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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Ishiba says LDP will not endorse some 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
The new leader hinted that "a fair number of non-endorsements is likely" as the party looks to rebuild public trust that has eroded following the scandal.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day
ENVIRONMENT / Earth science / OUR PLANET
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
By Kathleen Benoza
Supporters say the advisories are about reducing risk, but critics see a system that isn’t based on science and one in which the cons outweigh the pros.
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
JAPAN / Society
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
By Karin Kaneko
A weak yen, robust inbound tourism and social media have shone a spotlight on a park in Tokyo where men gather in search of sex.
Canadian Ambassador to Japan Ian McKay, who is also his country's special envoy for the Indo-Pacific, takes part in an interview with The Japan Times last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Canada eyes joint coast guard patrols with more Asian partners, envoy says
By Gabriel Dominguez
Canada is recognized as a leader in terms of its "Dark Vessel Detection" technology designed to identify vessels fishing illegally in protected maritime areas.
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.
BASEBALL
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
By Jason Coskrey
Ayami Sato has helped Japan win six straight Women's Baseball World Cup titles.
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.

JAPAN

An emergency shelter in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, set up in January after a powerful earthquake earlier that month. The central government plans to survey the level of stockpiles at temporary shelters around the country.
Japanese government to survey stockpiles at designated shelters
The survey is expected to cover stocks of food, blankets, baby formula, paper diapers for infants and adults, portable toilets, toilet paper and sanitary products.
Police in Osaka Prefecture arrested four people early last month for allegedly defrauding a "spot work" platform operator of about ¥680,000.
Rise of 'spot work' schemes leading to scams in Japan
Police in Osaka Prefecture arrested four people early last month for allegedly defrauding a platform operator of about ¥680,000.
Japan and South Korea to expand initiative to cut methane emissions
'Iron Chef' star Yukio Hattori dies at 78
Torrential rain in Noto Peninsula to be designated a severe disaster, Ishiba says
Young language carer hopes to support others facing hardships in Japan

BUSINESS

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda ahead of their meeting on Wednesday. Ishiba's comment after the meeting that he doesn't believe Japan needs an additional interest rate hike has surprised the financial market.
Ishiba's U-turn on interest rates surprises market
The market is being perplexed by the statement by Ishiba, who had been critical of Abenomics.
Jera's liquefied natural gas fired power plant inside the company's Anegasaki Thurmal Power Station in Ichihara, Japan.
Japan firms unite to cut methane emissions from LNG supply
By Shoko Oda and Tsuyoshi Inajima
Twenty-two firms are joining an initiative that aims to leverage their buying power to curb methane emissions from liquefied natural gas supply chains.
Italy's Eni in talks with Japan on supplying LNG, executive says
Ministry reports issues facing bookstores
Saudi Arabia's PIF mulls larger stake in Nintendo: report
Boom in Samurai bond issuance drives up yen swap costs
By Masaki Kondo

WORLD

Tesla CEO Elon Musk jumps on stage to join Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
Trump rallies with Elon Musk at site of assassination attempt
By Stephanie Lai
For Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and SpaceX and the world’s richest man, it’s his most prominent moment yet as part of a political campaign.
Men run for cover after an Israeli strike on the Mreijeh neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday.
Countdown to Middle East war? How the region can step back from the brink
By Alexander Cornwell, Matt Spetalnick and Jonathan Saul
Brakes remain to halt a regional fall into a wider conflagration that would lock Israel and Tehran into escalating conflict and suck in other nations.
Florida faces new storm threat as region reels from Helene
Intense Israeli bombing rocks Beirut ahead of war anniversary
Macron calls for halting weapons to Israel for Gaza conflict
By Talya Minsberg
Israel on alert ahead of Hamas attack anniversary

Sports

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Dekopin, who delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game against the Orioles on Aug. 28
The furry performance-enhancers that are sweeping the world of sports
By Mai Yoshikawa
Athletes from Shohei Ohtani to Naomi Osaka are using dogs to reduce stress and help enhance performance before and during high-stakes competitions.
Bagnaia wins Japan MotoGP ahead of championship leader Martin
Ohtani magic powers Dodgers over Padres in MLB playoff thriller
By Rob Woollard
Guardians maul Tigers, miracle Mets rally in MLB series openers
Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano announces plans to join MLB

Opinion

Shigeru Ishiba's nascent administration is attracting something of a reputation for flip-flopping — and it hasn’t even been a week.
Don’t take Japan's new leader literally. But should you take him seriously?
Gearoid Reidy
Ishiba will discover that his supply of capital with the public will run out quickly if he offers no break from his predecessor.
From the year of elections to the year of governance
By Adam Nelson and Kristen Sample
An Israel-Iran war could turn into a deadly nightmare
By James Stavridis
Japan shouldn’t work with the Taliban, not even to build schools
By Sadiq Amini
The Russian war economy’s days are numbered
By Anders Aslund

ENVIRONMENT

HIF Global's Haru Oni clean hydrogen plant in Punta Arenas, Chile, last month
Latin America gears up for clean hydrogen boom but the road is not smooth
By Oliver Griffin, Lucinda Elliott and Fabio Teixeira
Government leaders expect a major boom for the region from clean hydrogen, produced using electricity from renewable sources that do not emit carbon.
Study documents extinction of 610 bird species and ecological impacts 
By Will Dunham
Green hydrogen hype fades as high costs force project retreat
By William Mathis
How climate change affects Japan's typhoons
By Jessica Speed
Despite snowy winter, Swiss glaciers 'on track to disappear'
By Agnes Pedrero and Elodie LE MAOU

CULTURE

Cameron Lew, who makes music under the name Ginger Root, recently released “Shinbangumi,” an album that was influenced by the glimmering pop echoes of Japan in the 1980s as well as the nerviness of Devo, the loose rock-pop of Hall & Oates and even Haruomi Hosono’s ’70s explorations of exotica.
Ginger Root expands on effervescent retro sound
By Patrick St. Michel
New release "Shinbangumi" comes after a whirlwind year for the American artist who blends glittering pop echoes of 1980s Japan with a mish-mash of Western influences.
Japan's 'master of horror' Kiyoshi Kurosawa highlights 'B-movie' appeal
By Claire Lee
‘Super Happy Forever’: Melancholy romance makes most of fleeting happiness
By James Hadfield
‘See You Tomorrow’: A pursuit of passion grounded in reality
By Mark Schilling
Netflix war epic to open Asia's largest film festival
By Claire Lee

LIFE

For one night in Tokyo last month, Daniel Calvert (left) and Quique Dacosta brought their wildly different culinary styles together into a a remarkable service.
A meeting of Michelin minds at Tokyo's Sezanne
By Robbie Swinnerton
Daniel Calvert doesn't says no to most requests for pop-ups at two-Michelin-starred Sezanne — except when the chance to work with three-starred Quique Dacosta came up.
Sake, coffee and fish bones: Anything goes for Sushi M’s cocktails
By Melinda Joe
Get yourself in a pickle with this uber-tangy banh mi
By Simon Daly
At Tokyo Game Show 2024, nostalgia was king
By Samantha Low
Japan's flat-packed furniture doesn't skimp on aesthetics
By Mio Yamada

COMMUNITY

Having grown up in North Carolina, where people are chatty and friendly, Duane Levi says Kansai and Osaka in particular had a similar vibe.
Duane Levi: 'Once you are able to create something that has sustainability … you’re going to get help and support.'
By Patrick St. Michel
Unable to get a job in PA and recording, Duane Levi forged his own path in the Japanese music scene and has introduced many artists to the market here.
What’s a mother to do when your non-Japanese child is bullied in school?
By Harriet Ocharo
Saying good riddance to what bugs me about a Japanese summer
By Jordan Allen
‘The people I’d seen in kimono didn’t have as much melanin as I do’
By Baye McNeil
Andreas Fuchs: ‘I love that no two days are the same’
By Louise George Kittaka

Editors' Picks

MORE SPORTS
The furry performance-enhancers that are sweeping the world of sports
By Mai Yoshikawa
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his dog, Dekopin, who delivered the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game against the Orioles on Aug. 28
LIFE
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
By Justin Randall
Walking through Tokyo's varied neighborhoods and the sub-communities within them can be the best way for a tourist, even one with limited time, to take the city in.
CULTURE
Japan’s biggest Louise Bourgeois exhibit yet leans into ambivalence
By Thu-Huong Ha
Bourgeois is perhaps best known among the general public for her giant steel spider sculptures, particularly in Tokyo, where a nearly 10-meter tall bronze cast of the original spider has loomed over the walkway in Roppongi Hills since 2003.
BASEBALL
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
By Jason Coskrey
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.
JAPAN
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
By Yukana Inoue
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to a reporter on Sept. 27. Aggressive acts toward front-line workers, dubbed "customer harassment," have become a growing problem.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Wozme, founded by dancer and choreographer Wakaba Kohei, is composed of Kana Kitty, Ami Ishii, Akane Watanabe and Natsuki. Its aim is to inject elegance and beauty, traits traditionally associated with femininity, into the sometimes grotesque art form of butoh dance.
Wozme, an all-women dance troupe, wants to move the needle in butoh
By Zoria Petkoska

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JAPAN
High temperatures to continue in Japan throughout October
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The city of Kumamoto on Sept. 18, when the temperature climbed to 37.5 degrees Celsius
JAPAN
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Masamitsu Yoshioka in 2023, when he was 105
JAPAN
LDP to endorse 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to a reporter on Sept. 27. Aggressive acts toward front-line workers, dubbed "customer harassment," have become a growing problem.
BASEBALL
Japanese baseball fans flock to LA to see playoff-bound Ohtani
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A giant mural of Shohei Ohtani on the side of a hotel in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles