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Through trial and error, Tashi Gyamtso and his team meticulously selected a variety of herbs and vegetables best suited to Yufuin’s unique altitude, climate and soil conditions — and which now form the backbone of Jimgu's menu.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Sep 22, 2024

Jimgu: A farm-driven restaurant of outstanding local variety

Three years before chef Tashi Gyamtso served his first meal at Jimgu, he arrived in Oita Prefecture to build the farm that stocks his kitchen today.
Anthony Joshua gets knocked down by Daniel Dubois during their IBF heavyweight title bout on Saturday in London.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Sep 22, 2024

Dubois destroys Joshua to retain IBF world heavyweight crown

The 27-year-old dominated the bout from the start in front of 96,000 passionate fans, dropping the former two-time heavyweight champion multiple times.
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JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Sep 23, 2024

Hokkaido seeks to grow market for scallops in the U.S. — and beyond

China's refusal to budge from its ban on Japanese seafood forces local officials to look elsewhere.
Debris and destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a neighborhood in the Lebanese city of Baalbeck in the Bekaa valley on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2024

Is all-out war inevitable? The view from Israel and Lebanon

Officials and analysts told reporters what the opposing sides hope to achieve by ramping up their attacks and whether there is any way out.
Residential buildings in the Toyosu area in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 11, 2023. If rising rates on real estate investment loans are seen as a burden, people may become more cautious about acquiring properties for leasing, experts warn.
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2024

Tokyo home prices are seen to largely withstand BOJ rate hikes

The days of making large profits from property in Tokyo may be over
A banner honoring the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is displayed on a street in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2024

As Hezbollah threat loomed, Israel built up its spy agencies

Israel has spent the years since bolstering what was already considered one of the world’s best intelligence-gathering operations.
Kei Nishikori hits a return against Holger Rune during their Japan Open quarterfinal match on Sunday.
TENNIS
Sep 30, 2024

Kei Nishikori misses out on semifinal spot after Holger Rune fights back from brink

Rune, the No. 6 six seed, came back from the brink to win four straight games and end the Japanese veteran's challenge in front of a lively crowd in Tokyo.
France's Ugo Humbert hits a return against Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic during their men's singles semifinal match at the ATP Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on Monday.
TENNIS
Oct 1, 2024

Humbert to face Fils in all-French Japan Open final

Tuesday's match will be the first all-French final on the ATP tour in four years.
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani on deck in the ninth inning against the Rockies in Denver on Sept. 28.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 1, 2024

How far will Japanese players go in this year’s MLB playoffs?

The 2024 postseason begins on Tuesday, when another group of players will have the chance to join the ranks of Japanese World Series champions.
Big nonmanufacturers' mood has improved, the Bank of Japan's 
<i>tankan</i> survey shows, underscoring the strength of domestic demand.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2024

Big manufacturer sentiment steady in third quarter, tankan survey shows

While the survey found optimism among manufacturers, nonmanufacturers expect conditions to worsen in the months ahead.
New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front center) and other Cabinet ministers pose for a commemorative photo after an appointment and certification ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2024

New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba unveils Cabinet as LDP divide emerges

His Cabinet, made up of lawmakers largely untainted by an LDP political funds scandal, has appeared to open up a rift in the ruling party.
Dani Alderman, 31, who was diagnosed in May 2023 with triple negative breast cancer, at her apartment in Manhattan on Sunday
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2024

Breast cancer cases continue to rise among younger women, study finds

One in 50 U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer by age 50, according to the American Cancer Society report.
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, 66, has experience as the onetime head of Japan’s former Defense Agency before it became a full-fledged ministry and is seen as a pair of steady hands.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2024

Ishiba looks to 'defense tribe' to fill key Cabinet positions

The new prime minister has named four former defense ministers to key posts — most notably, the defense and foreign affairs portfolios.
Journalists Konstantin Gabov (far left), Antonina Favorskaya (center left), Artem Kriger (center right) and Sergei Karelin, accused of taking part in the activities of an "extremist" organization founded by late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, stand inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Moscow on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2024

Russia tries four journalists for links to Navalny team

The cases highlight the increasingly precarious position of journalists inside Russia.
Children walk home from school in Ishikawa Prefecture on Sept. 26. Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease peaked a second time this year in the second week of September.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2024

Hand, foot and mouth disease rebounds in Japan

The latest data — for the week of Sept. 16 to 22 — showed cases averaging roughly six times the number from the same week last year.
The city of Kumamoto on Sept. 18, when the temperature climbed to 37.5 degrees Celsius
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2024

High temperatures to continue in Japan throughout October

The recent heat continues a run of high temperatures stretching back through the summer, with eastern and western Japan witnessing their hottest Septembers on record.
Lassana Diarra in Paris in May last year. Diarra was at the center of a high-profile case that could shake up the transfer market in European soccer.
SOCCER
Oct 4, 2024

Top EU court rules against FIFA in key transfer market ruling

In a landmark decision, the EU's top court has ruled some international soccer rules regulating player transfers are contrary to the bloc's laws.
Tomoyuki Sugano (left) with his Giants teammates during a game last month in Hiroshima.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 5, 2024

Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano announces plans to join MLB

The long-time Giants starter has won the Sawamura Award as NPB's best pitcher twice, in 2017 and 2018.
The industry ministry plans to set up a liaison committee of officials from relevant government agencies to discuss support measures for brick-and-mortar bookstores.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2024

Ministry reports issues facing bookstores

The ministry will set up by year-end a liaison committee of officials from relevant government agencies to fully launch discussions on support measures for bookstores.
Lakers guard LeBron James defends Suns guard Bradley Beal during a preseason contest in Palm Desert, California, on Sunday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 7, 2024

Lakers father-son duo LeBron and Bronny James play together in preseason contest

LeBron James admitted there were moments on the court that felt surreal.
According to a recent survey, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leads in public sentiment, with a majority of voters preferring his previously defeated Conservative government. In another poll, half of voters disapprove of Labour leader Keir Starmer's performance after just three months in office.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2024

Tories remain the ‘party party.’ Time for a bouncer.

More of the same could doom Conservatives to a long stay in the wilderness or even organizational collapse. They better get this leadership contest right.
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Oct 9, 2024

Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative

A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, according to a report.
"The Quad" security grouping is taking additional steps to address climate change as a security challenge, including supporting adaptation measures such as early warning systems in Pacific island countries.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 9, 2024

'The Quad’ shows concern over climate change as security threat

At the recent "Quad" summit, measures were taken to respond to the threat of climate change, increasingly viewed as a security concern for the Indo-Pacific region.
A United Nations flag on the back of an armored vehicle in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. The U.N. children's agency said in a new report that sexual violence against children cuts across geographical, cultural, and economic boundaries.
WORLD / Society
Oct 10, 2024

One in 8 girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before 18, UNICEF says

Among boys and men, 1 in 11 have experienced rape or sexual assault during childhood, the United Nations children's agency said on Wednesday.
People engage in discussions during a program of School for Life Compath in Biei, Hokkaido, in August 2021.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 11, 2024

Danish-style 'schools for life' gaining popularity in Japan

The schools promote personal growth and lifelong learning, covering topics such as self-discovery, societal exploration, modern art and forest adventures.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns at the Dodge County Airport in Juneau, Wisconsin on Oct. 6. Even before he kicked off a comeback bid, foreign governments realized that Trump was still a force in American politics and  took him into account in their dealings with the United States.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 12, 2024

Much of the world treats Trump as a shadow president

The former U.S. president has remained a force in international politics, with governments taking him into account in their dealings with the U.S.
Chinese Finance Minister Lan Foan. For investors who were hoping to hear authorities spell out exactly how much the government will spend to revive the ailing economy, Saturday's news conference was disappointing.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 12, 2024

China's stimulus message leaves investors wanting though hanging onto hope

Saturday's news conference reiterated Beijing's broad plans to revive the ailing economy, leaving investors disappointed at the lack of detail.
Smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs from a generator that caught fire, according to residents, as seen from Baabda, Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 13, 2024

Israel orders evacuation of more southern Lebanese towns

At least 15 people were killed and 37 wounded in Israeli strikes across three different areas in Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said.
Palestinians transport their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2024

Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip

An Israeli air strike has killed three people and wounded 40 others when it hi the tents of displaced Palestinians sheltering in a hospital in the city of Deir Al-Balah.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson runs the ball against the Commanders during the second half of their game in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 14, 2024

Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry lead Ravens to win over Commanders

NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry ran 24 times for 132 yards and two touchdowns.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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