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U.S.

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. weighs next moves on Ukraine arms in ‘escalatory cycle’
Meetings in Brussels this week come days after Russia launched a series of missile barrages on the capital Kyiv and other civilian targets, and pressure is high for NATO allies to respond.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022
How California’s bullet train went off the rails
The state has accelerated the pace of construction on starter rails, but at the current spending rate of $1.8 million a day, the train could not be completed in this century.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022
Experts sound alarm over violent speech ahead of U.S. midterm elections
Many experts are bracing for a surge in the already burgeoning discourse around 'civil war' as the Nov. 8 midterm elections approach.
Japan Times
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Oct 11, 2022
From 'football' to 'biscuits': how to launch U.S. nukes on the go
The president has no big red button to push and whatever he orders still has to filter through several sets of human beings before becoming reality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 11, 2022
China's shot at overtaking the U.S. economy is at stake in Xi's next term
If the property downturn is deeper than expected and 'COVID zero' restrictions remain beyond 2023, GDP growth may average below 4% over the next decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2022
Yen traders show resilience to risk of more Japan intervention
One-week implied volatility in the dollar-yen has fallen to trade well below highs seen last month, even as the currency pair closes on u00a5145.90 per dollar.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2022
Screening procedure fails to prevent colon cancer deaths in large study
While people who underwent the exam were 18% less likely to develop colon cancer, the overall death rate among screened and unscreened people were the same at about 0.3%.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2022
Young versus old will define fight over public pensions
The market rout is exposing the vulnerability of the U.S. public pension system. Inflation and the tight labor market will force the worst-hit states into some hard decisions.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 9, 2022
Aura Muzzo double earns Italy opening win over United States
Canada joined the Italians in picking up a bonus-point win at the women's Rugby World Cup, with Emily Tuttosi scoring a hat trick of tries in a comfortable victory over Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2022
The biggest threat to democracy and peace is thuggishness
The operating system of any functioning society is civility, and thuggishness is the virus that makes it crash.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2022
Xi Jinping and his radioactive friend from Russia
As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares for an unprecedented third term, the growing desperation of Russian President Vladimir Putin should serve as a cautionary tale.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2022
How Trump deflected demands for documents, enmeshing aides
The former president exhibited a pattern of dissembling about the material he took from the White House, creating legal risk not just for himself but also some of his lawyers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Oct 9, 2022
Why more Americans are flocking to Florida, even as hurricanes intensify
Census data reveals a population explosion in the Southeastern United States — Florida itself added 2.7 million residents between 2010 and 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 9, 2022
China says Biden’s new chip technology curbs will harm recovery
The measures, which include restrictions on chips used in artificial intelligence and supercomputing, seek to stop China's drive toward its own chip industry and military advancements.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 9, 2022
F-35 deliveries to resume after Chinese alloy prompted halt
U.S. law and Pentagon acquisition regulations prohibit the use of specialty metals or alloys made in China, Iran, North Korea or Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 8, 2022
North Korea says missile tests are self-defense against U.S. threat
The missile tests were a “regular and planned self-defensive step for defending the country's security and the regional peace from the U.S. direct military threats,' state media said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2022
Putin 'in a corner' with options narrowing
The question of 'off-ramps' — or decisions that allow the Russian leader to end the fighting without admitting defeat — continues to vex Western analysts, who see no good options.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 8, 2022
U.S. aims to hobble China's chip industry with sweeping new export rules
The Biden administration on Friday published a sweeping set of export controls, vastly expand its reach in its bid to slow Beijing's technological and military advances.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2022
The Saudi-Russian oil axis snubs the West with production cuts
Coming weeks before the U.S. midterm elections, many also see the move to cut oil production as a personal attack on President Joe Biden.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2022
Biden pardons thousands for marijuana possession
Biden also instructed the departments of justice and health to determine whether cannabis should be reclassified as a less dangerous substance.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo