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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 12, 2022

With FIFA World Cup rights, Abema looks to score livestreaming win

The platform's purchase of broadcast rights for all games — possibly costing as much as u00a520 billion ($146 million) — is part of a strong push to grow its audience.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022

New technologies offer more accurate nature health checks

Researchers and companies are creating tools to track and protect biodiversity.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2022

Japan firms step up appointments of female outside directors

Businesses need to prove their ability to listen to the opinions of female outside directors, even if these are unflattering, for effective use in management, observers say.
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
Special Supplements
Dec 12, 2022

NHK Top Docs tells powerful stories about the world around us

Documentaries explore, preserve and publicize history in immersive ways so that we can learn from it. That’s why NHK Top Docs, a free streaming service provided by NHK World-Japan, is such an important project. With all the resources of Japan’s public broadcaster behind it, NHK Top Docs introduces...
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
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 11, 2022

Olivier Giroud sends France into World Cup semifinals over England

The defending champion was forced to work hard for its win after England fought back in the second half, but persevered to set up a semifinal with Morocco on Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 10, 2022

Deep in Yamagata's mountains, rural artisans pull on history's threads

A spell of financial insecurity during the Edo Period gave rise to one of Japan's strongest textile traditions.
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CULTURE / Books
Dec 10, 2022

Take a journey through the mythic and mundane in 'The Thorn Puller'

Hiromi Ito's semi-autobiographical, transnational novel probes the complexities of life as it follows the struggles of a woman shouldering an impressive load of family troubles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2022

ChatGPT could soon be the better way to Google

Answers from the AI-powered chatbot are often more useful than those from the world's biggest search engine. Alphabet should be worried.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 9, 2022

All Blacks warhorse Joe Moody targeting World Cup after knee rehab

The 34-year-old is in the eighth month of a long rehabilitation from a ruptured ACL sustained in a Super Rugby match against the Auckland Blues in April.
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2022

Japan looks to boost protections for freelancers with new law

With business usually agreed on verbally, many freelancers experience issues with payment and disagreements over the expected work.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 9, 2022

Elvis inspires Japanese figure skating pair in Grand Prix Final

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara turned in a superb routine to the sound of an Elvis Presley and Marcus Mumford medley of 'You'll Never Walk Alone.'
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 9, 2022

Sho Miyake's ‘Small, Slow but Steady’ brings audiences into a silent ring

Rather than try to beat the 'Rocky' movies at their own game, the director subverts tropes and focuses on the beauty of boxing in his film about a deaf pro fighter.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 8, 2022

These are not the most expensive cities — unless you are an expat

Lists of the world's priciest urban centers assume you're a tennis-playing, vermouth-drinking expat paid in dollars with a maid and a car.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2022

Don’t dismiss Europe’s objection to ‘buy American’

The U.S. once championed a simple truth: The world is better off when liberal trade is allowed to do its job.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2022

Heinrich XIII: The prince suspected of plotting to be German kaiser in coup

The 71-year-old was one of 25 members and supporters of a far-right group planning the alleged putsch who were arrested Wednesday in nationwide raids, according to the authorities.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022

Jiang Zemin’s mixed legacy

One can attribute many of China's current achievements and problems to policies initiated during Jiang Zemin's tenure.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2022

Microsoft and Nintendo agree on 10-year Call of Duty deal

The agreement depends on Microsoft closing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 6, 2022

Xi hails Jiang Zemin as leader who stood up to West after Tiananmen crackdown

Saying Jiang made the 'correct decision” to crush the protesters in 1989, Xi's remarks served as a warning in light of recent challenges to 'zero-COVID' policies.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2022

Drone strikes show Putin his homeland isn’t safe

Ukrainians aren't openly taking credit for the attacks on Russian air bases, but the message was clear: They are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

Brazil dedicate World Cup win to ailing Pele

Following the last-16 match at Stadium 974 in Doha, the players unfurled a huge banner to the 82-year-old, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
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SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

South Korea's luck runs out at World Cup as Brazil exposes gulf in class

Any dreams of South Korea replicating its historic World Cup run from 20 years ago have come crashing down with a 4-1 humiliation at the hands of five-times champions Brazil.
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BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Dec 5, 2022

As chatbot sophistication grows, AI debate intensifies

Start-up OpenAI has released a chatbot capable of answering a variety of questions, reopening the debate on the risks linked to artificial intelligence technologies.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2022

With visit by China's Xi, Saudi prince seeks Mideast leadership and independence

The meeting comes at a delicate moment in U.S.-Saudi ties and signals Riyadh's resolve to navigate a polarized global order regardless of the wishes of its Western allies, analysts say.
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CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2022

Forget 'Cool Japan,' just make it your Japan

'Cool Japan' ambassador and critic Benjamin Boas reimagines efforts to promote the nation's brand abroad in his new book, “From u2018Cool Japan' to u2018Your Japan.'”

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