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WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2022

Big write-offs and tax-cut perks: Key takeaways from Trump’s tax returns

Massive losses and large tax deductions in Donald Trump's returns reveal how the former U.S. president was able to use the tax code to minimize his income tax payments.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Dec 31, 2022

Roger Dahl on new year dreams

Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022

Moscow on the Med: A faraway war transforms a Turkish resort town

Tens of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have settled in Antalya, on Turkey's southern coast, hoping to avoid the fallout of Russia's war in Ukraine and start new lives.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / 2022 in Review
Dec 31, 2022

Japanese stories captivated overseas audiences in 2022

This year marked increased recognition for female Japanese authors, while Japan-based stories provided the inspiration for Hollywood adaptations such as 'Bullet Train' and 'Tokyo Vice.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 31, 2022

Business is booming for TikTok tutors

Want to be a social media star? There are plenty of online teachers willing to teach you how — for a price.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Dec 31, 2022

Elden Ring's artful cruelty set the bar for gaming in 2022

FromSoftware's ambitious, brutal high fantasy RPG was by far the best game to come out of Japan in the last five years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2022

Five major Japanese banks to raise housing loan rates in January

The decision comes in the wake of a rise in long-term government bond yields following a policy revision by the Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 148,000 cases Friday, down by 26,000 from last week

The country also logged 258 new deaths, while the number of severely ill patients rose by nine from the previous day to 574.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2022

Putin and Xi hold talks as Russia struggles with war in Ukraine

Their end-of-year video call, the first talks since Xi and Putin met in person in Uzbekistan in September, underscores Moscow's deepening dependence on Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2022

Toshiba deal faces more uncertainty as financing talks stall

A consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners is in talks over bank financing totaling about u00a51.4 trillion to take Toshiba private, but negotiations have stalled.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2022

FTX Japan to return assets to clients from February

FTX Japan is developing a system with which customers can withdraw assets via the website of Liquid Japan, a crypto exchange it bought in February.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 30, 2022

A year of war and intensifying competition

It would be right to say 2022 was a year in which violence — from the assassination of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war in Ukraine — dominated public discourse.
Nadeshiko Japan head coach Futoshi Ikeda is all but certain to continue his role through the 2024 Paris Olympics and beyond.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 13, 2023

Futoshi Ikeda wants youngsters to grow as Nadeshiko heads home

The emergence of a crop of talented youngsters has reinvigorated a Nadeshiko side set to benefit from greater stability over the next four years.
English striker Harry Kane makes his Bayern debut during the German Super Cup against RB Leipzig in Munich on Saturday.
SOCCER
Aug 13, 2023

Harry Kane suffers defeat in Bayern debut as silverware wait goes on

The record England goalscorer joined from Tottenham for a fee in excess of €100 million earlier Saturday.
Passengers queue to board a shinkansen bullet train at Tokyo Station in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2023

Typhoon Lan set to crash Japan holiday week

Typhoon Lan is expected to make landfall Tuesday in central Japan, with warnings of heavy rain and flooding during the annual Bon summer holidays.
Bills safety Damar Hamlin warms up prior to a preseason game against the Colts in Orchard Park, New York, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Aug 13, 2023

Bills' Damar Hamlin plays in first game since January cardiac arrest

Hamlin collapsed during a Jan. 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals moments after making a tackle and was resuscitated on the field.
Australia's Matildas celebrate their shootout win over France in the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brisbane on Saturday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 13, 2023

Tony Gustavsson hails game-changing Matildas after historic win

Record-breaking television and streaming figures — plus blanket coverage in the nation's newspapers — greeted Saturday's shootout win over France.
Seiko Noda
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 13, 2023

Legislation on assisted reproductive technology delayed in Japan

Currently in Japan, the right of children born through fertility treatment to know their biological parents is not guaranteed
As of Saturday, at least 89 death have been recorded as a result of the wildfire that engulfed the Maui town of Lahaina, Hawaii. That toll is likely to rise as the search for victims continues.
WORLD
Aug 13, 2023

Maui fire death toll, at 89, is highest in U.S. in a century

Maui death toll is likely to rise in the coming days as only 3% of areas burned Tuesday had been searched by canine teams.
Miss Indonesia Sonia Fergina Citra (left) and other contestants at the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok in December 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2023

Miss Universe cuts ties with Indonesia organizer accused of sexual harassment

Six Miss Universe Indonesia contestants filed complaints with police accusing organizers of sexual harassment.
Taiwan's vice president, Lai Ching-te, waves at Taoyuan International Airport before as he departs on Saturday to the United States for a stopover in New York on his way to Paraguay.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2023

China’s Foreign Ministry condemns Taiwan VP’s U.S. stopovers

Lai Ching-te’s stopovers in New York and California are scheduled to take place on his way to and from Paraguay for the inauguration of its new president.
Sydney Swail and Jolly, a young tabby cat, at an adoption event at Manhattan’s Animal Care Center in New York on Aug. 4
WORLD
Aug 13, 2023

Too many cats, too few vets: New York city animal shelters are bursting

Because of overcrowding, dogs at the Manhattan shelter are being kept in makeshift kennels in offices and stacks of cat cages line the halls.
Residents of Gojome, Akita Prefecture, clear disaster debris on July 22 after their houses were flooded by torrential rains.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 13, 2023

Akita faces debris collection challenge month after massive flooding

The delay in debris collection is hampering disaster reconstruction in Akita, a city official said.
People surveying wildfire damage in the town of Lahaina in Hawaii on Friday. Emergency workers on Saturday continued to dig through the ash and rubble, with the official death toll from the fires rising to 93.
WORLD / Society
Aug 14, 2023

Seeking cause of deadly Hawaii fires, lawyers probe power lines

Attorneys from three firms say accounts suggest damaged power infrastructure owned by Hawaiian Electric Industries created the spark for the flames.
Officials of the Meteorological Agency ask people to be vigilant about Typhoon Lan, during a news conference at the agency in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2023

Japan braces for another typhoon as trains and flights canceled

Typhoon Lan is poised to make landfall in central Japan on Tuesday, with the storm set to bring a month’s worth of rain in just a few days.
A burned palm tree droops in Lahaina on Maui, Hawaii, on Friday, two days after the historic town was devastated by wildfire.
WORLD / Society
Aug 14, 2023

How climate change turned lush Hawaii into a tinderbox

The devastation on Maui happened in a state defined by its lush vegetation, a far cry from the dry landscape normally associated with fire threats.
The U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 14, 2023

The Fed is playing a waiting game to try to avoid a recession

An increasing number of economists — including the Federal Reserve’s own staff — are predicting the U.S. will escape a recession.

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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