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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2022
Viagra, exorcism and lies: Brazil's testy final election debate
Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slung insults as they debated topics such as the economy, corruption and the Amazon rainforest.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 20, 2022
Politics putting damper on World Cup fever in Brazil
Brazil's famous uniform has become politicized despite efforts by the Brazilian Football Confederation to keep the jersey apolitical.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2022
Brazil braces for ‘white-knuckle race’ between Bolsonaro and Lula
The contest promises to prolong what has already been a bruising battle that has polarized the nation and tested the strength of its democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2022
Brazil presidential race heads for runoff as Bolsonaro outperforms polls
Leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took 48% to Bolsonaro's 44%, Brazil's electoral court said, with 98% of votes counted.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2022
Bolsonaro vs. Lula: Brazil faces radically opposed options in divisive election
Historians say the election is the nation's most important in decades, with the health of one of the world's biggest democracies at stake.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2022
Lula in a flak jacket: Brazil on edge as political killing mars campaign
The death of a local party official was the most dramatic case this year of a rising tide of political violence in the world's fourth-largest democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2019
Brazil's economic minister causes uproar mentioning dictatorship decree against leftists' Chile-style unrest
Two of Brazil's former presidents, a chief justice and heads of both chambers of Congress on Tuesday repudiated the country's economy minister for saying the government might take draconian steps if leftist opponents stirred up protests such as those in Chile.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2018
Brazilians begin voting in tense presidential race led by right-winger Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilians began voting Sunday in a polarized presidential race that could result in the election of a far-right former army captain, whose praise of past dictatorships enrages critics but whose promise of a brutal crackdown on crime and corruption has electrified his supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2018
Jailed Lula to bow out of Brazil's presidential race: sources
Jailed former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will throw in the towel Tuesday in his legal battle to run in the Oct. 7 election and allow his Workers Party to announce running mate Fernando Haddad as its candidate, party sources said.
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2017
The abrupt fall of a political hero
Few politicians have endured a more stunning fall from grace than former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

Podcast

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