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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2022

High-tech Japanese toilet maker sees U.S. growth after COVID ‘paper panic’

Sales of luxurious toilets complete with heated seats and cleansing jets of water are now taking off in the U.S. — thanks in no small part due to pandemic-induced toilet paper shortages.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2022

Argentina shaken by assassination attempt on vice president

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines descended on the capital's main plaza on Friday in a show of solidarity against a shocking assassination attempt on the country's vice president.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 3, 2022

Max Verstappen expecting 'crazy' environment for first home race as Formula One champion

Verstappen will pay tribute to his father Jos with a new helmet design.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2022

Gazprom won’t reopen gas pipeline in energy shock to Europe

The move is a massive blow to Europe, which is scrambling to cut its dependency on Russian gas before winter and has been waiting for Moscow's next steps in the energy war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2022

U.S. angers China with potential $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan

Beijing has threatened countermeasures over Washington's sale of military equipment to Taipei, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 3, 2022

Roger Dahl on Japan's nuclear Godzilla

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 3, 2022

F1 great Lewis Hamilton hopes to see more Black ownership in sports

'I do want to get more and more involved in teams because I really do believe in Black ownership, because there is a lack of it within sports, and Black equity.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2022

Elderly to be first in line when Japan rolls out improved COVID shots

The vaccines will be available to seniors from mid-September or later, and this will be expanded from mid-October to people 12 or older who have received at least two shots.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Sep 3, 2022

Roger Dahl on Disaster Prevention Day preparations

AC Milan's Mike Maignan and Olivier Giroud after the team's match against Udinese. Fans in Udine, Italy, aimed racist chants at Maignan during the match, which was temporarily halted due to the abuse.
SOCCER
Jan 21, 2024

FIFA boss condemns 'abhorrent' racism during games in Italy and England

The head of the world governing body said there was no place for discrimination of any kind in soccer or broader society.
Toshiba went private through a takeover bid after a series of battles with activist shareholders.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2024

Management buyouts by big companies on rise in Japan

The total value of management buyout deals exceeded ¥1.4 trillion in Japan in 2023 to hit a record high.
Military cadets salute during a military funeral procession for Houthi fighters killed in recent U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2024

U.S. now pursuing ‘least bad’ option in confronting Houthis

Analysts and the Houthis themselves have said that the airstrikes won’t stop them — especially if the U.S. refuses to target the group’s main backer, Iran.
Solar installations in the village of Hjolderup in Denmark
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jan 21, 2024

Europe’s climate push fails to stem crisis in solar industry

Despite insistence to push for more homegrown energy infrastructure, governments have been slow to prop up the ailing industry.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning his fourth round match against France's Adrian Mannarino on Sunday in Melbourne.
TENNIS
Jan 21, 2024

No 'triple bagel' but Djokovic thumps Mannarino to reach quarters

The win marks a 32nd straight match victory at the tournament and a 58th Grand Slam quarterfinal, equaling the all-time record of Swiss maestro Roger Federer.
San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey races into the end zone during the fourth quarter of the 49ers NFC divisional game win over the Packers on Saturday in Santa Clara, California.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 21, 2024

49ers squeak past Packers to reach third straight NFC title game

Brock Purdy completed 23 of 39 passes for 252 yards and a touchdown for the 49ers in what was a close battle to the very end.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur region on Sept. 13.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 21, 2024

In signal of closer ties, Putin to visit North Korea at 'early date'

A visit by Putin would be his first since he traveled to Pyongyang nearly 23 years ago for talks with current North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s father, Kim Jong Il.
Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner walks past an honor guard during the arrival ceremony at Western Command, in Puerto Princesa, on the Philippine island of Palawan last August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 21, 2024

Manila gets tough in the South China Sea as a showdown looms

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has taken a tough stance on territorial disputes with China — and he is backing this up with bold moves.
An offshore wind turbine off the coast of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, in 2013. Japan aims to increase its offshore wind power capacity to 10 GW by 2030.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET
Jan 21, 2024

As Japan makes major investments in wind power, some residents are pushing back

In a sense, the city of Ishikari represents the idealized, natural version of Hokkaido for many Japanese. Some residents say massive wind turbines will destroy that image.
Salmon farming can be a nasty business. Breeding involves removing eggs and sperm from anesthetized fish, and typically euthanizing males after extraction.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jan 21, 2024

Scotland’s salmon farms navigate troubled waters for global industry

Despite pitching the red-fleshed fish as a more environmentally friendly alternative to beef, producers haven’t yet figured out how to scale sustainably.
Japan makes a goal-line stand against the Ivy League All-Stars during the Dream Japan Bowl on Sunday at National Stadium.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 21, 2024

Dreams come true as Japan downs Ivy League squad for the first time

After 10 failed attempts — in games stretching back to 1989 — a Japanese All-Star team finally managed to overcome the Ivy League’s best on the gridiron.
"Prepare your coffins," a banner warns Iran's adversaries in Tehran, on Jan. 16. After hitting targets in neighboring Pakistan, Iraq and Syria with missiles, Iran has played up not only its military capabilities but its determination to strike enemies at will.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2024

Attacks in Syria and Iraq ratchet tensions in a region on edge

Some of the attacks had no apparent connection to Gaza but taken together, they underlined how easy a broader conflict could arise.
Farmers protest against the government's planned cuts to agricultural sector subsides in Brandenburg, Germany, on Jan. 10.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2024

Why Germany is rich but Germans are poor and angry

Germany's polarization peaks as the country's divided society faces economic turmoil.
Past warnings of a housing-market crash in China have never been borne out. But unless the government takes concerted action, this time may well be different.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2024

Fixing China’s real estate sector

Housing dreams to economic nightmares, the perils of China's real estate boom.
Journalist Shiori Ito sheds a tear as she speaks to reporters outside the Tokyo district court on Dec. 18, 2019, after hearing the ruling on a damages lawsuit by her, accusing a former TV reporter of rape.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 21, 2024

Japanese journalist brings lonely #MeToo battle to Sundance

Shiori Ito's fight for justice is the subject of "Black Box Diaries," a documentary she herself directed.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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