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Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2023

U.S. flight chaos puts harsh spotlight on FAA after tense year

The system breakdown immediately attracted criticism from prominent lawmakers and aviation industry leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2023

'Fix it' with money: Nicaraguan migrants run into Honduran graft

For thousands of Nicaraguans who embark on an odyssey to the U.S. each year in search of a better life, the first hurdle is dealing with corrupt border agents in Honduras.
BUSINESS / Economy / Outlook for 2023,New Year Special 2023
Jan 3, 2023

What to expect from Japan’s economy in 2023

The Japanese economy faced its share of hurdles last year, but economists say better days may be ahead in 2023.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 27, 2022

China to drop COVID-19 quarantine for incoming travelers

From Jan. 8, visitors will be required to show only a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2022

COVID-19 cases on the rise as Japan enters the holiday season

JTB estimates that about 21 million people will travel domestically, up 16.7% from the previous year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2022

Savage blizzard leaves 31 dead across U.S., disrupting power and transport

A crisis situation was unfolding in Buffalo, New York, where residents were warned to stay indoors amid a 'very dangerous life-threatening situation.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022

Power outages and flight delays as North American storm leaves trail of chaos

Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed and road travel has been treacherous, forcing some to cancel Christmas plans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 7, 2022

China's aviation comeback stokes tensions over access to Russian airspace

Western carriers haven't had access to Russia's air corridors since the Ukraine invasion triggered Western sanctions and retaliatory bans by Moscow.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2022

In China’s Xinjiang, 'COVID zero' lockdown hits 100 days

Residents in the country's dry and mountainous far west have just marked 100 days of living under some of the toughest, and most strictly enforced pandemic measures in the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2022

Japan’s wave of tourists sends hotels and taxis hunting for staff

To a certain extent, Japan's struggles mirror what the United States and Europe saw over the summer.
Nov 10, 2022

An Accommodation Facility with 100 Rooms Reduced its Workload by Approximately 2,200 Hours Per Year After Introducing Kotozna In-room

Kotozna (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO Genri Goto, https://kotozna.com/en) In-room, a multilingual communication tool for accommodation facilities, allows guests to check facility guides and local sightseeing information in their own language, and communicate with staff from anywhere in the facility...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank, in April.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2025

U.S. bars Palestinian leader Abbas from U.N. as allies pledge statehood

The U.S. justified its decision by restating that the Palestinian Authority had failed to repudiate extremism while pushing for a Palestinian state.
Detainees are made to stand against a bus during a raid by federal agents on a Hyundai facility in Ellabell, Georgia, last week.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2025

Many arrested at Hyundai's U.S. facility appear to be working legally: lawyer

"They just arrested everyone who wasn't a citizen or a resident and figured they would sort it out later," said a lawyer representing more than a dozen workers.
Detainees at a joint facility of Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution stand against a bus during a raid by federal agents in Ellabell, Georgia, last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2025

LG's other U.S. sites see exodus of South Korean workers after raid: sources

Visa concerns following last week's immigration raid on LG Energy Solution's joint facility with Hyundai Motor have led South Korean workers to head home.
Tourists walk through a traditional alleyway near Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in August.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2025

Foreign visitors to Japan hit record 3.42 million in August

The tally was pushed higher by visitors from mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order directing federal agencies to recommend changes to a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs during a visit to the world headquarters of Snap-On, a tool manufacturer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on April 18, 2017.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 22, 2025

H-1B workers abroad race to U.S. as Trump order sparks dismay and confusion

Tech companies and banks sent urgent memos to employees, advising them to return before a deadline of 12:01 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Sunday.
An activist holds a banner as South Korean workers who were detained in a huge immigration raid in the U.S. arrive at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Sept.12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2025

‘America is not a safe place to work’: South Koreans describe Georgia raid

Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the U.S. under murky circumstances, they always planned to return home.
U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Japan in October, according to media reports.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2025

Trump may visit Japan during upcoming Asia trip

With Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stepping down, the U.S. president’s visit to Japan would come at a politically shaky time for the nation.
U.S.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States at the Pentagon, in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

As U.S. military leaders prepare for Virginia meeting, agenda comes into focus

Some officials have billed the meeting between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and top U.S. military leaders across the globe as focused on the "warrior ethos."
An Afghan woman after a lip filler procedure at a beauty clinic in Kabul. Despite widespread poverty and the strict theocratic rule of the Taliban, cosmetic surgery clinics thrive in Afghanistan's capital.
WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2025

Botox under burqas: Cosmetic surgery in vogue in Afghanistan

Twenty or so clinics in Kabul have thrived in recent years despite widespread poverty and the strict theocratic rule of the Taliban.
Director Park Chan-wook and the cast of his latest film “No Other Choice” attended the Busan International Film Festival’s glittering opening ceremony where the film’s lead actor, Lee Byung-hun, served as host.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 2, 2025

Revamped Busan film festival turns 30 with expanded cinematic showcase

Since its inception, BIFF has been a launchpad for Asian cinema. This year, it grew bigger and brighter with a new Competition section, 90 world premieres and high-profile guests.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon returning from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after a medical checkup on Friday, in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Trump, 79, has 'cardiac age' of 65-year-old, doctor says

The U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
Barcelona and Villarreal were due to play on Dec. 20 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
SOCCER
Oct 22, 2025

LaLiga cancels plans for Barcelona-Villarreal match in Miami

UEFA approved the match's move to the United States two weeks ago, but did so "reluctantly."
Security lines at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, in May
WORLD
Oct 25, 2025

U.S. to photograph all noncitizens entering and exiting country

The rule comes amid broader efforts by the Trump administration to expand collection of data on immigrants and foreign nationals in the United States.
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Oct 26, 2025

Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?

“Future Kid Takara,” a new series set to air on NHK Educational TV, aims to empower children and encourage them to take action against climate change.
A thaw between New Delhi and Beijing followed meetings between their leaders in Russia last year and in China in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

'Smooth and easy': India and China resume direct flights as ties improve

The neighbors remain strategic rivals competing for regional influence, but ties have gradually eased since a deadly Himalayan border clash in 2020.
The U.S. Ice Hockey team's Caroline Harvey poses for a photograph at the Team USA Media Summit in New York City on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS / Winter Sports
Oct 29, 2025

U.S. athletes 'conscious' of American image at 2026 Winter Games

Athletes and fans begin a 100-day countdown to the Milano-Cortina Olympics on Wednesday, preparing for spectators to be back in full force at the Winter Games.
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2025

A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy

Batanes province in the Philippines is on the front line of the great power competition between the United States and China.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025

U.S. government shutdown becomes longest in history

The shutdown tops the 35-day record from Trump’s first term, as his administration warned of holiday air-travel chaos and threatened Americans’ benefits.
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2025

High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth

Train fanatic and former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba praised shinkansen technology at a forum hosted by the International High-speed Rail Association.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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