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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2023

Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13

The move to raise the age of consent to 16 is part of a package of reforms that would also clarify rape prosecution requirements and criminalize voyeurism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2023

Off the record should mean off the record

An off-the-record remark may have take down a high-level Japanese bureaucrat. Such actions by journalists will only hurt journalism.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 17, 2023

Australia's Eddie Jones seeking help for 'smash-and-grab' operation at Rugby World Cup

'We've got to get four or five coaches that can work together to get in there, steal the trophy and get out without getting caught.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,272 new cases

Ten deaths among COVID-19 patients were reported in the capital, with the number of severely ill patients under Tokyo's criteria unchanged from the previous day at 16.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023

Japan to create new visa pathways to lure high earners and top grads

The new pathways are intended to simplify the immigration process and help attract “top-level” talent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023

South Korean defense paper describes Japan as close neighbor

Document says Japan is a close neighbor with which South Korea shares values and should build a future-oriented cooperative relationship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2023

With BOJ pick, Kishida strikes political balance and draws line under Abenomics

Having an academic helm the BOJ is unprecedented in Japan, where the job traditionally rotates between a central banker and an official from the Finance Ministry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2023

South Korea and U.S. to hold nuclear drills amid growing threats from North

It would be the nations' first such exercises since the two countries agreed last year to hold them annually,
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2023

South Korean prosecutors seek to arrest opposition leader in graft probe

Lee Jae-myung, a former Democratic presidential candidate, has denied any wrongdoing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2023

Impacts of sea level rise and fragility of ice sheets underestimated, research shows

Melting ice that could lift global oceans by meters will likely crumble with another half degree Celsius of warming, and satellite data for many coastal areas has been misinterpreted.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2023

Omicron still infected those with early COVID cases, study finds

The study suggests those infected with pre-omicron variants are well protected against older variants but should still take steps to prevent reinfection.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 16, 2023

Lewis Hamilton vows to continue speaking out about social issues

Hamilton has used his platform to highlight racial injustice, promote diversity and address a range of issues from the environment to human rights.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023

How a fog of questions over a spy balloon and UFOs fed a diplomatic crisis

U.S. officials now suspect that the balloon was sent to spy on bases in Guam and Hawaii, and that other downed objects were not surveillance machines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2023

One of the world’s cleanest new skyscrapers collides with the future

One Vanderbilt in New York is built to be especially climate friendly. But the design landscape is changing so quickly that some features are now yesterday's news.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2023

Truckers and subsidies rev up interest in fuel cell vehicles

Vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells, in which hydrogen mixes with oxygen to produce water and energy to power a battery, can refuel in minutes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 16, 2023

Japan's upscale vending machines now offer caviar and wagyu

Aided by the pandemic push to minimize contact with others, food-dispensing machines have emerged as a rare spark of growth for the ailing sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2023

World Bank chief David Malpass to step down early amid climate criticism

In recent months, activists had called for Malpass to be ousted for what they said was an inadequate approach to the climate crisis.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2023

Annual wage talks in Japan closely watched amid price hikes

In negotiations, the labor union side is demanding large wage hikes to alleviate the pressure of higher living expenses as much as possible.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023

Nikki Haley swipes at 'faded names' in bid for Republican 2024 nomination

Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, hit on a long list of Republican concerns in her speech in Charleston, including border security and government spending.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 16, 2023

Japan’s trade deficit smashes record, topping ¥3 trillion

Export growth slowed sharply to 3.5%, with chip-making equipment among the largest drags, in a sign of weakening global tech-sector demand.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023

U.S. could face debt-ceiling crisis this summer without deal

If the debt limit is not raised or suspended before extraordinary measures are exhausted, the government will be unable to pay its obligations fully.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023

Defying odds: A story of survival under Turkey's earthquake rubble

A 62-year-old man survived 187 hours after the walls of his ground-floor apartment were propped up by a fridge and a cabinet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 16, 2023

Some simple words to power up your conversations in Japanese

Japanese conjunctions, what's their function? Well, they can make your conversations go a lot smoother for one thing.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 16, 2023

'Yudo': A heartwarming ode to a good, old-fashioned soak

Masayuki Suzuki’s film pays tribute to the neighborhood public bath with a rush of nostalgia and feel-good laughs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2023

Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon quits, saying she is too divisive to win independence

Sturgeon became SNP leader in the wake of a 2014 independence referendum when Scotland voted 55% to 45% to remain part of the United Kingdom.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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