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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2022

Tokyo's Shibuya on high alert for return of Halloween crowds

The district is on high alert for a possible return of vandalism and drunken behavior seen in previous years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2022

A second ruling finds July Upper House poll was constitutional

A total of 16 lawsuits over vote-value gaps in the July election have been filed with 14 high courts and high court branches across the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s crazy intimidation game

The Russian president's nuclear threats are intended to intimidate, not to incinerate Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2022

Filling the gaps in the Indo-Pacific security architecture

With many nations in the Indo-Pacific afraid to address hard security issues and stand up to China, is the paradox of 'minilateralism' fatal and scaring off potential partners?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2022

Let’s make sure lab-grown viruses stay in the lab

Boston University researchers created a new strain of COVID-19. Such work is important, but needs more stringent oversight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2022

The West has failed: North Korea is a nuclear state

From Afghanistan to China, Biden has been willing to abandon ill-fated policies. The goal of removing nuclear weapons from North Korea should be the next to go.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2022

Market for used iPhones is booming in Japan

The weak yen has pushed consumers to seek older, cheaper models, but that has also fueled concerns that the uptick in demand may inflate prices of used phones as well.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2022

More of Japan's local assemblies move to stop harassment of members

Harassment by fellow assembly members and voters is on the increase, and is cited by some as a cause for the shortage of female assembly members.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2022

Japan, U.S. and South Korea agree to beef up deterrence against North Korea

Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori also told reporters that the three countries will never tolerate the nuclear blackmail employed by Russia in its war against Ukraine.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 26, 2022

Rory McIlroy says PGA-LIV feud 'no good for anyone'

Several of McIlroy's former Ryder Cup teammates have joined the controversial circuit, and it is unclear whether they will be allowed to feature in next year's event.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 26, 2022

Novak Djokovic sees 'positive signs' over Australia entry

The former world No. 1 said he was hoping to hear soon whether his bid to have his three-year visa ban set aside by the government had been successful.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 26, 2022

Phil Kessel becomes NHL's record ironman, scores 400th goal

The Golden Knights winger appeared in his 990th consecutive game, surpassing the mark set by Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle last season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2022

Toyota slashes leasing fee for troubled EV to boost orders

The automaker is halving a one-time fee to attract interest in a car that suffered a safety recall after just two months on the market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2022

Smartphone storage space is the new turf war for game-makers

Japanese games publisher Gree expects a reckoning over escalating costs and ballooning file sizes as developers pack their games with increasingly intricate graphics and storylines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2022

Japan expected to keep last central bank negative interest rate

Explaining the refusal to shift gears is getting harder and such doggedness risks triggering a fresh downward spiral for the embattled yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2022

Lotte made its name in candy. Now it’s moving into drugmaking.

The new direction comes after a number of prominent South Korean family-run businesses turned to the highly profitable $1.3 trillion global biopharma business.
When COVID-19 first emerged, companies across the health care industry raced to reconfigure themselves. That transformation is now unraveling.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2023

Life after COVID turns rocky for reshaped health care businesses

When the coronavirus first emerged, companies across the health care industry raced to reconfigure themselves. That transformation is now unraveling.
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels on Oct. 11.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2023

Ukraine uses U.S. long-range missiles against Moscow for first time

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the weapons had "proven themselves" after inflicting heavy damage on airfields under Russian control.
Kyogo Furuhashi (center) celebrates after scoring against Tunisia during an international friendly in Kobe on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Oct 18, 2023

Kyogo Furuhashi, Junya Ito score as Samurai Blue ease past Tunisia

The Samurai Blue expanded their winning streak to six while also earning their first clean sheet in five games.
Alpine is currently sixth in the Formula One constructors' standings.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Oct 18, 2023

Patrick Mahomes and Rory McIlroy join investors in F1's Alpine

The announcement comes ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
Funding for AI companies has outpaced every other category of tech.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 18, 2023

AI funding soars to $17.9 billion while rest of tech slumps

Multibillion-dollar investments in artificial intelligence startups have become almost commonplace in Silicon Valley.
The NFL has used flag football to grow its global fan base.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 18, 2023

NFL wants to clear a path to Olympics for players

Some NFL players have already expressed interest in competing for the U.S. team.
England's Harry Kane celebrates his second goal of the night against Italy during a Euro 2024 qualifier in London on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Oct 18, 2023

Harry Kane scores twice as England beats Italy to qualify for Euros

The goals took Kane's tally at Wembley to 24, one more than 1966 World Cup winner Bobby Charlton, making him England's all-time top scorer at the stadium.
Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber rounds the bases after his sixth-inning home run against the Diamondbacks during Game 2 of the NLCS in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Oct 18, 2023

Phillies hammer Diamondbacks to take 2-0 NLCS lead

Seventy-five of the 89 teams to take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven series have won the series.
A smoking room aboard a Tokaido Shinkansen train
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2023

Bullet train lines to nix smoking rooms as health consciousness grows

As of next spring, the smoking rooms will be replaced with areas to store drinking water to be distributed in times of emergency.
Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Tokushima-Kochi Upper House district in the city of Kochi on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 18, 2023

Upcoming by-elections first test of Kishida’s new Cabinet

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faces his first electoral test after making Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party leadership changes last month.
A Palestinian with dual citizenship waits outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / EXPLAINER
Oct 18, 2023

What is the Rafah border crossing and why is Egypt keeping it shut?

The crossing is the sole route for aid to enter Gaza directly from outside Israel and the only exit that does not lead to Israeli territory.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2023

Kishida to vow to consider returning tax funds amid rising prices

Japan's tax revenue reached ¥71.14 trillion for the 2022 fiscal year, hitting a record high for the third consecutive year.
Tourists take pictures of an Enoshima Electric Railway train in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in July.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2023

Japan tries 'nudge theory' in bid to curtail littering by tourists

Thea measures come as littering and other problems related to overtourism are worsening in popular destinations.
Small-cap shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange are undervalued because many don’t have enough information in English, according to a top-performing Japanese small-cap fund.
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2023

Top Japan fund bets on English disclosure to lift small-cap shares

An improvement in transparency may help revive foreign demand that drove Japan’s stock market to multi-decade highs earlier this year.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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