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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2021

Japan set to be scrubbed from EU safe travel list over COVID-19 rate

The list does not bind individual EU nations, but Germany has already added Japan to its list of 'high-risk areas' subject to tighter entry restrictions.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2014

North Korea list of Japanese abductees contains some 30 names: report

North Korea has given Japan a list of some 30 missing Japanese still living in the country, the Nikkei daily reported Thursday, citing sources — three times as many names as the paper reported a week ago.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2017

Uniqlo chief Yanai makes 2017 Asia Game Changers list, praised for 'making philanthropy fashionable'

Asia Society, a New York-based international exchange group, announced its 2017 list of Asia Game Changers on Tuesday, including Tadashi Yanai, founder of Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo clothing store chain around the globe.
EDITORIALS
Dec 2, 2010

Kanji list just got bigger

The Kan Cabinet announced Tuesday a new list of joyo kanji (Chinese characters in common use). This represents the third great reform in Japan's postwar kanji policy. The list serves as a guideline concerning kanji characters used in the public sphere — laws, public documents, newspapers, TV broadcast,...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2021

Understanding Japan’s ‘positive list’ approach to security

The new legislation eliminated the need for special measures laws for the types of operations the SDF had engaged in since 2001 and added new provisions for limited collective self-defense.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2017

Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq and Myanmar from list of nations using child soldiers

In a highly unusual intervention, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a U.S. list of the world's worst offenders in the use of child soldiers, disregarding the recommendations of State Department experts and senior U.S. diplomats, U.S. officials said.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2008

Revising the list of kanji

A panel of the Council for Cultural Affairs is working to revise the official list of Chinese characters in common use (joyo kanji). The final proposal is expected in February. The revision should draw the attention of not only Japanese but also foreigners interested in Japanese culture.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 14, 2009

List twist: unheralded Japanese foods

Man cannot live by bread alone. No, he must also have lists.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2020

Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominees list gets new scrutiny following justice's death

U.S. President Donald Trump, who counts his two Supreme Court appointments as among his greatest successes, last week issued a new list of 20 potential nominees to the court. There was no vacancy at the time, and the exercise seemed aimed at focusing attention on an issue that had helped secure his election...
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2019

Japan officially approves scrubbing South Korea from 'white list' of countries

In response, South Korean President Moon pledged countermeasures that might affect military information exchanges with Japan — a key part of their three-way security pact with the U.S.
JAPAN
May 18, 2002

Marathon champ Takahashi fourth on athletes' tax list

Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi has made her debut on the list of Japan's top taxpayer athletes, coming in fourth.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 1998

Nara sites added to World Heritage List

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Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2019

Mike Pompeo snubs his experts and blocks inclusion of Saudis on U.S. child soldiers list, say sources

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his experts' findings that a Saudi-led coalition has been using under-age fighters in Yemen's civil war, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 27, 2018

ESPN playing it for laughs with list

It's beyond comprehension how ESPN The Magazine could omit Michael Phelps from its new list dubbed the "Dominant 20" athletes of the past 20 years.
The Etihad Towers surrounded by residential and commercial properties in Abu Dhabi
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2024

UAE poised to exit watchdog’s dirty money list after reforms

The UAE is expected to come off the list on Feb. 23.
A Tencent sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. The gaming and social media company has been added to a U.S. Defense Department list of firms it says work with China's military.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2025

U.S. adds Tencent and CATL to list of firms allegedly aiding Chinese military

The companies described their addition to the annual list as a mistake.
A view of burned debris after wildfires devastated the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 10.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2023

List of hundreds missing since deadly Maui wildfire released

In the hours after the list was published, the FBI had received reports that about 100 people on the list were accounted for.
The U.S. said Japan should carry out interventions "only for very exceptional circumstances with appropriate prior consultations."
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 15, 2024

U.S. keeps Japan on forex monitoring list

The U.S. Treasury Department said Japan should carry out interventions "only for very exceptional circumstances with appropriate prior consultations."
On Oct. 17, the world's best bartenders gathered in Singapore for a celebration of cocktails and the announcement of this year's global rankings.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 17, 2023

Japan's SG Club, Ben Fiddich named to World’s 50 Best Bars list

Aside from the rankings, the impact of Japan's elite cocktail culture was a visible influence throughout the evening.
The International Olympic Committee's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland
OLYMPICS
Jun 15, 2024

IOC issues first list of Russians and Belarusians eligible for Olympics

Each qualified athlete must undergo the vetting process by a three-member panel appointed by the IOC to make sure they meet eligibility criteria.
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2024

Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore

Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018.
Staff work at a sake brewery in Fukushima Prefecture in October. Sake, a traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage made from grains and water, holds deep cultural significance in Japan.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2024

UNESCO panel recommends sake brewing for intangible cultural heritage list

A UNESCO intergovernmental committee meeting in December is expected to make a final decision on its inclusion in the Representative List.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
Nissan to end production of compact van as Honda rescue looms
A trailer transports Nissan’s NV200 Venette minivans in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
BOJ likely to raise rates this week in absence of immediate Trump tariffs
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is still signaling caution ahead of the central bank's January meeting.
'Quad' diplomats meet in signal of Trump commitment to grouping
Top "Quad" diplomats — Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi (left to right), Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong — walk to their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.

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

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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
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