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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 6, 2022

Yen's pain is far from over and poised for worst year since 1970, poll shows

The currency's weakness is not over yet, as BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is unlikely to reverse his long-held pledge to keep policy ultraloose anytime soon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2022

Missile-alert panic triggers calls to ramp up Japan's defenses

By the time many people were aware of the alert on Tuesday, North Korea's missile had already splashed down in the Pacific Ocean more than 3,000 kilometers away.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2022

In rebuke to West, OPEC and Russia aim to raise oil prices with big supply cut

U.S. President Joe Biden and European leaders have urged more oil production to ease gasoline prices and punish Moscow for its aggression in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 6, 2022

Climate change made summer hotter and drier worldwide, study finds

Europe, China and North America were parched by extreme heat that would have been u2018virtually impossible' without the effects of global warming, scientists said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 6, 2022

'Mondays: See You “This” Week!’: Zany office comedy gets stuck on repeat

Ryo Takebayashi's film about coworkers caught in a time loop is packed with knowing winks and references to the highs and lows of corporate culture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 6, 2022

‘To the Supreme!’: Clever rom-com keeps twists coming

Santa Yamagishi's rom-com about four women with lackluster love interests is cleverly plotted but takes a while to get to the drama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 6, 2022

Pop pioneer 'Yuming' reflects the spirit of the times

Yumi Matsutoya's arrival in the 1970s ushered in a new era of Japanese music. The singer-songwriter is now celebrating 50 years with a collection of hits titled, 'Yuming Banzai!'
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 6, 2022

'Get lost': Iran schoolgirls join protests over Mahsa Amini death

Students are reportedly staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 6, 2022

Ukraine recovers more territory in region Russia claims to have annexed

With Russian forces retreating from front lines in the south and east, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said settlements to the northeast of Kherson city had been 'liberated.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2022

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work ‘snapping molecules together’

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless were honored for their advances in “click chemistry,” which could have important applications in treating and diagnosing illnesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2022

Japan approves Pfizer COVID vaccine for use with young children

Children as young as 6 months old will be able to receive the shot.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2022

Indonesian president orders stadium audit after deadly stampede

Joko Widodo that he had spoken with FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Monday about improving Indonesia's 'football management.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022

Japan to curb electricity costs amid weak yen and recession risks, PM says

The government will compile another economic stimulus plan by the end of October, including a rare measure to directly ease the rise of electricity prices, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said.
The USS Carney guided-missile destroyer transits Egypt's Suez Canal on Oct. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2023

U.S. warns Iran-backed Houthis after attacks on Red Sea shipping

The attack on two commercial ships in international waters in the Red Sea marked a significant escalation in the threat to shipping in the area.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is not concerned despite his team's ongoing run without a win.
SOCCER
Dec 4, 2023

City's Pep Guardiola not ready to sound alarm despite lack of wins

Manchester City is in third place in the Premier League standings
Tomoko Hongo gives Hercules a hug. The dog came to her family malnourished but he's doing well now.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 5, 2023

A happy home is better than any adventure for Hercules the dog

After arriving at the shelter malnourished and depressed, Hercules has made a fantastic recovery after finding a home with the Hongo family.
Cinnabar is an awesome puppy who is wiry and busting with energy.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 5, 2023

Cinnabar the puppy is a real treat

Rescued from a home where dogs were bred to hunt boar, Cinnabar is looking for a place where he can just be a puppy.
Ronnie O'Sullivan poses with the trophy after winning the UK Championship in York, England, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 4, 2023

'The Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan becomes oldest UK snooker champion

O'Sullivan earned his eighth title with a 10-7 victory over Ding Junhui.
Rohingya refugee Abdur Rahaman at a temporary Indonesian immigration shelter in Lhokseumawe, in Aceh province.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 4, 2023

Young Rohingya leave Bangladesh camps for university dream

Refugees still face challenges in obtaining an education in Indonesia.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2023

Despite rising demand, arms sales hampered by production woes: study

COVID-derived labor and supply-chain issues had a significant impact on manufacturers, experts say.
The government plans to raise the retirement age of drivers of privately owned cabs to 80, from 75 currently, as rural areas in particular suffer from an acute shortage of transportation for the elderly.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 4, 2023

Expanding labor shortage pushes Japan to find new ways to fill jobs

Companies have been forced to come up with new ways to find labor and keep their operations running smoothly, sometimes with novel ideas.
Rural China is now one place that is providing respite for young people. Zhang Boai, 20, joined a program that positions rural jobs not as stop-gaps but as lucrative commercial opportunities in their own right.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 4, 2023

China's graduates swap city dreams for farm life amid jobs crisis

As the world’s second-largest economy slows, young people are bearing the brunt of an unemployment crisis that’s leaving one of five of them jobless.
Spot workers who choose when and where to work through dedicated apps during their free time are seen as a new pool of human resources in industry sectors that have faced labor shortages.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 4, 2023

Number of 'spot workers' surges in Japan amid labor shortage

The work style has gained popularity due to the flexibility it offers: individuals can choose when and where to work through dedicated apps.
Scottie Scheffler, seen during the Ryder Cup in September, won the Hero World Challenge on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 4, 2023

Scottie Scheffler wins Hero World Challenge; Tiger builds confidence

Scheffler fired a bogey-free 68 on Sunday for a three-shot win in the Hero World Challenge.
Narendra Modi celebrates at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 4, 2023

Narendra Modi’s party wins key state polls, boosting re-election bid

Opposition parties' fairly comprehensive losses will buoy the ruling party and the "exceptionally popular" Indian prime minister ahead of national polls.
A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. semiconductor wafer. Osaka-based Fuso Chemical, which has gone into debt rather than raise prices, counts TSMC as one of its clients.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 4, 2023

Key maker of chip materials goes into debt rather than raise prices

Osaka-based Fuso Chemical is bearing the cost to help churn out bigger volumes of sophisticated chips without asking customers for more.
Evergrande has become a poster child for China’s property crisis since the builder defaulted two years ago. It reported a combined loss of $81 billion in 2021 and 2022.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2023

Evergrande winding-up hearing in Hong Kong adjourned again

The world’s most-indebted property developer now has eight weeks to convince offshore bondholders to agree on a restructuring.
Pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow is released in June 2021, after serving nearly seven months in prison for her role in Hong Kong's 2019 anti-government protests.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 4, 2023

Prominent Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow flees to Canada

Chow, who was jailed for months in a crackdown on pro-democracy activists, cited her physical and mental health as reasons for not returning to the city.
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.
Hedge funds warming to yen caught out by biggest drop in 15 years
Speculative investors flipped to a net long position on the yen just before Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the nation wasn’t ready for further interest rate hikes, data shows.
Ishiba's 'Asian NATO' dead on arrival as new PM set for diplomatic debut
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has floated an idea of creating an Asian version of the NATO security framework.
Japan records highest number of bankruptcies in a decade as costs rise
Japan saw the highest number of bankruptcies since 2013 in the six months through September.
After Helene devastation, over 1 million people flee path of Hurricane Milton
People line up to buy wood to protect their assets before the hurricane Milton, in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday.
Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?
Experts move to allay replicon COVID shot fears in Japan amid backlash
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo on Oct. 1. Experts say fears over the newly approved replicon vaccine are unwarranted.
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

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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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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