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TENNIS
Oct 26, 2022

Novak Djokovic sees 'positive signs' over Australia entry

The former world No. 1 said he was hoping to hear soon whether his bid to have his three-year visa ban set aside by the government had been successful.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 26, 2022

Phil Kessel becomes NHL's record ironman, scores 400th goal

The Golden Knights winger appeared in his 990th consecutive game, surpassing the mark set by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle last season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2022

Toyota slashes leasing fee for troubled EV to boost orders

The automaker is halving a one-time fee to attract interest in a car that suffered a safety recall after just two months on the market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2022

Smartphone storage space is the new turf war for game-makers

Japanese games publisher Gree expects a reckoning over escalating costs and ballooning file sizes as developers pack their games with increasingly intricate graphics and storylines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2022

Japan expected to keep last central bank negative interest rate

Explaining the refusal to shift gears is getting harder and such doggedness risks triggering a fresh downward spiral for the embattled yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2022

Lotte made its name in candy. Now it’s moving into drugmaking.

The new direction comes after a number of prominent South Korean family-run businesses turned to the highly profitable $1.3 trillion global biopharma business.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 26, 2022

Swamped by crises at home, Sunak expected to adopt pragmatic Asia policy

New PM has vowed to prioritize “policies not personalities,” while attempting to unite his party after his predecessor's chaotic time in office.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Oct 26, 2022

Expansion could be key to revitalizing stagnant Levain Cup

J. League officials are considering changes that would add second and third-division teams to the tournament, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2022

Vulnerable yen’s bigger problem now importers, not speculators

Japan's need for foreign goods creates constant demand for dollars that is insensitive to yield differentials, technical levels and expectations for monetary policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2022

U.K.'s first Hindu leader is symbol of both progress and privilege

Sunak attended the University of Oxford and before that the elite private school, Winchester, highlighting criticism that the country's leaders largely come from a narrow educational pool.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2022

Why people are flocking to a symbol of Taiwan’s authoritarian past

The Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park, housed on the campus of a former military school, is a chilling reminder of the excesses of Taiwan's not-so-distant authoritarian past.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Oct 26, 2022

NFL, NBA stars cut ties with Kanye West's sports marketing agency

Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald and Celtics guard Jaylen Brown are the latest to part ways with the musician following his controversial antisemitic remarks.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 26, 2022

Juventus coach looks for positives after Champions League elimination

Tuesday's defeat in Lisbon means struggling Juventus can only finish third in Group H, which would earn the Italian team a place in the Europa League knockout stages.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's approval ratings have dropped significantly with his economic stimulus package being met with disapproval.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2023

Kishida is so unpopular, he can't even give money away

Kishida has seen his popularity plummet as his tax rebate leaves residents with the impression that it’s just a cynical ploy to win votes.
New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (left) and and his predecessor, Wen Jiabao (center), attend the 12th National People's Congress where Chinese President Xi Jinping was first elected in Beijing in March 2013.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2023

China's opaque politics and the Li Keqiang mystery

Li reportedly had bypass surgery and was taking drugs after a liver transplant, both of which would have increased the risk of a heart attack.
Digital Minister Taro Kono looks at a nursing robot in a day care facility in Tokyo on Oct.18.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2023

Japan’s aging population to increase burden on nursing care costs

The average annual nursing care cost per capita is estimated to increase 75% to ¥235,000 in 2050 compared to 2019 levels, according to government data.
People wear lighter clothes in Tokyo on Saturday amid warm weather. On Tuesday, the capital marked a record high temperature for November.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2023

Tokyo rewrites November temperature record set 100 years ago

The mercury hit 27.5 degrees Celsius in the Japanese capital on Tuesday, topping the November 1923 mark of 27.3 C.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu (right) in Bucharest on Oct. 10.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

EU may see ‘Putin lookalikes’ if Kyiv unity fades, Romania says

Ukraine’s allies must stand firm in backing Kyiv or risk emboldening populist forces across Europe, Romania’s prime minister said.
Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the Unification Church also known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, bows his head in apology during a news conference on Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2023

Unification Church ready to set aside ¥10 billion fund for victims

The announcement was made as lawmakers contemplate measures to secure the church’s assets if the court decides to strip the group of its special status.
Seoul-based American physician John Linton — Korean name Ihn Yohan — speaks during a meeting in Seoul on Nov. 3
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

'Blue-eyed Korean' tasked with shaking up Seoul politics

Born in rural Jeolla province, John Linton is nicknamed the "blue-eyed Korean" and speaks the language perfectly, albeit with a strong regional accent.
Nintendo reported operating profit of ¥94.5 billion and revenue of ¥334.9 billion in the September quarter, both beating analyst expectations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2023

Nintendo lifts annual profit forecasts

The Kyoto-based entertainment company said it now expects operating income of ¥500 billion ($3.3 billion), up from ¥450 billion previously.
People wait for the arrival of a train going west, in Kherson, Ukraine, on Oct. 31.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

Ukraine’s secret plan to save a city trapped in purgatory

Since Russian troops were pushed out of the city of Kherson, they have bombed it relentlessly. Closely held river operations could change that.
While Toyota has avoided the kind of hit other Japanese automakers have taken in China from a shift to electric vehicles and the rise of domestic brands, it still faces pressure in the world's biggest auto market.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2023

Toyota extends output cut at Chinese JV to ease dealer pressure

The automaker has told dealers that it will extend a plan to reduce output at one of its joint ventures in China, where it faces rising competition.
A structure of the Arctic LNG 2 joint venture is seen under construction near the settlement of Belokamenka, Murmansk region, Russia, in July last year
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2023

U.S. sanctions on Russia LNG won't harm supplies, minister says

The industry minister said that Japan will ensure its energy supplies are not affected by U.S. sanctions on a Russian project in which it has a stake.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa attend a working dinner during G7 ministerial meetings, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

G7 support for Ukraine will not waver due to Gaza crisis, Japan says

The G7 nations, as well as the European Union, meet in Tokyo on Nov. 7 to 8 to discuss issues including the Ukraine war and the Israel-Gaza crisis.
Deputy head of Russia's Security Council and chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev visits the Raduga State Machine Building Construction Bureau named after A. Bereznyak in Dubna, Moscow region, Russia, on Feb. 2
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2023

Russia withdraws from post-Cold War European armed forces treaty

Russia on Tuesday formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces.
A Palestinian family sits near destroyed houses following a strike in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on Monday
WORLD / Society
Nov 7, 2023

Civilians trapped in Gaza are running out of food, fuel and hope

Residents of Gaza are having to make difficult calculations about their safety in a place where supplies of food and water are rapidly dwindling.
Kawasaki's Kyohei Noborizato (left) fights for the ball with Pathum United's Danilo during their Asian Champions League match on Tuesday in Kawasaki.
SOCCER
Nov 8, 2023

Second-half goals see Kawasaki stay perfect in Asian Champions League

The win has Kawasaki Frontale a step closer to the Asian Champions League last 16.

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