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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 27, 2022

Camping gear in high demand among youths in Japan

Behind the robust sales is the growing popularity among youths of solo camping trips to avoid close-contact settings amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Oct 26, 2022

NFL, NBA stars cut ties with Kanye West's sports marketing agency

Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald and Celtics guard Jaylen Brown are the latest to part ways with the musician following his controversial antisemitic remarks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2022

New COVID boosters aren’t better than old ones, small study finds

The early results don't mean that getting a bivalent shot has no benefit, but they do raise the question of whether the switch to a new version of the vaccine was necessary.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2022

Japan accelerates boat safety review six months after fatal Hokkaido accident

The transport ministry aims to decide details by year-end and submit legislation for the revision at next year's ordinary session of the parliament.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Oct 24, 2022

NTT’s Sugatami platform will give cities the tools to grow healthy

In recent years, concepts such as smart cities and sustainable urban development have attracted attention in discussions on community development. But there is little point in trying to define them in a way that works for any city, because every region is unique. Efforts should be directed at finding...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2022

Arrested former ADK chief denies giving bribes to Tokyo Olympic exec

The ex-head of the ad agency is said to be claiming that the money paid to the former executive member was too much to be regarded as a bribe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2022

South Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its U.S. supply chain

Migrant children from Guatemala found working at SMART Alabama and SL Alabama had been hired by recruiting or staffing firms in the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2022

Trump deposed by rape accuser’s lawyers in defamation suit

Trump had no choice but to go ahead with the deposition after a New York judge last week rejected the former president's latest effort to put the questioning on hold.
Japan Times
Greater Bay Area, China report 2022
Oct 20, 2022

The Greater Bay Area: China’s emerging hub for dynamic growth and deeper connections

This year, China and Japan celebrate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral ties with the signing of the China-Japan Joint Communique on Sept. 29, 1972.
Japan Times
Greater Bay Area, China report 2022
Oct 20, 2022

Animoca Brands: Masters of the open metaverse

Digital technology has transformed life as we know it. A great deal of daily life is now lived on the digital landscape, and what once only existed in the realm of science fiction has become tightly intertwined with our day-to-day reality. Every sector of society hinges heavily on digital technologies...
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2022

Neurodiversity emerges as a skill in artificial intelligence work

For decades, workers with developmental disabilities, especially autism, have faced discrimination and disproportionately high unemployment levels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2022

Rise of delivery robots leaves drivers fearful of job losses

Growing numbers of delivery robots — from pavement-driving pods to flying drones — are being rolled out in urban areas, boosted by a surge of interest during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2022

Companies keep climate goals secret as ‘green hushing’ takes off

The phenomenon has become pervasive even as businesses set more ambitious internal targets, according to a survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2022

Stellantis considers ending all carmaking in China after Jeep exit

Stellantis is mulling the potential exit as more established foreign auto brands have struggled to maintain their position in China's market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2022

Japan will continue talks with stakeholders to decide on Sakhalin-1 project

The industry ministry owns 50% of Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co., a consortium of Japanese partners including private firms, that holds a 30% stake in Sakhalin-1.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2022

Musk’s Starlink isn’t only option for Ukraine, Pentagon says

Musk, the world's richest person, has threatened to cut financial support for the high-speed broadband system that has become an essential communications tool for Kyiv.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022

How California’s bullet train went off the rails

The state has accelerated the pace of construction on starter rails, but at the current spending rate of $1.8 million a day, the train could not be completed in this century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 11, 2022

Can flashy music festivals go green?

Deep Tropics organizers said that all the carbon consumed for the two-day event (including the fuel used by all the festivalgoers) will be offset by the planting of some 23,000 trees.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022

Bernanke and two academics win Nobel in economics for work on banks’ role in crises

Former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke and economists Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded for their influential work on the relationship between banks and economic turmoil.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 9, 2022

China says Biden’s new chip technology curbs will harm recovery

The measures, which include restrictions on chips used in artificial intelligence and supercomputing, seek to stop China's drive toward its own chip industry and military advancements.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 8, 2022

Musk offers proposal on China-Taiwan tensions, after Russia-Ukraine plan

The billionaire suggested that tensions between Beijing and Taipei could be resolved by handing over some control of Taiwan to China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2022

Google to open first Japan data center to accelerate Asia push

The new facility, based in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, will accelerate the operation of Google tools and services and support economic activity and jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2022

Brazil braces for ‘white-knuckle race’ between Bolsonaro and Lula

The contest promises to prolong what has already been a bruising battle that has polarized the nation and tested the strength of its democracy.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022

Ibaraki town and partners aim for quick delivery by drones

Industrial drone technology company Aeronext, trucking company Seino Holdings and others aim to realize a service to deliver goods within 30 minutes of an order.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2022

Sales data stolen from sushi chain rival shared within Kappa Create

The Hama-Sushi trade secrets in question are believed to have included data on the company's procurement costs and suppliers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 3, 2022

Calls made for COVID victims' families to be allowed a final farewell

Families of those who died of COVID-19 are still banned from attending cremations in nine municipalities in Hiroshima, and many hospitals prevent relatives from seeing patients after death.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers