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Robin Millard
Tokyo-Yokohama again ranked first on this year's annual top 100 science and technology clusters ranking by the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2024
Tokyo-Yokohama still tops the U.N.'s science-tech cluster rankings
The rankings are based on patent filing and scientific publishing data to identify local concentrations of world-leading science and technology activity.
Electronic waste — also known as e-waste — from computers in a junk shop in Metro Manila, Philippines
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2024
U.N. warns digital economy drive is damaging the environment
The U.N. agency called for sustainable strategies to counter the growing environmental toll digitalization creates, particularly in developing countries.
Spain's Rafael Nadal takes part in a practice session ahead of the French Open, in Paris on Tuesday.
TENNIS
May 22, 2024
Djokovic backs Nadal for French Open title
Nadal is contending with injury problems and growing competition from a younger generation.
A woman views the National COVID-19 Memorial Wall, a dedication of thousands of hand-painted hearts and messages for those in the U.K. who have died from COVID-19, in London on Jan. 9, 2022.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 3, 2024
Countries worldwide face extra round of talks to save pandemic accord
A planned final round of negotiations missed its target of finishing the accord ready for its adoption by the World Health Organization at the end of May.
People cool off on a beach in Rio de Janeiro in November amid a heat wave.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jan 13, 2024
El Nino could make 2024 hotter than record-setting 2023
The U.S. NOAA predicted there is a 1 in 3 chance that 2024 will be warmer than 2023 — and a 99% certainty that 2024 will rank among the five warmest years ever.
Tents for displaced Palestinians at a camp, operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, in western Khan Younis, Gaza, on, Oct. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2023
Record 114 million people now displaced worldwide, says U.N.
Almost one-third of all displaced people originated from just three countries: Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 13, 2023
WHO worried bird flu might adapt to humans 'more easily'
Since late 2021, Europe has been gripped by its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu, while North and South America have also experienced severe outbreaks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2023
Cyclone Freddy record claim in the eye of the storm
Freddy's journey will be reviewed in minute detail to verify whether its deadly track counts as the longest-lasting tropical storm, the world extreme weather records chief said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 17, 2023
Olympics to screen on free-to-air TV in Europe from 2026 to 2032
The European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros. Discovery presented a joint bid to acquire all media rights across 48 countries in Europe, as well as Israel.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2022
Tuberculosis firmly on the rise after years of decline
The WHO said conflicts around the world, the global energy crisis and associated risks to food security were likely to worsen the situation further.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 3, 2022
'Genocide' in Xinjiang? Why the U.N. report steers clear.
As the fallout from the report continues to reverberate, some countries are considering how they can take the findings further.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2022
WHO slams 'unimaginable cruelty' inflicted on Tigray
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggested racism may be why the situation ranked behind Ukraine in terms of international attention, despite it being 'the worst humanitarian crisis.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2022
WHO warns COVID-19 pandemic 'nowhere near over'
'The virus is running freely and countries are not effectively managing the disease burden based on their capacity,' the organization's leader said.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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