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Game designer Yuji Horii, known for the Dragon Quest series
JAPAN / Society
Nov 3, 2025
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii recognized in Japan autumn honors
The government released a list of 3,963 people recognized for this year’s autumn honors on Monday.
Screenwriter Kankuro Kudo will be one of the recipients of Japan's Medal with Purple Ribbon for autumn 2025.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2025
Screenwriter Kudo and others to receive Japan's medals of honor
Kudu produced many hits, including "Amachan," an NHK drama series that became a social phenomenon when it aired in 2013.
Shiori Kuwahara performs at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2025
Japanese pianist wins fourth prize in Chopin competition
This is the second consecutive time a Japanese-born pianist has won a prize at the prestigious international contest, which is considered a gateway to success for young pianists.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the winners of the 2025 Nobel economics prize at a news conference in Stockholm on Oct. 13. The prize was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work on innovation-driven economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2025
This year’s economics Nobel holds a warning for the U.S
Between 1875 and 1926, 44% of the world’s breakthrough inventions took place in the U.S., with Britain, France and Germany hovering between 14% and 22%.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh speaks during an interview in Fukuoka on Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2025
Baseball legend Sadaharu Oh and seven others to receive Order of Culture
Susumu Kitagawa, 74, a special professor at Kyoto University and recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, is among the other recipients.
British singer-songwriter Sam Fender performs at the BRIT Awards in 2022. Fender won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, "People Watching."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 18, 2025
Indie singer Sam Fender wins U.K. Mercury Prize
The British singer-songwriter won for his album "People Watching," as the awards moved out of London for the first time.
The award-winning Existing is Exhausting beer is a crisp and bitter West Coast IPA with a hint of sweetness.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 14, 2025
A bitter pale ale from Yokohama finds a sweet win at World Beer Awards
Libushi Bashamichi brewery's award-winning IPA, Existing is Exhausting, was born out of a collaboration with a Shibuya craft beer bar and a local English wrestler.
University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi (right), and Susumu Kitagawa, special professor at Kyoto University, attend a reception for Swedish Crown Princess Victoria hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2025
Japanese Nobel winners attend reception in Tokyo
It was the first time Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa had appeared together in public since being named Nobel laureates last week.
Secretary-General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren addresses journalists during the announcement of the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday. (From left, in the projected image) Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt were recognized “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth.”
WORLD
Oct 13, 2025
Trio wins 2025 Nobel economics prize for work on innovation and growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt win the 2025 Nobel economics prize for explaining innovation-driven growth and the role of creative destruction.
Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado greets supporters during a rally in Guanare, Venezuela, in July 2024.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2025
Nobel winner vilified by Maduro regime vows to keep up her fight in Venezuela
Supporters of Maria Corina Machado have thinned under Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's brutal crackdown that's sent many to jail or into exile.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest in Caracas in January.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
The committee hailed her as "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times."
John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, is interviewed on campus on Tuesday after being named one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2025
Nobel Prizes this year offer three cheers for slow science
In an age when government efficiency has been used to justify sharp cuts to scientific funding, the science Nobels offer a case for plodding curiosity.
Laszlo Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist, in 2014. Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 10, 2025
Hungarian 'master of the apocalypse' Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in literature
The prize was awarded "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art."
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2025
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Waiting on a supercomputer to analyze the structure of a new crystal gave him time to come up with the idea for a kind of material that could, for example, capture carbon dioxide.
A bust of Swedish chemist, inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, founder and namesake of the Nobel Prize, stands at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
Nobel physics prize goes to pioneers of quantum mechanics
Quantum technology is already ubiquitous, with transistors in computer microchips an everyday example.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
With medical breakthrough, Japan’s latest Nobel winner bucked convention
Shimon Sakaguchi’s unwavering conviction in the validity of his research paid off with the discovery of immune-regulating cells — and a Nobel Prize in medicine.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was awarded the prize along with two other scientists for their discovery concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
Hideki Shirakawa, a professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba, became the second Japanese person to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry in October 2000.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Oct 1, 2025
Japan Times 2000: Japanese professor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Hideki Shirakawa received the Nobel Prize in October 2000 along with two American scientists for their revolutionary work on conductive polymers.
Satoshi Yoneda reacts to audience's applause at the Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors held in Besanson, France, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Japanese conductor Yoneda wins French competition
Previous Japanese winners of the Besancon competition include the late Seiji Ozawa, Yutaka Sado and Kazuki Yamada.
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 27, 2025
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
This year’s figure, though 10 fewer than the year prior, does little to dent the capital’s reputation as a leading gourmet destination.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.

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