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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 9,628 new cases

The figure was down by 12,435 from a week before, marking the seventh straight day of week-on-week declines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2023

Actually, it has been a wonderful year for tech’s future

Things looked bleak for the technology sector in 2022. Yet progress across the board gives reason to be optimistic about the coming few years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2023

The world’s fantasy destination has an answer to climate oblivion

The Maldives has turned to island building to stave off the impact of global warming, with tourists hoped to foot the bill. But the initiatives come with an environmental cost.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 3, 2023

A plea and a promise for 2023: No more ‘pacifism’

The characterization of Japan as a “pacifist” country is widespread — and very misleading.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2023

Reviving Japan's nuclear power industry will not be easy

All the country's reactors were shut down for safety checks after the Fukushima meltdown, and there are currently 33 considered operable. By mid-December, nine were generating electricity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2023

'Big challenges': Choosing a nuclear career in Japan

In the decade after the Fukushima disaster, the number of atomic science students in Japan fell by more than a quarter, according to the education ministry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 3, 2023

No need to fold twin strollers, Tokyo bus firm reassures passengers

Toei Bus is trying to allay concerns about bus use that grew after a former national team volleyball player wrote about difficulties she experienced using the bus with her twins.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2023

How Russia’s war on Ukraine is worsening global starvation

Moscow blocks most shipments from Ukraine, one of the world's largest wheat producers, and its attacks on the country's energy grid also disrupt the flow of food.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 3, 2023

Yen extends gains to strongest mark since June after BOJ policy shift

The recovery has been driven by government intervention, the outlook for slowing U.S. interest rate hikes and speculation the BOJ is about to unwind its ultraeasy policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2023

U.S. in talks with Seoul on deterring North Korea from using nukes

Following a meeting last year, U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol asked their teams to plan for a coordinated response to a range of scenarios.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2023

Number of bird flu outbreaks in Japan this season reach record 54

The total number of bird cullings due to this season's outbreaks is expected to reach around 7.75 million.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 3, 2023

Rafael Nadal not worried by shaky start before Australian Open

The 22-time Grand Slam champion opened the season with two defeats, but said he's happy to get court time after an injury-ravaged 2022 campaign.
Shohei Ohtani's free agency is expected to be among the wildest pursuits of a player in baseball history.
BASEBALL
Aug 9, 2023

Angels hoping to stay in the Shohei Ohtani business

Whether the two-way phenom remains an Angel for two more months, or the rest of his career, is an open question.
Giorgia Meloni, Italy's prime minister, speaks during a joint news conference following her meeting with Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, at the Chigi Palace in Rome on June 8.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2023

Meloni’s Italian populism puts investors and China on notice

The prime minister is doubling down on a state-led approach to managing prosperity, unsettling markets and testing relations with China.
Australia's Matildas have led the way in urging FIFA to provide equal compensation to men's and women's teams competing at World Cups.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 9, 2023

Unions gain momentum as World Cup women push for pay parity

Though the disparity is still great, women's soccer players have won better deals that have changed the playing field in recent years.
A partial view of the Lalibela town in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, in 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2023

Ethiopia just ended one war. Is another one beginning?

For many in the Amhara region, the peace deal's failure to account for their concerns portended another war. Now, that forecast looks to be coming true.
LNG Japan, a joint venture owned by Sumitomo and Sojitz, have inked a deal for a stake in a giant natural gas project off Australia.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2023

LNG Japan inks ¥126 billion deal to join Australian gas project

The move will secure supply of a fossil fuel Japan expects will retain a key role in its energy mix.
A Chinese military plane H-6 bomber
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2023

Taiwan reports second large China air force incursion this week

The island's Vice President William Lai visits Paraguay this week, with a transit in the U.S., which has angered China.
New Zealand's Football Ferns earned their first-ever Women's World Cup win in their Group A opener against Norway on July 20.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 9, 2023

Kiwi players hope World Cup leaves legacy in rugby-mad homeland

Half of the tournament's 32 teams were based in New Zealand, often sharing training facilities with local clubs.
Footage of a Chinese Coast Guard ship using a water cannon against a Philippine resupply vessel is shown during a news conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 9, 2023

China and the Philippines' dispute over grounded warship heats up

Tensions have risen after China Coast Guard ships blocked and deployed water cannons against two Philippine resupply vessels.
Pyongyang Golf Course, which opened in 1987, could soon host foreign golfers as North Korea slowly reopens to tourism.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Aug 9, 2023

North Korea invites foreigners to Pyongyang golf tournament

Pyongyang's golf course was officially opened in 1987 to celebrate the 75th birthday of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung.
Indian border security force soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint along a highway leading to Ladakh in Kashmir's Ganderbal district in June 2020.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 6, 2023

China-India border conflict holds lessons for Japan, too

India has learned that bilateral ties and economic interdependence do not constrain China's territorial ambitions. That is a lesson Japan should heed.
A popular dinosaur exhibit at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno, Tokyo
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2023

Crowdfunding success at Japan science museum sends mixed message

While such initiatives provide much-needed cash, they are also a sign of limited government funding for science.
The streets of Kagoshima city on Wednesday amid strong winds from Typhoon Khanun.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 9, 2023

Japan prefectures drift away from posting disaster warnings on X

A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.
The Pentagon on Tuesday looked to soften the blow of an explosive report that Chinese hackers had infiltrated Japan's most sensitive defense networks, saying that it was "confident” about sharing intelligence with Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2023

U.S. ‘confident’ in Japan intel sharing, but Taiwan concerns linger

The Pentagon has moved to soften the blow of a report that said that “shockingly bad” hacking had been uncovered by the U.S. in the fall of 2020.
A ship passes through the Bosporus Straits near Istanbul.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2023

Turbulent waters: How the Black Sea became a hot spot in the war

For centuries, the Black Sea has been at the center of Russia’s efforts to extend its geopolitical and economic influence.
Sandanme-division wrestler Hibikiryu (center), who suffered a head injury during the 2021 March Grand Sumo Tournament, died one month later from acute respiratory failure.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 9, 2023

Sumo still failing to provide adequate medical care for wrestlers

An incident involving maegashira Tobizaru at the ongoing regional tour shows that sumo lags behind other sports, including rugby, in emergency treatment.
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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