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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022

A gray area of loyalties splinters a liberated Ukrainian town

Sviatohirsk remains divided not by trench lines and artillery, but by where people's allegiances lie: with Moscow or Kyiv.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2022

After showing at World Cup, Japan is hungry for more

The Samurai Blue wins shocked many experts who expected European powerhouses to dominate their group and much of the World Cup competition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022

Lockerbie plane bombing suspect taken into U.S. custody

Court documents described Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi as an expert bombmaker who joined Libya's External Security Organization intelligence service in the 1970s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2022

Toyota to outline three-year EV plan changes to suppliers

The leading Japanese automaker is expected to detail EV plan changes through early 2026.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 12, 2022

Fed’s message that rates will stay on hold for ‘some time’ clashes with 2023 rate-cut bets

The central bank looks set to increase its benchmark rate by 50 basis points in a downshift after four straight 75 basis-point moves to curb inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2022

Chinese consumers wary of splurging after COVID-19 restrictions fall

Glee that greeted abrupt relaxations in COVID-19 rules has been tempered with uncertainty for consumers and businesses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022

Big Oil does little to act on climate despite vows, U.S. House panel says

Documents show major oil companies discussing the strategy of selling off oil and gas fields to smaller companies to lower their own emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022

NASA’s Orion returns from space, completing moon orbit mission

The flight, named Artemis I, helps pave the way for NASA's program to return humans to the surface of the moon later in the decade for the first time since 1972.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2022

China developing the digital yuan to protect its interests

The ruling Communist Party is sacrificing innovation on the altar of social stability.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 12, 2022

The new chatbots could change the world. Can you trust them?

Many experts believe these new chatbots are poised to reinvent or even replace internet search engines such as Google and Bing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Longform
Dec 12, 2022

Smooth operator: Rahm Emanuel’s transition to life as a diplomat

The U.S. ambassador on adjusting to life in Tokyo, his direct management style and dealing with Japanese politicians.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2022

Ukraine attacks occupied Melitopol; Russian side says two killed

An adviser to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said Melitopol, a major industrial and transport center occupied by Russia since March, was key to the defense of the south.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 11, 2022

Prices surge for bluefin tuna in Japan

The total number of domestic natural bluefin tuna shipped to Tokyo's Toyosu wholesale market stood at about 220 between Dec. 1 and Friday, down almost 50% from the year-before.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2022

Recruited for Navy SEALs, many sailors wind up scraping paint

The high failure rate of the elite U.S. SEALs' selection course shunts hundreds of candidates into low-skilled jobs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 12,163 new cases

On Saturday, Japan confirmed 136,249 new cases, up by about 26,000 from a week before.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 11, 2022

Bank of Japan may ditch yield cap next year as inflation perks up

The Bank of Japan must guard against the risk of inflation well exceeding its expectations, says Takeo Hoshi, an academic with close ties to incumbent central bank policymakers.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2022

Senior LDP lawmaker visits Taiwan, saying more military spending needed amid China threat

LDP policy chief Koichi Hagiuda said in Taiwan that China's massive increase in military spending and the North Korean threat mean Japan needs to raise its defense budget.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Dec 11, 2022

The Okinawans helping black kōji to thrive

Nearly destroyed during the destruction of World War II, the enigmatic mold central to awamori lives on.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 11, 2022

Gudetama, the incredible, miserable egg

Sanrio's world-weary character stars in a new Netflix series.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 11, 2022

Yuki Tejima: 'Women have always had a place in the literary world, but now there’s a new generation with really strong voices'

Yuki Tejima runs the Instagram account Book Nerd Tokyo. She uses the platform to discuss books and cafes she loves — a simple formula that has proven very popular.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2022

Taiwan pledges deeper Japan security cooperation as senior LDP lawmaker visits

Meeting in Taipei, President Tsai Ing-wen thanked Koichi Hagiuda, the LDP's policy chief, for Japan's support over issues like maintaining security in the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2022

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to over five years in prison on fraud charge

Lai, 75, was found guilty of two counts of fraud for covering up the operations of a private company, Dico Consultants, at the headquarters of the now shuttered Apple Daily newspaper.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 14,558 new cases, up 1,200 from last week

The number of severely ill coronavirus patients under Tokyo's criteria stood at 15, unchanged from Friday, while 17 new deaths were confirmed among COVID-19 patients.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2022

Horror of a hotter world on stark display in parched eastern Africa

The grim reality confronting east Africa is a frightening portent of what could come elsewhere due to climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2022

Kishida's tax hike plan to cover defense shortfall draws backlash inside LDP

The blowback to Kishida's plan came to a head at an LDP Policy Research Council meeting, where about 40 of over 50 participants who spoke opposed the plan.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

Podcast

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

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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