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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2022

As Iraq concrete jungle swelters, ancient stone houses stay cool

Tracing its roots back 2,700 years, the picturesque Kurdish town of Akre says it is better adapted to the modern-day perils of climate change than other parts of Iraq.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2022

Putin gives final approval to Ukraine annexation plan despite retreats

Russia has escalated the war with the annexation drive, a military mobilization and warnings of a possible recourse to nuclear weapons to protect all of its territory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2022

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in review of Mar-a-Lago records

Although the Supreme Court is dominated by six conservative justices, it has rejected earlier efforts to block the disclosure of information about him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 5, 2022

Quantum entanglement: The 'spooky' science behind the physics Nobel

Even people with physics degrees struggle to understand the bizarre phenomenon.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan for first time since 2017

The missile, which was estimated to have traveled 4,600 km, prompted Tokyo to issue a rare alert calling for residents to take cover.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2022

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to trio for work exploring quantum weirdness

Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger were recognized for their experiments in an area that has broad implications for secure information transfer and quantum computing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2022

Tear gas and locked gates led to Indonesian soccer stampede, spectators say

The use of tear gas, a crowd-control measure prohibited by world soccer governing body FIFA, has come under scrutiny.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2022

Kishida administration defends appointment of prime minister's son as senior aide

While placing family members in influential government positions isn't rare, even among democracies, hereditary politics is particularly entrenched in Japan.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2022

Roki Sasaki and Munetaka Murakami highlight Samurai Japan's November squad

Manager Hideki Kuriyama's men will face the Fighters and Giants at Sapporo Dome on Nov. 5 and 7, respectively, before a pair of games against Australia on Nov. 9 and 10.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2022

Solomon Islands rejected draft U.S.-Pacific deal over indirect references to China

'We don't want to be placed in a position that we have to choose sides,' said Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2022

Can smartphones help predict suicide?

A unique research project is tracking hundreds of people at risk for suicide, using data from smartphones and wearable biosensors to identify periods of high danger — and intervene.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 4,310 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases came to 3,950.9, compared with 6,521.6 a week before.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2022

Brazil braces for ‘white-knuckle race’ between Bolsonaro and Lula

The contest promises to prolong what has already been a bruising battle that has polarized the nation and tested the strength of its democracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2022

Xi's 'Chinese Dream' flickers in one Beijing neighborhood

As Xi prepares for the Communist Party to anoint him for an unprecedented third term in office, some say the dream is losing definition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2022

New Alzheimer's drug from Biogen and Eisai is just the beginning

A successful late-stage trial of lecanemab gives researchers promising new avenues for tackling this hard-to-beat disease.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2022

What stopped globalization?

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the economic “mutual assured destruction” that was supposed to safeguard globalization and deter decoupling apparently reached its limits.
JAPAN / History
Oct 4, 2022

Tokyo to digitize material related to March 1945 air raids

The government will create a digital database of videotaped testimonies from those who experienced the airstrikes and personal belongings of victims that have not been publicly shown.
BUSINESS / EXPLAINER
Oct 4, 2022

TSE's trial carbon trading project could lead to shake-up of sector

The project is being conducted under the economy ministry and involves more than 140 participating companies and organizations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2022

Changes to waste management could slash planet-heating emissions, report says

The authors looked at 'zero waste' strategies, like separating organic materials, composting, recycling nonorganic material and overall reductions in discarded products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2022

As politics swayed Japanese retailers in China, few have had lasting success

In the 1990s, Japanese retailers rushed to launch operations in China, a huge market with a population of some 1.2 billion people at the time. But only a few have been able to endure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2022

In Putin’s nuclear brinksmanship, weapons leave room for warning

The threats are part of a broad attempt by the Kremlin to intimidate the U.S. and Europe into cutting support for Ukraine and forcing Kyiv into negotiations on Moscow's terms.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2022

T-Point to be merged with Sumitomo Mitsui's V Point program

The integrated program will be launched under a new name around spring 2024.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 4, 2022

Munetaka Murakami earns place in NPB history with dominant season

The Swallows slugger broke new ground for a Japan-born player on Monday when he finished the regular season with his 56th home run, wrapping up the Triple Crown in the process.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 4, 2022

Reunions could be a dream too far for Korean families torn apart by war

COVID-19 border curbs, combined with strained ties between the Koreas, are diminishing the hopes of family reunions for hundreds of thousands of people.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 4, 2022

U.S. women's soccer probe uncovers 'systemic' abuse and sexual misconduct

The 172-page report included interviews with more than 200 NWSL players and detailed patterns of abuse from team coaches.
A container ship is seen near the Panama Canal, in Panama City on Saturday.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2023

Panama canal jam sends ships sailing continents out of way

The canal is being squeezed shut by drought, and the bottleneck will only worsen in the coming months as Panama enters its annual dry season.
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.
Amid rice shortage, farm minister comes under fire for saying he gets plenty
Agriculture minister Taku Eto has come under fire for saying at the weekend that he receives so much rice from his supporters that he has enough to sell it.
Ishiba rebuffs tax cut demands with Greek debt comparison
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
The race for more time: Japanese runner decided to freeze eggs for her future
Tomomi Bitoh, seen crossing the finish line in Antarctica, on the first stop of the World Marathon Challenge, is one of the very few Japanese athletes to speak publicly about her experience with egg freezing.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
Flaunt your seasonal greens with Japan’s traditional pureed soup
With the weather warming up, there's no better time to make a bowl of chilled "surinagashi-jiru" (pureed soup).
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.
For Formula E, ‘sustainability is at the heart’
Founded with a mission of promoting electric vehicles, Formula E has always placed sustainability at the forefront of its raison d’etre.

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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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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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