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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 15, 2022

Japan's Daiichi Sankyo says mRNA COVID vaccine successful in booster trial

Approval would give Japan a home-grown source for mRNA vaccines, which have made up the bulk of its COVID-19 inoculations to date.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 15, 2022

Western allies look to Ukraine as a testing ground for weapons

Though the battle for Ukraine remains largely an artillery war, new advances in technology and training there are being closely monitored for the ways they are starting to shape combat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2022

Why China won’t end its 'COVID zero' policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping early on took ownership of the battle against the coronavirus — now his political legitimacy rests on the outcome.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2022

The new geopolitics demands a new vocabulary

Terms such as 'the West' and 'the East' are lazy, awkward and inaccurate geopolitical signifiers in the Post-Cold War era.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2022

Justice Ministry panel puts forward option of joint custody for divorced parents

The proposal could see Japan move into line with international standards, but has been criticized by supporters of domestic violence victims.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2022

New COVID-19 cases in Tokyo top 10,000 for first time since mid-September

Hokkaido, which has seen a surge in daily cases recently, reported a record high 10,906 new infections the same day — the first time the figure surpassed 10,000 cases in the prefecture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 15, 2022

Biden and Xi ease Cold War fears, but fundamental frictions remain

While their “blunt” talks marked a positive — if modest — step forward, the million-dollar question is whether that momentum can be sustained, as key challenges remain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2022

Electric truck stops will need as much power as a small town

Even the authors who planned a study of highway charging requirements were caught off guard by how quickly power demands will change.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2022

Recent flu outbreaks in Japan raise alarm over possible 'twindemic'

Though still small in scale, flu outbreaks have started hitting elementary and junior high schools.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 15, 2022

Arab fans' World Cup fever cooled by Qatar costs

Despite the region's debut as host, many fans will watch from home, citing expensive flights and steep rates for accommodations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 15, 2022

Election denier Kari Lake loses governor's race in battleground Arizona

Lake's loss is the latest defeat for a series of candidates endorsed by Trump, who on Tuesday is expected to announce another White House bid.
Shogi player Sota Fujii holds a card that says "eight titles," in the city of Kyoto on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2023

Sota Fujii becomes first player to win all eight major shogi titles

The 21-year-old took the Oza crown, having won Game 4 to finish the best-of-five match against 31-year-old Takuya Nagase.
The government will ask the Tokyo District Court to revoke the religious corporation status of the Unification Church.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2023

Government seeks court order revoking Unification Church’s status

If the request is approved, the group would forfeit its religious corporation status along with the associated tax benefits.
A struggling novelist (Rie Miyazawa) wrestles with life’s bigger questions after taking a job at a care facility for people with severe disabilities in “The Moon.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 12, 2023

‘The Moon’: Provocative drama bites off more than it can chew

Yuya Ishii’s film courts controversy with a fictionalized retelling of a real-life knife attack at a care facility for people with mental disabilities.
Singer-songwriter Aina The End (center) plays a young woman who strives to overcome her hardscrabble life and become an indie musician in “Kyrie.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 12, 2023

'Kyrie': Musical melodrama celebrates youth

Shunji Iwai's film about indie musicians and female friendships may have an overstuffed plot, but it also has a visual energy unique to the director.
Ground Self-Defense Force members take part in a military review in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, in October 2018.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2023

'Not proud at all': Japan struggles to recruit for Self-Defense Forces

Experts have said that the country's armed forces could be weakened because of a lack of personnel.
A dove flies over the debris of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2023

Gazans bombarded by Israel have no hope and no escape

The Palestinian territory, one of the most crowded places on Earth, has been under siege since Saturday in a near-constant bombardment.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo gives a news conference at the Boeing aircraft hangar facility in Shanghai on Aug. 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2023

Foreign businesses face a hostile China

The Chinese government's "zero-COVID" policy and regulatory favoritism toward local companies have created obstacles for foreign businesses.
A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector, with sample material from the asteroid Bennu seen on the middle right at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in a recent undated photograph.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 12, 2023

NASA unveils newly returned carbon-rich asteroid sample

A small quantity of the material collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu was unveiled at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman speaks during a forum in Taipei on Sept. 25.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 12, 2023

OpenAI plans major updates to lure developers with lower costs

The new features mark the company's ambition to expand beyond a consumer sensation into one also offering a hit developer platform.
Some of the most popular influencers can amass small fortunes before they're 18, but there are few legal protections to ensure their earnings remain their own.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2023

Child influencers make big money. Who gets it?

"I’m terrified to share my name because a digital footprint I had no control over exists."
Google, Amazon and Cloudflare have reportedly endured the internet's largest-known denial of service attack.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2023

Internet companies report biggest denial of service operation

Internet protection company Cloudflare said the attack was "three times larger than any previous attack we've observed."
Signage for Japan's top banks, MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2023

Japan’s top banks pay women about half of what men earn

The country has a relatively high labor participation rate for women, but many of the positions they occupy have little prospect of better pay.
Gazprom's Power of Siberia pipeline in the Sakha Republic, Russia
WORLD / Politics
Oct 12, 2023

Putin to tap China as failed Europe energy play blunts leverage

Gas volumes to the Asian superpower would only match two-thirds of those that flowed to Europe, but prices will be lower and deliveries would take years.
Toyota Motor and Idemitsu Kosan are teaming up to develop and mass-produce all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, the companies said on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2023

Toyota and Idemitsu to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries

Idemitsu and Toyota said in a statement they would aim to commercialize the next-generation batteries in 2027-28, followed by full-scale mass production.
Ireland's Garry Ringrose scores a try during his team's Pool B match against Scotland at the Rugby World Cup in Saint-Denis, France, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Oct 12, 2023

Ireland not weighed down by No. 1 ranking ahead of All Blacks clash

Ireland can match the top-tier record for winning streaks with its 18th straight victory on Saturday.
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.
Ishiba says LDP will not endorse some 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day
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.
Ohtani magic powers Dodgers over Padres in MLB playoff thriller
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani celebrates after blasting a homer to right field in the second inning of Los Angeles' Game 1 victory over the Padres on Saturday.
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.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
At Tokyo Game Show 2024, nostalgia was king
As is the trend in movies and TV, the games with the biggest budgets at Tokyo Game Show 2024 were by and large remakes and remasters.

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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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Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
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