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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 10, 2022
Gunmen kill 15 people 'randomly' at Soweto bar, police say
Unknown gunmen fled the scene and are now on the run, police said, adding that it was not clear how many were involved in the Soweto attack or what the motive was.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2022
South Korea's Yoon to visit Japanese Embassy to offer condolences over Abe death
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is also likely to dispatch a delegation led by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to a government memorial service for Abe later this week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2022
South Korean spy agency files complaints against ex-chiefs over North Korea cases
Two former chiefs, who led the agency under the liberal Moon Jae-in government, have been accused of ordering an investigation to end and destroying intelligence documents, respectively.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2022
Japan and South Korea buyers not yet asked to pay rubles for Russian LNG imports
Russia has already demanded ruble payments from European oil and gas buyers as its economy, cut off from the global financial system, faces a grave crisis.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 5, 2022
Seoul steps up moves to mend tattered relationship with Tokyo
South Korea has held the first meeting of a public-private body on wartime labor, with momentum toward improving ties with Japan expected to grow after Sunday's election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 5, 2022
South Korea’s inflation hits fastest pace since 1998
The news will add to the pressure on the Bank of Korea to consider an outsized interest-rate hike next week
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2022
North Korea blames COVID-19 outbreak on ‘alien things’ from South
South Korea's Unification Ministry repudiated the claims, and there are several other possible routes for COVID-19 infections.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2022
Japan and South Korea considering fund for wartime laborers, reports say
A total of 30 billion won, or about u00a53.1 billion, could be raised to pay compensation to about 300 former laborers and bereaved families.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2022
Japanese and South Korean leaders unlikely to meet during NATO summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. leader Joe Biden, however, will hold their first trilateral summit since September 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2022
U.S. Fed chief Janet Yellen to visit South Korea to discuss sanctions on North
Yellen could have talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho amid concerns North Korea is preparing to conduct its first nuclear test in five years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2022
‘Not in this for the money’: Why some families sue North Korea
Their civil litigation — often over physical mistreatment and abductions at the hands of North Korean authorities — is part of a quiet, yearslong search for justice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 22, 2022
North Korea's Kim presides over major military meeting as nuke test fears grow
The Central Military Commission was set to decide on “important strategic and tactical tasks' for the country's military, the latest signal that a nuclear test may be imminent.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
JAL to punish president and 36 others over pilot drinking scandal
Japan Airlines Managing Executive Officer Yukio Nakagawa (center) and others apologize after one of the airline's pilots was found to have been drinking alcohol, during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4.
After seven decades, is it finally time for the LDP to split up?
Signage atop the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo. Japan’s ruling party faces a tough decision over its future as it searches for a new leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, reverse its waning popularity and reassure investors
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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