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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2022

Neurodiversity emerges as a skill in artificial intelligence work

For decades, workers with developmental disabilities, especially autism, have faced discrimination and disproportionately high unemployment levels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2022

So you want to work remotely: a guide

As more employers offer flexibility, countries, travel brands and entrepreneurs are stepping in to make working from anywhere easier, with everything from special visas to work pods.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2022

Kabul classroom bombing death toll rises to 35 as women protest 'genocide'

On Friday, a suicide attacker blew himself up in a Kabul study hall as hundreds of pupils were taking tests in preparation for university entrance exams in the city's Dasht-e-Barchi area.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2022

Xi Jinping and China’s endgame for America

Xi Jinping speeches make clear that he is committed to spreading China's model of communism around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2022

Low-carbon bitcoin? Crypto miners' green power talk angers people in Texas

Crypto miners have flocked to Texas, attracted by a supportive regulatory environment and relatively cheap power.
Aug 4, 2022

Tsunan Sake Brewery Announces Launch of New Sake Brand “Yukikamoshi”, Niigata Snow Brewed Sake – Interview with CEO Kabasawa 2/2

Tsunan, Niigata (August 4th, 2022) — Tsunan sake brewery is proud to announce the launch of ”Yukikamoshi”, its newest sake brand brewed with Niigata snow in Japan. With a core mission “Brew for future”, Tsunan is more than just a Japanese sake, it is a lifestyle. Proudly rooted in Tsunan, our...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 1, 2022

Singapore signals male-sex ban review won’t allow gay marriage

The country has grappled with how to make its society more inclusive of the LGBT community even as some countries around the world move toward recognizing same-sex marriages.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 30, 2022

Four-year forests: The Japanese way to 'rewild the world'

Created in the 1970s, the Miyawaki method can help new saplings grow an average of a meter every year — a godsend for deforested areas.
The National Police Agency will begin a trial run of wearable cameras starting in late August.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2025

Police in Japan to trial wearable cameras from late August

Officers will clearly indicate when recording is taking place using illuminated lights, stickers or armbands.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, promises a rent freeze that’s easy to deliver but it remains to be seen if it will solve the city’s deeper housing problems.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2025

Freezing rent is easy. Making NYC housing affordable isn’t.

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign pledge would be simple to put into effect but wouldn’t do much to solve the underlying problem.
Afghans expelled from Iran arrive at a processing center in the border town of Islam Qala, Afghanistan, on July 10.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2025

Iran forcing out Afghans en masse after Israel spying claims

Iran is rounding up Afghan nationals due to accusations that non-documented migrants from the country spied for Israel and helped it launch missiles.
Mika Horii (left) and Jane Su record an episode of “Over the Sun” at TBS Broadcasting Center in Tokyo’s Akasaka area. The show draws 1.5 million monthly plays.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 31, 2025

'Over the Sun': A podcast for Japanese women who’ve lived a little

In their hit podcast “Over the Sun,” hosts Jane Su and Mika Horii turn everyday chats into a cultural phenomenon.
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 8, 2025

Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service

Hotels hit by labor shortage hope to reduce their burden, while restaurants and the local community aim to attract more visitors.
Iran's national flag flies over the Iranian embassy in Canberra on Tuesday, the day Australia's government said it is expelling Iran's ambassador, accusing the country of being behind antisemitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2025

Australia expels Iranian ambassador over antisemitic attacks

Australian intelligence services reached the "deeply disturbing conclusion" that Iran directed at least two arsons, in Melbourne and Sydney.
Members of the national guard patrol the Washington's Union Station on Aug. 20. U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2025

In Chicago, locals prepare for Trump's possible deployment of national guard

The state attorney general says he is developing a legal strategy to execute if troops arrived and immigrant advocates are stepping up legal training.
Evan Dunfee competes during the 35-kilometer race walk during the world championships in Budapest on Aug. 24, 2023.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 11, 2025

Canada's Evan Dunfee hopes to create race walk to remember at world championships

Having won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Dunfee will be vying for gold when the 2025 World Athletics Championships begin on Sunday.
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2025

Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment

Four scientists at the forefront of dementia research speak about what kind of future they envision for people with the condition.
Then-Taiwanese Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Yui — who is currently the island's de facto ambassador to the U.S. — speaks during a news conference in Taipei in July 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2025

Trump intelligence advisers met with Taiwanese official

The meeting with Alexander Yui, Taiwan's de facto U.S. ambassador, amounted to one of the higher-level Taiwan-U.S. contacts to date during Trump's second term.
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Sep 21, 2025

As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price

Japan is Australia’s second-largest export market for energy and natural resources, giving Tokyo a certain political weight when it comes to Australian energy matters.
The United Nations Security Council holds a ministerial meeting on Ukraine during the U.N. General Assembly at the body's headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2025

The U.S. assault on the U.N. rests on a tragic misunderstanding

The Trump administration views the U.N. as a useless, woke cesspool. Instead, it reflects the world as it is, assembled to “save humanity from hell.”
People attend a vigil to remember the victims of the Manchester Synagogue attack in Manchester, U.K. on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2025

U.K. confronts rising long-term terror threat from Gaza war

The attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday has crystallized concern building in the British security services since Oct. 7, 2023.
Andy Weyman and Terry Davis are among the many people in Malibu, California, who are waiting to rebuild their home after this year’s California wildfires.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025

The LA fires destroyed 11,000 homes. Less than 10% have permits to rebuild

People trying to restore their homes are grappling with slow permit approvals, high costs and low insurance payouts.
Jane Goodall communicates with a chimp named Nana in June 2004 at a zoo in Magdeburg, Germany. She was the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2025

Without Jane Goodall, chimps need new champions — us

Goodall revolutionized the way we see both great apes and ourselves. We can’t let her legacy fade away.
A crime scene technician prepares to document evidence at the site of a shooting in West Baltimore in May 2015. U.S. cities are seeing murder rates fall sharply from post-2020 highs thanks to local violence-reduction efforts and pandemic-era investments.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2025

What’s behind the great American murder decline?

Homicides are plummeting in many places. The explanation may be the sheer volume of different efforts to reduce violence.
Eduardo Santoyo stands by his family's tamales stand in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on Saturday. Santoyo's mother, Maria, was tending their business on Friday morning when she was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025

Snatched: How ICE raids are shattering Chicago's immigrant world

Families are left to pick up the pieces as immigration agents swoop in without warning, often in broad daylight, snatch unsuspecting residents and drive off.
Shunsuke Takahashi, owner of the cafe Hood by Vargas, says the Osaka neighborhood of Nakatsu feels brighter and calmer with the influx of new businesses.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 21, 2025

Nakatsu keeps its cool as gentrification looms

Named one of Time Out’ magazine's “world’s coolest neighborhoods,” the residents of Osaka’s Nakatsu hope the area can retain its balance of old and new that makes it special.
At Nepalico, the "dal bhat" — a Nepali dish consisting of rice and lentils stewed with spices — with chicken curry is the most popular item on the menu.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 24, 2025

Lentil by lentil, Nepali food takes shape in Tokyo

The cuisine is emerging out of the shadow of Indian fare, thanks to a new breed of passionate chefs keen to introduce locals to South Asian dishes beyond butter chicken and naan.

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell