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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2022

Putin’s war leaves West more reliant than ever on Asian fuel

As Europe and the U.S. cut their dependence on Russian petroleum, they are facing shortages at home. That's opening opportunities for mega-refineries in places like China and Kuwait.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Nov 28, 2022

Oji’s Nepi Eco paper products advance goal to cut fossil fuels

The first item launched in the Nepi Eco series, a lineup of environmentally conscious products introduced by Oji Nepia Co. Ltd. in 2021, was toilet paper. Oji Nepia is a subsidiary of Oji Holdings, one of the world’s major pulp and paper producers, headquartered in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward. This year, kitchen...
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 27, 2022

Costa Rica beats Japan to hand Germany a World Cup lifeline

Costa Rica stunnedu00a0Japanu00a01-0 thanks to a late goal at the World Cup on Sunday, blowing Group E wide open.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2022

Iran rapper could face death penalty

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi is charged with 'corruption on Earth,' one of the Islamic republic's most serious offenses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Nov 27, 2022

Concerned about the future, will more Japanese youth seek opportunities overseas?

Amid a growing sense that the economic downturn in Japan is more than just a passing phase, some Japanese are heading abroad to seek better pay and a change in lifestyle.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2022

Protests spread across China as anger mounts over 'COVID-zero' policy

A fire in Xinjiang, and a denial that COVID-19 measures had hampered escape and rescue, has fueled a wave of civil disobedience unseen since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2022

COVID-19 restrictions in China affecting Japanese makers

Amid strict 'COVID zero' policies, some Japanese companies are having workers sleep in their factories to continue production.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2022

Believe it or not, Putin's foes are now 'Nazi satanists'

Russians have been told Ukrainians are pawns of the West. Or they don't exist at all. Or they're Nazis. And satanists. And many believe these absurdities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2022

The global ambitions of Chinese law

The recent international outcry over China's alleged secret offshore police stations shows that Western democracies are unprepared to grapple with the implications of growing Chinese influence.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 97,679 cases, up 20,700 from week earlier

The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 10,388.4 compared with 8,659.4 a week earlier.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 27, 2022

Carlos Queiroz tells Jurgen Klinsmann to quit FIFA role over 'outrageous' Iran rebuke

Iran plays the United States in a decisive Group B match on Tuesday and has a chance to reach the last 16 for the first time ever.
China Coast Guard boats are seen close to a floating barrier near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2023

Philippines to remove barrier placed by Beijing in South China Sea

Manila on Sunday shared images of a floating barrier blocking fishing vessel access in the Scarborough Shoal with China Coast Guard ships nearby.
SoftBank is targeting ¥120 billion in sales of the so-called bond-type class shares that will be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2023

SoftBank to sell more than ¥120 billion of bond-type stock

The firm has tentatively offered a dividend rate from 2.5% to 3% for the first five years.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York on Wednesday
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 25, 2023

Kishida outlines new economic measures for 'sustainable wage growth'

Some of the measures are intended to raise earnings by easing workers’ concerns about so-called annual income barriers.
Charles Wang Zhonghe, a senior banker at Nomura Holdings, has reportedly been barred from leaving China in a move connected to a long-running investigation of a top dealmaker in the country.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2023

Senior Nomura banker barred from leaving China, report says

The exit ban on the chair of investment banking for China at the bank's Hong Kong arm is linked to an investigation of a top dealmaker in the country.
Self-proclaimed president of the "Free Republic of Liberland" Vit Jedlicka (center) poses with the Liberland flag and future citizens in the village of Backi Monostor, Serbia, in May 2015
WORLD / Society
Sep 25, 2023

Breakaway Balkans micronation dreams of a crypto future

"Liberland" has attracted libertarian supporters across the globe who see a natural harmony between libertarianism and crypto.
Nissan Motor is planning to produce only electric vehicles in Europe by 2030.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2023

Nissan to go all-electric in Europe by 2030 despite U.K. delay

Nissan plans to launch 27 electrified vehicles, including 19 fully electric cars, by 2030.
Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Vice-Admiral Viktor Sokolov in September 2022
WORLD
Sep 26, 2023

Ukraine says Russian Black Sea Fleet commander killed

If confirmed, Viktor Sokolov's killing would be one of Kyiv's most significant strikes on Crimea.
Sanae Takaichi, minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks at an annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2023

Japan and China clash over Fukushima water at IAEA meeting

The IAEA released a report in July concluding that the water discharge plan was consistent with international safety standards.
Kamila Valieva's doping case has divided the figure skating community since it first came to light during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Sep 26, 2023

Top sports court to hear Russian skater Kamila Valieva's doping case

Tuesday's hearing follows Valieva's exoneration by Russia's anti-doping agency, which ruled that she bore "no fault or negligence" for the positive test.
Steve Kerr, who coached Team USA at the recent FIBA Basketball World Cup, is entering the final year of his contract with the Warriors.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 26, 2023

Steve Kerr sees future at Warriors despite expiring contract

Kerr has led the Warriors to four NBA championships since taking over as coach in 2014.
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 12. Macron said on Sunday that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2023

West losing sight of Sahel after France announces exit from Niger

France's decision to exit from Niger leaves a large hole in efforts to counter Islamist insurgents and could bolster Russian influence across West Africa.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses media on the first day of the five-day long special parliamentary session, in New Delhi on Sept.18.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2023

India's ruling party linked with anti-Muslim hate speech: report

The report found that more than half of the documented incidents this year were orchestrated by the ruling BJP and affiliates.
A weak yen, ultraeasy monetary policy and hopes for stable inflation have helped push the Topix to its highest level since 1990.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 26, 2023

Japan’s stock boom to drive equity sales through 2024, BofA says

A weak yen, ultraeasy monetary policy and hopes for stable inflation have helped push the Topix to its highest level since 1990.
An iceberg floats near Two Hummock Island, Antarctica, in 2020.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 26, 2023

Antarctic winter sea ice at record low, sparking climate worries

Researchers warn the shift can have dire consequences for animals like penguins who breed and rear their young on the sea ice.
A car leaves Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that has been inhabited by ethnic Armenians, on Monday after fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan in a lightning military operation.
WORLD
Sep 26, 2023

Ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh after defeat by Azerbaijan

The leadership of the 120,000 Armenians who call Karabakh home said they feared persecution and ethnic cleansing.
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.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
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.
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
LDP to endorse 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
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’

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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
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