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Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 24, 2022

Roger Dahl on the 50th anniversary of Japan-China diplomatic ties

Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Sep 24, 2022

Roger Dahl on using a fan in self-defense

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 24, 2022

The artisans of craft collective Kyoji lift each other up

A collective of craftspeople and manufacturers overcomes global marketing barriers by collaborating on lifestyle goods and sharing the costs associated with overseas promotion.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 24, 2022

The chess world isn’t ready for a cheating scandal

Magnus Carlsen, the World Chess Championship winner, withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup after losing to Hans Niemann.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2022

Japan to set up ¥10 trillion university fund to boost support for research

The fund will give several tens of billions of yen per year to each of the universities in order to enhance their research capabilities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2022

Ukraine war comes home to Russians as Putin imposes draft

A day after Putin announced a call-up that could sweep 300,000 civilians into military service, the Russian leader's escalation of the war effort was reverberating across the country.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 23, 2022

Garbine Muguruza's difficult season continues with loss in Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals

Another day, another seeded player out of the Pan Pacific Open.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Sep 23, 2022

Tamawashi maintains outright lead by beating Nishikifuji

The No. 3 maegashira from Mongolia, who won his only Emperor's Cup in January 2019, improved to 11-2 by thrusting down No. 10 Nishikifuji (9-4).
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Japan confirms 63,871 new cases

Eighty-seven deaths were reported across the country, while the number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms fell by 14 from Thursday to 262.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2022

ANA to increase international flights as Japan's borders fully reopen

COVID-19 hit Japan's tourism industry hard — there were only about 246,000 foreign visitors last year, compared with a record 31.9 million in 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022

45 of 47 prefectures to fly flags half-staff for Abe's state funeral

The prefectures said that by doing so they will extend condolences over the death of the former prime minister, who was assassinated in the city of Nara on July 8.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2022

Iran's president warns against 'acts of chaos' over death of woman in custody

Women have played a prominent role in the demonstrations, waving and burning their veils, with some publicly cutting their hair in a direct challenge to clerical leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2022

Putin’s conscripts won’t win his war but may drag it out

Moves could buy him time to execute a wider strategy aimed at undermining foreign military and financial support for Kyiv's war effort.
Daihatsu said Wednesday that it will suspend shipments of all vehicle models made in Japan and abroad due to an unfolding scandal over misconduct in its crash tests.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2023

Toyota's Daihatsu to halt shipments as safety scandal widens

The results of an investigation suggest the scope of safety concerns, first disclosed in April, is now far greater than previously thought.
A PAC-3 surface-to-air guided missile at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo in June
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2023

Japan may make U.S. PAC-3 missiles in first weapon deal after ban

The missiles, made under license from a U.S. company, would be the first weapons to be exported in finished form from Japan after the ban is eased.
Tokyo police officers head to host clubs in the Kabukicho district in Shinjuku Ward for inspections on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2023

Women arrested for prostitution in Shinjuku tripled in 2023

The issue of women going into prostitution as a result of loans used to finance host club visits has become a huge problem.
Ride-sharing apps (clockwise from bottom) Uber, Grab, Didi and Ola Cabs are seen on a smartphone display.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 20, 2023

Japan to partially lift ban on ride-hailing services from April

Drivers will be allowed to operate in specific areas at certain times under the guidance of taxi companies when there is a lack of rides available.
People gather around a fire on Wednesday to keep warm outside a local mosque after an earthquake in northwest China's Gansu province on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2023

Chinese earthquake victims emerge into subfreezing weather

The magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted Jishishan county near the border straddling Gansu and Qinghai provinces a minute before midnight on Monday.
A suspected Chinese spy balloon is shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. Taiwan is on high alert for Chinese activities, both military and political, ahead of Jan. 13 elections, and such balloons factor into its defense plan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 20, 2023

Taiwan to 'handle' Chinese balloons based on threat level

The potential for China to use balloons for spying became an issue in February when the U.S. shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have conducted an escalating series of attacks against merchant shipping in the region using drones, ballistic missiles and commandos on helicopters and speedboats. 
COMMENTARY
Dec 20, 2023

U.S.-led naval force might not end Houthi ship attacks

U.S. Navy commands Operation Prosperity Guardian, a global coalition formed to counter the Iranian-backed Houthis.
An image of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar at the temple in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, the site of his killing in June
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2023

Western nations grapple with plots to assassinate Sikhs

From undercover stings to diplomatic tensions, unpacking the Sikh hit man plots in Canada and the U.S.
Music streaming service Spotify started offering audiobooks in October, but not everyone in the book industry is thrilled.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2023

Spotify's push into audiobooks sparks concern among authors

Spotify began offering complimentary audiobooks to millions of customers in October as part of their monthly subscriptions.
While non-Japanese readers have in recent years been spoiled for choice when it comes to Japanese literature in translation, there is still a wealth of notable works that translators would love to see rendered into English.
CULTURE / Books
Dec 20, 2023

A wish list of hidden gems for Japanese literature lovers

Eight translators reveal their top Japanese books that English readers have yet to enjoy.
Voters in countries representing more than 40% of the world’s population, including India, Indonesia and the U.S., will go to the polls between now and the end of 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2023

Democracy and climate politics are set to collide next year

Voters in countries representing more than 40% of the world’s population will go to the polls between now and the end of next year.
Ukrainian refugees who were flown to Japan by the Foreign Ministry arrive at Haneda Airport in Tokyo in April 2022. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2023

Moving beyond ‘checkbook diplomacy’: Japan’s changing refugee policy

Japan's stance on admitting refugees appears to be changing amid greater global engagement by Tokyo.
A pint is poured inside the Grapes public house in Limehouse, south London, on Dec. 14. Pubs have served Roman soldiers, knights and poets, and have been a gathering place for communities to enjoy a brew beside a crackling fire for centuries.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 20, 2023

Last orders? British pubs hit by rising costs and changing tastes

High inflation, energy bills and business rates are cutting into increasingly stretched earnings, as many find other ways to spend time and money.
Participants in traditional Korean attire holds signs using the Korean Hangul script — used to document the language of the Cia-Cia ethnic group, which has no written form — on Buton island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Oct. 14.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 20, 2023

Indigenous Indonesians use Korean letters to save dialect

The language of the Cia-Cia ethnic group in southeast Sulawesi province's Baubau has no written form.
Foreign tourists take pictures of an Enoshima Electric Railway train near a railroad crossing in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in October.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2023

Visitors to Japan in January-November period pass 20 million

The number of foreign visitors, mainly from South Korea, Taiwan and the United States, is steadily recovering on the back of a cheap yen.
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.
Spate of sumo tour dropouts highlights need to rethink wrestlers' health
Shonannoumi hits the dirt at the hands of Kotozakura during a bout in Tokyo in May. Shonannoumi is among the many top wrestlers who have dropped out of this month's regional tour due to injury.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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
By Anton L. Delgado

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