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Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2023

Climate disasters daily? Welcome to the ‘new normal.’

Around the United States, dangerous floods, heat and storms are happening more frequently.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 11, 2023

Ange Postecoglou hopes to present Harry Kane with Spurs vision

Bundesliga heavyweight Bayern Munich is reportedly among several top clubs interested in signing the England captain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 10, 2023

A top U.K. newspaper explores its ties to slavery — and Britain’s

The Guardian’s 'Cotton Capital” series provoked glee among the paper’s ideological opponents, and had its share of critics too.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2023

However war ends, Ukraine's diminished population will hit economy for years

Studies by the United Nations refugee agency show the vast majority of displaced Ukrainians want to return one day, but only around 1 in 10 plan to do so soon.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 10, 2023

Elina Svitolina prevails in thriller against Victoria Azarenka at Wimbledon

Elina Svitolina advanced to the quarterfinals after outlasting Victoria Azarenka in a thrilling match at Wimbledon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2023

Little progress on laws over gun-making sites a year after Abe's death

Japan has made little progress in regulating online videos and websites showing how to make guns and explosives a year after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 9, 2023

Ukraine's Bucha gets a remake, but pain lingers behind the facade

More than a year after Ukrainian forces wrested back Bucha from Russian troops, the town has drawn international investment that has physically transformed it.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 9, 2023

U.S. women's star Megan Rapinoe to retire at end of season

The winger currently has 199 caps over a span of 17 years playing for her country and also won an Olympic gold medal in London in 2012.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 9, 2023

At Japan’s first winery, the country’s oldest grape lives on

Discovered in 1922 at Iwanohara Vineyard, the Muscat Bailey A grape may be one of Japan's great contributions to global wine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 8, 2023

AI robots at U.N. reckon they could run the world better

They robots were assembled for what was billed as the world's first news conference with a packed panel of AI-enabled humanoid social robots.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 8, 2023

Drinking off the rails on Niigata’s sake train

The Koshino Shukura is one of Japan’s 44 “Joyful Trains” — on-rail experiences themed around a regional specialty. This particular one is about sake.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2023

A year after unrest, Sri Lankans languish in poverty and hunger

A year after the toppling of former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa almost a third of the country lives below the poverty line.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 7, 2023

Director Takeshi Fukunaga opts for authenticity over 'falsely uplifting' in new film, 'Mountain Woman'

With ‘Mountain Woman,’ director Takeshi Fukunaga has looked back at a time of famine and woe in Japan, and given viewers lessons for the modern day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 7, 2023

Eisai Alzheimer's drug gets full U.S. approval, widening access to the therapy

The broader clearance from the Food and Drug Administration marks a milestone for treatment of the dementia that afflicts some 6 million Americans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2023

Scientists fight losing battle trying to shield melting glaciers from the sun

Tibetan Plateau glaciers, which support the lives of billions of people, took tens of millions of years to develop — but almost a sixth of their ice has vanished in the last 50 years.
Japan Times
Film / Reviews
Jul 6, 2023

'With Each Passing Breath': A compassionate and richly textured documentary

As summer festivals return to Japan in full force, a film dives into the lives of the people who keep the cultural elements behind them alive.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2023

Rights situation in Belarus 'catastrophic,' U.N. told

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko's regime in Minsk is deliberately purging civil society of its last dissenting voices, Anais Marin told the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2023

Hong Kong’s reopening brings scant gains after pandemic and crackdown

Tens of thousands of high-skilled workers left to escape the city’s COVID-19 regime and limits imposed on freedoms after Beijing enacted a national security law in 2020.
Japan Times
People / The Big Questions
Jul 4, 2023

Destiny and a little luck: EU Ambassador Paquet

Ambassador of the European Union to Japan, Jean-Eric Paquet graduated from Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg, the official seat of the European Parliament, with a degree in international and public policies in 1988.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2023

Bye bye 'Barbie': Vietnam bans new film over South China Sea map

Originally slated for a July 21 release, the film was banned from release in the country after it was found to feature a map with China’s so-called nine-dash line claims.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2023

Targeting of self-exiled Hong Kong activists draws widespread condemnation

The move by Hong Kong authorities to issue arrest warrants and a bounty for eight pro-democracy activists comes a widening crackdown on dissent in the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2023

China buzzes Taiwan's median line as Taipei officials caution against alarm

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory despite the island's strong objections, has over the past three years reported almost daily missions by Chinese military aircraft nearby.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2023

Can we cure dementia before it starts?

Octogenarian and biologist Leroy Hood is trying to make the Elizabeth Holmes-ian dream of preventive medicine come true.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2023

A $30 billion disaster is just the tip of a deadly climate cycle

With monsoon season fast approaching, Pakistan is still reeling from severe flooding that killed over 1,700 and displaced 8 million.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2023

Japan set to release Fukushima water into Pacific, angering China

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director-General Rafael Grossi will visit Japan from Tuesday to deliver a final report on the safety of the process.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 2, 2023

South Korea's Yoon tells Unification Ministry to be less soft on North

The ministry's new head is a conservative scholar and outspoken critic of human rights abuses in North Korea, which Yoon has sought to spotlight amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2023

Culture wars put American companies on the defensive

Once deemed ineffectual, such protests have made gains in size and impact as the country's political life becomes increasingly polarized.
Japan Times
Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jul 2, 2023

A dream pair of adorable cats awaits someone with enough love for two

Biwa and Sugarbee are likely related. Even if they aren't, they certainly act close enough to be. They'll keep each other company through thick and thin.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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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