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SUMO / Basho reports
May 12, 2023

Terunofuji set for return to dominance at Summer Basho if knee holds up

The 31-year-old has missed the entirety of the last three tournaments after a flare-up of chronic knee issues forced him to withdraw midway through the September meet.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 11, 2023

Counting the cost of Japan's COVID-19 fight

The ¥76.5 trillion spent for pandemic measures in the past three years amounts to about ¥637,000 per person.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 11, 2023

Komeito looks nervously toward next elections as Nippon Ishin rises

Despite only one Komeito loss in Osaka, the local Nippon Ishin chapter won seats for governor, mayor and control in prefectural and municipal assemblies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 10, 2023

Suspect arrested after junior high school boy stabbed in Tokyo's Ota Ward

The 13-year-old boy was rushed to a hospital, but his injuries appeared not to be life-threatening.
JAPAN / Explainer
May 9, 2023

Alert for 'long-period ground motion' issued for Ishikawa quake. But what is it?

The lesser known type of quake can cause violent shaking on the upper floors of tall buildings, as well as major structural damage.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2023

Bill to curb long-term detention of asylum-seekers passes Lower House

The legislation would ease deportation rules, giving officials more power to remove asylum-seekers, while adding quasi-refugees status for people fleeing conflict-hit countries like Ukraine.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
May 9, 2023

Motegi attempts to raise profile in possible challenge to Kishida

The powerful LDP Secretary-General, however, is not seen as a favorable choice for prime minister by many in Japan.
JAPAN
May 8, 2023

Woman injured after can explodes at train station in Tokyo

Security camera footage shows a man placing an apparent coffee can near a ticket machine at Nishi-Arai Station before walking away. The man has been taken into custody.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2023

Long road ahead: Tokyo and Seoul look to take ties to the next level

While Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk-yeol will look to bask in the success of a fruitful summit in Seoul, the Japan-South Korea relationship remains fragile.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 8, 2023

Signs of healing grow in Japanese baseball's attendance figures

The relaxation of COVID-19 rules and the excitement of the World Baseball Classic created the perfect storm to help NPB step back into the light after a few dark years at the ticket gates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 7, 2023

Kishida and Yoon hail improved ties as 'shuttle diplomacy' resumes

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese leader to conduct an official bilateral visit to Seoul in over 12 years.
JAPAN
May 5, 2023

One killed, 22 injured after magnitude 6.5 earthquake jolts Ishikawa

Authorities were responding to reports of injuries and collapsed buildings in the area near the epicenter on the Noto Peninsula.
JAPAN
May 5, 2023

Member of riot squad dies in an apparent suicide at Prime Minister’s Office

The officer appeared to have taken his own life with the gun he was carrying, an official at the Metropolitan Police Department’s Kojimachi Police Station said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 5, 2023

Japan Times 1923: Many tourists ignore Japan passport rule

Stories about tourists and immigrants abound in editions of The Japan Times from 1923, 1973 and 1998.
JAPAN
May 4, 2023

MSDF chief calls for closer naval cooperation amid growing security challenges

Ensuring free and open seas is becoming increasingly “indispensable” for many countries, MSDF Chief of Staff Adm. Ryo Sakai Sakai said Thursday during a panel discussion.
JAPAN / Politics
May 2, 2023

Kishida says summit with Yoon a chance to kick-start 'shuttle diplomacy'

The practice of having the two neighbors' leaders visit their respective countries has been effectively halted since December 2011 due to soured ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2023

Logins for 2.9 million people found on arrested Tokyo man's computer

Police also discovered 100 million email addresses on his computer, investigative sources said.
BUSINESS
May 1, 2023

Japan activist group hails stock exchange reform as remedy for undervalued stocks

Investors say the move is a testament to the fact that firms can no longer brush aside stock underperformance and must end the practice of asset-hoarding.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 1, 2023

Support for Kishida tops 50% amid speculation of early election

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet saw its support rate rise to more than 50% in a Nikkei newspaper poll for the first time in eight months.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past