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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2023

Osaka High Court approves posthumous retrial of man over 1984 murder

'There is reason to doubt' the finalized ruling that convicted Hiromu Sakahara of murder, the high court said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2023

Japan won't rule out sending aid to North Korea in return for abductees

A group representing the abductees' families has said that they would not oppose giving humanitarian aid to Pyongyang if it would lead to the victims' return.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 27, 2023

Japan needs more than just new visa options to attract highly skilled workers

Better wages, improved incentives and overhauled working styles are seen as bigger factors in drawing top foreign talent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023

Islamist militants have Pakistan's police in their crosshairs

The increasingly deadly assaults arrive from hideouts in the border region adjoining Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 27, 2023

Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin drawing rave reviews from Formula One competitors

Fernando Alonso has made some wrong moves in a Formula One career that should have delivered more than two titles but joining Aston Martin is looking like a good one.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 27, 2023

MLB players getting taste of new pitch clock during spring training

Major league players are adjusting to some of the biggest single-season rule changes in the sport’s history during spring training.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2023

Japan to relax border controls for passengers from China starting Wednesday

Travelers from mainland China will still be asked to present a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure, but testing upon arrival will change to a random sampling of a flight's passengers.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 27, 2023

Seino delivers on the promise of faster, greener e-commerce

There is not one place in Japan where Seino Holdings Co. Ltd. doesn’t provide delivery service. Seino is one of Japan’s top commercial logistics companies, with 90 years of history, but if its own network is insufficient, it is ready to cooperate with others to make sure things get delivered to their...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 27, 2023

Ayumu Hirano wins Dew Tour snowboarding title, remains noncommittal on Paris Olympics

Beijing Winter Olympic gold medalist Ayumu Hirano won the men's snowboarding halfpipe at the Dew Tour on Sunday, when he also revealed he is not intent on competing in park skateboarding at the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo's new cases fall below 400 for first time in 14 months

The capital confirmed 370 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, down by 140 from a week before.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 27, 2023

Ueda says benefits of BOJ stimulus outweigh side effects

Still, he acknowledged that some policy shifts had to come as a surprise to avoid speculation, a remark that may support the view of market players betting on change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2023

President of ad giant Dentsu admits to rigging bids over Tokyo Games

Dentsu Group President and CEO Hiroshi Igarashi admitted to prosecutors that his company was responsible for rigging bids over contracts to plan and test events before the Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2023

A refreshing gamble on Crispr delivery

Biotech startup Aera is trying to shake up the always-just-out-of-reach field of genetic medicine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2023

China’s censors could shape the future of AI-generated content

When the Chinese regime’s information controls intersect with artificial intelligence, they can distort the global information landscape.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2023

Yamaguchi by-election puts spotlight on dynastic politics

Nobuchiyo Kishi thought reminding voters of his politician relatives was a good move, but he has been accused of just taking over the family business and not caring about voters' problems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2023

Carbon credits are a contested tool to fight deforestation

Major corporations are accused of purchasing carbon credits from forest protection projects in areas that are not actually at risk.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Feb 27, 2023

‘Made in Japan’ jeans from Okayama still evolving, 50 years on

Fully domestic-made jeans were first manufactured in Okayama Prefecture to imitate American clothing, but have developed into unique, luxury products that sell at high prices.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 27, 2023

Japan moves toward approving abortion pill in major shift

Currently, surgery is the only option available to terminate a pregnancy in Japan.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 27, 2023

Kyogo Furuhashi scores brace to lift Celtic in Scottish League Cup final

After hitting a brace in last season's final against Hibernian, Furuhashi repeated the trick at Hampden Park as Celtic held off its Old Firm rival for its 21st League Cup win.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2023

North Korea's Kim opens key meeting on agriculture

South Korea's unification ministry says there have been reports of starvation deaths in North Korea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2023

Toyota's global sales fall 5.6% in January as chip shortage continues

The global chip shortage continued to hit the world's largest automaker while the Lunar New Year holiday period in China, which fell in January this year, cut operating hours at its dealers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2023

Lawmaker GaaSyy to apologize for long absence at Upper House

On Wednesday, the Upper House voted to order GaaSyy to apologize in an open parliamentary session as a penalty for his long absence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2023

Nissan speeds up electric transition plans with new targets

The auto manufacturer has committed to electrifying more of its lineup and making battery-powered cars a key driver of future growth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023

Sunak set to unveil Northern Ireland Brexit deal with EU

Meeting could see resolution to a standoff that has persisted since the U.K. left the EU single market and customs union in 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Longform
Feb 27, 2023

How the Russia-Ukraine war has changed Japan’s economic outlook

Soaring energy costs have re-exposed Japan’s weakness as a nation of limited natural resources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Feb 27, 2023

Kyushu unprepared to accept evacuees from remote islands under armed attack

Residents on remote islands are questioning the effectiveness of evacuation drills when their potential destinations have not yet started discussing the issue.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023

Lab leak most likely caused pandemic, U.S. Energy Department says

Some officials briefed on the intelligence said that it was relatively weak and that the conclusion was made with 'low confidence,” suggesting its level of certainty was not high.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 27, 2023

Kaori Sakamoto finishes first as Japan sweeps podium in Challenge Cup

Reigning women's world champion Kaori Sakamoto won the figure skating Challenge Cup on Sunday, with Mai Mihara and Mana Kawabe joining her in the Japanese podium sweep.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 27, 2023

Cubs' Seiya Suzuki misses spring training game due to oblique issue

'It's a 'wait and see,'' manager David Ross told MLB.com. 'I don't want to make any comments on WBC or anything like that.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2023

Mistrust of Xi endangers one of Wall Street’s favorite trades

Money managers looking for China to rebuild trust are getting mixed regulatory messages from Beijing.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris but later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
A mysterious plot prompts a rare call from Russia to the Pentagon
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in April. In July, Russia's defense minister said he needed to talk to Austin about an alleged Ukrainian operation. What happened next remains murky.
Japan's Hifumi Abe defends Olympic title after sister falls early
Hifumi Abe reacts after defending his Olympic title in the judo men's under-66 kg division at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Sunday.
‘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.
For aging Japan, a troubling link between heat and dementia
The latest research indicates that heat stress is likely to worsen the condition of people with Alzheimer’s disease — which accounts for over half of all dementia cases in Japan — by making them more irritated or exacerbating their cognitive decline.
In historic move, U.S. to upgrade military command structure in Japan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (left to right), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara prior their "two-plus-two" talks at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Sunday
Influencers helped cause overtourism. Can they help fix it?
More tourists than ever are guided around Japan based on the content they consume online, but can those same creators help direct them to less-populated areas of the country?
Japan's extreme heat is causing a rethink of school sports
The students at Mitaka Municipal No. 7 Junior High School have access to various cooling devices for when they play sports.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
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