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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 10, 2022

Israel harnessing DNA of wild crops to enhance food supply

Scientists in Israel are creating a gene bank from the seeds of local wild crops, some that have survived for thousands of years since the birth of agriculture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2022

BOJ's Kuroda lays out framework for future exit from easy policy

Kuroda brushed aside the chance of a near-term interest rate hike, stressing that the BOJ must continue to underpin a fragile economic recovery with loose monetary policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2022

Soon there will be 8 billion people on the planet

We live in a world where billions of people are struggling, hundreds of millions are facing hunger and famine and record numbers are on the move due to conflict and other hardships.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2022

Japan's eighth COVID wave expected to be biggest since pandemic began

Unlike during past surges of the virus, infections this time around are being driven by areas that didn't experience a huge spike during the seventh wave.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2022

Justice minister’s death row gaffe marks another blow for Kishida

The minister made remarks widely interpreted as making light of his responsibility to authorize executions of death row inmates.
Japan Times
Rugby
Nov 10, 2022

England's players wary of Japan 'black hole'

Mako Vunipola has said the memory of how former teammate Alex Lozowski's England career came to an end against Japan means there is no chance of Eddie Jones' men taking the Brave Blossoms lightly at Twickenham on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2022

Republicans misjudged the power of abortion rights

Republicans found out in the U.S. midterms that reproductive freedom is as much a core issue as inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2022

Chip shortages and rising costs hurt automakers despite boost from weak yen

Although the earnings of some major carmakers for the April-September period showed that many have benefited from the historically weak yen, they now appear to be more cautious than upbeat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 7,969 new cases as daily tally continues rise

The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 6,636.6, compared to 4,699.9 a week earlier.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2022

Tiger to return at Hero World Challenge

Tiger Woods said Wednesday he would be returning to action at the Hero World Challenge in what will be the golf great's first tournament since the British Open in July.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Nov 10, 2022

Approaching life as an independent nonexecutive director with resolve

From startups to conglomerates, Makiko Nakamori has balanced sitting on a range of boards with motherhood and managing her own accounting practice.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 10, 2022

Potentially divided U.S. Congress to remain united on at least one issue: China

Tensions between the world's two largest economies have only escalated in recent months as they spar over myriad issues, including trade, human rights and the status of Taiwan.
Alpine is currently sixth in the Formula One constructors' standings.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 18, 2023

Patrick Mahomes and Rory McIlroy join investors in F1's Alpine

The announcement comes ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
Funding for AI companies has outpaced every other category of tech.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 18, 2023

AI funding soars to $17.9 billion while rest of tech slumps

Multibillion-dollar investments in artificial intelligence startups have become almost commonplace in Silicon Valley.
The NFL has used flag football to grow its global fan base.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 18, 2023

NFL wants to clear a path to Olympics for players

Some NFL players have already expressed interest in competing for the U.S. team.
England's Harry Kane celebrates his second goal of the night against Italy during a Euro 2024 qualifier in London on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Oct 18, 2023

Harry Kane scores twice as England beats Italy to qualify for Euros

The goals took Kane's tally at Wembley to 24, one more than 1966 World Cup winner Bobby Charlton, making him England's all-time top scorer at the stadium.
Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber rounds the bases after his sixth-inning home run against the Diamondbacks during Game 2 of the NLCS in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Oct 18, 2023

Phillies hammer Diamondbacks to take 2-0 NLCS lead

Seventy-five of the 89 teams to take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven series have won the series.
A smoking room aboard a Tokaido Shinkansen train
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2023

Bullet train lines to nix smoking rooms as health consciousness grows

As of next spring, the smoking rooms will be replaced with areas to store drinking water to be distributed in times of emergency.
Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Tokushima-Kochi Upper House district in the city of Kochi on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 18, 2023

Upcoming by-elections first test of Kishida’s new Cabinet

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faces his first electoral test after making Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party leadership changes last month.
A Palestinian with dual citizenship waits outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / EXPLAINER
Oct 18, 2023

What is the Rafah border crossing and why is Egypt keeping it shut?

The crossing is the sole route for aid to enter Gaza directly from outside Israel and the only exit that does not lead to Israeli territory.
Tourists take pictures of an Enoshima Electric Railway train in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in July.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2023

Japan tries 'nudge theory' in bid to curtail littering by tourists

Thea measures come as littering and other problems related to overtourism are worsening in popular destinations.
Small-cap shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange are undervalued because many don’t have enough information in English, according to a top-performing Japanese small-cap fund.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2023

Top Japan fund bets on English disclosure to lift small-cap shares

An improvement in transparency may help revive foreign demand that drove Japan’s stock market to multi-decade highs earlier this year.
Children sit in the back of an ambulance at Shifa Hospital after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in an explosion at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other for the blast.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2023

Hundreds reported killed in blast at a Gaza hospital

Israel and Hamas traded blame for the tragedy, which inflamed the region just as U.S. President Joe Biden was set to arrive in Israel.
Elon Musk, owner of the X social media platform and carmaker Tesla, attends the opening ceremony of a new Tesla factory in Gruenheide, Germany, in March 2022.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 18, 2023

X unveils ‘Not a Bot’ paid program and new Japan feature

The new “Not A Bot” subscription method is Elon Musk’s latest way of nudging users toward paying for the platform.
A Chinese fighter jet is seen during an intercept of a U.S. aircraft in the South China Sea, including by approaching a distance of just 12 meters before repeatedly flying above and below the U.S. aircraft and flashing its weapons.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 18, 2023

U.S. sees 'sharp increase' in Chinese military's 'risky' behavior

The Pentagon said it has documented nearly 300 dangerous incidents that affected U.S., allied and partner aircraft since the fall of 2021.
Foreign tourists in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Wednesday
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2023

Foreign visitors to Japan hit 96% of pre-COVID level in September

The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 2.18 million last month, up slightly from 2.16 million in August.
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. The central bank announced an emergency bond-buying operation on Wednesday after the 10-year Japanese government bond yield hit a new decade high.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2023

Bank of Japan steps into debt market to slow rising bond yields

The operation had no immediate impact on the benchmark 10-year yield, which earlier in the day touched 0.815%, a fresh decade high.
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.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'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.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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