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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2023

Japan's elderly drivers caused 379 deadly crashes in 2022

Of all fatal traffic accidents last year, those caused by elderly drivers accounted for 16.7% — the highest level since data became available in 1986.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 28, 2023

Lionel Messi named FIFA's top player of 2022

Spain's Alexia Putellas retained the women's award at the ceremony in Paris.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 9, 2023

Japan investors sold record foreign debt in 2022 as hedging costs rose

Money managers in the nation cut holdings of foreign fixed-income securities by ¥23.8 trillion over the period, an all-time high in data since 1996.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2023

Beijing’s awkward Olympic legacy shows risk of venue reuse

Big Air Shougang's unusual backdrop thrilled viewers during the 2022 Winter Olympics, but plans to convert the venue into a year-round attraction have fallen by the wayside.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2023

U.S. team frustrated by delay in awarding Olympic figure skating medals

U.S. Figure Skating on Thursday said it was "deeply frustrated" by the nearly one-year delay in its athletes receiving the medals they won in the team event at the Beijing Olympics as a doping case involving a Russian skater continues to play out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023

Police warnings of shady job posts linked to crimes jump in 2022

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department issued warnings for 3,480 offers of 'yami baito' — or shady part-time jobs — posted to Twitter in 2022, up nearly 1.5-times from the 2,246 in 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2023

Average price of Tokyo-area condos hit record high in 2022

The figure grew 0.4% from the previous year to ¥62.88 million amid soaring materials prices chiefly reflecting the yen's weakening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2023

Food price hikes in Japan this year are already topping 2022

Bread products, in particular, are set to see price rises in July after the government raised the price of imported wheat.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Jun 23, 2023

CAS to hear Kamila Valieva's doping case in September

Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian national championships in December 2021.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2023

ChatGPT and sympathy for the algorithm

The year 2022 will be seen as when artificial intelligence gained street credibility with the release of ChatGPT, a new AI chatbot.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2023

Foreign visitors to Japan rise over fifteenfold in 2022

In December alone, the number of foreign visitors rose by some 1.5 times from the previous month to 1.37 million, or over 50% of the level in December 2019.
An elderly couple at a shrine in Tokyo in 2020
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 28, 2023

Japan's average life expectancy continued to fall in 2022

The decline for both men and women were "largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic," a ministry official said.
Brazilian police on Thursday called for the indictment of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro over a 2022 coup plot to prevent current leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2024

Brazil police accuse Bolsonaro and ex-ministers of 2022 coup plot

The final police report caps a nearly two-year investigation into Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's role in the election-denying movement.
The health ministry found that, following the reported death of a TV personality in May 2022, the number of excess suicides in Japan spiked for two or three weeks.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2023

Copycat suicides spiked in Japan after celebrity's 2022 death

A government report is calling for the media to ensure that coverage is in line with the World Health Organization’s suicide reporting guidelines.
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee competes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2022.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 30, 2024

Russian skater Valieva suspended for four years over doping

The Kremlin has slammed what it called a "politicized" decision.
People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police," in Tehran on Sept. 21, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2024

For Iran's youth, legacy of 2022 clashes shapes presidential race

Contrasting views of the worth of the election have underscored the division in Iran between supporters and opponents of the 45-year-old Islamic Republic.
A Ukrainian military sapper places red flags next to a part of a Russian cluster bomb while demining a field in the Kherson region of Ukraine on April 4.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2024

Cluster bombs have killed or wounded over 1,000 in Ukraine since 2022

Cluster munitions can be dropped from planes or fired from artillery before exploding in midair and scattering bomblets over a wide area.
Kamila Valieva's doping case has divided the figure skating community since it first came to light during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Sep 26, 2023

Top sports court to hear Russian skater Kamila Valieva's doping case

Tuesday's hearing follows Valieva's exoneration by Russia's anti-doping agency, which ruled that she bore "no fault or negligence" for the positive test.
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee competes during the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 28, 2024

Russian skater Valieva's future rests on sports court's decision

Valieva's positive doping test ignited a scandal at the 2022 Winter Olympics when she was just 15 years old.
Shiretoko Yuransen President Seiichi Katsurada (center) in Shari, Hokkaido, in May 2022. Katsurada admitted to having little knowledge of ships in an interview before his arrest on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2024

Hokkaido boat operator in 2022 fatal sinking had little knowledge of ships

He made himself the company's safety and operational manager despite lacking the necessary qualifications after dismissing key employees during the pandemic.
Passengers walk through the departure lobby of Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2024

Over ¥300 million in taxes not collected from foreign tourists in 2022

In cases where the amount of duty-free purchases exceeds ¥100 million, authorities notify travelers of consumption taxation.
Bitcoin’s revival from the 2022 crypto crash has weathered a U.S. crackdown that put Sam Bankman-Fried behind bars for fraud at FTX and handed top crypto exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao rap sheets and big fines.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 4, 2023

Bitcoin hits $40,000 level for the first time since May 2022

The token added as much as 2.9% to reach $40,867 and was just shy of that mark Monday in Singapore, taking its 2023 jump to 146%.
Former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Tatsuo Yamasaki previously warned of the possibility of a looming currency intervention two days before Japan entered markets in September 2022.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 3, 2024

Ex-finance official who warned of Japan's 2022 yen intervention sounds alarm

"Officials wouldn’t have issued such strong warnings unless they were prepared.” said Tatsuo Yamasaki, a former vice minister overseeing the yen.
Japan's exports in May showed the largest year-on-year increase since November 2022, but persistent weakness in the yen is raising concerns about the potential for a resurgence in cost-push inflation.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 19, 2024

Japan’s exports grow most since 2022 on boost from weak yen

Exports increased 13.5% from a year ago in May, marking a sixth month of gains, the Finance Ministry reported.
An electronic shelf tag at a supermarket in Tokyo's Sumida Ward shows a product is sold at different prices according to the expiration date and inventory status.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 21, 2024

Japan's food loss hits a record low in fiscal 2022

With the goal met for businesses to reduce food waste, the government will consider setting a new reduction target.

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