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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2023

Shohei Ohtani hits 12th home run of season to help Angels beat Red Sox

Shohei Ohtani launched his 12th home run of the season for the Los Angeles Angels in a 7-3 victory over a Boston Red Sox team that featured his Samurai Japan teammate Masataka Yoshida on Wednesday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2023

Seven & I management wins showdown with U.S. fund over 7-Eleven strategy

ValueAct Capital, an activist hedge fund and major shareholder of Seven & I, was seeking to replace several directors including current President Ryuichi Isaka with their own candidates.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
May 25, 2023

Small measles outbreak in Japan raises alarm

The most recent infections appear to have happened to strangers riding the same shinkansen for less than three hours.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 25, 2023

LDP-Komeito clash over Tokyo candidate pick threatens broader rift

Wrangling over five new Lower House seats in Tokyo may be driving a wedge between the coalition partners.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 25, 2023

U.S. Navy probing crew of Japan-based aircraft carrier over drug allegations

Officials say they are cooperating with authorities in Japan as they investigate several crew members of the USS Ronald Reagan suspected of involvement in drug use and trafficking.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2023

The climate elephants in the room

As tempting as it is to rely on multilateralism to solve a shared global problem like climate change, the world simply does not have the time for such an approach.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2023

How the U.K. became a terrible place to be a doctor

The U.K. trains too few doctors and then rewards them with low pay and poor working conditions, causing many to look for jobs overseas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2023

BRICS considering expansion as emerging economies rally to join group

The plan would increase representation from across the 'Global South' and provide an alternative model to the Group of Seven.
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WORLD
May 25, 2023

Guam typhoon highlights climate threat to U.S. military in Pacific

Many of America’s most strategic assets are in places increasingly threatened by extreme weather events, rising seas and other consequences of climate change.
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JAPAN
May 25, 2023

Japan's flu season ongoing amid low immunity and end of COVID rules

Mass infections have forced some schools to close entirely or close some classes even after infections peaked in February.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2023

Why the Kremlin needs Erdogan to win historic presidential election

The winner will have leverage over key areas for Moscow, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war in Syria and the Kremlin's standoff with NATO.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 25, 2023

Why the G7 has significance as a collective economic defense mechanism

As the G7 chair and as a country taking economic security policy measures ahead of others, Japan is in a position to take a leadership role and help work against economic coercion.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 25, 2023

Former Spain great Andres Iniesta to leave Vissel Kobe during season

The 39-year-old midfielder will play his final home game for Kobe on July 1 against Consadole Sapporo at Noevir Stadium.
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BUSINESS
May 25, 2023

Hydrogen hype is raging but can’t lure investment to Europe

Hundreds of hydrogen projects have been floated by governments in the past years, yet only 7% of those have the financing to start construction.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 25, 2023

Narita Airport to hike user fees in September

Affecting all three terminals, the price hikes reflect rising labor costs, a source close to the matter said.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2023

Sony eyes factory expansion in Kumamoto, aiming to grow image-sensor business

The Tokyo-based company has said it’s in talks to acquire 27 hectares of land for expansion in the city of Koshi in Kumamoto Prefecture, to the northwest of an existing factory.
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WORLD
May 25, 2023

Russian hypersonic scientist accused of leaking secrets to China

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that his military is the world leader in hypersonic missile technology.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 25, 2023

Get in on the talk of the town when Roppongi Art Night begins

With the all-night art festival taking place this weekend, we look at ways to talk about art in Japanese.
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WORLD
May 25, 2023

Tech claiming to protect U.S. schools from mass shootings prompts growing unease

School administrators are increasingly targeted with sales pitches for everything from drones to AI-powered surveillance cameras and weapons detectors.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2023

Nepal hydropower drive puts India over China, but what's the risk?

China and India have long jostled for influence in neighboring Nepal, and have invested billions of dollars apiece in hydro projects over the last decade.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2023

Now that he's in 2024 race, Ron DeSantis needs more than anti-Trump voters

Analysts say DeSantis needs to build a strong base within the segment of the Republican Party not aligned with Trump before he can try to broaden his appeal.
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WORLD
May 25, 2023

Gun violence affects vulnerable children more even with strict laws, U.S. study says

While firearm death rates were higher overall among young people living in states with loose gun laws, gun-related deaths were concentrated in socially vulnerable communities across the U.S.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2023

Panasonic says Japanese carmakers are showing interest in its batteries

The Osaka-based company, which supplies batteries to Tesla, said last week that it aims to boost production to 200 gigawatt-hours by March 2031.
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JAPAN
May 25, 2023

Japan considering ¥10,000 monthly benefit for high-school age children

The expansion of the child benefits program is a key policy of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, aiming to stop the country's birthrate from declining further.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 25, 2023

Japanese firms feel 'sense of crisis' over falling birthrate

Of nearly 500 major companies surveyed, 94% said they felt a sense of crisis when asked about the fall in annual births in 2022.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 25, 2023

Xi remade China's tech industry in his own image with crackdown

The 69-year-old leader has a complex relationship with his domestic tech sector, and has made science and technology pillars of his long-term vision for China's national well-being.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2023

Cosmo CEO says controversial vote tactics justified in activist defense

A vote on a 'poison pill' takeover defense will exclude Cosmo's largest shareholder grouping.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2023

Incursion into Russia's Belgorod may stretch Moscow's defenses

Though Kyiv has denied any role, the biggest cross-border raid from Ukraine since Russia invaded 15 months ago was almost certainly coordinated with Ukraine's armed forces.
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CULTURE / Film
May 25, 2023

‘Spring in Between’: Offbeat love story offers a breath of fresh air

Hio Miyazawa brings depth and unforced commitment to his performance as an artist with Asperger’s syndrome in Rika Katsu’s debut feature.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 25, 2023

Japan-China filmmaking duo captures the voices of the ignored

Ryuji Otsuka and Huang Ji bring their decade-spanning trilogy about the plights of women in modern China to a close with their award-winning film, 'Stonewalling.'

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals