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Japan's Warner Dearns battles with England's George Martin during a match at National Stadium in Tokyo in June.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 23, 2024

Match with Japan likely to leave England with more questions than answers

Japan has never beaten England and it will be a shock to compare with its 2015 World Cup win over South Africa if the Brave Blossoms triumph this weekend.
A waterway along a portion of the Mekong River where a groundbreaking ceremony took place to begin construction on the Funan Techo Canal, in Prek Takeo, Cambodia, in October.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2024

Cambodia's flagship canal in hot water as China funding dries up

Months after a groundbreaking ceremony for a major canal project in Cambodia, touted investments from China are in doubt.
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
BASEBALL
Nov 23, 2024

Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final

Japan and Taiwan will meet for the Premier12 title.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Britain's Andy Murray shake hands at the net after Djokovic won the French Open final in June 2016.
TENNIS
Nov 24, 2024

Djokovic hires old rival and fellow 'game-changer' Murray as coach

Djokovic and Murray faced each other 36 times in their careers with the Serb winning 25 times.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after securing her 99th career World Cup win on Saturday in Gurgl, Austria.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Nov 24, 2024

Mikaela Shiffrin takes 99th World Cup win, putting her on course for 100 on home snow

Shiffrin won the slalom in the resort of Gurgl by a comfortable 0.55 of a second from Italian-born Lara Colturi, who skis for Albania, in second place.
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Nov 24, 2024

How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit

While offering relief to low-income households, such measures encourage the continued use of the fossil fuels driving climate change.
Yisrael Medad, an activist and writer on Israel's political right, looks at a book in his home in the Israeli settlement Shilo, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Nov. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2024

Israeli settlers set sights on Trump support for full control of West Bank

Settlers have celebrated Trump's nomination of a clutch of officials known for pro-Israel views.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Washington on July 24. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, a former Israeli defense minister, for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2024

Legal threats close in on Israel's Netanyahu and could impact ongoing wars

Netanyahu is due to testify in a corruption trial that has dogged him for years and could end his political career if he is found guilty.
Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka announced on Sunday that he is leaving the team.
BASEBALL
Nov 24, 2024

Star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka to part ways with Eagles

Tanaka is one of the most famous players in Eagles history.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visits the Saint Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv on November 16.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2024

Japan's foreign minister may visit China within this year

It would be Iwaya's first China visit since he took office in October, and he would be the first top Japanese diplomat to visit the Asian neighbor since Yoshimasa Hayashi
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 25, 2024

Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?

The National Consumer Affairs Center is getting an increasing number of consultations regarding data and online services left behind by deceased persons.
Afghan women sew clothes at a handicraft workshop in Kabul on Nov. 10. Many women have launched small businesses in the past three years to meet their own needs and support other Afghan women, whose employment sharply declined after the Taliban authorities took power in 2021, imposing rules that squeezed women from many areas of work and public life.
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2024

Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban

Though some businesses are a lifeline, salaries cannot cover all costs and many women are still stalked by economic hardship.
Hiromi Yamamoto
ESG CONSORTIUM
Nov 25, 2024

Oji seeks optimal approaches to nurturing and utilizing forests

Oji Holdings, Japan’s leading paper maker, owns and manages 635,000 hectares of forests across the globe. Forest resources — for wood, paper and wood-derived materials or for biomass power generation — are attracting increased attention as sustainable resources. However, their sustainability hinges...
Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks at a news conference in Washington on Aug. 1, 2023. Smith on Monday asked a federal judge in Washington to formally dismiss the indictment charging President-elect Donald Trump with plotting to subvert the 2020 election.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2024

Judge tosses Trump 2020 election case after prosecutors' request

The request stems from Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
A Toshiba film-based perovskite photovoltaic module on display at the Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions booth at Smart Grid Expo in Tokyo on Feb. 28
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2024

Japan considers promoting the use of perovskite solar cells for energy

The plan is part of work to expand the use of renewable energy sources by supporting the introduction of next-generation technologies.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has halted an engine combustion test of its Epsilon S rocket at its Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2024

Japan's space agency halts Epsilon S rocket engine test after fire

Footage showed a blaze breaking out shortly after the ground combustion test started at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture.
A satellite image shows a suspected missile assembly building under construction, visible in the lower central part of the image, at the "February 11" plant near the city of Hamhung in North Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2024

Satellite images may show North Korea expanding missile plant, researchers say

The plant in North Korea's second-largest city is the only one known to produce solid-fuel ballistic missiles Ukrainian officials say have been used by Russian forces.
The Google campus in Mountain View, California, on May 2
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2024

Google arguments draw skepticism from judge in ad tech case

The case is one of several against Google over antitrust issues.
Hong Kong's top court sided against the government on Tuesday by affirming housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2024

Hong Kong court affirms housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples

Judges of the Court of Final Appeal ruled that existing policies "cannot be justified" and are "discriminatory and unconstitutional."
At the United Nations climate conference in Baku, rich nations found that efforts to reduce their own emissions and fund climate programs elsewhere in the world bought them little favor with developing countries most at risk of global warming.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2024

Clean power must offer more hope to beat fossil fuels

Wealthy nations must treat climate change as a genuine crisis, advocating for bold financing programs to enable poor nations to industrialize with clean energy.
In developing Asia, where coal dominates and imported liquefied natural gas is expensive, natural gas remains limited in electricity grids.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2024

Gas got America off coal. Now, it's coming for Asia's oil.

It can work in concert with carbon-free energy to break the hold of the dirtiest sources of power.
Global beef consumption has slowed and the carbon footprint of the global cattle herd may already be declining.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2024

Peak beef could already be here

Global beef consumption has slowed and the carbon footprint of the global cattle herd may already be declining.
Oil drilling equipment on federal land near Fellows, California. Drilling activity on federal lands and waters accounts for about a quarter of U.S. oil production and 12% of gas output.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2024

Trump prepares wide-ranging energy plan centered on gas and oil, sources say

The plan to roll out the list as early as day one ensures that oil and gas production will rank alongside immigration as a pillar of Trump's early agenda.
Trucks wait near the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge to cross into the U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2024

Trump tariffs would harm all involved, U.S. trade partners say

Officials warn a trade war could erupt and damage economies, and seek talks with Trump after his surprise announcement of hefty tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.
Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 sails in the sea of Kattegat, near the city of Grenaa in Jutland, Denmark, on Nov. 20.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2024

Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his country seeks clarity over how the fiber-optic cables linking several countries were severed.
Emissions rise from the Royal Dutch Shell Plc Norco Refinery in Norco, Louisiana, on June 12, 2020.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 27, 2024

How AI and cloud computing may delay the transition to clean energy

The pace of clean-energy deployments is moving too slowly to keep up with the new technology's demands.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi comments on use of the death penalty at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Nov. 14.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2024

Two years pass since Japan's last execution, amid calls for abolition

Between 2012 and 2021, the average period from the finalization of a death sentence to its execution was about seven years and nine months.
Kunihiko Katsuta (back) is taken to Hyogo Prefectural Police's Tatsuno police station on Wednesday after he was rearrested for a murder that occurred in 2007.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2024

17-year-old murder case makes progress as Hyogo police rearrest suspect

The suspect, Kunihiko Katsuta, is serving an indefinite prison sentence for the 2004 murder of another girl in Okayama Prefecture.
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2024

Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses

Tactics allegedly employed by the retailer involve the squeezing of business partners in exchange for visibility.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah at Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 27, 2024

Biden hopes to parlay Lebanon cease-fire into a broader regional peace

With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. leader turns his attention back to halting the war in Gaza before leaving office.

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