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Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Billie Jean Cup finals, the last event on her 2024 schedule due to an injury.
TENNIS
Oct 21, 2024

Naomi Osaka cuts season short due to injury

Osaka has been sidelined since retiring from her last-16 match at the China Open against Coco Gauff in early October.
Komeito leader Keiichi Ishii shakes hands with a voter in his district in Saitama Prefecture on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 21, 2024

Komeito's new leader faces trial by fire in general election

Once local allies, Komeito and Nippon Ishin no Kai are going head-to-head for the first time ever, adding to the challenge facing Keiichi Ishii.
Shizuoka Prefectural Police Chief Takayoshi Tsuda bows to Iwao Hakamata (second from right), recently exonerated over a 1966 murder, and others on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2024

Shizuoka police chief apologizes to Iwao Hakamata after his acquittal

Takayoshi Tsuda visited the home of Hakamata, 88, in the city of Hamamatsu, bowing deeply for about two minutes.
The emotional impact of constant news about wars and disasters is weighing heavily on many in the younger generations, causing them to seek ways to cope with their distress and anxiety.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2024

Is the apocalypse making you too anxious to work?

A poll reveals that a significant portion of the Gen Z and millennial generations feel unable to function at work due to distress over current events.
Having learned from the experience of losing in the last election and from actions taken by similar movements elsewhere, another Trump administration would be far more effective at wielding — and maintaining — power.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2024

Why another Trump term would be worse than the first

A political movement with autocratic tendencies often becomes more ruthless and effective after experiencing electoral defeat.
The move of extending to employees with same-sex partners spousal welfare benefits follows the enforcement of a law on boosting understanding for sexual minorities in June 2023.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2024

Central Japan Railway to recognize employees' same-sex partners

Finer details of the system, such as whether official certificates will need to be submitted, are planned to be hammered out at a later date.
Indian soldiers disembark from a military transport plane at a forward airbase in Leh, in the Ladakh region, on Sept. 15, 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

China and India end border impasse ahead of likely Xi-Modi meet

Relations between China and India have been frozen since June 2020 following clashes between soldiers along the disputed Himalayan border.
Waight Keller, who designed Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, finds a different kind of luxury at a mass market brand.
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 22, 2024

A designer moves easily from royal gowns to Uniqlo

Clare Waight Keller, who designed Meghan Markle’s wedding dress, finds a different kind of luxury at a mass market brand.
Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP), outside a United Nations distribution center in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

Top U.N. officials call on Netanyahu to help ease civilian suffering

The amount of aid entering Gaza has plummeted to its lowest level all year, according to U.N. data.
Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe during the Spanish league football match between RC Celta de Vigo and Real Madrid in Vigo, Spain, on Saturday
SOCCER
Oct 22, 2024

Ancelotti wants goals from Madrid star Mbappe

The striker has scored eight goals for Madrid in 12 games across all competitions this season.
Debt-laden companies in Japan are rapidly growing in number, in some measures even faster than in 1992 after the collapse of its asset price bubble.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2024

Zombie companies may finally succumb to bankruptcy on BOJ hikes

Bankruptcies topped 5,000 cases for the first time in a decade between April and September, a report by Tokyo Shoko Research showed earlier this month.
An attendee walks past a picture of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holding a gun and the words "Merry MAGA you filthy animal!" at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival, which the organizers call "the largest open carry rally in America," in Greeley, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

New cases of political violence roil U.S. before contentious election

There have been at least 300 cases of political violence since Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
High construction costs due to rising material and labor costs continue to push up sales prices of new condominiums.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2024

Tokyo-area condo price hits new high in first half of fiscal 2024

The average price in the area, which includes Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba, rose 1.5% from ¥78.36 million a year earlier.
Japan Times
PRESS
Oct 23, 2024

次世代教育セミナー2024 『未来を担う女性リーダーの育て方』

2023年、世界経済フォーラムの男女格差の現状を各国のデータをもとに評価した「Global Gender Gap Report」（世界男女格差報告書）によると、日本のジェンダーギャップ指数は146カ国中125位で、2022年の116位から9ランクダウンしました。特に政治や企業の管理者など、リーダー層の女性の比率が低いことは、国際的に知られている日本の課題です。...
A poster for the Voting Rewards program outlines the steps voters need to take to claim the perks on offer.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

Young Japanese encouraged to vote with deals and discounts

A return of the Voting Rewards program will allow voters to claim various perks — at restaurants, cafes and even matchmaking agencies — by submitting proof of voting,
Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki helped mark the first seven decades of the America-Japan Society of Hokkaido on Sept. 19.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Oct 28, 2024

America-Japan Society of Hokkaido celebrates 70th anniversary

The society is poised for further growth, with more firms from the U.S. and elsewhere looking to set up shop in Hokkaido.
Russian army deserter and dissident Alexander on July 22
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024

In a first, France welcomes Russian army deserters

The Russian deserters said they hoped their actions would encourage other Russian men to defy Moscow authorities and flee the war.
Ticket vending machines at a Tokyo Metro subway station. Tokyo Metro's network connects with nine of the 10 busiest stations in the capital.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2024

Tokyo Metro might be too much railroad for some investors

With over 80% of its operating profit coming from carrying passengers on trains, critics are concerned about its nonrailway business.
Honda CR-V sports utility vehicles bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama in May 2022. Honda is recalling more than 720,800 vehicles in the U.S. over concerns that a high-pressure fuel pump may crack and leak fuel, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2024

Honda recalling 780,000 vehicles in North America on fuel pump concern

The recall includes certain Accord, CR-V Hybrid and Honda Civic vehicles from model years 2023-25, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said.
A man spreads fertilizer on a paddy field in Ilan County, Taiwan, in 2008.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2024

Preparing for a Chinese blockade, Taiwan maps out wartime food plans

China's latest war games around the island, carried out last week, included blockading key ports and areas, and assaulting maritime and ground targets.
Celtics forward Jayson Tatum drives to the hoop during Boston's season-opening win over the Knicks on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 23, 2024

Celtics dominate Knicks to launch NBA title defense

After a pregame ceremony that saw Boston celebrate raising its championship, the Celtics delivered a performance that suggested they could be the team to beat once more.
Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of China to the U.N., looks on after U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood voted against members of the Security Council allowing Palestinian U.N. membership during a Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York on April 18.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024

West blasts China on rights, China responds: What about Gaza?

Clashes over China's treatment of Uyghurs have become a common occurrence at both the United Nations in New York and the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Then-astronaut candidates Ayu Yoneda (bottom, sixth from left) and Makoto Suwa (bottom center) take part in parabolic flight training.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2024

Japan’s lunar ambitions advance with two new astronauts

The pair are preparing to become the first non-U.S. astronauts to set foot on the moon.
Leylah Fernandez competes at the Wuhan Open earlier this month. The Canadian is into the quarterfinals at the Pan Pacific Open after a three-set win over Varvara Gracheva on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Oct 23, 2024

Leylah Fernandez into quarters in Tokyo as teen Sayaka Ishii continues impressive run

Ishii earned her spot in the tournament through qualifying and recorded her first WTA Tour win on Tuesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2024

Xi-Modi breakthrough followed months of pressure from India's CEOs

Indian businesses have increased pressure this year on Narendra Modi’s government to relax the restrictions on China.
Smoke billows over the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2024

Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as Blinken pushes for peace

The intensifying exchanges come as Washington makes a final push for peace before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election that could alter U.S. policy.
Ryuichi Isaka, CEO of Seven & I Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in April. Isaka is now assuring investors that the group's revenue will likely almost double by the 2030 fiscal year.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2024

Facing buyout bid, Seven & I tells investors sales will double by 2030

The retailer aims to reach ¥30 trillion in group sales by the 2030 fiscal year, with a greater contribution from convenience-store operations in markets abroad.
Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN Town Hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2024

Harris calls Trump a fascist in bid to sharpen 2024 contrast

The town hall comes amid a frenzied media and campaign blitz less than two weeks before Election Day.
General Motors CEO Mary Barrabefore an investor meeting in Spring Hill, Tennessee, on Oct. 8. Barra said that the company had fixed battery-manufacturing problems and that its electric vehicles would soon be profitable.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 24, 2024

Electric vehicles may be struggling. GM’s leader is still a believer.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the company is still committed to doing away with combustion engine cars in the United States by 2035.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2024

At Putin-hosted summit, one guest stood out: Erdogan

President Vladimir Putin has rolled out a red-carpet welcome in his pursuit of partners interested in ending U.S. dominance over the international financial system.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

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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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The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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