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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 20, 2022

Tokyo marks Transgender Awareness Week with march

According to organizers, around 1,000 people joined an event that kicked off a week of events in the capital meant to bring awareness to the rights of transgender people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Nov 20, 2022

The challenging journey that led to Nara's crown jewel

Image and temple were each the largest structure of its kind, dwarfing all work previously done in a country whose culture had never before, and rarely since, valued size for its own sake.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 20, 2022

Merged with surf and jungle, Okinawa’s holiest sites survive

Where Shinto integrates nature into its holy sites, the caves, trees and shoreline sacred to Okinawa's indigenous religion can often seem untouched by human hands.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Nov 20, 2022

Savoring the subcontinent: Tokyo's best Indian eats

Ever since 1927, when the the first 'authentic' curry in Japan was served, top-shelf samosas, masala chana and naan have only ever been a short trip away for Tokyoites.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 20, 2022

Kishida plans to sack third Cabinet minister in under a month, report says

The move to fire internal affairs minister Minoru Terada over funding scandals would deal a yet another blow to the prime minister's already low support ratings.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 19, 2022

COP27 talks on verge of collapse after EU threatens to walk out

The EU's ultimatum throws talks into jeopardy just days after the bloc proposed to establish a finance facility to pay for the loss and damage caused by events like flooding and hurricanes.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 19, 2022

FIFA chief blasts 'hypocrisy' of Western nations on eve of World Cup

The build-up to the tournament has been dominated by concerns over Qatar's treatment of migrant workers, women and the LGBTQ community, to the visible annoyance of organizers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2022

FTX’s point of no return can be traced back to a tweet, data show

When did it go from grim to hopeless for Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire? It may come down to one tweet by his second-in-command.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 90,542 new cases as surge continues

Tokyo, meanwhile, confirmed 9,457 new cases, up by 1,436 from a week before, while Hokkaido saw 8,960.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2022

How an industry built on pollution is getting a tiny bit greener

A new piece of tech used at some airports helps tighten the space between incoming aircraft as they approach, potentially making a small dent in aviation's carbon footprint.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2022

North Korea, vowing to counter threats with nukes, says test was of new ICBM

Pyongyang said the Hwasong-17 ICBM launch was part of its 'top-priority defence-building strategy,' with the North labeling the missile 'the strongest strategic weapon in the world.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2022

'Rainbow wave' in U.S. midterms lifts LGBTQ hopes, but battles lie ahead

Even as Republicans gained a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the absence of the predicted 'red wave' could act as a buffer against anti-LGBTQ legislation in the new Congress.
Volunteers work at a Salvation Army mobile health clinic in Montreal on Sept. 22. Canada, despite being a wealthy nation, is gripped by a surge in homelessness that has seen thousands of people living in the streets after being priced out of real estate and rental markets.
WORLD / Society
Oct 5, 2023

Homelessness explodes in Canada as rents and housing prices soar

Researchers warn government data is vastly underestimating the number of homeless across the country.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Defense Minister Minoru Kihara to the Pentagon in Washington on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2023

Japan expedites purchase of Tomahawks as security concerns grow

In light of the increasingly challenging Asian security environment, Japan will acquire the cruise missiles a year earlier than initially planned.
Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (left) waves to fans following his final game at Tokyo Dome on Wednesday. Shinnosuke Abe (right) will manage the team next season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 5, 2023

Giants prepare to start new era as manager Tatsunori Hara walks away

Manager Tatsunori Hara's departure closes the book on an eventful chapter in the storied history of the Giants.
Taiwan has become a hot spot that is capable of precipitating a military conflict between China and the United States, and possibly even a nuclear war.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2023

Applying Chinese wisdom to resolve the Taiwan issue

Some 70 years after the Chinese Civil war ended, do the winners of that war still think that violence is the way to achieve unification with Taiwan?
Generative AI will change work for young professionals, but their reasoning skills will still be needed.
COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2023

Is ChatGPT coming for entry-level jobs?

If entry-level workers get that much faster and better, won’t companies be able to get by with fewer of them? Maybe.
An image of an immersive attraction at Immersive Fort Tokyo slated to open next spring in Tokyo's Odaiba area.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2023

New immersive theme park to open in Tokyo’s Odaiba

The new facility, to be called Immersive Fort Tokyo, will feature 12 immersive attractions along with six shops and restaurants.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to greets Finland's Prime Minister at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 5, 2023

With subtler engagement, Macron refashions himself as EU linchpin

In areas ranging from defense to industrial policy, officials familiar with Europe's inner workings say Macron is calling the shots as rarely before.
Writer Jon Fosse poses in Oslo in 2015. Since his debut novel was published in 1983, Fosse has written poems, essays, children’s books, plays and novels.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 5, 2023

Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse wins literature Nobel

The Swedish Academy cited Fosse's “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.”
LeanIn.Org founder Sheryl Sandberg
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2023

Women are asking for promotions, but men keep getting them

Women want to be leaders in the workplace, but employers are still passing them by in favor of their male counterparts.
The Singapore skyline
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 6, 2023

The rich are flocking to Singapore as bankers stick with Hong Kong

From Singapore’s earliest years as an independent state, it has aimed to be one of the key locales through which the world’s money flows.
Japan's real wages in August declined for a 17th straight month, as persistent price hikes continued to outpace salaries.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2023

Japan's slower-than-forecast wage growth supports BOJ caution

Nominal cash earnings for workers rose 1.1% from the previous year, matching the revised figure from the previous month.
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2023

China’s aggression pushes others toward U.S., top official says

Pentagon official cited cooperation with the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, and the AUKUS alliance
The Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2023

Pentagon developing AI to aid Indo-Pacific and other commands

Several AI platforms under development may help connect commanders and their forces and increase the volume of data they can analyze at one time.
Uniqlo's first Indian store, in New Delhi, in October 2019
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2023

Uniqlo owner scouts for more Indian partners after 60% sales jump

The Japanese apparel giant is currently working with over 20 sewing factories and mills in India.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

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