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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2022

Approving executions one of most important duties, justice minister says

Justice Minister Ken Saito assumed the post in place of Yasuhiro Hanashi, who was dismissed from the role following remarks that were interpreted as making light of his responsibilities.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 14, 2022

Capitals' Alex Ovechkin scores milestone 800th NHL goal

Ovechkin's 800th goal sparked celebrations at United Center in Chicago, the Capitals bench clearing as teammates swarmed 'Ovi' in congratulations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2022

Takeda to pay up to $6 billion for Nimbus immune-therapy drug

After an initial $4 billion payment upfront, U.S.-based Nimbus is eligible for two additional $1 billion payments based on sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2022

Bank of Japan policy review likely in 2023, economists say

All 47 economists polled expect no change in the BOJ's negative interest rate and yield curve control program at the end of the two-day gathering on Dec. 20.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2022

Japan MSDF captain demoted for power harassment

The ministry also demoted one of the captain's superiors by one rank, citing negligence in investigating the charges.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 14, 2022

Deforestation of Brazilian savanna surged around 25% in a year

Such an increase would mean more than 10,000 square kilometers of native vegetation were destroyed over 12 months — the most since 2015.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 14, 2022

Research shows new Olympic sports had high rate of injuries in Tokyo

More than 11,300 athletes from 206 national teams were monitored in Tokyo, with more than a thousand injuries recorded.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2022

Egg prices soar in Japan on feed costs and bird flu outbreaks

The spread of bird flu is impacting egg prices just as demand was recovering after a drop caused by the pandemic, an industry official said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 14, 2022

Michael Jordan and other NBA legends honored in award rebrand

Following a path set in naming the All-Star Game MVP trophy after Kobe Bryant, the NBA revealed the league MVP trophy would be re-established as the Michael Jordan Trophy this season.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 14, 2022

Scientists achieve nuclear fusion breakthrough with blast of 192 lasers

If fusion can be deployed on a large scale, it would offer an energy source devoid of the pollution and greenhouse gases caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 14, 2022

Biden signs same-sex marriage bill in ‘vital step’ to equality

The bill signing at the White House was a celebration for supporters of the measure, with prominent members of the LGBTQ community and allies in attendance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2022

Fed to downshift to half-point hike but points to higher peak

The tricky part for Chairman Jerome Powell will be convincing investors that this isn't a dovish pivot and that officials won't prematurely end their assault against inflation.
A Yes23 volunteer holds pamphlets while speaking with commuters about Australia's upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum, in Melbourne.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 4, 2023

Most Australians oppose constitutional Indigenous panel, poll shows

The proposed Indigenous committee would advise Parliament on matters affecting Indigenous people in the country.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is mired in four criminal cases that could take him off the campaign trail starting in late January or February.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2023

The surrogates: Trump’s strategy for campaigning from court

While the candidate himself was a no-show at prominent events, including the first Republican primary debate, he left loyalists to fill the void.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped destroyer Maya in Yokohama in March 2020. Japan plans to introduce two new Aegis-equipped vessels that are expected to be bigger than the 8,200-ton Maya-class Aegis ships.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2023

Japan's costs ballooning for new Aegis vessel plan

Overall costs will reach ¥900 billion if the amount already spent to purchase large radar and weapons systems is included.
Niger's Army sergeant and artist Maman Sani Maigochi performs as supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland gather at Place de la Concertation in Niamey.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2023

Civilian and military artists back Niger coup with rousing tunes

Videos mix footage from army promotional videos with images of swaying military dancers, against a soundtrack of silky rhythms.
Coco Gauff celebrates after a point during her match against Caroline Wozniacki at the U.S. Open in New York on Sunday.
TENNIS
Sep 4, 2023

Coco Gauff ends Caroline Wozniacki's comeback tour at U.S. Open

Gauff has been playing the best tennis of her career this season, picking up titles in Washington and Cincinnati
A Kyoto Animation studio in Kyoto on July 18, 2019, following an arson attack
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2023

Trial to start over 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack

The focus is on what Shinji Aoba, accused of murder and attempted murder, will have to say about his motive for the arson incident.
Silicon Valley's AI tycoons believe discussions on AI's current carbon footprint underplay its revolutionary potential.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 4, 2023

Tech's carbon footprint: Can AI revolutionize responsibly?

Across the globe, data servers are consuming precious natural resources for the digital world, raising the question: can AI revolutionize responsibly?
A schoolgirl wears a padded hood for protection from falling debris during an earthquake simulation exercise at an elementary school in Tokyo. The government estimates a 70% chance of a magnitude 7 event striking directly underneath the capital in the next 30 years.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2023

Tokyo has lived on the brink of the ‘Big One’ — for a century

The Great Kanto Earthquake demolished the nascent Japanese capital, killing more than 100,000 people — some 3% of the city’s population at the time.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives for the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, last November. Xi is set to skip this year's G20 summit in India, marking a major shift in how he operates.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 4, 2023

Xi’s G20 snub marks shift from statesman to China ‘emperor’

Chinese leader eyes different approach to diplomacy, reinforcing investor concerns that Beijing is becoming increasingly unpredictable.
Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (right) receives flowers in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Sunday after winning a fifth term as governor.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2023

Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso wins fifth term

Voter turnout rose to 56.63% from the record low of 53.46% logged in the previous election four years ago.
Buildings in Guangzhou, China. Aside from short-term solutions, economists see three options for China to restructure its economy.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 4, 2023

Part of China's economic miracle was a mirage. Reality check is next.

While many analysts see a slow drift towards Japan-style stagnation as the most likely outcome, there is also the prospect of a more severe crunch.
Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drives against Brazil's Alberto Diaz during their game at the Basketball World Cup in Jakarta on Sunday.
BASKETBALL
Sep 4, 2023

Canada knocks defending champion Spain out of Basketball World Cup

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 13 points in the decisive fourth quarter to lift Canada to the win.
Barbed wire fences are seen outside a shuttered Great Wall Park compound where Cambodian authorities said they had recovered evidence of human trafficking, kidnapping and torture during raids on suspected cybercrime compounds in the coastal city of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, last September.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2023

Hit Chinese movie raises fears of travel in Southeast Asia

Offering a look at the workings of cybercrime in Southeast Asia, “No More Bets” has dampened Chinese travelers' desire to go there.
Fishermen work at a port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2023

Japan boosts fishing sector aid after Fukushima water release

The increased aid comes as more than 100 fishermen and locals living near Fukushima prepare to file a lawsuit this week seeking to stop the discharge.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (left), U.S. President Joe Biden (center) and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a joint news conference following a trilateral summit at Camp David near Thurmont, Maryland, on Aug. 18.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2023

South Korea kicks off historic 'samurai bond' sale in Japan

The historic debt offering comes as part of broad-based improvement in ties between Seoul and Tokyo.
High temperatures to continue in Japan throughout October
The city of Kumamoto on Sept. 18, when the temperature climbed to 37.5 degrees Celsius
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last Pearl Harbor bombardier, dies at 106
Masamitsu Yoshioka in 2023, when he was 105
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.
The Russian war economy’s days are numbered
A funeral is held for Russian military personnel and civilians killed in the war with Ukraine, at a cemetery in Luhansk, in Russian-controlled Ukraine, in May 2023. The U.S. estimates that 120,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and another 180,000 injured, further worsening the nation's manpower shortages and economic output.
Ishiba omits divisive proposals in first policy speech as PM
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
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.
Japan’s biggest Louise Bourgeois exhibit yet leans into ambivalence
Bourgeois is perhaps best known among the general public for her giant steel spider sculptures, particularly in Tokyo, where a nearly 10-meter tall bronze cast of the original spider has loomed over the walkway in Roppongi Hills since 2003.
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.
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.
Ishiba omits divisive proposals in first policy speech as PM
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his inaugural policy address to parliament in Tokyo on Friday.

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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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
By Zoria Petkoska

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