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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2022

Putin’s response to Crimea bridge attack shows how much it hurt

The severe damage done to the Kerch bridge, a symbolic and logistically important link with Russia exposes a leader who is under pressure from all sides.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022

Toshiba chooses JIP-led group as preferred bidder for buyout, sources say

Private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners is looking to acquire the firm in partnership with multiple domestic companies including Orix and Chubu Electric Power, sources said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2022

The conflict in Ukraine makes us rethink cyberwar

Russia's much vaunted and expected massive cyberattack on Ukraine never materialize and there are various reasons why.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2022

Don’t cancel your colonoscopy just yet

Data from a large trial on colonoscopies appears to cast doubt over the benefits of the colon cancer screen. But it's a lot more complicated.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 12, 2022

Wrestlers and fans relax together at successful Sumo Fan Festival

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, fans were able to get up close and personal with their favorite rikishi at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2022

Japan to scrap health insurance cards around autumn 2024

The move comes as the government aims to increase the use of My Number cards, and digital minister Taro Kono is expected to make an announcement on the matter as early as Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 12, 2022

One year on, Kishida’s 'new capitalism' hardly moves forward

After 12 months of economic and political headwinds — from a plummeting yen to the Unification Church scandal — Kishida's pivot from Abenomics remains 'conceptual.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 4,790 new cases for first week-on-week rise in 15 days

The capital also reported five deaths, while the number of severely ill patients under its criteria stood at 13, up by one from the previous day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2022

Local Japan governments eye taxes to prevent deforestation by renewable energy firms

While the use of renewable energy sources is growing, local communities are worried about the environmental destruction the creation of such facilities may cause.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2022

Confusing mix of policies sours start of domestic travel discount campaign

Prefectures have chosen differing kickoff dates and COVID-19 protocols, resulting in a baffling array of eligibility requirements.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022

Toyota opens new Myanmar plant put on hold following coup

The Japanese automaker said the plant has begun to assemble one or two vehicles a day, working from parts kits shipped to Myanmar in September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022

Chip firm Socionext soars in Tokyo debut after Japan’s biggest 2022 IPO

Socionext managed to attract buyers even in a weak market for IPOs in Japan, where proceeds slumped 80% this year on an annual comparison.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2022

Japan's machinery orders post biggest fall in six months in blow to corporate spending

Core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as a barometer of capital expenditure in the coming six to nine months, fell 5.8% in August from the previous month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 12, 2022

U.S. experts urge anxiety screening for children 8 and older

The recommendation comes at a time of rising rates of diagnosed mental health disorders among American young people.
A vehicle carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and the Hamas militant group arrives at a medical center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2023

'That's my son!' Thai family overjoyed as second group of hostages freed

Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals, freed in a second round of releases by the Palestinian militant group, arrived in Israel on Sunday.
Bluefin tuna in the season's first haul at a port in Tottori Prefecture in May
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2023

Japan to tighten Pacific bluefin tuna catch management

Under the plan, operators will have to report the weight and number of Pacific bluefin tuna weighing at least 30 kilograms.
Hang Dara, an electrician-turned-fisherman, passes the two active coal-fired power plants in Sihanoukville’s Steung Hav district.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Nov 26, 2023

Cambodia's big bet on the dirtiest fossil fuel faces major delays

Large projects are facing long delays amid uncertainty over foreign funding.
Australia's Min Woo Lee overcame an early wobble to win the Australian PGA Championship by three shots on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 26, 2023

Lee holds off Hoshino to claim Australian PGA Championship

Lee ended the tournament on 20-under-par to claim the trophy for the first time.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks at an event in June.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2023

London’s mayor tries to unite a city divided by war in Gaza

The fighting between Israel and Hamas is shaking Muslim and Jewish people, who have lived side-by-side in London for generations.
Police officers block Wulumuqi Street in Shanghai on Nov. 27, 2022, amid protests over China's 'zero-COVID' policy.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2023

'Still suffocated': Mourning China's 'zero-COVID' protests a year on

Vigils for victims of a fire quickly morphed into calls to end zero-COVID measures — and in some cases, to topple Xi Jinping.
Ukrainian military members fire a howitzer at Russian forces in the Zaporizhzhia Region of Ukraine in December. Ukraine’s war effort is highly dependent on the U.S. and the other Western nations who comprise the country’s largest military and economic backers. 
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2023

The wars shaping the new world order

From Gaza to Urkaine to Taiwan, there is an unfolding geopolitical drama and global rebalancing among the great-powers.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2023

International law, warts and all, is still better than no law

However imperfect, international law makes life for many people less nasty, brutish and short than it would otherwise be
An Australian F-35A fighter jet takes part in a joint exercise between Australian and Philippine troops at a naval base in Zambales province, Philippines, in August.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2023

Chinese fighter jets 'orbit' Philippine patrol aircraft, Manila says

The Philippine and Australian militaries carried out a second day of sea and air exercises in the Southeast Asian country's exclusive economic zone.
A supporter of the Kuomintang, Taiwan's main opposition party, waves the island's flag outside the Central Election Commission office in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2023

Taiwan draws clear U.S.-versus-China battle lines in key election

The collapse of the opposition alliance makes Chinese President Xi Jinping’s stated goal of voluntary unification with Taiwan more remote.
In Japan on a scholarship he fought hard for, Oscar Ruto found himself needing to take a break and headed into Tokyo for a weekend of partying.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 27, 2023

'I wasn't always an alcoholic … and then I was'

As the party season draws near, it's important to deal with yearend stress in healthier ways.
Yoshiko Koide sits in a classroom at Nagoya College where she teaches a Japanese-language observation seminar.
LIFE / Language / Longform
Nov 27, 2023

How a dictionary came to spark outrage among the web’s otaku

A project to create a reference book categorizing subcultures didn't seem to cause offense until it was packaged and sold as a dictionary.
Staff members work at a desk next to an exhibition for Shenzhen's metro carbon inclusion project, inside a subway station in Pingshan district of Shenzhen on Oct. 19.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / ANALYSIS
Nov 27, 2023

China turns to households in fight to slash carbon emissions

"Carbon inclusion" programs aim to help transform the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter into a carbon-neutral country by 2060.
Sodium — found in rock salts and brines around the globe — has the potential to make inroads into energy storage and electric vehicles because it’s cheaper and far more abundant than lithium.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 27, 2023

Salt in batteries: Shift may herald another shakeup

Sodium has the potential to make inroads into energy storage and electric vehicles because it’s cheaper and far more abundant than lithium.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s CEO Jun Ohta died Saturday. He was 65.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2023

Sumitomo Mitsui CEO Jun Ohta, who pushed Asia expansion, dies at 65

Ohta’s well-being attracted attention when he missed an earnings briefing earlier this month, with the bank citing health reasons.

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat