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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2023

China’s population falls, heralding a demographic crisis

Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 16, 2023

'Devastated' Nick Kyrgios out of Australian Open with injury

The talented but temperamental Australian, considered as having an outside chance of winning the title, had struggled with an ankle issue coming into the event.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 14, 2023

The Setouchi islands eager to get stuck between a rock and a hard place

Locals hope the boulders and cliff faces overlooking the Seto Inland Sea can bring a breath of fresh air to struggling rural towns.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 12, 2023

Scientists sound alarm as ocean temperatures hit new record

Climate change has increased surface temperatures across the planet, leading to atmospheric instability and amplifying extreme weather events such as storms.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 12, 2023

Junji Takasago: ‘Photographers are a bridge between humans and nature’

In capturing nature's raw and mysterious beauty, Junji Takasago seeks not only to inspire awe but highlight its fragility.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 11, 2023

In Ukraine, a young gymnast's Olympic dreams hit by war

Anytime she goes to bomb shelter, she has to warm up all over again, leaving less time to actually improve.
Crowds gather as a helicopter carrying hostages freed from captivity by Hamas in Gaza arrives at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump hails 'tremendous day for Middle East' as leaders sign Gaza declaration

The signing came hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners.
A billboard advertises Taylor Swift’s new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," in New York's Times Square earlier this month.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Oct 15, 2025

Taylor Swift Eras Tour six-part docuseries coming to Disney+

New documentary and concert film caps off an eventful year for the American singer-songwriter.
Jessie Buckley attends the premiere of "Hamnet" at the London Film Festival on Oct. 11.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 17, 2025

Oscar-buzzy 'Hamnet' changed me, actress Jessie Buckley says

Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet” reimagines Shakespeare’s family life, with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal exploring love, loss and artistic rebirth.
Melissa Schriek portrays the city it as a safe place of emotional connection and play between people, influenced partially by her background in dance and gymnastics.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 17, 2025

T3 Photo Festival reframes cityscape as nature

This year’s photography festival plants exhibitions all around central Tokyo with photos that showcase urban landscapes under the theme “City as Garden.”
Global birth rates are declining, raising concerns about the impact on society, particularly women, as it exacerbates isolation while creating a need for structural and cultural changes to support motherhood.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2025

Can the world handle having fewer moms?

Fewer women are having children. Those who do are having smaller families than previous generations. This trend transcends the norms of any one culture or place.
A flea market in Kyoto. Local governments in Japan have been urged to mediate between citizens and businesses to expand secondhand markets.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Oct 20, 2025

Japan pushes reuse market as new consumption model

The Environment Ministry plans to compile a road map by the end of March 2026 outlining medium- to long-term measures to further boost growth of the sector.
Nomura Asset Management has formed a team made up of retired workers to help clients invest their pension funds.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2025

Nomura Asset’s new retirement solutions team consists of retirees themselves

Team leader Koji Nakamura says having employees who have actually experienced retirement allows the asset manager to better identify customer needs.
South Korean singer Chanyeol made his Japanese-language solo debut with the EP “Hibi,” which features six tracks inspired by his love of Japanese music.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 23, 2025

K-pop idol Chanyeol does J-pop his own way on ‘Hibi’

The South Korean singer explores his creative growth on a Japanese-language EP inspired by a desire to put his own spin on J-pop.
Rock band kurayamisaka’s debut album has listeners debating over its “shoegaze” classification.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 24, 2025

Japanese rock fans can't agree on kurayamisaka

The September release of the band's debut album has dominated Japan’s indie-rock conversation for weeks, with listeners debating over its “shoegaze” classification.
Pilgrims carry a sedan chair holding a statue of the sea goddess Mazu out of a temple during a pilgrimage on Meizhou island, Fujian province, China on Oct. 11, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

China courts Taiwanese worshippers in religious charm offensive

Security officials in Taiwan are wary of what they see as a Beijing influence campaign using religions that are important to Taiwanese life but tightly controlled by the CCP.
The traditional naginata is a long wooden pole with a curved blade at the end. Though the naginata used in the dojo were entirely bamboo, they nonetheless made for striking displays of power and agility.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 27, 2025

Wielding a weapon of yore at a community dojo

An American in Tokyo embarks on a thrilling course in Japanese weaponry after noticing an advertisement in her ward newspaper.
Sanae Takaichi’s selection as Japan’s first female prime minister marks a historic breakthrough for women in politics, but her leadership faces significant challenges from political fragility and critics, both at home and abroad.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2025

Takaichi’s rise to power and the ‘glass cliff’

Her appointment could prove to be a “glass cliff” as she encounters hypercriticism and the inherent challenges of a shaky coalition.
Team Japan performs during the group 5 Ribbons Final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 24.
MORE SPORTS / Gymnastics
Oct 28, 2025

Tough love or too far? Inside Japan’s rhythmic gymnastics coaching scandal

Reports of harsh tactics behind the scenes of Fairy Japan have prompted urgent questions about the boundaries of coaching and the price of winning in sports.
Journalists gather at the Nara District Court as a vehicle believed to be carrying Tetsuya Yamagami arrives on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2025

Lawmaker Kei Sato testifies at Abe shooter trial

Sato, who witnessed the shooting, expressed his resentment and grief over the fatal attack.
Police officers and a dog handler work on the platform at Huntingdon Station in Huntingdon, U.K., on Saturday following a stabbing on a train.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2025

Police arrest two suspects after U.K. train stabbings seriously injure nine

While Britain has some of the strictest gun controls in the world, rampant knife crime has been branded a 'national crisis.'
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 2, 2025

The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism

Japan's convenience stores, with their myriad products and services as well as creative hacks, have proven to be a hit with travelers.
An instructor touches up a mannequin in a coffin during a funeral administration class at the Busan Institute of Science and Technology in Busan.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2025

Death becomes a growing business in aging, lonely South Korea

Single-person households now account for around 42% of all homes in South Korea, giving rise to a new profession: cleaners called in to clean homes after their occupants have died.
A tanker truck bearing the Air Liquide SA logo travels along a road in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 3, 2025

The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight

There’s an industry that consumes even more power than many tech giants, and it has largely escaped the same scrutiny: suppliers of industrial gases.
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
SPORTS / Skateboarding
Nov 4, 2025

From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition

At 66, Judi Oyama would be considered a senior citizen by Japan’s official standards, but nothing about her life fits that description.
Iron-rich mountains in the Guinea Highlands that daunted Sidiki Kone as a young geologist turned out to hold one of the biggest ore deposits on the planet.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2025

Huge new mine in Guinea with Chinese backing set to upend world iron ore market

The Simandou deposit is the world’s largest untapped seam of iron ore, with estimated reserves of at least 3 billion tons.
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Conservative Union's 2008 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2008.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025

Dick Cheney, powerful former U.S. vice president who pushed for Iraq War, dies at 84

Cheney died Monday night from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said.
A worker cleans broken glass at a hotel close to Quy Nhon beach as Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Gia Lai province in central Vietnam Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2025

Typhoon Kalmaegi brings destruction to Vietnam as Philippines death toll rises

The storm hit central Vietnam late on Thursday, uprooting trees, damaging homes and triggering power outages, before weakening as it moved inland.
Venus Williams loses a point during a women’s singles match at the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on July 24.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2025

Venus Williams exposed all that's wrong with U.S. health insurance

U.S. policymakers have made clear that rather than rock this boat, they’d prefer to wait for health care to tip over on its own.
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.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
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.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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