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Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2023

Pentagon speeds up tank timeline for Ukraine but resists calls for jets

The U.S. will begin training Ukrainian troops on M1 Abrams tanks in the next few weeks, officials said, and combat-ready tanks could reach the battlefields by the fall.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court preserves broad access to abortion pill

A lower court ruling would have greatly limited the availability of mifepristone while litigation proceeds in a challenge by anti-abortion groups to its federal regulatory approval.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Apr 22, 2023

Zelda and legal battles show Nintendo's dueling gaming ‘freedoms’

Tears of the Kingdom releases in three weeks, but one of Nintendo's biggest targets in the fight against piracy was released from prison first.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 22, 2023

A Japanese island where the wild things are

From badgering nuisances to downright evil forces, yōkai fill some of the most colorful corners of Japanese folklore. These artists are dreaming up even more.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 22, 2023

A new music festival shakes up Kyoto's staid atmosphere

Kyotophonie, a sister event to photography festival Kyotographie, succeeds in its uniqueness and use of storied spaces, but it’s not clear who the event is actually for.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

Kishida on demographics, defense and disparity

In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Kishida addresses the foreign and domestic issues that loom large, from the war in Ukraine to his promotion of “new capitalism” in Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2023

Man flees after attacking two women with ax in western Tokyo

The suspect, believed to be an elderly man, left the ax behind after slashing the women at around 7:50 p.m.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

ChatGPT can be tricked to write malware if acting in developer mode

The discovery has highlighted the ease with which safeguards put in place by developers to prevent criminal and unethical use of the tool can be circumvented.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

Japan panel approves nation's first abortion pill

Final approval from the health minister is expected to follow, but the timing remains unclear.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

GSDF confirms 8th Division commanding general among dead in chopper crash

The announcement of Lt. Gen. Yuichi Sakamoto's death comes more than two weeks after a chopper he was in crashed off Okinawa's Miyako Island with 10 aboard.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 10,104 cases and 17 deaths

Tokyo reported 1,441 new cases, up by 226 from a week earlier, along with one death.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

Likely U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis to visit Japan next week

DeSantis, who will lead a business delegation and hold talks with business executives, is also scheduled to have a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2023

Vietnamese trainee arrested after dead baby found in Hiroshima Prefecture

According to investigative sources, the woman told police that she thought she would be sent back to her home country if it was known that she had been pregnant.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 21, 2023

Kodai Senga earns third win as Mets beat Giants

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga earned his third win after getting through five innings in a 9-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 21, 2023

Memorializing those lost in the GSDF helicopter crash

All 10 SDF members on board a helicopter that crashed in the Miyako Island group are believed to have died in the crash.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

Immigration bill set to pass Japan's parliament as two opposition parties join revision discussions

A controversial bill to curb long-term detentions of illegal overstayers at immigration facilities is set to clear parliament by the end of its session in June.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 21, 2023

Shinji Okazaki and SD Huesca hope to strengthen bonds between Japan and Spain through academy

The Spanish team is working to form an academy with Japan's FC Basara Hyogo in hopes of promoting more cultural exchanges between the two nations.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 21, 2023

Ailing Rafael Nadal pulls out of Madrid Open as questions mount about status for French Open

The 22-time Grand Slam champion has not competed since the Australian Open in January.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 21, 2023

What’s it like to be Shohei Ohtani? Only Bo would know.

'They’re both mythological creatures in a world that doesn’t have that many,” author Jeff Pearlman said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 21, 2023

A's plan to buy land in Las Vegas, shift focus away from Oakland

The Oakland Athletics agreed to buy a 49-acre site just off the Las Vegas Strip and hope to relocate to Nevada, team president Dave Kaval told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

Hong Kong student arrested over comments made on social media while in Japan

The student, who allegedly violated the Hong Kong national security law, is believed to be the first person apprehended under the law for actions committed in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023

To all those lab meat skeptics: Please, just stay out of the way

Europe is doing it again — stigmatizing scientific innovations, such as with lab-grown meat, that will be crucial to our future food supply.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2023

The promise and peril of AI take shape and demand action

The world must now begin to understand and properly exploit AI while minimizing to the best of its ability the dangers it poses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

Government shelves plans to revise the Science Council — for now

The move came shortly after the Science Council released a statement on Tuesday strongly calling for the government to reconsider its proposal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

SDF plane leaves for Djibouti to evacuate Japanese nationals from Sudan

The C-130 transport airplane departed from Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture to stand by in Djibouti to extricate 63 Japanese citizens in Sudan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2023

Rakuten Bank shares surge in Tokyo debut after IPO

The IPO was Japan's biggest in over four years, albeit muted by caution about a banking sector reeling from U.S. bank failures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023

Cancer vaccine hunt makes progress, finally

A small cancer drug study shows promise in deploying mRNA technology against melanoma, but fighting tumors is vastly more complex than tackling COVID-19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2023

Credit Suisse AT1 bond writeoff hands $1 billion loss to Japan investors

It’s 'regrettable” that the fallout from Credit Suisse’s woes affected investors in Japan, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2023

Former chairman of suit retailer convicted for Tokyo Olympics bribery

The court gave Hironori Aoki, 84, a prison term of two-and-a-half years, suspended for four years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023

Kishida sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

Yasukuni Shrine is a source of diplomatic friction with China and South Korea which regard it as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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