at the Sept. 10-25 event in Hangzhou.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2022

North Korea's Kim uses massive military parade to deliver nuke warning

The North Korean leader vowed to speed up the development of his nuclear arsenal while also saying that his military should be prepared to use its deterrent 'at any time.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2022

All-private astronaut team returns safely from landmark space station visit

The SpaceX crew capsule carrying the four-man team, led by a retired NASA astronaut who is now vice president of the Texas company behind the mission, Axiom Space, parachuted into the sea after a 16-hour descent from orbit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2022

Crypto conference in North Korea leads to more criminal charges

Alejandro Cao de Benos of Spain and Christopher Emms, a U.K. citizen, were charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 26, 2022

Oleksandr Usyk mounts Ukraine relief effort ahead of Joshua bout

The unified heavyweight champion will use his high-profile fight with Anthony Joshua to raise funds for Ukraine with an NFT release he hopes will generate upwards of $1 million.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 26, 2022

Brexit caused a ‘major shock’ to U.K. trade patterns, study says

However, the researchers stressed that the results may 'reflect temporary changes,” since the study captures only the first year of Brexit and didn't asses trade in services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2022

China Politburo under pressure to help economy as COVID spreads

Several prominent policy advisers and Chinese economists have called on the government to take more decisive measures to prop up the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2022

SoftBank cuts back spending, leaving startups desperate for cash

The adoption of prudence at SoftBank's Vision Fund is an about-face from its past freewheeling largess.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2022

Norinchukin Bank seeks European deals to complete global comeback

The bank is in active discussions with managers of European CLOs to put money into the structured products that bundle up leveraged loans into bonds of varying degrees of risk.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 25, 2022

Discreetly, the young in Japan chip away at a taboo on tattoos

Exposed to body art on social media, more young Japanese are getting tattoos, even if that means hiding them at work.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 25, 2022

Possible case of mysterious acute child hepatitis found in Japan

The patient, who has been hospitalized, corresponds to the working definition of a “probable case' of the acute, severe hepatitis provided by the World Health Organization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022

Elon Musk taking Twitter private in $44 billion deal

It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company, which emerged as one of the world's most influential public squares but now faces a string of challenges.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 25, 2022

Japan readies ¥6.2 trillion package to help with surging cost of fuel and materials

The spending will add to Japan's public debt — the heaviest in the industrial world at more than twice the size of the country's economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 25, 2022

Beijing’s growing finance crackdown ensnares more than 40 officials

At least 16 officials, including former China Merchants Bank Co. President Tian Huiyu, have been probed or penalized in April alone.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2022

Ukraine apologizes for linking Hirohito and Hitler in official tweet

An official Ukrainian government Twitter account apologized after showing a picture of Emperor Hirohito alongside Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in video about the defeat of fascism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2022

Chinese naval base in Solomon Islands would be ‘red line,’ Australian PM says

Scott Morrison has been accused of not moving quickly enough to avoid a security agreement between Honiara and Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 25, 2022

Twitter under shareholder pressure to seek deal with Musk, sources say

While the views of Twitter shareholders vary over what a fair price for a deal would be, many urged the firm not to let the opportunity for a deal slip away.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 25, 2022

Teaching neglected children the skills they need for life at YouMeWe

After playing Santa Claus one day in 2007 and giving presents to orphans, Michael Clemons has devoted himself to giving even more.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 25, 2022

China’s 'wolf warrior' diplomacy at a crossroads amid Ukraine crisis

Confrontation between democratic states — including the U.S., Europe and Japan — and authoritarian states centered around China and Russia has become clearer in recent times.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2022

France's Macron defeats far-right rival in presidential election

The incumbent president comfortably defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, heading off a political earthquake but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term.

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