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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional voices: Chubu
May 10, 2021

Fraudulent signatures in recall petition rattle Aichi's political world

The names were gathered in an effort to have Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura resign over his handling of a 2019 exhibition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional voices: Chubu
May 10, 2021

Aichi assemblyman admits to falsely verifying petition signatures

Takeshi Yamada, 52, was a key executive of a group spearheading a recall petition against Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura in relation to a 2019 exhibition.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 8, 2021

A humbling NBA moment brings cheers from Japan

Going viral because you got dunked on? Yikes — unless you're Yuta Watanabe, whose effort has endeared him to a growing wave of basketball fans in his home country, Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2021

Hard to believe, but we’re running out of sand

Sizzling demand in a post-pandemic recovery will encourage the usual bad behaviors that accompany exploding markets: environmental degradation, forced labor and criminal profiteering.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 4, 2021

Your car is about to be a software platform, subscriptions and all

Most major automakers are fleshing out a strategy for selling upgrades via over-the-air software updates, and a rash of them will start popping up in the wild in the next few months.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
May 3, 2021

Eric Thames' injury mars debut of Giants' high-profile foreign stars

After everything it took for Thames to get to Japan, he's now heading back to the U.S. for surgery after less than three full innings in NPB.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2021

The two sides of Chinese GDP

And the key takeaway here is that China remains a poor country, despite its phenomenal headline GDP growth over the past four decades.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2021

Johnson’s popularity faces key test in a Brexit heartland

An English town holds a vote on May 6 that will be a critical test for Johnson after his landslide victory in 2019 paved the way to take Britain out of the EU after years of wrangling.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 30, 2021

Jaguars take QB Trevor Lawrence with top pick of NFL draft

Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson and Trey Lance were the first three picks of Thursday night's NFL draft in Cleveland, marking just the third time the top three selections were all quarterbacks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 29, 2021

Canary in the coal mine: Study finds world's glaciers melting faster

Nearly all of the world's glaciers are losing mass — and at an accelerated pace, according to a new study published Wednesday that could impact future projections for ice loss.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 28, 2021

African samurai earns hero status in new anime ‘Yasuke’

Director LeSean Thomas brings the story of Yasuke, a real-life black samurai, to Netflix as 'a new kind of anime action hero.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2021

When the CEO’s son makes $3 million, I worry

Transactions with related parties, which include both relatives of and entities controlled by company insiders, have a long and checkered history.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 26, 2021

NPB prepares to go back behind closed doors

Last week began with a crowd of 17,712 at Tokyo Dome for a showdown between the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants, the top two teams in the Central League.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 26, 2021

LDP’s triple by-election loss a long-term worry for Suga

Opposition victory in Hiroshima could fuel further questions about a vote-buying scandal there, with any revelations having a knock-on effect on September's LDP presidential race.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 23, 2021

Elite clubs will attempt to seize power again despite Super League failure

With huge global fan bases, commercial appeal and sizeable brands, their attempt to launch a breakaway showed they view the rest of their domestic rivals as inferior.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 23, 2021

Olympic gold medalist Callum Skinner says IOC can't stop athletes from protesting in Tokyo

'If an athlete wants to take the knee, they will take the knee.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2021

Hackers target Tokyo-based glassmaker Hoya with ransomware

A group of hackers have executed a ransomware attack on Hoya Corp., marking the second successful attack on the Japanese firm in two years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2021

Hong Kong activists retreat as China-style justice comes to their city

On March 23, a Hong Kong High Court judge denied former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan’s bail appeal and sent him back to Lai Chi Kok prison.
Apr 20, 2021

Suntory Group Sets More Aggressive Target, to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030 to Achieve its 2050 Net Zero Emissions Ambition

The company decides to introduce internal carbon pricing and signed “Business Ambition for 1.5°C”
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 19, 2021

Carter Stewart Jr. takes important first step in NPB

Stewart's day wasn't groundbreaking, but his career path might be.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 17, 2021

Keep calm and tuck in: Tokyo discovers British cuisine isn’t just pie in the sky

Critics have missed, or chosen to stubbornly ignore, Britain's glorious culinary renaissance. Here are some of Tokyo's latest openings where you can get a taste of good ol' British grub.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2021

India and Pakistan held secret talks in bid to break Kashmir impasse, sources say

Kashmir has long been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan, both of which claim all of the region but rule only in part.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 15, 2021

Rikako Ikee's already exhilarating comeback from leukemia just getting started

The return of the nation's swimming queen has been one of the biggest feel-good stories in Japanese sports this year.
OLYMPICS
Apr 15, 2021

Samurai Japan manager Atsunori Inaba feels excitement building as Tokyo Olympics draw near

With the countdown to the Summer Games now below 100 days, the spotlight on one of the world's premier baseball powers will only grow brighter by the day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2021

Japan's ticket to zero carbon could be century-old technology

Some of the biggest industrial companies in Japan are working on a project that could trigger a wave of investment into one of the most controversial forms of carbon capture: methanation.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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