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Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 2, 2022

Hey Japan, are you happy?

Deep Dive explores whether the Japanese are content or not with the help of Alex K.T. Marin, who has written several features on the polls and surveys of happiness.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Aug 1, 2022

Inside Japan's happiest town

A shrinking community that was fading into obscurity is now considered the nation's happiest town. What's the secret behind the smiles in Hatoyama, Saitama?
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2022

Energy-hungry bitcoin moves into sights of U.S. environmental movement

Major environmental groups are belatedly mounting a national pressure campaign criticizing its use of fossil fuels as the country tries to slash emissions to meet climate change goals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 21, 2022

Why China has failed to build 'great power relations' with the U.S.

Fifty years on from the Shanghai Communique, the nations have failed to reach a concrete understanding, despite changes in leadership.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 24, 2022

Japan relaxes its border restrictions

Japan's strict border policies are finally relaxing — at least a little bit — and from March, new entrants will be allowed to come to the country once again.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 16, 2022

The decades of discoveries before the ‘miraculous’ sprint to a vaccine

The breakthroughs behind the vaccines unfolded over decades, little by little, as scientists across the world pursued research in disparate areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2021

How errors and inaction sent a deadly COVID-19 variant around the world

In early 2021, flare-ups in the Indian city of Amravati were the first visible warning that the delta variant was spreading. A devastating path across the world would soon follow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2021

Amazon documents reveal company's secret strategy to dodge India's regulators

The revelations could deepen the risks facing the company as it encounters intensifying government scrutiny in one of its fastest-growing markets.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2021

As virus grows stealthier, vaccine makers reconsider battle plans

As the coronavirus assumes contagious new forms around the world, two drugmakers reported on Monday that their vaccines, while still effective, offer less protection against one variant and began revising plans to turn back an evolving pathogen that has killed more than 2 million people.
Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe (left) is tackled during the Autumn Nations Series international rugby union match between Scotland and the United States in Edinburgh on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 4, 2025

Scotland bids to end 32-test winless streak against All Blacks

Rugby union superpower New Zealand has won 30 of the 32 tests between the two countries spanning 117 years. The other two were draws.
Iron-rich mountains in the Guinea Highlands that daunted Sidiki Kone as a young geologist turned out to hold one of the biggest ore deposits on the planet.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2025

Huge new mine in Guinea with Chinese backing set to upend world iron ore market

The Simandou deposit is the world’s largest untapped seam of iron ore, with estimated reserves of at least 3 billion tons.
Zohran Mamdani (center right) with Letitia James, New York's attorney general (second left) and Brad Lander, New York City comptroller (left), campaign across the Brooklyn Bridge on Nov. 3.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025

NYC to decide if a socialist will run the capital of capitalism

Who New Yorkers pick to be their mayor could shape Democrats’ 2026 midterm strategy to retake the U.S. House of Representatives.
An observatory at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The U.S. Space Force is close to fielding two new weapons designed to jam Chinese and Russian satellites.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025

U.S. Space Force develops new weapons to jam Chinese satellites

The new systems are intended to counter what U.S. military officials are saying is a growing Chinese space-based threat against U.S. forces.
A screen shows New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani declared the winner during his election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount theater in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday night.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, capping meteoric rise

Defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, Mamdani becomes the first Muslim mayor of the largest city in the U.S.
Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani waves to his supporters after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025

Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term

The new generation of leaders gives the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead of next year's congressional elections.
Former Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner (center) looks on from the sidelines during the third quarter against the Carolina Panthers at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Oct. 19.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Nov 5, 2025

Jets accelerate rebuild in epic NFL trade deadline

The Indianapolis Colts sent two first-round picks to the Jets for Pro Bowl cornerback Sauce Gardner on Tuesday.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference with House Republican leadership at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2025

U.S. shutdown dealmaking hits new roadblocks as tensions flare

Prospects are fading for a deal this week to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history despite warnings of worsening flight disruptions and concerns over food aid.
The Onodera Food Service group, which manages Sushi Ginza Onodera and "kaiseki" specialist Nadaman, has merged a sushi "omakase" (chef's choice) into a kaiseki to create a new dining experience.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 7, 2025

At Nadaman, a traditional Japanese multicourse meal gets a new format

The Onodera group has taken a bold step in merging two of its dining concepts — sushi and “kaiseki” haute cuisine.
The Olympus Ishikawa research development facility in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2025

Olympus cuts jobs, streamlines operations under new leadership

The company is moving to a leaner, divisional model, with a planned target of 3% annual sales growth by fiscal 2027.
Police personnel inspect charred vehicles as they cordon off the blast site after an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of New Delhi on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2025

Delhi police says car blast being probed under anti-terrorism law

The explosion in the Indian capital on Monday evening killed at least eight people and injured 20.
Security officials at the site of an explosion in New Delhi on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2025

Blasts rock capitals of India and Pakistan, raising tensions

Suspicions have been running deep between the neighbors following a four-day military clash earlier this year in which both countries conducted strikes on each other.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington on Monday. He is the first Syrian leader to visit the White House since the country's 1946 independence.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2025

For many Syrians, al-Sharaa's U.S. visit marks new beginning

U.S. President Donald Trump received Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a first for a Syrian head of state since independence in 1946.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks as he stands next to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a news conference in Sydney on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2025

Australia and Indonesia announce new security treaty

Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, said the countries recognized that acting together was the best way to secure peace and stability in the region.
Yoshinoya CEO Tetsuya Naruse says the firm's China business is now on track to report a record profit this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2025

Yoshinoya predicts record China profit on new recipes

The beef bowl chain redesigned menus, offering items with vegetable toppings and expanding combo sets, to enhance value without sacrificing margins.
Fumes are seen rising from the cooling towers of a lignite-fired power station operated by German energy giant RWE near a field Neurath, western Germany, on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 13, 2025

World's fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025, study says

Curbing warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius from preindustrial levels — the goal outlined in the Paris Agreement — would now be essentially “impossible.”
Moriumius Marine & Food, in the Ogatsucho district in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 19
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2025

New winery aims to revitalize tsunami-hit district in Miyagi

With the district's population continuing to decline since the disaster, an official said, "We want the winery to become a new engine (for local revitalization)."
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 14, 2025

Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor

Ohtani joined Barry Bonds as the only players to win at least four MVP awards.
Indian officials at the site of an explosion in New Delhi on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Modi’s new red line on terrorism raises stakes after New Delhi blast

Following a clash with Pakistan earlier this year, India's prime minister vowed to treat any future attacks on civilians as an "act of war.”
This year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen" will be broadcast on NHK from 7:20 p.m. on Dec. 31.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 14, 2025

Chanmina, aespa, among 10 acts to debut on NHK’s ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’

The New Year’s Eve music spectacle on NHK will feature first-time acts such as idol group Fruits Zipper and long-awaited returns from bands like Okinawa’s Orange Range.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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