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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2023

Despite speculation of shift, BOJ maintains dovish policies

The Bank of Japan said it will maintain its monetary easing policy, including its short-term interest rate at minus 0.1%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2023

Coinbase stops Japan operations after slump in digital assets

Coinbase Global is halting operations in Japan, giving customers until Feb. 16 to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 18, 2023

Defending champion Nadal crashes out of Australian Open in major upset

The Spanish 36-year-old, who was struggling with what appeared to be a hip injury, fell 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 to American Mackenzie McDonald at Rod Laver Arena.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 9,187 new cases, down 7,500 from last week

The number of severe COVID-19 cases in the capital stood at 44, unchanged from Tuesday, while 30 new deaths were reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2023

Foreign visitors to Japan rise over fifteenfold in 2022

In December alone, the number of foreign visitors rose by some 1.5 times from the previous month to 1.37 million, or over 50% of the level in December 2019.
Japan Times
PODCAST /
Jan 18, 2023

Clutter, trash and hoarding disorder in Japan

Alex K.T. Martin looks at what form compulsive hoarding disorder takes in Japan and how it manifests when combined with other aspects of life here.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2023

Hideouts, wigs and cash: An Italian mobster's life on the run

Specialized police 'hunter squadrons' tirelessly track down these fugitives, who have gone to ground in Sicily, the wilds of Sardinia or in the mountains of Calabria.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 18, 2023

How Japan and Canada can bridge their different priorities

Japan and Canada's differing geopolitical environments mean they have very different Indo-Pacific priorities despite their shared vision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2023

Warning lights flash faster and brighter on the Korean Peninsula

North Korea appears to be growing more emboldened due to its increasing nuclear arsenal, and is stepping up its military provocations with South Korea.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jan 18, 2023

Unstoppable Asanoyama well-positioned for return to top division

After serving a long suspension for violating the Japan Sumo Association's COVID-19 guidelines, the former ozeki is battling his way back to makuuchi with flair.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2023

Alarmed by AI chatbots, universities start revamping how they teach

In response to the increased student use of ChatGPT, colleges and universities are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2023

At long last, Japan’s startup scene may finally be ready to take big leap forward

The president of Cambridge Innovation Center Japan is among those feeling bullish that Japan’s startup scene is on the right track, thanks in part to new government initiatives.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2023

Pentagon sends U.S. arms stored in Israel to Ukraine

The Pentagon is tapping into a vast but little-known stockpile of American ammunition in Israel to help meet Ukraine’s dire need for artillery shells in the war with Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2023

7.0-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia; tsunami warning lifted

The epicenter of the tremor was located 150 kilometers northwest of the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera, at a depth of 48 kilometers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2023

What the Kardashians can teach climate activists

Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time, a crisis that will affect every every nation and every human life — and yet people seem more curious about the Kardashians.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2023

We’ll all pay for Uncle Sam’s cheap debt fantasies

By financing ballooning spending with short-term debt, the government failed to lock in record-low interest rates while it could. Now the piper has come to call.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2023

South Korea, like Japan, advances a new strategic posture

Seoul and Tokyo's historical enmity may be consigned to the past as the two face a rapidly changing geopolitical environment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2023

Japan firm defends Van Gogh ownership after lawsuit

The artwork was purchased by the predecessor of insurance firm Sompo Holdings at Christie's in London for $40 million, making it briefly the world's most expensive painting.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2023

U.S. military plans to use airport on remote Okinawan island

The U.S. Marine Corps submitted the plan to use the airport for helicopter flight training on the afternoon of Jan. 31, the officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2023

India’s population has already overtaken China’s, analysts estimate

India, where half the population is under the age of 30, is set to be the world’s fastest-growing major economy in the coming years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2023

Biden and Kishida held 'very productive' talks on China export controls

The Biden administration in October published a sweeping set of export controls, including measures tightly restricting Chinese access to U.S. chipmaking technology.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 18, 2023

Eddie Jones vows to make Wallabies super-fit and more aggressive

The 62-year-old is due to officially start on Jan. 29 on a deal that will take him through to the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 18, 2023

Spurs boss Conte wants club chiefs to speak up when trouble hits

The Italian believes that front office officials at Premier League clubs should be more forthcoming with the media, rather than letting managers shoulder the burden.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2023

South Korea’s flirtation with nuclear arms piles pressure on U.S.

As much as the two governments don’t want to talk about it, tensions between the allies are rising over how best to respond to North Korea’s rapidly improving nuclear capabilities.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Summer Olympics
Jan 18, 2023

Concern rises over lack of air conditioning in Paris 2024 village

Games organizers have promised the global event will be carbon neutral, with the use of materials chosen for their energy performance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2023

LDP seeks to drive wedge into CDP-Nippon Ishin collaboration

With unified local elections and by-elections for the House of Representatives slated to be held in April, the tug-of-war between the ruling and opposition camps is likely to intensify.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2023

CDP to expel member over planned switch to ruling LDP

The CDP's Gifu prefectural chapter is calling for Lulu Imai to return funds totaling ¥6.5 million it provided for her political activities.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

Podcast

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

Longform

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
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