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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2022

'Never again': Ukraine bolsters defenses near Belarus-Russia borders

After Moscow's invasion from the north in the early days of the war and subsequent retreat, Ukraine has been watching its northern borders with Belarus and Russia closely to avoid a repeat.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 5, 2022

Yokohama F. Marinos win fifth J1 title after tense battle on season's last day

Yokohama's win at Vissel was enough to give the J. League cofounder its first championship since 2019 and second under an Australian coach, denying prefectural rival Frontale a three-peat.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2022

Study shows new booster improves protection for older people, Pfizer says

U.S. officials are hoping that the encouraging results will improve what has so far been a dismal public response to the retooled shots.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2022

SoftBank’s rally draws skeptics as tech stocks slump

Shares of the firm founded by Masayoshi Son rose this week to their highest in almost a year, thanks to cost-cutting efforts and a u00a51 trillion ($6.8 billion) share buyback program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2022

Children troubled by parents' religion want Japan to create system to help them 'escape'

A research firm said 73% of respondents to its survey of second-generation members of religious organizations were positive about the idea.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2022

Russia sends ill-trained draftees into combat amid losses, analysts say

Ukraine's military and Western analysts say Russian forces are making fruitless attacks in eastern Ukraine and taking heavy losses after a hastily arranged draft added over 300,000 troops.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2022

'Negotiating our future': Youth set to grab power roles at COP27

Young people have long been at the forefront of green protests and activism outside the corridors of power. Now many are striding into those corridors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2022

Americans who helped Carlos Ghosn escape Japan are sent back to U.S.

The father and son sentenced to serve time in a Japanese prison for smuggling Carlos Ghosn out of the country were transferred to the U.S. a week ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2022

As clock ticks on G7's Russia oil price cap, big questions remain

Just a month before G7 nations plan to cap the price of Russian oil, officials are racing to finalize details, leaving traders, shippers and insurers with questions about how it will work.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2022

Climate change eclipsed by inflation, crime and abortion in U.S. midterms

Even as the Mississippi River withers from drought and Floridians struggle to recover from Hurricane Ian, the climate crisis is not a deciding issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2022

Japan's economy faces headwinds amid low growth and weak yen

Japan appears to be facing an extended period of low growth and a weak yen as the U.S. Federal Reserve continues its aggressive monetary tightening amid soaring inflation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2022

U.S.-China friction gives Kim Jong Un the freedom to fire away

North Korea's unprecedented barrage of missiles is underscoring the cost of Washington's tensions with Beijing, since China has shown little appetite for more sanctions.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 5, 2022

Kaoru Mitoma set to realize World Cup dream after injury scare

Although he was named to Japan's 26-man squad on Tuesday, the 25-year-old feared for a time that his World Cup dream might be over before it began.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 5, 2022

Tories fear Rishi Sunak is just managing Britain’s decline. They want a vision for growth.

Even some of his Cabinet are worried that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plans for stabilizing the U.K. public finances will sink their chances of surviving the next election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2022

U.S. chip-gear makers told to wait for relief from China curbs

The U.S. is working on a deal that would make firms in the Netherlands and Japan subject to limits on sales of the equipment to China, something that could take six to nine months.
A lithium mine near Itinga, Minas Gerais state, Brazil
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2023

We’re not even close to running out of green minerals

Rising reserves challenge fears of mineral shortages in green transition.
The ouster of the U.S. speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, sets a dangerous precedent and has implications for the country's national security and America's global leadership.
EDITORIALS
Oct 6, 2023

U.S. political follies worry friends and delight foes

The removal of Kevin McCarthy as the Speaker of the House of Representatives is an unprecedented event in U.S. history.
Cuban national team pitcher Yariel Rodriguez takes a photo with a fan in Havana on March 20.
BASEBALL
Oct 6, 2023

Dragons release Cuban pitcher Yariel Rodriguez

Rodriguez played for Cuba at the World Baseball Classic in March but did not return to Japan after the tournament.
Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma kicks the ball during his team's Europa League match against Marseille in Marseille, France, on Thursday.
SOCCER
Oct 6, 2023

Kaoru Mitoma gets assist as Brighton secures point at Marseille

Mitoma set up his team's first goal in the Group B matchup.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front left) inspects a shipping company in Tokyo's Ota Ward in September.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2023

Japan to give shopping points to promote outside door delivery

The project is the centerpiece of the government's emergency policy package to address a looming shortage of truck drivers due to tighter overtime caps.
A building in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward housing the Unification Church
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2023

Unification Church objects to fine for refusing government questions

The religious organization argued that the agency's exercise of the right to question and seek answers from it was illegal.
A Jera thermal power plant
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2023

Japan climate group calls for ban on top power firm's emission claims

The group says the ads may mislead consumers as Jera fails to mention that the ammonia the utility plans to use would emit CO2 during production.
Nippon Ishin no Kai lawmaker Muneo Suzuki speaks during an interview.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2023

Nippon Ishin to expel lawmaker Muneo Suzuki over visit to Russia

The majority of Nippon Ishin members are calling for a severe punishment due to concerns about the impact of Suzuki's pro-Russian remarks and actions.
The Nakamise shopping street running up to Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area was crowded with tourists this past summer.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 6, 2023

A year after borders fully opened, tourism vocab is also back

After tourists fully returned to Japan last October, so did a term we hadn't heard since before the pandemic: overtourism.
Arm CEO Rene Haas participates in the opening bell ceremony at the Nasdaq exchange in New York on Sept. 14 as the chip design firm holds an initial public offering.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 6, 2023

SoftBank’s Arm faces Wall Street scrutiny after massive IPO

Arm Holdings raised $4.87 billion last month in the largest IPO on a U.S. exchange since November 2021.
Japan head coach Jamie Joseph holds a news conference last month in Toulouse, France.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Oct 6, 2023

Japan coach Joseph makes just one change for Argentina showdown

Coach Jamie Joseph has largely kept faith with the side that beat Samoa 28-22 last time out, with just Fifita Siosaia replacing Jone Naikabula.
Koichi Hagiuda (right) will join Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at an event to commemorate the 1911 Chinese Revolution during a visit to Taiwan next week.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2023

LDP heavyweight Koichi Hagiuda to visit Taiwan from Monday

With China stepping up military pressure on Taiwan, the LDP hopes that visits by party executives and others will help strengthen Japan-Taiwan ties.
Japan's Yoshino Nakashima scores a goal during the team's victory over North Korea on Friday in the gold medal match at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
SOCCER
Oct 7, 2023

Team Japan defies crowd to top North Korea for Asian Games soccer gold

The crowd in the Chinese city of Hangzhou was overwhelmingly in North Korea's favor and booed the Japanese players when they went on the attack.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is unlikely to call a snap election by the end of the year, sources say.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 7, 2023

Kishida unlikely to call snap election this year, sources say

Instead, the prime minister is expected to focus on the passage of a supplementary budget aimed at curbing the effects of price hikes.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, last November.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2023

Biden says meeting with Xi in November is a 'possibility'

Washington and Beijing are edging closer to setting up a Biden-Xi meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in San Francisco from Nov. 16-17.
Triple whammy takes Japan bankruptcies to decade high
More Japanese firms have gone bankrupt in the first half of this year due to soaring costs, labor shortages and the end of pandemic-related support.
Yen rally shakes markets, sending dollar to weakest level since May
The yen rose to the ¥155 range against the dollar, the highest in almost two months, in Tokyo on Thursday.
With eye on China, Japan deepens ties with Pacific islands at Tokyo summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown shake hands during 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting on Thursday in Tokyo.
U.S. forces-linked sex crimes in Kanagawa went unreported to prefectural government
The police reported two sexual crime cases to the U.S. military, but the prefectural government was not aware of the incidents.
Say cheese: Japanese scientists make robot face 'smile' with living skin
A researcher at the University of Tokyo shows a face mold covered in human skin tissue at its lab.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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