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Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 21, 2021
Burnout: Firefighter trauma rises in American West
Climate change has ratcheted up the pressure on firefighters, who face lengthier wildfire seasons and blazes that have devoured forests and rural communities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2021
A better CPTPP would include both the U.S. and China
Tokyo must exert its influence over Beijing's involvement in building regional rules and order and convince Washington to return to a multilateral trade framework in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2021
Kissinger doesn’t see China invasion of Taiwan in next decade
The former U.S. secretary of state said he it's 'perfectly possible” that China will seek to weaken the island's status, but that invasion was unlikely in the next 10 years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2021
On Putin’s strategic chessboard, a series of destabilizing moves
In the stretch of Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, where Moscow and the West have competed for influence for decades, the threat of a new military conflict is growing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2021
U.S. says armed Chinese attack on Philippine allies would invoke defense treaty
The United States on Friday called Chinese actions in using water cannon against Philippine resupply boats in the South China Sea "dangerous, provocative, and unjustified," and warned that an armed attack on Philippine vessels would invoke U.S. mutual defense commitments.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2021
U.S. and China to elevate military talks in bid to ease tensions
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to support discussions between the U.S. military and top officials from the People's Liberation Army, a source said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Nov 20, 2021
Hero or vigilante? Kyle Rittenhouse verdict reignites polarized U.S. gun debate
Guns have long been a potent political issue in the United States, where permissive laws have led to the highest rate of civilian firearm ownership in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2021
Biden’s doctors say he’s ‘healthy’ but suffers stiff gait
Biden, the oldest person to ever be elected president, has faced extra scrutiny about his health because of his age and some critics' efforts to undermine him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 20, 2021
U.S. teen Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted of all charges after divisive murder trial
A jury acquitted the teenager of murder in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests in a decision that ignited fierce debate about gun rights in the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 19, 2021
Toyota eyes Panasonic as partner in North Carolina battery plant
The plant would be the latest in a string of announcements by major automakers preparing to pivot toward full electrification.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2021
Japan’s media fail to agree on weight of Biden-Xi summit
Japan has been traumatized from the humiliating experience of the 1972 Nixon-China visit and has since fretted about Washington's intentions regarding Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 19, 2021
U.S. is ‘considering’ diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics, Biden says
Pressure has been growing to hold China accountable for human rights abuses.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2021
Unspoken U.S. aim at Iran nuclear talks may be winning Chinese and Russian support
One way to pressure Iran to rejoin the original pact or accept another arrangement would be to persuade Beijing and Moscow that Tehran, not Washington, is the obstacle, diplomats said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2021
Biden's overture to Asian oil consumers serves warning to OPEC+
'The strategy here seems like not only a response to the alleged rebuffing of the presidential requests, but also a deliberate threat,' one analyst said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2021
Asia looks to release oil reserves after U.S. request
The world's biggest economies said on Thursday they were looking into releasing oil from their strategic reserves, following a rare request from the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 18, 2021
Did the Biden-Xi virtual summit accomplish anything?
A dangerous mix of nationalistic hubris and regime insecurity in China in tandem with an increasingly Sino-phobic United States has placed bilateral relations in a precarious position.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2021
Why Iraqi Kurds are fleeing their peaceful homeland
Given that so many Iraqi Kurds are now seeking instead to escape from the region shows the extent to which hopes for economic and political opportunity in the post-Saddam Hussein era have evaporated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2021
U.S. asks Japan, China and others to consider tapping oil reserves, sources say
The unusual request comes as Biden fends off political pressure over rising pump prices and other consumer costs driven by a rebound in economic activity.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 18, 2021
Biden’s Taiwan gaffes risk real-world consequences
Washington needed to clarify his remarks on Taiwan four times in as many months — with tensions in the Indo-Pacific already high.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2021
Biden says infrastructure bill will boost U.S.-built electric cars
The president's visit to a General Motors vehicle plant offered him an opportunity to burnish his green credentials.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japanese students struggle with description-type tests
The average correct answer rate for description-type questions in the Japanese-language section of the fiscal 2025 national achievement test for third-year junior high school students was as low as 25.6%, according to the education ministry.
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa approaches eastern Japan
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa is expected to pass east of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Japan's jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job-to-applicant ratio dipped to 1.22 in June, down 0.02 point from the previous month, according to the labor ministry.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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