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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2023

Japan, South Korea and U.S. stage rare joint naval drill after North Korean launches

Wednesday’s joint exercises, which focused on ballistic missile information-sharing, were seen as highlighting unity among the three countries — despite Tokyo’s frosty ties with Seoul.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,195 new coronavirus cases

The seven-day average of new cases stood at 1,145.7, down 30.5% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Investors watch Japan’s spring wage talks for clues on BOJ moves

This year, the outcome of annual wage negotiations matters to bond investors, stock traders and anyone, really, with anything at stake in the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2023

Defending Japan with better Pacific Island diplomacy

By improving its diplomatic efforts and listening to the Pacific Islanders, Japan will spend less money and achieve more security.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2023

Kishida faces mounting pressure to visit Kyiv as only G7 leader yet to do so

Although Friday’s one-year anniversary of the start of the war has raised questions over a possible trip to Kyiv in the coming days or weeks, Japanese officials have remained tight-lipped.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 22, 2023

Shionogi says its drug Xocova may reduce risks of long COVID symptoms

For 14 major symptoms of COVID-19, 14.5% of those given Xocova reported at least one of the symptoms six months after the start of treatment, compared with 26.3% who were given a placebo.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 22, 2023

Toyota agrees to biggest wage hikes in 20 years as momentum builds on raises

Wages have taken center stage in Japan, with the Bank of Japan having indicated that it must see stronger wage growth to ensure that the trend in prices is sustainable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2023

The dark side of neutrality in times of conflict

As with Western “pacifists,” the nonalignment of Brazil, India, South Africa and other countries amounts to a tacit support for imperialism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Sole U.S. rare earth producer will ship to Japan in new deal that skips China

Output from the Mountain Pass mine in California has typically gone to China for processing, with Japanese companies purchasing from there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

BOJ likely to raise interest rates gradually, former board member says

Makoto Sakurai, who has known Bank of Japan governor nominee Kazuo Ueda for decades, sees little chance of a big policy shift at Ueda’s first policy meeting.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 22, 2023

Sumo's changed landscape reflected in 2023 depth chart

If all 600 or so active rikishi, and those projected to join in the near future, were available to be chosen by stables, which men would make the top eight?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2023

Toyota’s new EV plan is a big reality check

Getting drivers to adopt electric vehicles — and buy into the technology transition — will require a fundamental shift in Toyota’s thinking.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Karolos Grohmann
Feb 22, 2023

IOC stands firm against banning Russia despite risk of boycott

Officials suggest the IOC is prepared to risk a boycott in order to maintain its 'non-negotiable' stance that the Games remain above and beyond politics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Japan firms make a show of raising wages to tempt talent and stem brain drain

An official at an employers' group said any effort by individual companies in annual wage negotiations was unlikely to draw enough attention to aid recruitment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2023

Hong Kong revokes visa of scientist jailed for creating first gene-edited babies

He Jiankui was imprisoned in 2019 for experimenting on human embryos, in a controversial exercise that saw twin girls born with genes he altered while trying to confer immunity to HIV.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2023

Scientists newly confirm 1,350 km metallic structure at heart of Earth's inner core

The research studied waves from 200 earthquakes with magnitudes above 6.0 ricocheting like ping pong balls up to five times within the planet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Philippine lawmakers ratify entry to world's largest trade pact

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership includes 10 Southeast Asian economies along with China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 22, 2023

Liverpool rebuild begins now after Real Madrid humiliation

Instead, despite scoring twice inside the first 15 minutes, Liverpool's frailties were brutally exposed by the Spanish titan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Airlines turn profitable amid travel surge after COVID cutbacks

'Aviation is investible again,” said a portfolio manager in Sydney. 'Asian airlines are going to go through the roof.”
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 22, 2023

Brittney Griner signs deal to return to Phoenix Mercury

The two-time Olympic gold medalist and eight-time WNBA All-Star was released last December in a prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 22, 2023

WADA to appeal to CAS over figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case

A Russian tribunal found that, although the athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she had committed 'no fault or negligence.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 22, 2023

Formula One rewrites its rule on shortened races

Last year's rain-hit Japanese Grand Prix was halted after two laps and resumed more than two hours later with 28 of the scheduled 53 laps completed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 22, 2023

Thai prime minister to dissolve parliament, paving way for next election

The move could be an attempt to buy time for his new party to campaign and recruit members to run for office.

Longform

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