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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 20, 2023

Michael Schumacher's family planning legal action over AI 'interview'

Michael Schumacher's family is planning legal action against a German weekly magazine over an "interview" with the seven-time Formula One champion that was generated by artificial intelligence.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 20, 2023

We're coming out: Tokyo Rainbow Pride is back, back, back, back, back again

After three years of muted celebrations, Tokyo's main LGBTQ party hopes to roar back to life with an in-person, public event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 20, 2023

‘J005311’: Silent collisions spark human truths

The production for director Hiroki Kono’s drama may be barebones, but its enigmatic and suspenseful storytelling keeps the audience engaged until the end.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2023

Japan grants refugee status to woman from Uganda fearing LGBTQ persecution

The woman came to Japan in 2020 after claiming she was beaten by police in Uganda for being a lesbian.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2023

SDF to evacuate Japanese citizens from Sudan as conflict rages

The government will send Self-Defense Forces personnel to evacuate Japanese citizens from the African nation, the top government spokesman said in an unscheduled news conference.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2023

Junior high pupils take first online English speaking test in nationwide assessment

In the new online speaking test, some 54,000 third graders at roughly 500 junior high schools used their own personal computers to take the test.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2023

South Korea's Yoon opens door for possible military aid to Ukraine

It was the first time that Seoul suggested a willingness to provide weapons to Ukraine, more than a year after ruling out the possibility of lethal aid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2023

Fox settles with Dominion for $787.5 million over false election claims

The high-profile defamation case put one of the world's top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2023

Macron wants China’s help to bring Russia and Ukraine to the table

On his recent trip to China, the French president fell short of his goal to convince Xi to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 18, 2023

Suspect in Kishida attack sued government over election rules, records show

In the lawsuit, the suspect also touched on the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, claiming the government forced the event to go forward despite public opposition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2023

The dollar remains the coin of the realm — and then some

The Chinese yuan’s role is growing, but it won’t replace the dollar without U.S. mistakes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 18, 2023

What to know about Dominion, the voting machine company suing Fox

The company's highly anticipated case against Fox News is scheduled to go to trial this week, but on Monday the judge delayed the proceedings without citing a reason.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2023

Japan and South Korea resume security dialogue after five years

In March this year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Moon Suk-yeol agreed to resume the security dialogue at an early date.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 18, 2023

‘The Great Reclamation’ details the horrors of the foreign occupation in Singapore

Rachel Heng’s dazzling coming-of-age novel, set before the island country’s independence in the 1960s, chronicles the tragedy of progress with a vivid cast of characters.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2023

In wake of attack, Kishida thought of bystanders, election and G7 summit

In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that he did not feel his life was threatened in the immediate aftermath of an attack on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Apr 17, 2023

Fukushima care providers falling behind on business continuity planning

Without plans, it will be difficult to keep offering services during large-scale disasters, but amid a chronic labor shortage operators lack personnel to work on forward thinking.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2023

Ukraine says it is finding more Chinese components in Russian weapons

Intelligence gathered by Ukrainian experts from the battlefield stated that Chinese-made parts were found in a navigation system in drones that had previously used a Swiss system.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2023

Four dead and 28 injured in Alabama teen birthday party shooting

There have been 163 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2023

Suspect may have used homemade pipe bomb in Kishida attack, investigators say

The revelation came as police raided the home of the 24-year-old suspect in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2023

Police probe explosives attack as Kishida returns to election rallies

A suspect is in custody after a cylindrical object landed 1 meter from the prime minister, who was evacuated before the device exploded.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2023

Questions mount as Kishida attack brings sense of deja vu

While the incident occurred without the same tragic consequences of the assassination of Shinzo Abe last year, the shocking event leaves many unanswered questions.
TENNIS
Apr 15, 2023

Britain's Anne Keothavong and Katie Boulter welcome WTA decision to return to China

Keothavong, now captain of Britain's Billie Jean King Cup team, said she hoped Peng was safe but that ultimately 'tennis is a business.'
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2023

Top diplomats to zero in on China and Ukraine challenges at G7 summit

At the Karuizawa summit, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is expected to stress that European and Indo-Pacific security are inseparable.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2023

A lonely cry for action as China locks up Japanese on spy charges

Hideji Suzuki says Japan failed him during his six years in a Chinese prison. China’s recent arrest of a Japanese citizen is again testing Tokyo’s resolve.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023

South Koreans battling addiction find little support

Counselors have been trying to build more rehabilitation centers, but requests for government funding are said to fail amid poor awareness about the need for more facilities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2023

China records world's first human death from H3N8 bird flu

The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to have been infected with the H3N8 subtype of avian influenza, the WHO said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2023

Leaked U.S. papers cast doubt on Ukraine's military capacity

A February document said 89% of Ukrainian medium- and high-range air defenses were made up of Soviet-era systems that could soon run short of ammunition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023

Dismantling Germany's Lubmin nuclear plant, piece by piece

The facility was closed in 1990, but it will still be several decades before the work is done. In all, workers have 1.8 million metric tons of material to sort through and shift.
Japan to convene parliament for ordinary session starting Jan. 24
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
Impeached South Korean president's party sees signs of revival
A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol holds South Korean and U.S. flags in front of flower wreaths bearing messages of support near his residence in Seoul on Thursday.
Musk takes slash-and-burn style to Europe after bolstering Trump
Billionaire Elon Musk speaks during an election rally for then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5.
Japan's health ministry reports record-high flu cases
A busy street in Tokyo on Dec. 30. The number of influenza patients per clinic, on average, in the final week of December was the highest since health ministry records began in 1999.
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.
Swiping in Japan: How Gen Z is changing the dating app game
Many Japanese dating apps have ways to detail specific interests that can be as narrow as one particular TV show, game or an artist.

Podcast

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

Longform

A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake
By Kathryn Wortley

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