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WORLD
Jan 16, 2023

The German town at the heart of a debate over coal and climate

German officials have said the revival of coal-burning is an emergency measure to weather the energy crisis, but climate activists are resisting.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 15, 2023

Kishida and Biden meeting heralds an alliance in lock-step — but challenges remain

While no concrete deliverables emerged, the meeting signified the two leaders formally setting the future course of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Davos special 2023
Jan 14, 2023

Hiroshima’s rebound from atomic bomb to prosperous regional hub

The G7 summit will take place from May 19 to 21 in Hiroshima — the first city in the world to have suffered the catastrophic consequences of a nuclear bomb during war.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 13, 2023

Abe assassination suspect Tetsuya Yamagami indicted over shooting

Prosecutors have judged Yamagami fit to stand trial after a psychiatric evaluation process required to establish his criminal responsibility.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2023

Health concerns, not pride, should guide COVID-19 travel policy

Apparently China can shut its borders to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections, but Beijing doesn't think other countries should do the same.
Hamas senior official Mohammed Nazzal speaks during an interview in Doha on Wednesday
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025

Hamas aims to keep grip on Gaza security and can't commit to disarm, senior official says

These views are not new, but the timing of Mohammed Nazzal's comments reflect the difficulties of finding a path to end the war in Gaza.
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2025

Israel says halting Gaza strikes after accusing Hamas of violating truce

An Israeli security official also said the country was suspending the entry of aid into Gaza due to ceasefire violations.
Supporters of Yemen's Houthis brandish weapons during a rally condemning Israel on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

U.N. says Yemen's Houthis are holding 20 of its staff

On Saturday, the U.N. office said Houthi security forces had made an "unauthorized entry" into its compound.
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks to the Monument to the People’s Heroes during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor deceased national heroes on Martyrs’ Day in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Sept. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

In China, a forbidden question looms: Who leads after Xi?

The 72-year-old president has neither an heir apparent nor a clear timetable for designating one.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025

Zelenskyy paints Trump meeting as a success, contrasting with earlier reports

The Ukrainian leader touted progress on acquiring new Patriot air defense systems from the U.S.
A rally held on Oct. 21, 1995, to protest the sexual assault of a young girl by U.S. military personnel, in the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2025

Okinawa marks 30 years since major rally over U.S. Marines assaulting a girl

On Sept. 4, 1995, three U.S. Marines abducted and sexually assaulted an elementary school girl on Okinawa's main island, sparking a protest that drew 85,000 participants.
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.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi meets with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition agreement in Tokyo on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2025

The winners and losers after Japan’s political shakeup

The country’s ruling coalition has many issues to overcome before proving its long-term viability, but they have time before any national level elections to work through them.
Former Lower House lawmaker Taku Yamamoto
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2025

Japan's 'first gentleman' vows to support Prime Minister Takaichi

Yamamoto, 73, said by phone that he is "relieved" that his wife was elected prime minister.
The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
COMMUNITY / Issues / Longform
Oct 22, 2025

Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.

From the desperate and defeated to the blissful and breezy, readers share their experiences of getting a driver’s license in Japan.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi poses with members of the newly formed Cabinet on Tuesday night.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2025

Japan's first female PM promised more women in her Cabinet. She picked two.

Takaichi appointed just two women to her 18-member Cabinet on Tuesday, despite promising high levels of female representation earlier.
A Novo Nordisk office in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2025

Novo's board bust-up to sharpen drugmaker's focus on U.S. consumers

The Danish drugmaker that initially soared on the success of its obesity drug has lost its market lead to U.S. rival Eli Lilly and cheaper copycats.
The Taiwanese flag waves on a hilltop facing China's Xiamen city, on Dadan Island, in Kinmen, Taiwan, on Oct. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

Taiwan wary China's new economic plan could include front-line islands

Taiwanese officials fear China could seek to gain de facto jurisdiction over Kinmen islands if it includes them in its economic development plan.
Artworks depicting former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during Thatcher Fest in the town of Grantham, England, earlier this month. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has described Thatcher as a role model.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2025

Japan joins over 80 nations to have been led by women since WWII

While Takaichi's rise to power is a milestone for the nation, some caution it does not necessarily signal a broader advance in women's political standing in Japan.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

Polls show Takaichi Cabinet off to strong start with support for policy stance

Approval ratings were found to be especially high among younger generations and those in the Osaka and Nagoya regions.
Most economists in a survey predict that the Bank of Japan will not raise its benchmark rate at its policy meeting this month.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2025

BOJ watchers push back rate hike call after Takaichi takes helm

Some 10% of 50 economists predict the BOJ will raise its benchmark rate at the end of a two-day policy meeting on Oct. 30, plunging from 36% in the previous survey.
The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani belted three home runs and struck out 10 batters last Friday, in what many describe as the greatest single performance in history.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 23, 2025

Dodgers hoping to 'ruin' baseball with victory over Blue Jays in World Series

The star-studded Dodgers start as the clear favorites to win a ninth World Series crown, and their third in five years.
A wafer fab owned by Nexperia. The Dutch chipmaker has warned Japanese auto parts makers about a potential supply shortage.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2025

Nexperia warns Japanese automakers of uncertain chip supply

The Dutch government seized control of Nijmegen-based Nexperia earlier this month in an unprecedented step intended to secure European access to the components made by the company.
Switzerland skip Marc Pfister, now with the Philippines team, delivers a rock against Scotland during the World Men's Curling Championships in Halifax, Canada on April 1, 2015.
OLYMPICS / Curling
Oct 24, 2025

Philippines curling team chases Olympic dream with nothing to lose

Just over two years since the Philippines men's curling team was formed, it is preparing a final push to qualify for next year's Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Much of the current media coverage is skewing the portrayal of Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, using inflammatory labels that distort public understanding and amplify foreign disinformation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2025

When media distortion threatens democratic stability

Systematic bias — employing loaded terminology and decontextualized narratives — undermines informed democratic discourse

Longform

The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.