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Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

A new development path for Africa

Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Ownership and partnership growing rapidly in ‘last frontier’

The Japan Times recently interviewed the Ambassador for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Jun Shinmi, prior to TICAD 8, which is to be held in Tunisia on Aug. 27 and 28.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Sysmex diagnostics bring hope in fight against malaria

Malaria has plagued mankind for thousands of years and remains a global health problem with billions of people at risk of contracting the disease. Children under the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa bear the brunt. Substantial gains in decreasing the global malaria burden over the past decade have recently...
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2022

Japan to start full use of digital textbooks from 2024

As is the case with paper textbooks, digital textbooks will be procured with state funds and made available to students for free of charge.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 26, 2022

On Japanese Twitter, don’t LOL when you can wwww

Just as in English, Japanese web-speak has developed a few key terms that are unique to the social media landscape of this country.
Japan Times
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Angola report 2022
Aug 26, 2022

Economic diversification creates exciting openings

The Angolan economy is opening up to international investors like never before, with the recent acceleration of its diversification drive attracting interest from foreign companies active in a broad range of industries and sectors. Long reliant on oil revenues to fund socioeconomic development projects...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2022

Can the Japanese learn to love nuclear power again?

The Japanese government is backing the construction of new reactors for the first time since Fukushima. It will have to convince a skeptical public first.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 25, 2022

The composer who turns Hayao Miyazaki’s humane touch into music

Joe Hisaishi's scores have helped make Studio Ghibli films indelible. But in concert, the works stand on their own. That's because “it's about emotion,” he says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2022

Japan looks to beef up tax-free investing program to boost asset holding

The FSA is planning on requesting an increase to the investment caps for the NISA program and making it a permanent system.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 25, 2022

Rafael Nadal prepared to vie for U.S. Open title

While Nadal trains in New York, Djokovic remains in Europe hoping for a last-minute policy change by officials in the United States.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 25, 2022

PGA Tour fires back at LIV Golf with sweeping changes to schedule and prize pool

The PGA Tour is overhauling its schedule and boosting its prize pool in response to a players meeting last week in Delaware and pressure from the upstart LIV Golf Series.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 25, 2022

As China's navy grows ever larger, so does the threat to Taiwan

The increasing capabilities of Chinese warships, along with the impressive rate at which they are being constructed, are adding to Taipei's defense challenges.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 23,129 new infections as nationwide cases rise

Cases in the capital were down by about 4,300 from a week before on Thursday, while the national figure for Wednesday showed an increase of about 12,000 on the week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2022

Russia proposing discounted long-term oil deals as U.S. seeks price cap

Few Asian countries have publicly expressed support for the price-cap plan, aimed at limiting Russian revenues amid its war on Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Smart Countryside
Aug 25, 2022

For an aging Osaka suburb, the best 'smart city' innovations are low-key

As a once-thriving 'new town,' Nankadai is now trying to introduce modern initiatives to an aging population who see the area as being akin to the countryside.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2022

What does India want from Russia?

As the Ukraine war continues, India's quest for self-reliance increasingly entails multidimensional international engagement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2022

Bank of Japan chief would hold easing policy even if inflation hits 3%, survey shows

Most analysts said that a further acceleration to 3%, the highest since 1991 excluding tax-hike years, wouldn't increase the likelihood of policy change before Kuroda's term ends in April.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2022

Australia digging deep to reshape itself as green energy superpower

Everyone from oil majors to billionaire mining magnates is looking for a way to capitalize on the fossil-fuel giant's transformation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2022

Thai court suspends Prime Minster Prayuth Chan-Ocha, stoking intrigue as vote nears

The surprise action by Thailand's Constitutional Court puts Prayuth on the sidelines at least temporarily until it rules on whether he breached an eight-year term limit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2022

Even from jail, Najib Razak likely to remain a kingmaker when Malaysia votes

Najib began serving a 12-year prison sentence Tuesday over the 1MDB financial scandal, but retains widespread popularity and deep influence in the ruling United Malays National Organization.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2022

Russian attack kills 22 civilians on Ukraine's Independence Day, Kyiv officials say

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned of the risk of 'repugnant Russian provocations' ahead of the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's independence from Soviet rule.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2022

Nidec’s COO to resign after being sidelined by founder Shigenobu Nagamori

The move underscores the Japanese company's struggles to put a succession plan for its aging founder in place.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2022

Mitsubishi to apply for stake in new Sakhalin-2 LNG operator

The move comes after the Japanese government asked Mitsubishi to 'think positively' about joining the new entity as the Sakhalin-2 is a key source of stable energy supplies for Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2022

Morgan Stanley joint venture with MUFG tops first-half Japan M&A

The total value of all deals involving Japanese companies in the six months through June was roughly u00a512 trillion, down about 20% from a year earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2022

Imran Khan’s street politics sets up showdown with Pakistan army

Since his ouster in a no-confidence vote in April, Khan has sought to rally his supporters to hit the streets and push for a fresh national vote.
A construction vehicle is seen near a steaming lava flow following a volcanic eruption on the edge of Grindavik, Iceland.
WORLD / Society
Feb 1, 2024

Iceland prepares for a future of increased volcanic activity

Icelanders are working to build dykes to protect homes from lava flows, with engineers fine-tuning how tall and steep the barriers should be.
Japanese regulations determine which hunters can handle certain firearms based on the individual's experience and the level of rifling in a long gun's barrel.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 3, 2024

Hokkaido hunters say more firepower means more humane kills

A revision to Japan’s firearms laws would mean new hunters would be temporarily limited to less potent shotguns.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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