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Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2023

Pope Francis leads final farewell to Benedict before thousands

For the first time in modern history, the papal funeral was led by a sitting pope, Francis, who delivered the homily to an estimated crowd of 50,000 people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2023

Vietnam ousts deputy prime ministers as corruption crackdown spreads

The dismissals come as authorities aggressively tackle graft as part of a years-long campaign that has ensnared hundreds of officials and businessmen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2023

McCarthy fails in 11th U.S. Speaker vote, cementing longest fight since 1859

The stalemate has left House Republicans fractured after they reclaimed the majority in the November election and has stopped all other business in the chamber.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 6, 2023

J-pop vocalist Chara is ready to bloom again

Taking her cue from an ancient blossom, the singer returns with her new single, “Au00b7Ou00b7U.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2023

Series of burglaries target pricey Pokemon cards in Tokyo

According to sources at Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, Pokemon and other collectible cards were stolen from several stores in the Akihabara district.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2023

Kyiv dismisses Putin's surprise cease-fire order as 'hypocrisy'

The Kremlin said Putin gave the order Thursday for Russian Orthodox Christmas, following an appeal by the patriarch of that church.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 6, 2023

Manchester City leans on depth to hold off Chelsea

Guardiola's halftime talk and substitutions made the difference, because City was often outplayed in the first half despite Chelsea's injury woes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2023

Hong Kong-China border reopening no quick fix for ailing city

The reopening will be a slow process, with a limit of about 60,000 people allowed to travel into the mainland from the financial hub every day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2023

Japan enforces new law to assist donation victims

The new law was drawn up after questionable practices involving the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church came to light.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2023

Japan real wages fall most since 2014, keeping BOJ goal distant

Real cash earnings for Japan's workers dropped 3.8% from a year earlier in November, declining for the eighth straight month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2023

California lashed by deadly 'atmospheric river' storm

The blast of extreme winter weather marked the third and strongest atmospheric river to strike California since early last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2023

Japan’s business owners can’t find successors. This man gave his away.

Nearly 60% of the country's businesses report that they have no plan for their future ownership.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 6, 2023

Is economic failure an economics failure?

It is clear that an ever-growing number of people hold democratic capitalism in disrepute, and economists along with it. But how much responsibility do economists bear for our ills?
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House in Washington last month.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2023

Biden order curbing investment to China expected in coming days

The goal of the order is to prevent U.S. capital and expertise from accelerating the development of tech that would support China's military.
Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui leaves the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Ministry following talks in Moscow in late May.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2023

China envoy to attend talks on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia

The talks on a peaceful settlement to the Ukraine war — a forum that excludes Moscow — is a diplomatic coup for Kyiv, the West and the Saudi hosts.
Already imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny (second left) listens to his verdict over a series of extremism charges at the IK-6 penal colony, a maximum-security prison some 250 kilometers (155 miles) east of Moscow, on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 5, 2023

Putin critic Alexei Navalny has 19 years added to prison term

The jailed opposition figure said after said the sentence was designed to cow the Russian people into political submission.
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Albia, Iowa, on July 27.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2023

Ron DeSantis' top donor says no more money unless changes made

The biggest individual donor to a group supporting the Florida governor's presidential wants DeSantis to adopt a more moderate approach.
Travis King
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2023

U.S. won't invoke POW status for soldier who fled to North Korea

The decision, which could mean Travis King is not covered by protections entitled under the Geneva Convention, is highly sensitive for the U.S. military.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the joint news conference of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xian, China, in May.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 5, 2023

Xi spent two days outside China in 2023 as problems mount

Mounting domestic problems from a faltering economy to rare political scandals have demanded the Chinese leader's attention at home.
Japan ranked 116 out of 146 countries in last year’s Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum, far below all of its Group of Seven peers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2023

Few top-listed Japan firms have 30% female directors, report says

Only 68 companies on the Prime Market Index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange have 30% or more women represented on the board, the Nikkei daily has reported.
Noriyasu Kitabatake, a 21-year-old member of Nihon University's American football team, is arrested Saturday for alleged possession of cannabis and an illegal stimulant, at his dormitory on Saturday morning.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 5, 2023

Nihon University student arrested for alleged drug possession

A 21-year-old member of Nihon University's American football team was arrested Saturday for alleged possession of cannabis and an illegal stimulant.
People use umbrellas and parasols to seek relief from soaring temperatures while waiting to cross a street outside Tokyo's Shinjuku Station last week.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 5, 2023

Japan marks hottest day of year as mercury hits 40 C

The record temperature was marked in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, as a heat wave continues to scorch much of the country.
A maritime drone shows the silhouette of a Russian naval ship near the port of Novorossiysk in this screenshot obtained from social media video released on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2023

Ukraine drone attack damages Russian tanker in Kerch Strait

The latest attack came a day after Ukraine said it had carried out a seaborne-drone strike on a Russian navy ship at a naval base in southern Russia.
Nadeshiko Japan players celebrate Risa Shimizu's goal in their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup round-of-16 game against Norway in Wellington on Saturday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup / From the Spot
Aug 6, 2023

Nadeshiko Japan is back, but is Japan paying attention?

The team’s lack of media exposure and name recognition is a symptom of the Japan Football Association’s failure to capitalize on its 2011 world title.
Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the U.S. Classic in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Gymnastics
Aug 6, 2023

Simone Biles wins U.S. Classic in return to gymnastics competition

The meet was the last chance to qualify for the U.S. nationals on Aug. 24-27 at San Jose, California.
Spain and Cavaliers point guard Ricky Rubio missed much of the 2022-23 NBA season due to an ACL injury.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 6, 2023

Cavs' Ricky Rubio steps away from basketball, cites mental health

The 32-year-old has been in the public eye since he became a household name in Spain at 15, thanks to his flashy style of play.
A Ukrainian ship in the Black Sea off the coast of Odesa in March 2022. Ukraine has issued a warning that commercial ships using any of six Russian Black Sea ports would be considered military targets.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2023

Ukraine drone hits second Russian ship in two days

Ukraine has issued a warning that commercial ships using any of six Russian Black Sea ports would be considered military targets.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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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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