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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2023

'Super Mario Bros. Movie' success gives boost to Nintendo's IP push

The much-anticipated movie has made a record-breaking debut at the box office.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023

Could an EU law to save the rainforest destroy palm oil farmers?

The long list of requirements will be hard for small-scale farmers to meet, and could push risk-averse palm oil buyers in Europe to switch to larger plantations with deeper pockets.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 11, 2023

United States looks for path forward without injured Mallory Swanson

The absence of the team's talismanic striker continues to be cause for concern after she had to be carried off on a stretcher just three months before the Women's World Cup.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 11, 2023

Sextet shine in cycling's new golden age

Gone, riders say, are the old days of defensive cycling, where success came by choking the life out of a race.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 11, 2023

Fever select Aliyah Boston with first overall pick of WNBA draft

Indiana hopes the two-time Defensive Player of the Year can lead the franchise to its first playoff appearance since 2016.
PRESS / Events
Apr 11, 2023

G7 群⾺⾼崎デジタル・技術⼤⾂会合の 「デジタル技術展」にOP技術を出展

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、取締役社長:末松弥奈子)が組合員として参画するオリジネーター・プロファイル技術研究組合(OP-CIP)は、「G7広島サミット」に伴う関係閣僚会合として、群馬県高崎市で開かれるG7群馬高崎デジタル・技術大臣会合の「デジタル技術展」(4月28日~30日)に出展し、現在、共同開発中のOP技術を紹介します。...
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2023

How the latest leaked U.S. documents are different from past breaches

The freshness of the documents — some appear to be barely 40 days old — and the hints they hold for operations to come make them particularly damaging, officials say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2023

The idiocy that will come with a reliance on AI

The real danger with AI is not that people will mistake a chatbot for a real person, it is that communicating with them will make real persons talk like chatbots.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2023

The by-elections that could determine Kishida's snap election call

The April 23 votes could determine whether the prime minister heads into next month’s G7 summit with clear political skies, or under a cloud with party rivals grumbling about his leadership.
JAPAN / Politics / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Apr 10, 2023

Harassment of women in politics is rampant in Kyushu, survey finds

The text-based survey found that more than half of the 145 female members of prefectural and municipal assemblies surveyed had experienced some form of harassment in their work.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2023

Majority of Sapporo voters oppose 2030 Winter Olympics bid, exit poll shows

In the Sapporo election, held as part of the first round of unified local elections, the incumbent mayor aiming to host the 2030 Games defeated his two rivals opposing the idea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 10, 2023

Bond market is overplaying the risk of a deep recession

Explaining the divide has become a Wall Street obsession — an urgent one, given the sway Treasuries hold in models designed to divine the future of inflation and Federal Reserve policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2023

China conducts simulated strikes on Taiwan as second day of military drills end

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it had detected fighter jets, heavy bombers, reconnaissance planes and other aircraft conducting multiple sorties around the island.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2023

The U.S. and China's destructive decoupling

U.S. and Chinese leaders seem to have fully accepted the logic of economic decoupling. But what exactly will decoupling entail and what will its consequences be?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2023

Leaked documents show Seoul torn between U.S. demands and its own policy

The secret documents were based on signals intelligence, which meant that the United States has been spying on one of its major allies in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2023

China rejects WHO accusations of hiding Wuhan COVID-19 data

The rebukes came after overseas researchers discovered sequences that had not been previously shared.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2023

U.S. deploys nuclear submarine in Mideast amid Iran tension

The USS Florida — capable of carrying as many as 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles — began transiting the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean Sea.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2023

Leaked documents reveal depth of U.S. spy efforts and Russia’s military struggles

The information, exposed on social media sites, also shows that U.S. intelligence services are eavesdropping on important allies.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 8, 2023

Jill Biden stumbles by inviting NCAA winners (and losers) to White House after Women's Final Four

President Joe Biden said both the men’s and women’s basketball champions would be invited to the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2023

New batch of classified U.S. documents appear on social media sites

The scale of the leak — analysts say more than 100 documents may have been obtained — along with the sensitivity of the documents themselves, could be hugely damaging, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Apr 7, 2023

Sam Kerr hopes Women's World Cup has lasting impact in Australia

Striker Sam Kerr said the Matildas can create a lasting legacy for women's soccer in Australia when they co-host this year's Women's World Cup in the same way Cathy Freeman inspired a generation of athletes at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2023

International law and halting the authoritarian drift

In a globalized world, the task of containing rising authoritarianism cannot be left to individual countries, because one rogue leader’s malfeasance can affect everyone.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 7, 2023

Fred Vasseur says F1 teams agreed on sprint weekend changes

Formula One's first sprint weekend of the season in Azerbaijan at the end of April will have a second qualifying session instead of final practice, with Saturday's 100-km race a standalone event, Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

Ukraine war plans leak prompts Pentagon investigation

The documents do not provide specific battle plans, but to the trained eye of a Russian war analyst, the documents no doubt offer many tantalizing clues.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

NATO countries are divided over giving Ukraine membership, officials say

The United States, Germany and France are resisting pressure from central and Eastern European allies to provide any detailed 'road map” toward membership.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2023

Xi and Macron call for Ukraine peace talks, but the path is murky

It is not clear that the French and Chinese leaders have compatible terms for talks or peace, and Xi has not agreed to push Moscow to negotiate.

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