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Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2022

Johnson likely to survive party scandal as Tory lawmakers shrug off fine

Johnson's disregard for normal politics has been popular, helping him shrug off a slew of scandals throughout his career.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2022

Manhunt underway for gunman in New York subway attack

A gunman wearing a gas mask sets off a smoke canister on a rush-hour train and shoots at least 10 people.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 12, 2022

J. League targets Generation Z with TikTok partnership

The league hopes to use the short-form video-sharing platform to offer an unfiltered look behind the scenes and appeal to younger fans.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2022

U.S. weighs shift to support Hague court as it investigates Russian atrocities

The Biden team strongly wants to see Russian President Vladimir Putin and others in his military chain of command held to account.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2022

Far from defeated, Putin intends to escalate war in Ukraine

After a meeting with Putin, Austria's chancellor said he came away fearing that the Russian president intended to drastically intensify the brutality of the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 12, 2022

Australia's Victoria to spread 2026 Commonwealth Games far and wide

Melbourne, the state capital, hosted the 2006 Games and will stage the 2026 opening ceremony at Melbourne Cricket Ground, but the sports will be spread far and wide.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2022

Russia's war on Ukraine to bolster oil producers' influence at climate summits

There are also signs the next two COPs risk being co-opted by oil interests because of the close relationship between Saudi Arabia and the host countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2022

U.S. aircraft carrier deploys off Korean Peninsula amid tensions with North

This is the first time since 2017 that a carrier group has deployed to the waters between South Korea and Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2022

The mysterious man who built (and then lost) Little Tokyo

The cluster of these Japanese-style businesses on Stuyvesant Street came together organically over many years. Japan Village emerged nearly all at once.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2022

Lower House redistricting threatens clash of titans within LDP

With a single-seat district to be cut in Yamaguchi, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could end up fighting for the remaining seats and resulting influence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 11, 2022

North Korea celebrates 10 years of Kim Jong Un as top party leader

Officials praised Kim's leadership in developing nuclear weapons, touted his political achievements, and unveiled new portraits and exhibitions to celebrate.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / Longform
Apr 11, 2022

As the crow flies: A bird’s eye view of Japan’s urban ecology

Tokyo's once booming crow population has plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic. What does that mean for the world's largest city?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2022

We need better COVID-19 booster shots, not more of the same

There are 100 new Covid vaccines in development. One of them could offer better protection against omicron.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2022

China is just one of the headaches facing Australia’s next prime minister

The center-right Liberal National coalition government is campaigning for a fourth term in office after grappling with a pandemic and a slew of climate change-related disasters.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun makes a rare public appearance at the Berlin Aviation Summit on June 4. His presentation — swinging between defiance and contrition — might offer clues on how he aims to handle himself during the Washington hearing on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2024

Boeing faces senate grilling as CEO search gains momentum

How outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun handles the spotlight is important not just for his legacy, but also for the company’s work to shore up confidence.
The border between the two Koreas is seen from an observatory inside the Demilitarized Zone.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2024

Warning shots fired as North Korean troops cross border again

More than 20 North Korean soldiers who were on maintenance work crossed the line Tuesday and moved back north after the shots were fired.
A high school student was taken to the emergency room after he complained of symptoms including vomiting. The resident physician conducted a CT scan, identified gastric dilation and diagnosed the teenager as suffering from gastroenteritis before sending him home.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2024

Nagoya hospital error results in high school student’s death

The resident physician had incorrectly diagnosed the 16-year-old male student with a digestive disorder, but the teenager turned out to be suffering from a rare disorder.
The Philippines' BRP Sierra Madre, which was intentionally grounded on the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea in 1999, is home to one of the country's military outposts.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2024

China appears to adopt new tactic in maritime clash with Philippines

Manila has claimed that Chinese vessels had engaged in “dangerous maneuvers” in the South China Sea, including attempting to tow a Philippine ship.
Sena Ishikawa and Saki Anan, master’s students studying giant salamanders, wash off one that was caught before taking a DNA sample and implanting a tracking chip, at Kyoto University.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 18, 2024

A tale of two nearly extinct giant salamanders

While trying to save large amphibians native to Japan, herpetologists in the country unexpectedly found a way to potentially save an even bigger species in China.
China's Premier Li Qiang visits Western Australia's only operating lithium hydroxide plant Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia (TLEA) in Kwinana, on the outskirts of Perth, on June 18.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2024

Chinese premier's Western Australia tour spotlights global race for critical minerals

Western Australia supplies more than half of the world's seaborne iron ore, with China its top customer.
Doctors take part in a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions, in Seoul on March 3.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2024

More doctors walk off the job in South Korea in one-day strike

The dispute began in January, when the South Korean government announced a plan to dramatically expand admissions to medical schools.
The Pentax 17 will be launched in the U.S. and Europe this month, and Japan next month, according to Ricoh.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2024

Japan brand launches first film camera in 20 years

The Pentax 17 will be launched in the U.S. and Europe this month, and Japan next month, according to Ricoh.
President of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, speaks at a presentation of the 'Constitution Protection Report 2023' in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2024

Russia buying spies to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says

Germany's domestic security service said Russia has proved adaptable in finding ways of influencing events in Germany.
San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays poses for a portrait at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 1, 1967.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 19, 2024

Willie Mays, baseball’s do-it-all ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93

One of Major League Baseball’s first Black stars, Mays was widely considered the greatest all-around player of his era, perhaps ever.
Zhang Yufei during the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, in September of last year
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Jun 19, 2024

Eleven swimmers in doping scandal named to Chinese Olympic team

WADA's decision not to punish the swimmers has provoked intense criticism, particularly from the United States.
GMO Internet Group is making a foray into the artificial intelligence and robot business to spread the use of such tech products and services in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2024

Japan’s GMO takes aim at labor shortage with AI and robotics company

It will focus on matching robot and drone manufacturers and AI developers with businesses.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of a stabbing rampage on a street in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
‘Kokuho’ finds riveting drama on and off the kabuki stage
Lee Sang-il’s "Kokuho" stars Ryo Yoshizawa as an orphan from a yakuza clan who rises through the world of kabuki to become a star performer.
Junto Nakatani remains on collision course with Naoya Inoue after latest win
Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida to unify the WBC and IBF bantamweight titles at Ariake Coliseum on Sunday.
At a mountainside shrine, yuzu candy made by imperial decree
Descendents of the original "Gonin Byakushō" families are the only vendors allowed inside the gates of Kotohira Shrine, where they sell "kamiyoame," a golden-hued, yuzu-flavored candy meant for good fortune.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.

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

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
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