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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2021

Taiwan blasts 'arch criminal' China for Pacific trade pact threats

'The Chinese government only wants to bully Taiwan in the international community, and is the arch criminal in increased hostility across the Taiwan Strait,' Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2021

U.S. CDC advisers back COVID-19 booster shots for older people but not for high-risk workers

Beyond older Americans, the committee also recommended the shots for all adults over 50 with underlying conditions, as well as some 18- to 49-year-olds with those conditions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

Melvin Van Peebles, champion of new Black cinema, dies at 89

A fertile creative force, he wrote fiction and musicals but is best known for a breakthrough movie that heralded the genre known as blaxploitation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021

In setback for Apple, EU plans one mobile charging port for all

The move has been more than 10 years in the making, with the European Union executive touting environmental benefits and savings for users.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2021

As Amazon destruction continues, Brazil faces future of floods and drought

The disastrous mix of floods, drought and intense downpours could be a glimpse of a potentially dire future.
JAPAN / Explainer
Sep 23, 2021

Japan prepares booster shots amid worries over waning vaccine efficacy

Preparations have begun to administer additional shots to health care workers and older people, but debate still swirls around how extra doses should be given and when.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2021

Library named after alum Haruki Murakami at Tokyo's Waseda University

The university will open the Waseda International House of Literature, also known as the Murakami Haruki Library, on Oct. 1 at its campus in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2021

Homophobes and autocrats: Dictators depend on order

Dictators maintain their positions by controlling as many aspects of life in the country as they can, including defining exactly how people should behave.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2021

India is in need of climate-adaptation investment

Even if India achieves its Paris accord targets and adopts measures to help keep global warming to 1.5 C, its carbon emissions in 2030 could still be about 90% higher than in 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2021

China's military rise could threaten Japan's economy, Suga warns ahead of Quad summit

The Japanese leader's trip to the U.S. will be the swansong of his one-year premiership
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2021

China and U.S. climate pledges give COP26 boost but 'extra mile' sought

Analysts say the two superpowers' funding pledges to tackle planetary warming lacked detail and far more is needed to meet global goals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2021

Twitter's business reboot is off to a troubling start

CEO Jack Dorsey vowed that Twitter was on a new course, headed for rapid-fire innovation and game-changing product rollouts. Still, nothing much has changed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 23, 2021

How the child care crisis became a global economic fiasco

Child care issues have driven a workforce gender gap for decades. The pandemic has made it undeniably worse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021

Soaring gas prices ripple through heavy industry and supply chains

Some companies, including steel producers and fertilizer manufacturers have had to suspend or reduce production in Europe and Asia as a result of spiking energy prices.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 23, 2021

Say cheese: Europeans court Packers fans at Ryder Cup

If you want to get on the right side of Wisconsin locals you can do two things -- dress like you are a Green Bay Packers supporter and wear a giant slice of foam cheese on your head.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021

China's Evergrande seeks to reassure investors with wealth management remarks

Indebted property giant China Evergrande Group will make it a top priority to help wealth investors redeem their products, its chairman has said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2021

FDA approves Pfizer booster for older, at-risk people in U.S.

While less broad than some had hoped, the authorization leaves the door open for the FDA to consider broader use of boosters, including in younger adults.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2021

French envoy to return to U.S. after fence-mending Biden-Macron call

The White House also acknowledged it erred in brokering a deal for Australia to buy U.S. instead of French submarines without consulting Paris.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2021

How fast will the Earth heat? New tool provides granular estimates

The Probable Futures initiative hopes its interactive maps showing how fast the Earth could heat will lead citizens and countries to ask questions about climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021

Automakers look to hedge against China’s rare earth dominance

European carmakers are in discussions with Australian rare earths explorer Arafura Resources Ltd. about sourcing elements that help power electric cars from outside China.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

‘First Gentleman’: Political romcom is an also-ran

Hayato Kawai's lightweight comedy imagines Japan getting its first female prime minister, but reality may have already caught up.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

‘Intolerance’: How grief turns man into monster

Arata Furuta delivers a deftly layered performance as a father reeling from the death of his daughter in Keisuke Yoshida's nuanced and compassionate drama.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 22, 2021

BOJ's Haruhiko Kuroda reaffirms policy mix need ahead of LDP leadership vote

The central bank decided to set short-term interest rates at minus 0.1% while guiding 10-year government bond yields around 0% to keep borrowing costs low for companies and households.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 22, 2021

Uneventful Autumn Basho hints at sumo's slowing momentum

A growing lack of excitement toward the ongoing grand tournament is something sumo officials will want to take note of as they continue to guide the sport through the coronavirus pandemic.
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Nippon Ishin urges cap on foreign residents in Japan
While not specifying what percentage of foreign residents should make up the total population, “we conveyed the message that the ratio should be kept as low as possible and that the current rapid pace of increase must be properly curbed,” said Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita.
Japan may see its first female PM despite limited progress on gender gap
Hard-line conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi has consistently been a public favorite in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election scheduled for Oct. 4.
Osaka Expo visitors top 20 million as crowds surge
Visitors at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.

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