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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2021

Buybacks turn major Japan firms into nation's whales as BOJ eases ETF purchases

SoftBank, Toyota, Takeda Pharmaceutical and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group have all announced major share-buyback plans recently.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 16, 2021

To defend fragile 1.5 C goal, Glasgow Climate Pact must get results — fast

Rules governing carbon markets, finally agreed upon at COP26, could indicate net-zero pledges that favor offsetting emissions rather than cutting them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2021

Forget the words of this COP26 deal. Follow the money.

The costs of subsidizing fossil fuels go up with each passing year, making it harder to abandon them even as their damage accumulates.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Nov 15, 2021

Defending champion Daniil Medvedev rallies to win ATP Finals opener

World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev came from a set down to power past ATP Finals debutant Hubert Hurkacz 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4 and get his title defense off to a winning start in Turin on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2021

Climate 'loss and damage' earns recognition but little action in COP26 deal

Glasgow Climate Pact failed to secure the establishment of a dedicated new damages fund vulnerable nations had pushed for.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 14, 2021

Elab wants you to opt-in to a circular economy

Operated by a group of young creative professionals, elab — a portmanteau of “laboratory” and erabu, meaning “to choose” — encompasses a kitchen, a living laboratory and a rooftop garden.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 14, 2021

COP26 seals breakthrough climate deal after major compromises

Negotiators from almost 200 countries clinched a deal that seeks to keep the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement alive, but punting the hardest decisions into the future.u200bu200b
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2021

U.S. warns Europe that Russia may plan Ukraine invasion

The U.S. warnings over Ukraine comes on top of the more recent standoff between Poland and Belarus, a close Russian ally.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 11, 2021

The young generation risking it all to topple the Myanmar junta

The battle has made guerrilla fighters of university lecturers, day laborers, tech workers, students and artists and forced countless young men and women into a life on the run.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2021

Evergrande dodges default again with last-minute payments but concerns remain

The world's most indebted real-estate developer is grappling with more than $300 billion in liabilities, $19 billion of which are international market bonds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2021

Diplomats dither while millions of people starve

Afghans are trapped between a radical Islamist group and a global community apparently content to sit back and let their aid-dependent country plunge into crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 11, 2021

The cost of coal in South Africa: Dirty skies and sick kids

A study found that more than 5,000 South Africans die annually in the nation's coal belt because the government has failed to fully enforce its own air quality standards.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 10, 2021

Indonesia recruits farmers and teachers to battle anti-palm oil sentiment

The government wants to highlight the positive side of the industry, which employs over 15 million Indonesians and generates around 13% of the country's exports.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2021

Energy’s year of recovery more like a remission

Until news of the COVID-19 vaccine broke, energy had been the worst performing sector in 2020, falling by more than half.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 10, 2021

Climate change risks 'runaway' humanitarian crisis and aid system collapse, U.N. warns 

Aid workers are struggling to keep up with the rising number of disasters in poor communities, calling for a boost in funds and more support for climate change adaptation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2021

China’s tech crackdown is upending lives from Beijing to Kentucky

After kicking off a year ago, the regulatory push has forever changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people in China and beyond.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2021

India’s battle against heat shows stakes of COP26 climate talks

It will take decades for COP26 measures to have a tangible impact on temperatures. In the meantime, countries like India have to learn to deal with heat that's already baked in.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 10, 2021

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bryce Harper win Hank Aaron Award

Blue Jays infielder Guerrero beat out Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani in the American League, while Harper won the award for the second time in the National League.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 10, 2021

COP26 has 'mountain to climb' to curb warming as talks intensify

A research group said the national pledges submitted so far would allow the Earth's temperature to rise 2.4 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels by 2100.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 9, 2021

The U.S. auto sector’s next big idea: Tiny trucks

Smaller trucks are having a renaissance as young buyers fret over the climate crisis and confront piles of student debt.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2021

Obama tells COP26 to help poor nations as he chides China and Russia

The failure of rich nations to help developing countries has fueled mistrust, which creates a major obstacle to progress in cutting emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2021

Russia moving more tanks near Ukraine border, intel firm says

Fighting has picked up at times in recent weeks between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2021

China uses fake U.S. aircraft carrier for missile target practice

New satellite imagery of a Chinese range in a remote western desert indicates the People's Liberation Army is focused on neutralizing a key tool of U.S. power.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 8, 2021

Protesters expose the stark reality of climate progress at COP26

The message from the thousands carrying placards around the venue of the meeting is one most insiders would agree with: The progress is still not enough to avoid catastrophe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 7, 2021

Nature and climate protection pledges pile up at COP26, amid ghosts of past failures

Agriculture, deforestation and other changes in land use account for about a quarter of humanity's planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 6, 2021

Marines earn dramatic win over Eagles in Climax Series opener

A pair of big hits helped the Marines rally past the Eagles on the first day of the postseason in NPB.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2021

Mystery of China’s huge dollar surplus baffles global markets

Unprecedented trade surpluses and record inflows into its bond market are giving China a stockpile of dollars unseen since the days of the 'Asian savings glut.'
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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