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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022

Jiang Zemin’s mixed legacy

One can attribute many of China's current achievements and problems to policies initiated during Jiang Zemin's tenure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022

Japan's place in Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

Canada's position in regards to the rules that govern global trade, human rights and navigation should resonate with Japan given its deep concerns about China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 7, 2022

Japan needs billionaires like Jack Ma, not just more tourists

Japan has much to offer the ultrarich — it now needs to figure how to attract more of them given how much more money they spend than the average tourist.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022

Will Russians choose truth or lies? Ukraine’s fate depends on them

How ordinary Russians deal with their government's propaganda has become a matter of war and peace.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022

China snuffs out worst protests in years as U.S. just watches

It is almost unheard of for protesters to target the country's leader, including Xi Jinping. Such actions carry a high level of personal risk and virtually no chance of success.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo records 14,946 new coronavirus cases

The seven-day average of new infection cases stands at 11,883.3 in Tokyo, up 7.6% week on week.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 7, 2022

The Church, the State and Kishida's headache

Kanako Takahara joins this week's Deep Dive to discuss what's behind a new bill regulating faith-driven donations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2022

With revisions to key security documents, pacifist Japan set to blaze a new trail

Upcoming changes could usher in dramatic shifts in the country's defense-oriented policy amid what Tokyo calls an 'increasingly severe security environment.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2022

Microsoft and Nintendo agree on 10-year Call of Duty deal

The agreement depends on Microsoft closing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022

People with disabilities abused by staff members at Hokkaido support center

The abuse included leaving them naked, manhandling them and holding them down by grabbing them by the neck from behind.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 7, 2022

Ruthless England sacks Eddie Jones nine months from Rugby World Cup

Jones' future was in the balance following a recent Autumn series where a lone win over Japan and fortunate draw with New Zealand were bookended by defeats.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2022

Trump companies are convicted in NY criminal tax fraud trial

It is the first time a Trump business has been convicted of criminal conduct and comes as the former president is running for a second term.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 7, 2022

Moroccans celebrate 'historic' World Cup win over Spain

With shouts, songs, cries and tears, Moroccans exploded with joy as their football team beat Spain to reach the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2022

A bad month for Trump: Three takeaways from Raphael Warnock's win in Georgia

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock beat Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election that fortified the Democrats' Senate majority.
Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki speaks during an interview in his Tokyo office on September 7
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2023

Japan's opposition struggles to move beyond political fragmentation

The leadership race for the DPP has reignited debate over the state of the opposition, with calls for a united front clashing with divisions over policy.
Police officers guide the Halloween crowd at the Shibuya scramble crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 31 last year.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 12, 2023

Shibuya’s mayor has a message for Halloween revelers: Don’t come

Shibuya’s scramble crossing has become the go-to spot for younger generations, but past incidents have fueled concern among officials.
A Kirin 9000S chip fabricated in China by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. taken from a Huawei Technologies Mate 60 Pro smartphone
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2023

Huawei sends a message with its new smartphone

Fear of turbocharging China’s indigenous technology development efforts has been one of the most powerful arguments against tightening export controls.
Aillis CEO Sho Okiyama receives the first place award from Pegasus Tech Ventues founder and CEO Anis Uzzaman at the Startup World Cup Tokyo preliminary on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 12, 2023

Two Japanese startups to compete in Startup World Cup 2023 final

Smart homes and AI-assisted medical devices took top prizes, with the winners now set to attend the final competition in San Francisco.
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (left), Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and economic security minister Sanae Takaichi attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2023

Kishida to shake up Cabinet, but keep veterans and rivals in key posts

Reports indicated that Kishida would replace Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and defense chief Yasukazu Hamada.
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, a nuclear fusion demonstration project, in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, in October 2016
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2023

Fusion research shouldn’t be a nuclear weapons side hustle

Some question the wisdom of improving nuclear weapons while advocating for the separation of fusion research from weapons development.
An increasing number of companies are saying they won't use Johnny & Associates performers in new commercials.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2023

More companies move away from Johnny’s over sex abuse scandal

Many firms say they won't work with the agency again until it hears how Johnny's will help the victims and prevent further incidents.
An official explains the National Defense Report at the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2023

Japan elevates Taiwan security ties in move likely to rile China

The defense ministry said it would only pursue "nongovernmental" ties with Taipei.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in Russia's far eastern Amur region on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2023

At talks, Putin tells Kim Russia could help North Korea build satellites

Kim Jong Un met Russian President Vladimir Putin amid warnings by the U.S. against a possible arms deal that the two leaders were reportedly seeking.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 13, 2023

Vladimir Putin says IOC is 'distorting' Olympic ideal

French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that no Russian flag should fly at the Games.
Veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers' (right) injury came just four plays into his Jets debut at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 13, 2023

Jets QB Aaron Rodgers to miss rest of season with torn Achilles

Rodgers fell awkwardly during the team's fourth play from scrimmage and eventually had to be helped off the field by two members of the medical staff.
A health ministry worker fumigates a house to kill mosquitoes and curb the spread of dengue, chikungunya and Zika in Managua, Nicaragua.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Sep 13, 2023

What's in a mosquito bite? How warmer climates spread disease

Abundant water helps mosquitoes to breed, while more drought constrict the migratory birds' ecosystems, enabling some diseases to spread.
England's Tom Curry waits to be shown a yellow card during the team's Rugby World Cup Pool D match against Argentina in Marseille, France, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 13, 2023

England's Tom Curry banned for Japan and Chile games

England is already without captain Owen Farrell for the Japan game as he serves the final game of his suspension.
The Birkenstock logo in Paris
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2023

Birkenstock files for IPO in further boost to U.S. market

The company will disclose the proposed terms of the share sale in a later filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
An injured earthquake survivor is carried into a military helicopter to be transported to a hospital after a deadly earthquake in Talat N'Yaaqoub, Morocco, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 13, 2023

Frustration mounts over Morocco earthquake aid as death toll rises

Villagers in devastated mountain areas voiced frustration at having received no help from the authorities.
High temperatures to continue in Japan throughout October
The city of Kumamoto on Sept. 18, when the temperature climbed to 37.5 degrees Celsius
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last Pearl Harbor bombardier, dies at 106
Masamitsu Yoshioka in 2023, when he was 105
LDP to endorse 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
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.
Japanese baseball fans flock to LA to see playoff-bound Ohtani
A giant mural of Shohei Ohtani on the side of a hotel in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles
The furry performance-enhancers that are sweeping the world of 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
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
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.
Japan’s biggest Louise Bourgeois exhibit yet leans into ambivalence
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.
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.
Tokyo passes nation's first customer harassment ordinance
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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