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Nov 26, 2021

International horses set to challenge Japan’s best

The Group 1 Japan Cup enters its fifth decade this year, and the autumn showpiece will once again be run Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, the home of many of Japan’s top-flight horse races, including the Oaks and the Japanese Derby, also run over 2,400 meters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2021

Did AstraZeneca keep Britain safer from COVID-19 than Europe?

It's suggested that Britain's home-grown jab may be the reason the country is faring better with the latest COVID-19 wave than Europe. Still, is there evidence for that?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2021

Questions raised over the wisdom of dipping into Japan's oil reserves

The news media and oil industry are questioning the decision to tap into the national stockpile, which was considered to be a “last resort” move.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 26, 2021

Fuel prices drive fastest Tokyo inflation in 16 months

Prices in the capital, excluding those for fresh food, increased 0.3% in November from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry reported Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2021

Black Friday sales make inroads in Japan, but not all retailers are buying in

Public recognition of the retail bonanza has soared in recent years, with major franchises rolling out discount campaigns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2021

China asks Didi to delist from U.S. on security fears

The country's tech watchdog wants management to take the company off the New York Stock Exchange because of concerns about leakage of sensitive data, sources say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2021

Freedom needed for commerce to flourish, says Japan's new economic security minister

To succeed, Takayuki Kobayashi says, Japan must seek a balance between allowing companies and research institutions to work together across borders while mitigating any potential risk to national security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 26, 2021

'Feel the Bit': El Salvador president gets mixed reaction to Bitcoin drive

Some have expressed outrage at the glitzy promotion of the plan to push the cryptocurrency in a nation beleaguered by inequality, violence and poor public services.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 26, 2021

Mud could help decide timing of any move by Russia against Ukraine

The condition of terrain could create a window of diplomacy to steer President Vladimir Putin away from a war, analysts say.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 26, 2021

A look behind the scenes with Godzilla, the ‘king of monsters’

Norman England's new book, 'Behind the Kaiju Curtain,' gives an insider's take on Japan's kaiju016b craftsmanship and monster movie-making.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 26, 2021

When Japanese borrows the words from another language, but not their meanings

Loanwords can prove tricky in Japanese. Once a word is imported, it can take on a whole other meaning to that of the language it originated in.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2021

Princes to paupers: India salespeople face ruin as tycoon Mukesh Ambani targets mom-and-pop stores

Up and down India, the small stores that account for four-fifths of a near-$900 billion retail market are increasingly turning to JioMart, an app created by Reliance Industries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2021

With coordinated stockpile release, Biden White House sets oil market precedent

The decision adds a new risk to the landscape for oil traders tracking market-moving government policy decisions and the drilling industry, with potential to impact energy investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Nov 25, 2021

Japanese financier scores big win in battle for Shinsei Bank

Shinsei Bank canceled a shareholder vote on a poison pill defense against a takeover bid from Yoshitaka Kitao's SBI Holdings that was scheduled for Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2021

China's seven-week port quarantine snarls supply chains further

To comply with the measure, owners and managers have had to reroute ships, delaying shipments and crew changes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2021

JPMorgan Chase CEO joins Lithuania and WTA in testing China on free speech

Jamie Dimon knew right away Beijing wouldn't like his joke about the Communist Party's downfall, noting immediately afterward: 'I can't say that in China.”
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2021

Putin's Ukraine gambit seen as part of play for new Biden summit

The other big aim is to signal to the West that it should stop helping Ukraine upgrade its military, sources say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2021

For aging Japan, a cooker that makes chicken as soft as butter

The invention by two Panasonic Corp. engineers is designed to help people with swallowing difficulties.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2021

How the Swallows' Masanori Ishikawa, 41, turned back the clock to stifle the Buffaloes

As the saying goes, “you're only as old as you feel.” On Wednesday night, the Swallows' long-time starter proved that to be true.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2021

Texas put up millions to lure a Samsung plant and won. Will it pay off?

Research suggests projects don't always deliver, despite the eye-popping numbers in pitch decks and the politicians racing around to take credit for delivering jobs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2021

In Mexico's auto heartland, workers struggle as chip shortage bites

Temporary closures have translated into lost wages for tens of thousands of the country's auto workers due to furloughs and layoffs.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 25, 2021

English soccer risks financial chaos without more even sharing

A report published late Wednesday found that despite the wealth in the Premier League, teams across the English game have fallen into administration 62 times since 1992.
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Nov 25, 2021

FC Tokyo's long-awaited change arrives as Mixi takeover announced

Monday's long-telegraphed announcement that digital media giant Mixi will assume ownership of FC Tokyo signaled the start of a new era for the capital club.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Nov 25, 2021

Does the sports world still need China?

The rewards for international sports leagues doing business in China are plain: lucrative broadcast deals and millions of new consumers. But the risks are also clear.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Vietnamese technical intern arrested over Saga murder
Saga Prefectural Police officials speak during a news conference held in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, early Monday following the arrest of a Vietnamese man a day earlier on suspicion of murder.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Japan and NATO to launch defense-industrial talks, top envoy says
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte looks at military equipment on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate during a visit to the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April.
‘Killer satellites’ beware: Japan unveils first space defense guidelines
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to reporters during a visit to the Air Self-Defense Force's Space Situation Awareness radar in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Monday.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.

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