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China's dominance in the electric vehicle market has prompted the European Union to take action regarding economic security.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 7, 2023

How electric vehicles became subject to EU economic security

The bloc has felt the pressure from China in the EV market, leading it to take steps to better protect vehicles, batteries and materials.
Group photo after an NTT smart city was certified Level 4
ESG CONSORTIUM
Nov 6, 2023

NTT sustainable smart city effort is developing tools for well-being

As envisioned in its new fundamental principle, “Innovating a sustainable future for people and planet,” the NTT group has been contributing its strength as Japan’s leading telecommunications company to the realization of new values and a sustainable society using the power of data and technology....
Blackstone's headquarters in New York
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2023

Blackstone sees most Asia deal activity in Japan and India in 2024

The world’s largest alternative asset manager expects India and Japan to be its most active markets in Asia next year based on capital allocation.
A serviceman of an artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine holds a howitzer ammunition before firing toward Russian troops at a position near a frontline, at an undisclosed location in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2023

'We're losing': Ukrainians reel from war chief's stalemate warning

The frontline between the Ukrainian army and Russian forces occupying the east and south of the country has barely moved since last November.
Nobuhiro Torii, president of Suntory Spirits, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 27.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2023

Suntory to boost output as Japanese whisky sees global boom

Suntory Spirits has begun two-year renovations at its Yamazaki distillery in Osaka Prefecture and its Hakushu distillery in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ukrainian Olympic artistic swimmers Vladyslava (left) and Maryna Aleksiiva on April 6. The sisters are training ahead of the Paris Games in the city of Kharkiv, despite regular bouts of shelling there.
OLYMPICS
Nov 6, 2023

Ukrainian artistic swimmers train for Paris Olympics near front

After Russia invaded, the team moved to Italy and then Kyiv, before returning to Ukraine's second largest city.
Vehicles and pedestrians by the intersection of Burgos and Real streets in Tacloban city, Leyte province, the Philippines, on Oct. 12.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 6, 2023

Sex trafficking plagues Philippine city where typhoon wrought havoc

Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,000 people and displaced millions, triggered a humanitarian crisis that provided fertile ground for traffickers.
Zero carbon energy accounts for 28% of Japan's grid, falling short of countries like Germany, whose share of clean energy generation reached 58% last year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2023

How Japan became the land the energy transition forgot

Its symbol may be the rising sun, but a wholesale adoption of renewables by Japan is light years away, mired in bureaucratic and technical hurdles.
World Rugby chief Bill Beaumont has welcomed a study of the impact of collisions on the heads of rugby players.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 7, 2023

Largest ever head impact study in community rugby welcomed

The study used smart mouthguard technology, which will be obligatory in training and matches in elite rugby from next year.
Demonstrators hold banners in front of the TotalEnergies headquarter building at La Defense in Courbevoie, France, on Nov. 3, ahead of the international climate conference COP28 in Dubai later this month.
WORLD
Nov 7, 2023

Impasse broken on climate fund before COP28 but tough road ahead

Both developing and developed countries said they had made major concessions to avoid a failure that would have soured U.N. climate talks.
Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the Formula One Brazil Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 7, 2023

Three things we learned from the Brazilian Grand Prix

Only McLaren, with a strong second half of the season, has lifted itself into a position to maintain a challenge.
Meta has said it will bar political advertisers from using Facebook's generative AI tools.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2023

Meta to restrict use of generative AI tools in political adverts

The move may limit campaigns' access to tools lawmakers have warned could turbocharge the spread of election misinformation.
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani steals second base against the Oakland Athletics during the fifth inning at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Sept. 3.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 7, 2023

Ohtani nominated as finalist for AL MVP award

Corey Seager and Marcus Semien of the Rangers, as well as Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, are finalists for the American League MVP Award.
An Israeli military unit fires from an undisclosed location near the Gaza Strip border on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

Israel vows to take 'security responsibility' of Gaza after war

The remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came as the Hamas-run health ministry said the death toll in Gaza had surged past 10,000.
WeWork sought U.S. bankruptcy protection on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2023

SoftBank's WeWork, once most valuable U.S. startup, goes bankrupt

The company reported estimated assets and liabilities ranging from $10 billion to $50 billion, according to a bankruptcy filing.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, in November last year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

Biden wins global vote of confidence over China's Xi, survey finds

A survey has found that nearly two-dozen countries are nearly three times more likely to the U.S. president more positively than the Chinese leader.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's approval ratings have dropped significantly with his economic stimulus package being met with disapproval.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2023

Kishida is so unpopular, he can't even give money away

Kishida has seen his popularity plummet as his tax rebate leaves residents with the impression that it’s just a cynical ploy to win votes.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2023

Tokyo rewrites November temperature record set 100 years ago

The mercury hit 27.5 degrees Celsius in the Japanese capital on Tuesday, topping the November 1923 mark of 27.3 C.
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council and chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev visits the Raduga State Machine Building Construction Bureau named after A. Bereznyak in Dubna, Moscow region, Russia, on Feb. 2
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

Russia withdraws from post-Cold War European armed forces treaty

Russia on Tuesday formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces.
A Palestinian man walks in a tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt in 2012. The sprawling network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip has become a primary target for the Israeli military.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2023

Israel targets Hamas tunnels in new phase of Gaza war

Targeting the Islamist group's labyrinth of tunnels and command structures in northern Gaza is an operation that may take Israel months to complete.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 8, 2023

China and Australia agree to mend ties. But will this impact security?

As the two nations agree to put bygones behind them and boost communication, questions remain over how this will impact security tensions in the region.
SoftBank Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son. Son's trust in his own intuition may have made him unwilling to heed red flags and opposition from his advisers regarding investments in WeWork.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2023

WeWork saga cost Masayoshi Son $11.5 billion and his credibility

WeWork's bankruptcy filing caps a yearslong saga that revealed breathtaking flaws in the Japanese billionaire's investment style.
The McKinsey & Company logo at the 54th International Paris Airshow on June 21
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2023

Top consultancy undermining climate change fight: whistleblowers

Privately, the U.S.-based firm offers energy scenarios at odds with its public climate goals to the summit's decision-makers.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Nov 8, 2023

Tigers’ triumph resonates in a sumo world full of Kansai natives

As Hanshin fans celebrate a long-awaited championship, it's timely to look back at what sumo looked like when Hanshin last won it all in 1985.
Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and British counterpart Grant Shapps review an honor guard ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2023

Japan and Britain to ramp up security cooperation

Following talks held in Tokyo, the nations' ministers said in a joint statement that they aim to boost military coordination and interoperability.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa speak during G7 foreign ministers' meetings in Tokyo on Wednesday. Blinken plans to fly to Seoul after the meetings conclude.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2023

U.S. top envoy to visit Seoul as North Korea and Russia draw closer

The United States, South Korea and Japan have condemned what they say is the supply of military equipment by North Korea to Russia.
Tiger Woods competes at the British Open in July 2022.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Nov 8, 2023

Tiger Woods to own and play for Florida team in virtual golf league

The team will begin play in January when TGL launches its inaugural season at a custom-built arena in Florida.
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a press conference during Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's official visit, at Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2023

Malaysian PM shores up support at home with fiery anti-Israel views

Anwar Ibrahim has become Asia’s most outspoken leader against the war in Gaza and its backers in the U.S. and Europe.
From convenience stores and pizza franchises to makers of mattresses and whisky, businesses are looking to cash in on the popularity of "Godzilla Minus One."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 8, 2023

Latest Godzilla movie is a beast at the Japan box office

Boosted by mammoth marketing campaign, "Godzilla Minus One" racks up over ¥1 billion in opening weekend.
In a world where human speech is nonexistent, a woman (Misa Wada) survives on her own in an abandoned building in “Motion Picture: Choke.”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 9, 2023

‘Motion Picture: Choke’: A silent 'tour de force' performance

Misa Wada offers a full range of emotions in Gen Nagao’s thought-provoking and imaginative film set in a reality where humans don’t speak.
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
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.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
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.
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.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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