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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2022

The global economy and secular inflation

After enjoying a long period of deflationary conditions, the global economy is being pushed by a wide range of forces toward a new and more difficult equilibrium.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Nov 20, 2022

A father pens a message to his son on the climate crisis: ‘I tried my best’

Coming to terms with the fact that Japan isn't at the same stage as other communities are when it comes to information on the environment, Simon Whalley pivots to education.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Nov 20, 2022

As 'twindemic' looms in Japan, here is what to do if you have a fever

This winter, the cause of flu-like symptoms could be the coronavirus, the flu or the respiratory syncytial virus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 20, 2022

Climate change 'main threat' for World Heritage Sites

For 50 years, UNESCO has compiled a list of World Heritage Sites, significant places that are deemed worthy of protection. Now, some are under threat from climate change.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 20, 2022

On eve of World Cup, FIFA chief says: ‘Don’t criticize Qatar; criticize me'

In an extraordinary hourlong soliloquy delivered one day before the opening game, Gianni Infantino railed against critics of the tournament's first Arab host.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 20, 2022

In a first, rich countries agree to pay for climate damages in poor nations

The COP27 climate talks in Egypt neared resolution Sunday with a last-minute deal to create a fund to aid poor countries harmed by the impacts of climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 20, 2022

Joy at 'historic' climate damages deal

A concerted effort among developing countries made it the defining issue of the conference, melting away the resistance of wealthy polluters fearful of open-ended liability.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 20, 2022

Malaysian coalitions start maneuvering after hung parliament

Saturday's vote may extend a political crisis that has seen the government change three times in four years.
Tanks containing water from the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2023

Russia says Japan did not fully inform it about Fukushima water

"Japan has failed to properly respond to these issues and to guarantee the absence of a threat, including a long-term one," a spokesperson has said.
Jun Sawada, head of the Japan-U.S. Business Council, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2023

Business leaders call for boost to supply-chain investment

The governments of Japan and the U.S. were urged to step up cooperation with Southeast Asian nations to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
The average price for a new condominium in central Tokyo rose 60% to a record ¥129.6 million ($865,000) in the first half of this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 4, 2023

Surging Tokyo property prices squeeze out young professionals

The average price for a new condominium in central Tokyo rose 60% to a record ¥129.6 million ($865,000) in the first half of this year.
Ventforet's Sota Miura (center) attacks the Buriram goal at the National Stadium on Wednesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 4, 2023

Ventforet secures historic ACL win over Buriram United

The Yamanashi Prefecture side remains undefeated in a Group H also featuring China’s Zhejiang FC and Australia's Melbourne City.
A reporter raises their hand during a Johnny & Associates news conference on Monday. Journalists were limited to a “one question per company” at the event.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 4, 2023

Johnny’s news conference had journalist ‘blacklist,' reports say

Johnny & Associates has said it never made a request that specific journalists be passed over for questions.
Workers check tritium levels in treated radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Tuesday ahead of a water release set for Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2023

Japan begins releasing second batch of treated Fukushima water

The release, part of a decommissioning process expected to take decades, has stirred tensions with some neighboring nations.
People protest outside Myanmar's embassy in Jakarta in February 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 5, 2023

Activists say Indonesian state weapons makers supplying Myanmar

Groups filed a complaint to Indonesia's human rights commission alleging that three state-owned arms makers had been selling equipment to Myanmar.
Lin Te-wang, chairman of Taiwan People's Communist Party, in 2022
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 5, 2023

Taiwan communist party head indicted on China infiltration charge

Lin Te-wang, chairman of the Taiwan People's Communist Party, has been charged with violating the Anti-infiltration Act.
Philippine crew monitor a Chinese coast guard ship near the entrance of Chinese-controlled Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 5, 2023

Philippines supplies outpost despite Chinese attempts to block

A "significant number” of Chinese coast guard and maritime militia vessels tried to stop the latest resupply mission.
A Meteorological Agency official holds a news conference on Thursday after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Izu island chain. The advisory was lifted early Thursday afternoon.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2023

Small tsunami waves reach Japan’s Izu islands after 6.6 M quake

The Meteorological Agency lifted its tsunami advisory just after 1 p.m. but it warned the public about the possibility of aftershocks.
Sake master Daisuke Suzuki (right) and a staff member sort rice at his brewery in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 1.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 8, 2023

Fukushima sake brewer warms shattered fishing community

A local sake maker has returned to Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, years after disaster wiped out its brewery there.
Teacher Tarna Andrews at the local school grounds, ahead of a nationwide referendum on Indigenous issues, in Areyonga, Australia
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 5, 2023

In Australia's outback, Indigenous proposal struggles to inspire

In just over a week, Australians will vote on a referendum on Indigenous issues. However, the very people it is designed to help know little about it.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a FIFA Virfual Council meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
SOCCER / World cup
Oct 5, 2023

FIFA World Cup be held across three continents in 2030

FIFA will allow all six of those countries' national teams to receive automatic entries.
A woman walks past a market in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. Lebanon is one of nine Arab nations using an algorithm-powered poverty assessment formula funded by the World Bank that ranks welfare applicants according to dozens of different data points.
WORLD / Society
Oct 5, 2023

In Middle East, poor excluded from welfare by 'faulty' algorithms

Around the world, 40 countries use an algorithm-powered poverty assessment formula funded by the World Bank to rank welfare applicants.
Fujitsu and Riken say they have developed Japan's second quantum computer.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2023

Fujitsu and Riken develop Japan's second quantum computer

The 64 qubit quantum computer from Fujitsu and state-backed Riken will be integrated with a 40 qubit quantum computer simulator.

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