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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2022

Arrest over alleged bribery could be final whistle on career of Japan's sporting event ace

Since organizing a 1977 soccer event featuring Pele, Haruyuki Takahashi has been a towering figure in the sports business world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 1, 2022

Japanese researchers challenge 2019 black hole image

A team of Japanese researchers Thursday challenged an international group's declaration in April 2019 that it succeeded in capturing a direct image of a black hole for the first time in history.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022

Beijing got all ready for Olympic curling. But about the ice …

The ice makers of Olympic curling are part physicist, part meteorologist, part engineer. They know that creating a stage for a world-class event is all about the process.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2022

With celebrations and controversy, the 2022 Winter Olympics begin

There are fears that China will use COVID-19 protocols to affect competitions, disqualifying some athletes to ensure the “proper” outcomes.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 8, 2022

Naomi Osaka pulls out of semifinal of Australian Open tuneup event

'Sad to withdraw due to injury from my match today, my body got a shock from playing back to back intense matches after the break I took,' Osaka said on Twitter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2022

Biden to speak 'truth' a year after U.S. Capitol riot; Trump cancels Jan. 6 event

Four people died on the day of the riot, one Capitol police officer died the day after. Dozens of police were injured, and four officers have since taken their own lives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2021

To tax billionaires, democrats should keep it simple

Instead of taxing the wealthiest each year on their assets, as has been proposed, Biden's original plan would tax them upon their death.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Sep 6, 2021

Beyond the Games: Can the Paralympics' success spur change?

The global sporting event has provided Japan with an opportunity to reflect on the issues that create barriers to accessibility. What does the host nation do from here?
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan head Kenta Izumi (left) and the Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki (right) attend a Rengo convention in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2023

Kishida’s attendance at union event offers hint at electoral strategy

The prime minister attended the event in his latest effort to court union members and expand his party's electoral base.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is running for re-election, visits the southern border in Edinburg, Texas, on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 22, 2023

Can Japan risk a Trump reelection?

A fundamental risk accompanying Donald Trump’s reelection is the doubts it would raise about American leadership in the world.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 24, 2024

Kishida pitches Japan's ‘golden opportunity’ at Goldman event

Japan's government will demonstrate the nation’s transition to a new economic stage by mobilizing all policy tools, the prime minister said in his video address.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda kisses the trophy after winning The Chevron Championship in The Woodlands, Texas, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 22, 2024

Nelly Korda wins second major and fifth straight event at Chevron Championship

Korda finished with a 13-under 275 and defeated Sweden's Maia Stark by two strokes.
Kazuto Takesako will open his Prizefighter campaign against British boxer Mark Dickinson in Osaka on July 15.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jun 3, 2024

$1 million purse on offer at revived Prizefighter event in Osaka

Eight fighters will get their first chance to punch their way to a big payday in Osaka on July 15.
Map exercises for evacuations, simulating a situation in which an armed attack is expected, are conducted at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Jan. 30.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2024

Japan works on evacuation plans in event of Taiwan contingency

Issues such as stockpiling food and being able to swiftly evacuate all residents of the islands in Okinawa remain as Japan considers various contingencies.
The icon for the Telegram messenger app. Toncoin, a digital asset from a blockchain project linked to Telegram Messenger LLP, has lost about $2.7 billion in market value, reflecting the uncertainty sparked by the detention of the messaging app's co-founder.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 29, 2024

Telegram ‘black swan event’ exposes risk in popular crypto deals

The detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov is reverberating through the crypto venture capital sector.
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2024

Wall Street and tech royalty fly to Saudi event amid Mideast war

International executives attending will have to contend with a region rocked by geopolitical tensions.
United States midfielder Sam Coffey (17) battles Japan forward Yui Hasegawa (14) during the SheBelieves Cup in Atlanta in April.
SOCCER
Nov 21, 2024

U.S. women to host Japan, Australia and Colombia in 2025 event

The 10th edition of the event will feature a six-game, three-day format for round-robin matches.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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