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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 16, 2023

Japan opposition party lawmaker Hakase Suidobashi resigns

The comedian-turned-politician of Reiwa Shinsengumi had stopped his political activities in October last year after being diagnosed with depression.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 9, 2023

Second coming of once-banned conspiracy theorists after Twitter amnesty

Twitter has turned into what campaigners call a cesspool of misinformation, hate-filled conspiracies and racial slurs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2022

Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency seeks regulation of stealth marketing

In a questionnaire, about 40% of influencers surveyed said that they had experienced requests from advertisers for stealth marketing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2022

Three years into COVID-19, are we ready for the next pandemic?

Preparations to stave off the next pandemic are starting to ramp up, but far more needs to be done to avoid repeating past mistakes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 22, 2022

Aaron Judge named 16th captain in Yankees history

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge on was named the 16th captain in franchise history on Wednesday, on the heels of his MVP season and landmark free agent contract
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 19, 2022

Mbappe heroics in vain but justify Pele comparisons

The player is just the second man to score in back-to-back World Cup finals, and finished as the tournament's Golden Boot winner with eight goals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 16, 2022

The global supply trail that leads to Russia’s killer drones

The supplies also included model aircraft engines made by a Japanese company, Saito Seisakusho, as shown in photos of drones recovered in Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2022

A SoftBank buyout would look more like Musk than Dell

Rumors persist that SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son wants his company to go private. It's a good idea, if he can afford it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022

New technologies offer more accurate nature health checks

Researchers and companies are creating tools to track and protect biodiversity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2022

ChatGPT could soon be the better way to Google

Answers from the AI-powered chatbot are often more useful than those from the world's biggest search engine. Alphabet should be worried.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2022

From Kyoto Protocol to ‘fossil’ awards: Japan’s climate image stained by inaction

A quarter century after Japan hosted the COP3 climate talks where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the country's record at the national level is a study in contrasts.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Dec 2, 2022

The Tokyo Games bribery and bid-rigging scandals: What you need to know

Allegations of bid-rigging by leading advertising firms for Games test events have recently surfaced, adding to a scandal over suspected bribes paid for sponsorship contracts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2022

For China’s leader, another dilemma: How to mourn Jiang Zemin

Paying tribute to Jiang while preventing him from becoming a symbolic cudgel against the current regime will be a challenge for Xi Jinping in the coming weeks
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 30, 2022

Former China leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96

Jiang took power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square crackdown and led the world's most populous nation toward its emergence as a powerhouse on the global stage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2022

Russia’s mass abductions are genocide

Defeating Putin's troops isn't enough. Kyiv must also get back the hundreds of thousands of women and children the Russians have taken out of Ukraine.
The National Police Agency held its first expert panel meeting on Tuesday on countering illegal drone flights amid rising concerns over their potential use in terrorism and other threats.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2025

Police launch talks on stricter drone rules in Japan

The panel plans to compile a report by the end of the year on expanding the list of no-fly zones and penalties, with a view to revising the drone control law.
U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed climate change as "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and his administration has reportedly moved to quash debate on the issue.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 8, 2025

Trump calls climate change a con; science braces for more

The Department of Energy is reportedly telling staff to avoid using language that runs counter to the president's views on climate science.
A mine for heavy rare earth metals outside of Longnan in south-central China's Jiangxi province
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2025

China expands rare earths restrictions, targeting defense and chips users

The new curbs come ahead of a scheduled face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea at the end of October.
The Imperial Household Agency's headquarters building inside the Imperial Palace. The agency released the list of 1,777 invitees on Tuesday for a garden party to be hosted by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2025

More than 1,700 people invited to autumn imperial garden party

The list includes meritorious individuals, local government officials and their spouses.
The award-winning Existing is Exhausting beer is a crisp and bitter West Coast IPA with a hint of sweetness.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 14, 2025

A bitter pale ale from Yokohama finds a sweet win at World Beer Awards

Libushi Bashamichi brewery's award-winning IPA, Existing is Exhausting, was born out of a collaboration with a Shibuya craft beer bar and a local English wrestler.
A barrel of annealed neodymium iron boron magnets prior to being crushed into powder in Tianjin, China, on June 11, 2010.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 15, 2025

China flexes superpower status using rare earths in global supply chain grab

The true impact is yet unknown but the move already has companies and policymakers considering countermeasures and alternative suppliers.
Major League Baseball's paternity list system drew attention when Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani used it for his wife's childbirth in April this year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 15, 2025

Japanese pro baseball to introduce paternity leave

"Such a system is commonplace in society, and we are finally getting it," said Tadahito Mori, head of the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association's secretariat.
Magnetic slices made from rare earth metals. Beijing last week announced a sweeping set of rules that are set to restrict the flow of rare earths worldwide.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025

China’s rare earth restrictions aim to beat U.S. at its own game

The impacts of the Chinese licensing system would be much broader than U.S. technology controls, which have targeted only more advanced computer chips.
Then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a policy speech during an ordinary session at the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo in January. Sanae Takaichi’s victory may result in fewer proportional seats in parliament, a shift that could hurt smaller parties. Bloomberg
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2025

How the LDP-JIP coalition could hurt smaller parties

If the JIP’s proposal goes through unchanged, it would mean a reduction of 46 seats from the proportional representation districts.
The demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Thursday
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025

Trump completes demolition of White House East Wing

The wrecking work will make way for the U.S. president’s $300 million ballroom.
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 2, 2025

How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom

With chef collaborations, exclusive pours and vegan choices, the region’s top carriers are taking their meals for premium class passengers to new heights.
A newspaper vendor pulls a newspaper with an article reporting U.S. President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians, at a newspaper stand in Lagos on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2025

Nigeria says U.S. help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

President Donald Trump has threatened military action in Nigeria over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting in Busan on Thursday
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 3, 2025

China to suspend some rare earth curbs and U.S. chip firm probes

Washington will also pause some of Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs on China for another year and is halting plans to implement a 100% tariff on Chinese exports to the U.S.
Game designer Yuji Horii, known for the Dragon Quest series
JAPAN / Society
Nov 3, 2025

Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii recognized in Japan autumn honors

The government released a list of 3,963 people recognized for this year’s autumn honors on Monday.
Buildings said to be a scam hub in southeast Myanmar as seen from across the border, in Tak, Thailand, on Feb. 21. Cybercrime hubs in Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia are part of a sprawling criminal enterprise that has stolen tens of billions of dollars from victims worldwide.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025

How an accused kingpin built an empire from Cambodia to London

Chen Zhi had cultivated for himself an image of legitimacy. That's now unraveling, after the U.S. and U.K. accused him of running a transnational criminal ring.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
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.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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