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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2022

Japan's eagerly anticipated reopening gets off to slow start

Despite the eagerly anticipated reopening, many of those arriving at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday were either business travelers or residents returning after trips abroad.
Japan Times
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Oct 11, 2022

Japanese fans revved up by booming Formula One's return

Despite a shortened race due to heavy rains at Suzuka Circuit, a strong turnout at the first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 showed that F1 has a bright future in Japan.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 11, 2022

Hideki Matsuyama shuns LIV, commits to PGA on eve of Zozo defense

The PGA Tour has banned LIV golfers from competing in their events and world No. 19 Matsuyama said he had no intention of joining the rebel circuit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,504 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases came to 2,626.6, compared to 3,950.9 a week earlier.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2022

Back to the brink in Iran

After decades of repression and corruption, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his fellow hard-liners will find it difficult to quell the current unrest with force alone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 11, 2022

North Korea trumpets training for 'tactical' nuclear strikes

North Korea's recent flurry of missile launches — including a test of what it said was a “new” type of missile over Japan — were training for hitting its enemies with smaller warheads.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 11, 2022

Japan to take proper steps if forex volatility rises, finance chief says

The government is monitoring developments in the foreign exchange market with 'a strong sense of vigilance,' Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told reporters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2022

Japan's farmers struggle with mass generation of stink bugs

By the end of August this year, 35 of the country's 47 prefectures had issued 'stink bug warnings' to farmers, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 11, 2022

Japan has much to learn from Taiwan's countering of China’s sharp power

A reserved manner and avoiding knee-jerk reactions has helped Taipei weather the latest storm regarding hostility from Beijing.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 11, 2022

Hidemasa Morita leads Japanese scoring rush across Europe

The Japan midfielder helped Sporting to an away win over his former club Santa Clara, whose own Japanese forward Kyosuke Tagawa netted his first goal of the season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2022

Chipmaker rout engulfs TSMC and Samsung with $240 billion wiped out

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker, plunged more than 8% on Tuesday, the most since May 2021.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022

Experts sound alarm over violent speech ahead of U.S. midterm elections

Many experts are bracing for a surge in the already burgeoning discourse around 'civil war' as the Nov. 8 midterm elections approach.
Japan Times
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Oct 11, 2022

From 'football' to 'biscuits': how to launch U.S. nukes on the go

The president has no big red button to push and whatever he orders still has to filter through several sets of human beings before becoming reality.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022

Ukraine vows to strengthen armed forces after fierce Russian airstrikes

Missiles hit targets across Ukraine on Monday morning, killing 14 people and injuring scores, as they tore into intersections, parks and tourist sites.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022

Fame no shield from 'frightening' Iran arrest wave

The list of those rounded up so far includes prominent athletes, artists, journalists, lawyers, activists and technology experts.
This year, Shohei Ohtani became the first Japanese player to lead a U.S. major league in home runs, with 44.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 3, 2023

Ohtani named AL's most outstanding in Players Choice Awards

The two-way superstar, who has entered free agency following his sixth season with the Los Angeles Angels, previously earned the award in 2021.
Tigers fans make their presence known at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Thursday, as Hanshin played Orix in Game 5 of the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 3, 2023

Could the Tigers' curse be over, once and for all?

A win against the Buffaloes on Saturday would see the Tigers victorious in this year's Japan Series.
University students attend a job fair in Tokyo on March 1.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 3, 2023

University of Tokyo asks firms to stop pressuring job-hunting students

The request by Japan's most prestigious university comes as such practices have become problematic in recent years amid fierce competition for employees.
With a year left until the 2024 presidential election, Arab and Muslim American support for U.S. President Joe Biden threatens to plummet over his Middle East policy — a factor that could even swing certain states.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2023

Muslim anguish over Gaza holds electoral risks for Biden

While Muslims account for a small fraction of the U.S. population, the election could swing on votes in a few close races.
Nippon Steel has dropped lawsuits against Toyota and Mitsui & Co. over electrical steel sheet patents.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2023

Nippon Steel drops patent lawsuits against Toyota and Mitsui

Having two of Japan's manufacturing giants locked in a rare court battle signified the high stakes involved in materials production.
A construction crane beyond an apartment building at dusk in the Prenzlauer Berg district in Berlin, in February.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 3, 2023

Europe’s great housing crisis is only getting started

With housing already tight, the situation threatens to weigh on growth and further stoke political tensions as shortages squeeze more and more voters.
People wearing sun protection gear amid a heat wave walk on a street in Beijing in July.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 3, 2023

Climate's 'Catch-22': Cutting pollution heats up the planet

The removal of air pollution may have had a greater effect on temperatures in some Chinese cities than the warming from greenhouse gases.
Major banks are set to raise interest rates on time deposits amid a rise in long-term government bond yields.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 3, 2023

Major Japanese banks begin to raise time deposit rates

Deposit rates have been at extremely low levels for many years under the BOJ's massive monetary easing.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in Manila on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2023

Japan and Philippines to start talks on reciprocal troops pact

Japan will pledge to provide defense equipment to the Philippine military under a new aid framework.
Yukimasa Ida’s first major museum exhibition showcases a young artist in full command of his craft but still looking for something deeper to say.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 4, 2023

‘Panta Rhei’: Yukimasa Ida is still searching for his own voice

Kyocera Museum of Art's major exhibition finds a young artist sampling great works of the past but looking for something deeper to say.
Tora's face says, "Scratch me here, please!" Or was that his meowing?
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Nov 3, 2023

Tora and Timothy are a cat and dog who love to chill

Some dogs are super hyper, but that's not Timothy. He's young and shy, but he also likes other dogs and quiet environments.
The Hong Kong skyline. The city's sedition law — one of the legacies of British rule — had remained dormant for over half a century but saw a resurgence in use following the 2019 protests and subsequent unrest.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2023

H.K. student gets two-month sentence for 'seditious' posts from Japan

The court said she had violated a colonial-era sedition law by expressing support for Hong Kong independence in posts mostly made while studying in Japan.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses an emergency session on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations headquarters on Oct. 27.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2023

Where’s the United Nations in all this? Oh, right, nowhere.

In times of crisis, the United Nations turns into a Babel in which everybody distrusts everybody else and finding common ground becomes impossible.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a pilgrimage site for Christians since the fourth century 
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2023

Many evangelicals see Israel-Hamas war as part of a prophecy

The bloodshed in Israel is seen by some as a sign of Second Coming of Christ, a worldview held by significant number of evangelical Christians.
The Self-Defense Forces face numerous obstacles in meeting their recruitment targets: Demographics, private-sector competition and image and morale issues.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2023

The SDF has a big problem: Filling its ranks

The Japanese government needs to take steps to address SDF recruitment challenges that put the nation's security at risk.

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