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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2022

Despite U.S. inflation, Democratic voters remain energized for midterms, poll shows

The data points to a potentially close contest in November's elections.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2022

Public safety chief vows to improve VIP security measures in Japan

The new chairman said it is his duty to guide his agency to make sure that tragic incidents like the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe never happens again.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 14, 2022

Bayern beats Barcelona to spoil Robert Lewandowski's return to Munich

It was an unhappy return to Munich for Barca striker Robert Lewandowski, who left Bayern over the summer as the club's second-highest scorer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 14, 2022

In reclaimed towns, Ukrainians recount a frantic Russian retreat

Lightning assaults allowed Ukraine's military to recapture hundreds of square miles of territory, strategic towns and abandoned weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 14, 2022

U.S. considers China sanctions to deter Taiwan action as Taipei presses EU

Deliberations in Washington and Taipei's separate lobbying of EU envoys were both at an early stage, sources said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 14, 2022

Suns owner banned one year and fined $10 million over workplace conduct

The NBA commissioned its investigation following an ESPN article in November 2021 that detailed allegations of racism and misogyny during Robert Sarver's tenure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 14, 2022

Taiwan hosts foreign lawmakers in Washington to push China sanctions

The unannounced gathering of about 60 parliamentarians from Europe, Asia and Africa is the latest move in Taipei's efforts to persuade fellow democracies to stand against China.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 14, 2022

Boston Marathon adds nonbinary runner option for 2023 race

Nonbinary runners must qualify using standards from the women's division, with race organizers promising updates once more data is collected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 14, 2022

Inflation surprise puts onus on Fed to hit brakes even harder

What started as a pandemic-driven supply shock has morphed into widespread inflation rooted just as much in resilient demand.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2022

Munetaka Murakami chases history after matching Sadaharu Oh's mark

The 22-year-old Swallows slugger is the first Japanese player to match the Giants legend in home runs and has 13 games to reach Wladimir Balentien's NPB record of 60.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 14, 2022

Zelda gets a release date and Yakuza returns to Edo in Nintendo and Sony’s pre-TGS streams

Breath of the Wild 2 is dead. Long live Tears of the Kingdom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 13, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard, daring director who shaped the French New Wave, dies at 91

Eventually becoming of the world's most revered directors, Godard helped kickstart a new way of filmmaking, complete with handheld camera work, jump cuts and existential dialogue.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 13, 2022

In Nigeria, finding value in waste recycling

Some entrepreneurs are working hard to tackle the rubbish mountain, despite the many challenges.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a New Year’s event hosted by Rengo, the nation’s biggest trade union federation, in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 6, 2024

Kishida and Rengo chief amplify push for strong wage growth

Wage gains feeding into demand-led price gains are a condition for any move to normalize monetary policy.
Passengers board a JR bullet train at Shin-Osaka Station on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2024

JR passengers up 8% during year-end and New Year's holidays

The combined number of users of bullet trains and other rail services came to around 9,869,000 for the period from Dec. 28 to Thursday.
The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue in February when the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2024

Taiwan slams Chinese balloons as safety threat

Taiwan is on high alert for Chinese military and political activity ahead of the Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Kim Yung-ho
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2024

South Korean official says U.S. troops likely to stay even if Trump is re-elected

Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said this was the case because the U.S. Congress had already decided the matter in a defense bill it recently passed.
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre speaks at the National Rifle Association annual convention in Indianapolis last April.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2024

Powerful NRA chief Wayne LaPierre resigns ahead of graft trial

LaPierre, 74, chief executive since 1991, steps down just as New York state Attorney General Letitia James brings a corruption trial against the NRA.
A Ukrainian tank crew member looks out from a tank as he holds his position near the town of Bakhmut, in the country's Donetsk region, on Dec. 13.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 6, 2024

As losses mount, Ukrainians fiercely debate future of draft

The debate comes following heavy casualties and almost two years of grinding trench warfare and as the army struggles to fill its ranks.
Spurs center Victor Wembanyama dunks during a game against the Grizzlies on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 6, 2024

Victor Wembanyama sets course to become a basketball billionaire unlike any other

Known to fans as "Wemby,” Victor Wembanyama entered the NBA with a level of buzz unlike any player since LeBron James.
Officials with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office raids the office of Lowr House lawmaker Mito Kakizawa in Tokyo's Edo Ward in November.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2024

Lawmaker Mito Kakizawa to admit to vote-buying allegations

The Lower House lawmaker's admission to vote-buying allegations in a Tokyo mayoral election will come after an initial denial.
The owner of a seafood shop in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, provides meals on Wednesday for residents affected by the massive earthquake that hit the region on New Year's Day.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2024

Nationwide donation effort for earthquake-hit Ishikawa gains steam

From charities and companies to individuals, efforts to help people in areas devastated by the magnitude 7.6 earthquake are proliferating across the country.
David Warner walks off the pitch in his final test cricket match on Saturday in Sydney.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Jan 6, 2024

Entertainer Warner bows out of cricket test game a winner

Australia opener David Warner said he hoped to be remembered as an entertainer after retiring from cricket's longest format at his home ground in the wake of a third test victory over Pakistan on Saturday.
Boeing's 737 Max 9 under construction at the company's production facility in Renton, Washington, in 2017.
WORLD
Jan 6, 2024

Alaska Air grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet after fuselage blowout

The airline is taking the "precautionary step” to temporarily ground the fleet of 65 planes until completion of full maintenance and inspection.
A screen next to a police station in the city of Okayama featuring a road safety campaign video in November.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2024

Japan sees rise in traffic deaths for first time in eight years

Japan still saw the third-lowest death toll on record, with data dating back to 1948.
A supporter of Donald Trump prior to a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last month. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled that voters in the United Kingdom will go to the polls in the fall, around the time that the United States will be in the midst of its own pivotal vote.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2024

Trumpian bravado poses risk for Sunak amid dueling U.K. and U.S. votes

Polls show U.K. voters are becoming more wary of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as an election looms.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) sits next to Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (second from left) and others, while watching a cultural performance at the Tashichhodzong monastery in Thimpu, Bhutan, in August 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 7, 2024

India and China eye strategic areas bordering 'last barrier' Bhutan

New Delhi is determined not to let Beijing extend its influence further across what India sees as its natural sphere of influence
A victim of an explosion at a nickel smelter furnace owned by Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel lies inside an ambulance at a hospital in Morowali, Indonesia, on Dec. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 7, 2024

Indonesia blast puts battery ambitions in spotlight ahead of vote

Just weeks ahead of a presidential election, the deadly explosion triggered angry protests and demands for action in Jakarta and Beijing.

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