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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 7, 2022

Yoshio Osakabe: ‘There are probably a lot of old fans who actually don't want Murakami to win the Nobel’

Coined 'Harukisuto,' or 'Haruki-ists,' for their passionate devotion to Haruki Murakami, one fan talks about the joy he gets from the work of one of Japan's most-treasured authors.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 7, 2022

Go For Kogei: The evolution of Hokuriku's crafts, art and nature

The craft-art festival, which takes place at three historical temples and shrines, showcases how the region's history and artisanal works are closely intertwined.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2022

U.S. to screen air travelers for Ebola during Uganda outbreak

Uganda has reported 63 confirmed and probable cases, with nearly half of the patients succumbing to the illness.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 7, 2022

I know Japanese. Why can’t I read signs in Hokkaido?

A lot of the readings for kanji on Japan's northernmost island are connected to the language and culture of the Ainu, who are indigenous to Hokkaido.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 6, 2022

BOJ hopeful of inbound tourism boost from weak yen even as global risks weigh

The BOJ's remarks on inbound tourism echoes those of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has recently advocated boosting inbound tourism to benefit from the yen's decline.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 6, 2022

French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in literature

The Swedish Academy lauded 'the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2022

North Korea keeps up record pace of missile tests as U.S. carrier is redeployed

The repeated missile tests — 24 rounds this year alone — have signaled that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has no intention of backing down.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2022

'COVID zero' key to Xi legacy as leader prepares for third term

His zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 has become synonymous with the efforts to cement his authority over China and its ruling Communist Party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2022

The censor cannot hold: The pressure of controlling China's internet

'In China the line is blurred,' Zeng Jiajun said. 'You don't know specifically what will offend the government, so sometimes you will go beyond and censor more harshly.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 6, 2022

Fiery, foul-mouthed Yuki Tsunoda speeds toward Suzuka as Japan's latest Formula One hope

The Kanagawa Prefecture native has quickly gained a certain level of notoriety among both fans and drivers for what he does — and says — on track.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 6, 2022

Six drivers to watch at the Japanese Grand Prix

There is plenty of intrigue heading into the first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019, with battles up and down the grid.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2022

Dozens killed in massacre at Thai day care center

More than 20 children are among the victims of a former police officer's knife and gun rampage.
A Tokaido Shinkansen Line bullet train
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2023

Tokaido Shinkansen train halted after apparent bear spray release

At least five passengers fell ill as the bullet train was halted at JR Hamamatsu Station in Shizuoka Prefecture.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks at a high-level segment at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2023

U.S. lays out plan at COP28 to slash methane emissions from oil and gas

The rules, two years in the making, were announced by U.S. officials at the United Nations COP28 climate change conference in Dubai.
Areas highlighted in yellow indicate regions covered by the tsunami advisory.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2023

Strong quake near Philippines triggers tsunami advisory in Japan

A tsunami advisory for Japan's coast from Miyakojima to Chiba Prefecture was issued following a strong quake near the Philippines.
Areas highlighted in blue indicate regions where tsunami was forecast.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2023

Japan lifts tsunami warning after strong quake jolts Philippines

A powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines late Saturday, followed by four major aftershocks that sent residents fleeing from coastal areas.
Residents of the Qatari-funded Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, sit with some of their belongings as they flee their homes after an Israeli strike, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2023

Israel faces growing U.S. calls for restraint amid Gaza fighting

Remarks by the U.S. vice president and defense chief were some of the strongest to date on Israel's need to protect civilians in Gaza.
Henry Kissinger, alongside U.S. President Richard Nixon, is sworn in as secretary of state on Sept. 22, 1973.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 3, 2023

'My blood boils': Kissinger's bitter legacy in Southeast Asia

In Southeast Asia, millions remember when the U.s. bombed swaths of Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War, an onslaught ordered by Kissinger and Nixon.
A Ukrainian special forces unit operating on the waters of the River Dnieper, where Russians held the opposite bank, on Nov. 5, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2023

Crossing the Dnieper: What a Ukrainian military operation might mean

Ukrainian troops have taken positions along the Dnieper River, posing a threat to Russia’s dominance of the region.
Digitally blurred screens at the Pyongyang General Control Center of the Korean National Aerospace Technology Directorate are seen on Nov. 22, a day after the launch of a rocket carrying a military reconnaissance satellite, in Pyongyang.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2023

North Korea spy satellite operator to report findings to military

Pyongyang said that the newly formed reconnaissance satellite operation office had begun its mission on Saturday.
The Idaho National Laboratory, Materials and Fuels Complex. Researchers there were the first to generate electricity from splitting the atom back in 1951, and countless scientists have since visited the remote site to test reactor designs.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2023

The future of nuclear energy will be decided in Idaho

It’s been 50 years since the last reactor was switched on there, which speaks to the challenges of harnessing a fission reaction.
Forensic police work at the scene of a stabbing in Paris on Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2023

Attacker fatally stabs German tourist in Paris

The attack took place close to the Eiffel Tower during a busy late weekend night and came with the country on its highest alert for attacks.
Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. visits wounded victims of an explosion that happened during a Catholic Mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University, in Marawi, the Philippines, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2023

Philippine military on high alert after bombing called terrorism

The blast happened during a regular service at Mindanao State University's gymnasium in Marawi, the country's largest Muslim city.
Yuuki Matsumoto, formerly Yuni, at his residence in Yokohama on Aug. 24. Japanese children with unconventional names can face societal and practical challenges unique to their country and its written language. Matsumoto, 24, was bullied over his name to the extent he dropped out of school, and had it legally  changed this year.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 3, 2023

Unusual names can complicate life in Japan. Now parents are being reined in.

As such names have increased, so has attention to cases of people unhappy with them. But critics say new rules may infringe on the right to be creative.
U.S. President Joe Biden during a meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2023

Muslim Americans face 'Abandon Biden' dilemma — then who?

Opposition from Muslim and Arab American communities could complicate the president's path to an Electoral College victory.
A coworking space at Tokyo Venture Capital Hub
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2023

Tokyo’s new venture capital hub aims to boost ties among investors

Mori Building hopes that the large-scale hub for venture capital firms will ratchet up investment for startups and strengthen cooperation among investors.
A truck unloads tons of coal inside a warehouse in Tondo, Metro Manila, in 2016. Independent show ample potential for renewables in Japan and Southeast Asia.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Dec 3, 2023

How Japan's renewable underestimates are impacting Asia's energy transition

Contrary to Japan's stance, independent projections paint a picture in which renewables can power the fast developing region.

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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