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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 24, 2023

Impure honey flooding EU markets

China, Turkey and Britain were all dinged for tainted shipments.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2023

Ukraine prepares counteroffensive as Russia's assault on Bakhmut flags

Russia's Wagner mercenaries 'are losing considerable strength and are running out of steam,' Kyiv's ground forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2023

Oil spills and near misses: More shadow fleet tankers ship sanctioned fuel

Last year there were at least eight groundings, collisions or near misses involving tankers carrying sanctioned crude or oil products — the same number as the previous three years combined.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2023

India's shrinking coal jobs fuel 'distress' migration to cities

Even in places where mining continues, local residents are being alienated and pushed out, turning them into 'energy migrants' struggling to find jobs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2023

After cyclones leave many homeless, Vanuatu takes climate plea to world stage

More than 3,000 people are still in evacuation centers three weeks after two category-four cyclones hit Vanuatu, which has a population of 319,000 spread across 80 islands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2023

Biden’s options on TikTok narrow after Beijing pushes back

The U.S. president’s diminishing menu now includes trying to either ban or push through a sale of the hugely popular app, inviting further opposition from China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2023

Macron challenged by new strikes as he digs in on pensions

Anger over raising the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62 shows no sign of receding more than two months after the start of a series of walkouts and marches across France.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2023

In Japan, cherry blossom forecasting is a big deal. Warming is making it harder.

A robust system of forecasting has built up around Japan’s sakura festivities, but climate change is disrupting the former and threatening the latter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2023

Nintendo family office sees success in engineering firm takeover

The saga pits Yamauchi No. 10 Family Office (YFO), which manages about ¥200 billion ($1.5 billion) in assets, against Toyo Construction, a firm known for its marine engineering operations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 23, 2023

Taiwan foreign minister sees growing engagement through unofficial diplomacy

In an exclusive interview, Taipei's top diplomat says he expects a growing number of representatives from world democracies to visit the island.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2023

Will the new BOJ chief choose to maintain the status quo?

After 10 years of monetary easing under BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, all eyes will be watching the central bank’s next steps under its new chief, Kazuo Ueda.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2023

China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'

Local fishing communities who live by the river have seen their harvest fall since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2023

China OKs its first mRNA vaccine, from drugmaker CSPC

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group said its independently developed mRNA vaccine targets some major omicron subvariants.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 22, 2023

Kishida's Kyiv visit planned in secrecy, but not perfectly

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's unannounced visit failed to remain under wraps until his final arrival.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2023

Bad timing as Japan hosts this year's first bank IPO

Amid ongoing global financial turmoil, Tokyo-based SBI Sumishin Net Bank shares were priced at the bottom of a range at ¥1,200 each against an expected price of as high as ¥1,260.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 22, 2023

Can Nippon Ishin 'skip' to true national political prominence?

The Osaka-born party faces a make-or-break moment in next month’s series of local elections across the nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2023

Ukraine's Hungarians stuck between Kyiv and 'pro-Putin' Orban

Relations between Kyiv and Hungary, an EU and NATO member, are strained due to a rift over restrictions on minority language education rights, and have worsened in the past year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2023

After talks with Xi, Putin hails China’s proposals for Ukraine

The Chinese president's three-day visit to Moscow yields few tangible results, though the two leaders did pledge to forge even closer ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2023

Hot springs block Japan's geothermal potential

Geothermal is a renewable resource that harnesses heat from deep below the Earth's crust — a seemingly attractive option for energy resource-poor Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2023

COVID report based on China samples puts suspicion back to animal origins

A new analysis of samples taken from a market in Wuhan during the early days of the pandemic are the strongest evidence yet that the COVID-19 virus jumped from animals to humans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2023

Enough wind power for a major city snarled in Vietnam’s red tape

Across the country, there is 3.5 gigawatts of potential energy in turbines that have either been built but are sitting idle, or are still under construction.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2023

Trump fixer Michael Cohen is ready for star turn against his old boss

If Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg proceeds with a case against Trump over a hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, Cohen would be the state’s star witness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2023

Report finds ‘rampant’ greenwashing in food sector

In its recommendations, the report suggests banning 'outright generic climate claims,” as well as claims based on carbon offsetting programs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 20, 2023

AI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in developing countries

For workers labeling the text, images, video and audio needed for AI services, lax labor regulations and low wages are the norm, tech experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2023

Xi arrives in Moscow, giving Putin boost amid war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin will give a detailed account of his view of the year-old invasion and discuss China’s 12-point proposal for resolving it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2023

Just who is to blame for this new banking crisis?

In 2018, U.S. lawmakers loosened banking regulations on the spurious grounds that smaller banks do not pose systemic risks to the stability of the financial system.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Mar 20, 2023

Obihiro reducing parents’ burden to help retain young skaters

The change saw the number of junior high school students newly joining the team double in 2022.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2023

Asia gears up for rollout of EU carbon border tax

The EU’s move to tax certain carbon-intensive goods poses a particular threat to Asia, as the region's developing economies saw the greatest rise in emissions in 2022.

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