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Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

Brazil dedicate World Cup win to ailing Pele

Following the last-16 match at Stadium 974 in Doha, the players unfurled a huge banner to the 82-year-old, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2022

25 years after Kyoto Protocol, U.N. climate process stumbles on

The ultimate failure of the protocol offers a cautionary tale on how such international deals can fall short, but also the capacity of climate action to evolve.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

World Cup not Modric's swansong, says Croatia coach Dalic

The Real Madrid player has now appeared in four World Cups and four European Championships.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

Penalty shootout agony for fans as Japan's World Cup dream comes to a disappointing end

Devastated fans brave rain and a midnight start to watch the Samurai Blue's historic chance at a quarterfinal appearance slip through their fingers.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

South Korea's luck runs out at World Cup as Brazil exposes gulf in class

Any dreams of South Korea replicating its historic World Cup run from 20 years ago have come crashing down with a 4-1 humiliation at the hands of five-times champions Brazil.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

Japan's World Cup run ends with shootout heartbreak against Croatia

The Samurai Blue's dreams of reaching their first-ever FIFA World Cup quarterfinals were dashed by the runner-up of the 2018 edition.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 5, 2022

England quickly shifts focus to showdown against France

England only spent a little time celebrating its 3-0 World Cup win over Senegal on Sunday before turning its thoughts to an intimidating quarterfinal against reigning champion France and Kylian Mbappe.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 5, 2022

Tyson Fury thinks surgery may be required for right elbow

If Fury has surgery, it could delay a unification showdown with Ukrainian rival Oleksandr Usyk early next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 5, 2022

The year’s big yen short set for a dramatic U-turn in 2023

Analysts' bullishness is a marked change in tune from September, when hedge funds couldn't get enough of shorting the yen — a high profile casualty of the BOJ's ultradovish monetary policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2022

Kuroda ally sees chance of Bank of Japan hitting price goal in 2023

Takatoshi Ito's remarks are likely to keep speculation smoldering over possible policy adjustment next year as investors' focus gradually shifts beyond Kuroda's 10-year stint.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2022

After doom and gloom, China's propaganda shifts gears on COVID-19

Experts say Beijing is laying the groundwork for a loosening of COVID-19 rules — as well as putting in place convenient scapegoats to blame for the restrictions going too far.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 5,388 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases came to 11,688.3, compared with 10,552.4 a week earlier.
The incoming and outgoing presidents of Johnny & Associates, Noriyuki Higashiyama and Julie Keiko Fujishima, bow at a press conference on Sept. 7.
PODCAST / deep dive
Sep 14, 2023

Johnny’s talent agency has admitted to a past of abuse. What next?

Karin Kaneko joins the show to update us on how the story is unfolding.
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in South Africa on Aug. 23
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2023

What does Xi really mean? Chinese diplomacy’s true intentions

Decoding the true meaning behind Xi Jinping's words, and his silences, reveals an increasingly isolated China.
South Africa's Malcolm Marx (center) is tackled during a match against Scotland at the Rugby World Cup in Marseille, France, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 14, 2023

South Africa's Malcolm Marx ruled out of World Cup with knee injury

Marx "went down at training on Wednesday after having his knee caught in contact," the Springboks said in a statement.
Newly appointed economy minister Yoshitaka Shindo arrives at the Cabinet Office on Thursday
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 14, 2023

New economy minister sees positive signs for end of deflation

Little is known about Yoshitaka Shindo's views on monetary and fiscal policies as he served in an intraparty post for the past eight years.
Over half of the respondents in a poll support the release into the sea of treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 14, 2023

Fukushima water release supported by 52.9% in Japan, poll shows

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, started the water release on Aug. 24.
Delivery trucks at a parking area along the highway in Chiba Prefecture in April
JAPAN / Society
Sep 14, 2023

Japan set to expand visa framework to tackle driver shortage

The planned expansion of the visa framework is to attract foreign nationals to the logistics industries and to address the driver shortage problem.
England defense coach Kevin Sinfield (left) and scrumhalf Danny Care speak with reporters during a news conference in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France, prior to the Rugby World Cup.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 14, 2023

England assistant coach defends tackling amid flurry of red cards

Sinfield said the team is working on its tackling, but that the players are human and "they make mistakes."
An unveiled woman stands on top of a vehicle on Oct. 26, 2022, as thousands make their way toward Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's hometown in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2023

Year after protests, Iran even more toxic for U.S.

Amini died on September 16, 2022, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the strict dress code imposed on women by the clerical leadership.
Olive producers check a tree surrounded by a living cover crop in an olive grove in Santiesteban del Puerto, near Jaen, Spain.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Sep 15, 2023

In climate fight, Europe's farmers turn to tech and tradition

Spain and Italy are the world's top producers of olive oil, but the industry is under threat from desertification and drought.
Takakeisho (right) battles Abi during their bout at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday.
SUMO
Sep 14, 2023

Ozeki Takakeisho part of eight-way tie for lead at Autumn Basho

Demotion-threatened ozeki Takakeisho (4-1) defeated Abi to improve to 4-1.
People look on at what remains of Derna, Libya, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 15, 2023

Libyans come together for flood aid effort despite conflict

Inside Derna, where a torrent washed away whole districts, volunteers from Misrata, Tripoli and Benghazi were distributing clothes and food packages.
Draft documents show a hole of about €220 million ($235 million) in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s €650 million budget for this year, with the U.S. and China being the biggest debtors.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2023

Nuke watchdog risks running out of money amid U.S.-China tensions

The last time the IAEA was in such dire financial straits was in the mid-1990s.
Rescuers gather on Thursday amid the rubble of buildings damaged or leveled in flash floods after a Mediterranean storm hit the eastern Libyan city of Derna.
WORLD / Society
Sep 15, 2023

Most Libya flood casualties could have been avoided, U.N. says

With better functioning coordination in the country, the human toll could have been far smaller, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization has said.
A woman sits near debris in the earthquake-hit village of Ardouz, in Morocco's Amizmiz region, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 15, 2023

Isolated Morocco quake survivors feel forgotten by state

Reporters have described survivors camped out in small tents or under plastic sheets, scared that aftershocks could destroy their damaged houses.
An employee of Kirin Holdings demonstrates chopsticks that can enhance food taste using an electrical stimulation waveform that was jointly developed by the company and Meiji University's School of Science and Technology Prof. Homei Miyashita, in Tokyo in April 2022.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 15, 2023

Two Japanese win Ig Nobel Prize for tableware that changes taste

The researchers published a paper in 2011 that said the taste of food and drink changes with electrified chopsticks and straws.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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