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BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2023

Ukraine's tech entrepreneurs fight war on a different front

Military innovation in Ukraine's once-thriving technology sector has bolstered the country's out-manned and out-gunned armed forces.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2023

Moderate drinking has no health benefits, analysis of decades of research finds

The review found that the risks of dying prematurely increase significantly for women once they drink 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is less than two standard cocktails.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 4, 2023

Endeavor and WWE join forces to create live-combat tag team

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and WWE boss Vince McMahon are betting that traditional TV companies and video-streaming giants will continue to pay top dollar for the rights to show live events.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2023

Elon Musk wants to pause AI? It’s too late for that

A petition on OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology calling for a pause on further development ignores the risk already unleashed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2023

‘On a tightrope’: How Taiwan’s president navigated the U.S. and China

Known for her quiet pragmatism, Tsai Ing-wen has ushered in a new era of American cooperation as worries about Chinese aggression rise.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2023

A front company and a fake identity: How the U.S. came to use spyware it was trying to kill.

The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. It turns out that not every part of the government has gotten the message.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Apr 3, 2023

Help wanted: The (sleeper) agent of change

Some Japanese businesses may see layoffs overseas as a chance to hire 'agents of change.' If you're one of those agents, don't expect to revolutionize things too soon.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2023

Japan's largest lake used to be a cesspool. Now it’s a vision of a sustainable future.

Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, has long been a center of flourishing agriculture and cultural progress, but it's also been at the center of countless environmental crises.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 2, 2023

Humans versus machines: The fight to copyright AI art

Many artists and companies that own creative content fiercely oppose granting copyrights to AI owners or users.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2023

The world’s space junk problem just got an affordable solution

We’re getting better at spotting and dodging debris in orbit — a much more cost-effective option than spending billions on cosmic robot cleaners.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2023

How do so many endangered creatures end up in Japan’s animal cafes?

Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 26, 2023

Who will take care of Italy’s older people? Robots, maybe.

The Western world’s oldest population is facing a crisis of caregivers. Some are looking for a little helping, plastic, hand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2023

An anxious Asia arms for a war it hopes to prevent

Doubts about both China and the United States are driving an arms race in the Indo-Pacific with echoes of World War II and new levels of risk.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2023

Stolen valor: The U.S. volunteers in Ukraine who lie, waste and bicker

People who would not be allowed anywhere near the battlefield in a U.S.-led war are active on the Ukrainian front, with ready access to American weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2023

From rockets to ball bearings, Pentagon struggles to feed war machine

The Navy admiral had a blunt message for the military contractors building precision-guided missiles for his warships, submarines and planes at a moment when the United States is dispatching arms to Ukraine and preparing for the possibility of conflict with China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2023

Trump predicts ‘death and destruction’ if he’s indicted

The former U.S. president has been making a torrent of posts on his social media platform criticizing state and federal prosecutors who are investigating him.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2023

Over 30% of major Japanese firms plan to hire more graduates

Competition for human resources is intensifying amid a recovery in economic activity following the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 23, 2023

The cherry blossoms are here and business is blooming

Kathleen Benoza explains what's at stake during the hanami season, while Thu-Huong Ha and Alyssa I. Smith discuss the science, symbolism and culture of sakura in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 22, 2023

U.S. regional banks and regulators try to soothe depositors’ fears

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has expressed confidence in the nation’s banks and suggested that the government would step in to protect smaller lenders if needed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2023

What sounds did dinosaurs make?

A research team has drawn clues about sounds the extinct creatures could have made from what might be the first known fossilized larynx of a dinosaur.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 21, 2023

With renewed push, Kishida looks to put his own stamp on Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy

Kishida's newly unveiled plan to assist developing nations was widely seen as a bid to counter Beijing’s attempts to expand its influence among those countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2023

Trump fixer Michael Cohen is ready for star turn against his old boss

If Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg proceeds with a case against Trump over a hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, Cohen would be the state’s star witness.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2023

World has less than a decade to stop catastrophic warming, U.N. panel says

A new U.N. report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2023

Kishida uses India trip to push ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ vision

Tokyo views New Delhi, a fellow member of “the Quad” security grouping, as an essential partner for promoting its regional vision.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2023

Lab leak or not? How politics shaped the battle over COVID-19’s origin

In the U.S., Democrat-Republican political divisions mean that the evidence for competing theories on the origin of the virus is often filtered through partisan political lenses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 20, 2023

Inside the payoff to a porn star that could lead to Trump’s indictment

Manhattan prosecutors investigating a payout to Stormy Daniels may be poised to make Donald Trump the first former president ever to be criminally indicted.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2023

Donald Trump could be charged any day — what happens next?

Any trial of the former U.S. president would still be more than a year away, legal experts have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2023

The secret behind Japan’s wintry strawberries

Strawberries are a major Christmas and winter staple in Japan, but their growth comes with an environmental toll.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2023

WHO and advisers urge China to release all COVID-related data

New data suggests that raccoon dogs were present in the market and may have been infected, providing clues in the chain of transmission that reached humans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2023

WHO accuses China of withholding data on pandemic’s origins

Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a seafood market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database.

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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