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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022

Car bombs at busy Somalia market intersection kill at least 100, president says

The al-Qaida-linked group al Shabaab, which is seeking to topple the government and establish its own rule based on an extreme interpretation of Islamic law, claimed responsibility.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2022

Masao Uchibori wins third term as Fukushima governor

Uchibori succeeded in gaining widespread support by highlighting his responses to natural disasters that hit the prefecture in recent years.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 31, 2022

LIV Golf vows next year will be bigger and better

Bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, LIV grabbed the golf world's attention with staggering prize purses totaling $255 million while luring top players.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 31, 2022

Furuhashi goal at Livingston helps Celtic ease pain of European exit

Kyogo Furuhashi, Greg Taylor and Jota got the goals as the Scottish champions bounced back from the disappointment of exiting European competition in midweek.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 31, 2022

Yamathoners once again take to the streets of Tokyo for charity

The annual Tokyo Yamathon event draws 1,155 participants and raises more than u00a54.5 million for charity.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022

Lula narrowly wins Brazil’s presidency in stunning comeback

The vote signals a change in direction for Latin America's largest economy after a heated campaign that showed extreme polarization among the electorate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022

The world's biggest source of clean energy is evaporating fast

Dams are the world's largest source of clean energy, yet extreme weather is making them less effective in the battle against climate change.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. East Coast report 2022
Oct 31, 2022

An unbreakable partnership

Heralding a new phase of cooperation, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced last year the U.S.-Japan Competitiveness and Resilience Partnership (CoRe), an ambitious initiative that will accelerate cooperation in a wide range of fields, such as Japan’s Cancer Moonshot...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. East Coast report 2022
Oct 31, 2022

RPI: A long-time pioneer in innovation

Established in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere, founded just as the Industrial Revolution was peaking in the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2022

Taiwan tensions raise alarms over risks to world’s subsea cables

A disruption in a conflict with China could result in Taiwan getting cut off from the world, similar to what happened to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga earlier this year.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. East Coast report 2022
Oct 31, 2022

Building success through self-belief and determination

With loads of ambition and a backpack full of shirts and jeans, Japanese junior high school teacher Saori Kawano immigrated to the United States in 1978 determined to start a business that would last many decades. 
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. East Coast report 2022
Oct 31, 2022

NEXCO-West USA: A bridge between Japan and the U.S.

Based in Osaka, West Nippon Expressway Co. launched its North American operations in 2011 believing it possessed the technology and valuable expertise in operating and maintaining roads and highways across the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2022

From Cuban missiles to Putin’s Ukraine nuclear crisis

Unlike Russian President Vladimir Putin, former Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis had the wisdom not to start an apocalyptic war simply to save face.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. East Coast report 2022
Oct 31, 2022

Virginia’s Roanoke Region revs up its growth engines

Centrally located on the East Coast among the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, the Roanoke Region in Virginia is among the most dynamic economies in the United States, attracting a diverse range of industries from banking, health care, life sciences and technology to transportation and logistics and manufacturing....
A breaker performs during the Red Bull BC One 2023 Camp Day and National Finals at the Fillmore in Philadelphia on Aug. 26
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2023

Breakers grapple with hip-hop’s Olympic moment

B-boys and B-girls wonder if their art will translate into sport when breaking makes its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A woman hands out pamphlets outside a voting center in central Sydney on Oct. 3. A coming referendum will decide whether to recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2023

Australia’s First Nations vote is coming down to love against war

Australia was founded as a federation in 1901 without formal recognition of the continent’s Indigenous peoples.
Honda Motor CEO Toshihiro Mibe
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2023

Honda and Mitsubishi Corp. sign pact to optimize EV battery use

The deal will eventually pay off in lower electricity bills for customers and better use of battery material, the companies said.
People wave Polish and EU flags as they gather outside a tv studio where the main candidates in the upcoming Polish elections are taking part in a debate in Warsaw on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 12, 2023

'Failed romance': Kyiv and Warsaw fall out ahead of elections

While the memory of Poland taking in Ukrainian refugees following Russia's invasion will live on, bilateral ties have become distinctly chilly.
The classic Japanese ghost story often features a vengeful female ghost.
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 12, 2023

[Rebroadcast] Japan’s got ghosts

This week we discuss a few horror movies before “Uncanny Japan” podcast host Thersa Matsuura tells a classic Japanese ghost story.
Gen Suzuki (center) and his defense team before entering the Hamamatsu branch of the Shizuoka Family Court in October
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2023

Requiring surgery for gender change unconstitutional: court

A Japanese court has said that a law requiring surgery to switch genders on a family registry is unconstitutional.
Whether you see it as ceremonious or a “way” of living in the moment, the tea ceremony offers a chance to relax and think about the moment you are in.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 13, 2023

The linguistic influence of tea in Japan is more than ceremonial

The way of tea is one of inner peace and enjoying the moment. And it's good for understanding idioms, too.
Sher Aqa, left, grieves over the body of his 12-year-old daughter, Roqia, during a funeral in the earthquake-ravaged village of Siaab, in Herat Province, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2023

‘The wrath of God’: Afghans mourn unimaginable loss from quake

Wails echoed across what was left of the village when the ambulance arrived. Inside was the body of a 12-year-old girl, Roqia. She had died in a nearby hospital Tuesday morning, days after a devastating earthquake hit this stretch of northwestern Afghanistan and sent her mud-brick home crashing down...
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Arab leaders pose for a group photo during the China-Arab summit in Riyadh on Dec. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 12, 2023

China’s economic stake in the Middle East: Its thirst for oil

China, the world’s second-largest economy, has become addicted to foreign oil at a stunning pace.
Naoya Hatakeyama’s “Rikuzen Takata 2011-2023” is a display of hundreds of color contact prints of his hometown, Rikuzen Takata, Iwate Prefecture. The images show the shifting landscape of a place that was heavily affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 13, 2023

Tokyo Biennale 2023 seeks healing through art

The contemporary art festival creates safe spaces for its artists and their works by embracing a “we accept anything” maxim.
Israeli soldiers prepare for a mission outside Be’eri, a kibbutz that was overrun by Hamas militants on Saturday, in Israel, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2023

Israeli army to confront resilient foe in anticipated Gaza invasion

Israel's generals will look to lessons learned from past ground offensives in 2008 and 2014.
The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, sails during a fueling-at-sea operation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 13, 2023

U.S. must be ready for simultaneous wars with China and Russia: report

The report said the U.S. nuclear arms modernization program must be fully funded to upgrade all warheads, delivery systems and infrastructure.
A ball of fire erupts in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 13, 2023

China defends position on Hamas war in talk with Israel’s envoy

China’s special envoy on Middle East issues said the country condemns actions that lead to the death of civilians.
Japanese people with a favorable impression of South Korea outnumbered those with an unfavorable one for the first time in a decade, according to a recent survey.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2023

Poll shows more in Japan positive on South Korea than negative

A record-high 37.4% of 1,000 Japanese respondents said their view on South Korea is "good," up from 30.4% a year earlier.
The mass production of "flying cars" to provide visitors with air taxi services at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is unlikely to be completed in time for the event's opening due to delays in safety certification.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 13, 2023

Due to safety concerns, flying taxis unlikely to soar at 2025 Expo

The vehicles were expected to provide access to the event's venue, set up on the artificial Yumeshima island in Osaka Bay.
A woman holds a portrait of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, as South African activists shout slogans against Israel and wave Palestinian flags outside the South African Jewish Museum during a pro Palestinian demonstration in Cape Town on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2023

Possible Israel-Hezbollah war hinges on Gaza invasion

Hezbollah and Hamas have long been part of a "joint operations room," a source close to Hezbollah has said.
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.
Japan mostly spared in global IT meltdown despite reports of some bugs
A screen displays an error message at a self-checkout terminal of a supermarket in Sydney on Friday.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
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.
'Boiling Point': A new heat series from The Japan Times
Passersby holding parasols walk through Tokyo on July 9 amid a heatstroke alert in the capital and other prefectures.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.
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.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

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