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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2023

Nintendo's Famicom game console marks 40th anniversary

Nintendo sold 61.91 million units of the console globally until production was discontinued in 2003.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2023

Western Digital and Japan’s Kioxia seek to reach merger deal by August

The deal would be structured as a tax-free spinoff of Western Digital’s flash business, which would merge with Kioxia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2023

Signs 'crypto winter' ending as regulatory fog begins to lift

Crypto assets are now trading near or above levels plumbed following the collapse of the FTX exchange last November.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Jul 14, 2023

Rory McIlroy would retire before joining LIV Golf

'If LIV Golf was the last place to play golf on earth I would retire. That's how I feel about it,' McIlroy said
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2023

Germany's first China strategy breaks with long-standing focus on economic ties

Document offers a clear-eyed appraisal of the risks envisaged by Berlin, while lacking binding targets or requirements.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 14, 2023

Actors go on strike in new blow to struggling Hollywood studios

The Screen Actors Guild, which represents some 160,000 performers, announced the walkout after failing to reach a new labor agreement.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 14, 2023

Long story short, cont’d: Brevity rules in Japanese grammar

The Japanese don't just abbreviate their vocabulary, when you're short on time even grammatical structures can get the chop.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2023

Zelenskyy gets less than he wanted from NATO but takes home real gains

The Ukrainian leader left Western leaders in Vilnius with little choice but to publicly snub his demand to set a clear path for Ukraine to join the U.S.-led military alliance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2023

Chip wars: How ‘chiplets’ are emerging as a core part of China’s tech strategy

Chiplets, or small chips, can be the size of a grain of sand or bigger than a thumbnail, and are brought together in a process called advanced packaging.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2023

Aspartame ‘possibly’ carcinogenic, yet safe at common-use levels, WHO says

A chemical-based sweetener that is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, aspartame is packaged and sold under names such as Equal.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 13, 2023

Will doing 'nothing' be yet another marketing coup for Studio Ghibli?

Studio Ghibli's Toshio Suzuki has a history of taking unconventional approaches to promoting the work of anime director Hayao Miyazaki.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2023

Google’s AI chatbot is trained by humans who say they’re overworked, underpaid and frustrated

Thousands of outside contractors work to make Google's Bard reliable, but its also becoming an increasingly thankless job.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2023

Elon Musk launches new company xAI to 'understand the universe'

The billionaire has hinted for months that he wants to build an alternative to the popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 13, 2023

Market reflects rising speculation over BOJ policy tweak ahead of July meeting

At least some market players think the BOJ may choose to reshape its policy of holding down 10-year yields, to help boost an economy already showing signs of improved price and wage trends.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 13, 2023

Credit Suisse AT1 fallout embroils more brokerages in Japan

Documents have raised questions over whether information over the risks associated with the product was properly disclosed to investors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2023

Will AI in baseball become the next 'Moneyball'?

Artificial intelligence could complicate the business of baseball, making the game homogenized and less dynamic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2023

Challenges persist as scandals plague Japan’s generic drug push

The aftermath of a series of manufacturing scandals is leading to shortages of the more affordable alternatives to brand-name medicine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2023

Japan’s bid to nurture startups lags global rivals on tax breaks

Struggling with a far lower business entry rate than the U.S. or Europe, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government in 2022 launched a five-year plan to encourage new ventures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023

AI is making politics easier, cheaper and more dangerous

Deepfakes have plagued politics for years, but with AI, savvy editing skills are no longer required to create them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2023

New York’s subways have less crime but more violence

New York City subway pickpocketing is down. Senseless assaults are up. That’s not a great trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2023

Asia pretty much prefers the world as it is

Asian societies have different views of how the world should work but do not seek wholesale reconstruction of the global order.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2023

As demand for rare metals rises, rush to mine seabed prompts calls for moratorium

Governments are racing to obtain a secure supply of critical minerals for low-carbon technologies, but have also made major commitments to protect nature.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2023

Foxconn exits $19.5 billion venture with Vedanta to build chip plant in India

The world's largest contract electronics manufacturer signed a pact with its Indian partner last year to set up semiconductor and display production plants in the state of Gujarat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2023

Meta's Twitter rival Threads surges to 100 million sign-ups faster than ChatGPT

Now the fastest-growing online platform to hit the milestone, Threads has been setting records for user growth since its launch Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2023

U.S. military deals unlikely to draw India away from Russian arms

The country’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of U.S. arms are more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.”

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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