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JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2023

JAXA weighs new mission using Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 tech

JAXA aims to launch the probe in the mid-2030s and achieve a sample return in the mid-2040s.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2023

Five people shot dead in Texas home after noise complaint

Police were still looking for the suspect, who used an AR-15-style rifle in the shooting inside the neighbors' home late Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 30, 2023

The ‘Two Faces’ of Gold Bar’s cocktails make for surprising sips

Minato Ward has no shortage of expensive cocktails, but Gold Bar mixes in as much style as the best of them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 30, 2023

Japan's ume heartland sows new prospects

If you’ve ever eaten ume, chances are it came from Minabe or Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2023

Kishida attends May Day rally as he seeks to promote track record on wages

Kishida's attendance made him the first prime minister to attend the event in nine years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 29, 2023

Braving boos, Macron hopes 'cathartic' walkabouts will soothe pension anger

After weeks of protests against his decision to raise the minimum pension age by two years, Macron's popularity ratings have plunged to near record-low levels.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 29, 2023

Biden to meet 18 Pacific leaders in Papua New Guinea as U.S. and China vie for influence

The South Pacific was seen as a relative diplomatic backwater after World War II but it is increasingly the arena for powers to compete for commercial, political and military influence.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2023

How Sudan's military factions set path to war as mediation stalled

Alarmed over the potential for bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between the country's army chief and a paramilitary leader. But neither showed up.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2023

New Zealand fights to save its flightless national bird

New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to eliminate invasive predators from the capital's surrounds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 29, 2023

Kim Jong Un's sister says Joe Biden is ‘in his dotage’ as she criticizes nuclear pact

In Pyongyang's first response to the Washington summit, Kim Yo Jong said the North remained convinced that its nuclear deterrent 'should be brought to further perfection.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2023

Europe takes tougher stance toward China in boost to U.S. policy

Countries such as Germany and Italy are following the Netherlands’ example and studying export and investment controls adopted by the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2023

China weighs giving single women IVF access to stem population decline

Concerned about China's first population drop in six decades, government advisers have proposed that single and unmarried women should have access to egg freezing and IVF treatment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2023

Ron DeSantis eyes June for 2024 campaign launch as poll numbers falter

The timing of the formal announcement is critical with DeSantis’s poll numbers falling and donors losing confidence that he is the best Republican candidate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2023

China 'police station' case shows U.S. ramping up use of foreign agent laws

The U.S. Justice Department last year charged at least 25 people with violating or conspiring to violate the law — the highest number since at least 2003.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 29, 2023

Behind EU lawmakers' challenge to rein in ChatGPT and generative AI

Interviews reveal for the first time how over just 11 days a small group of politicians hammered out legislation that could reshape the regulatory landscape for OpenAI and its competitors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2023

Unending 'hell': Sudan war rages despite truce pledges

Strikes by air, tanks and artillery rocked Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and the adjacent city of Bahri on Friday, mocking a 72-hour truce extension.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 29, 2023

On lethal aid to Ukraine, South Korean leader says Seoul considering its options

Yoon said Seoul was closely monitoring the battlefield situation in Ukraine and will take proper measures in order to uphold international norms and international law.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2023

U.S. Fed points finger at Trump-era rollback for SVB demise

The Fed's searing 100-page postmortem says bipartisan legislation in 2018 loosened post-financial crisis safeguards, undermining oversight by hindering the work of bank supervisors.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 29, 2023

Mikaela Shiffrin looks to expand horizons through downhill

A slalom specialist by trade the 28-year-old wants to broaden her skills.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 29, 2023

German soccer team will test a new ticket price: zero

Starting next season, Fortuna will set out to give away tickets for several games at its 54,600-seat Merkur-Spiel Arena for nothing.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Apr 29, 2023

Roger Dahl on relics

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JAPAN
Apr 29, 2023

Japan clarifies SDF and coast guard roles in event of armed attack

The government has adopted a new manual that includes procedures for the defense minister to take command of the coast guard if the country is attacked.

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