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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 24, 2022

The chess world isn’t ready for a cheating scandal

Magnus Carlsen, the World Chess Championship winner, withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup after losing to Hans Niemann.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2022

Lawmakers' attendance at Abe state funeral largely split along party lines

While most are making their decision based on their party's relationship with the late politician, there are individual exceptions in both the ruling and opposition parties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 21, 2022

Even as Japan’s border creaks open, unmarried couples still struggle to reunite

The categories of people allowed entry has been slowly expanded, but those in uncertified relationships have been left out, prompting some to tie the knot.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 19, 2022

Russian pop music icon comes out against the war in Ukraine

Alla Pugacheva is the most significant celebrity to come out against the war, as President Vladimir Putin faces growing challenges on and off the battlefield.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2022

In the ‘Great Game’ of Central Asia, China’s leader seeks the advantage

Xi Jinping's visit to Central Asia sheds a light on his country's efforts to increase its sway in the vast, resource-rich region once considered Russia's domain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2022

Putin nods to Xi’s ‘concerns,’ and the limits of their cooperation

Rather than put on a show of Eurasian unity against the West, the two leaders struck discordant notes in their public remarks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2022

Xi lands in Kazakhstan for first foreign trip in over two years

Xi, who wore a mask bearing a Chinese flag, was greeted on the tarmac by a marching band and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who he was set to hold talks with that afternoon.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 13, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard, daring director who shaped the French New Wave, dies at 91

Eventually becoming of the world's most revered directors, Godard helped kickstart a new way of filmmaking, complete with handheld camera work, jump cuts and existential dialogue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 12, 2022

Solomon Islands’ leader, a friend of China, gets an election delayed

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will face voters at what could be a more advantageous time for him, after the Solomon Islands hosts the Pacific Games.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 10, 2022

Charles, in first speech as king, pledges a reign of service to Britain

The king's speech capped a day of mourning across Britain, but it was also a vivid demonstration of continuity in this constitutional monarchy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Sep 9, 2022

In South Korea, a hit show brings autism into the spotlight

'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' has raised awareness of autism in South Korea, where developmental disabilities are still a taboo subject for many people.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2022

Charles ascends to a role he has prepared for all his life

Once an awkward, self-doubting young man, he comes to the throne, at 73, as a self-assured, gray-haired eminence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2022

AI panned my screenplay. Can it crack Hollywood?

Artificial intelligence hopes to bring science to picking movie winners in a business long run by gut instinct.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2022

How China has added to its influence over the iPhone

Apple is taking small steps toward India. But the production of its latest phone, set for introduction on Wednesday, shows how difficult it will be to make big changes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 5, 2022

Fukushima WWII veteran recalls trauma of detention in Soviet Union

Sadao Kanari, who was a signalman for the Imperial Japanese Navy, was captured after Japan's surrender and taken to the Russian Far East.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2022

FBI found 48 empty folders that had contained classified documents at Trump’s home

The revelation raises the question of whether the government had fully recovered the documents or if any remain missing.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2022

For China’s Xi and other strongmen, Gorbachev showed exactly what not to do

This lesson has been taken most to heart in China, where Xi Jinping is expected to be anointed to a third term as the country's top leader during a Communist Party congress this fall.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2022

Much like his legacy, reaction to Gorbachev’s death is sharply divided

The former Russian leader was revered by some for bringing down the curtain on the brutal, oppressive Soviet system, but reviled by others for the very same thing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2022

Shelling near Ukraine nuclear plant strikes towns, heightening concern

As the power plant inches toward a possible crisis, both sides have acknowledged the risks of a potential nuclear accident.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2022

Documents at Mar-a-Lago could compromise human intelligence sources, affidavit says

The search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home was spurred by the discovery that he had kept classified material related to the use of human sources in intelligence gathering.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 25, 2022

We need to talk about how good AI is getting

We're in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence. It's time to start taking its potential and risks seriously.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2022

The final days of the Trump White House: chaos and scattered papers

Government documents that Trump had accumulated were with him in two dozen boxes in the White House residence. They were to go to the National Archives. Some ended up in Florida.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 21, 2022

In a tense political moment, Taiwanese cuisine tells its own story

Taiwan's political standing often overshadows its culinary identity. These chefs and restaurateurs are trying to change that.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 17, 2022

Ukraine strikes again in Crimea, challenging Russian hold on peninsula

Ukrainian attacks in Crimea represent a growing challenge to Putin, with the peninsula's security key to Russia's military effort — and to Putin's political standing at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Aug 16, 2022

Creating parity in the field of science in Japan

Noriko Osumi is one of the highest-ranking female scientists in Japan, and has worked to address the structural causes behind the severe lack of women within certain academic fields.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2022

With new weaponry, Ukraine is subtly shifting its war strategy

Despite massive losses, Russia still holds an advantage over Ukraine in a head-to-head fighting, but Ukraine is waging the war on its own terms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2022

Arctic warming is happening faster than described, analysis shows

Over the past four decades, the region has been heating up four times faster than the global average, not the two to three times that has commonly been reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2022

The poisoned relationship between Trump and the keepers of U.S. secrets

The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago is a coda to the years of tumult between an erratic president and the nation's intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Aug 8, 2022

Political newcomer Sanseito making waves in Okinawa elections

Sanseito, which has strong conservative policies, was formed in 2020 under the slogan, “There is no party we want to vote for, so we are creating one ourselves from scratch.”
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
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.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
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.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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