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Titan Cement's factory in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 23, 2024

How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad

A loophole in the 2015 Paris accord has allowed countries to say they are making climate progress while also exporting fossil fuels at breakneck pace.
World leaders pose for a family photo during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima on Nov. 16.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2024

Trump casts long shadow over summits as world holds its breath

Officials raised worries about Trump’s specific threat to impose 60% tariffs on China, a measure that would force Beijing to reroute exports to other parts of the world.
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gives a speech on Friday at a meeting of a newly formed group within the Liberal Democratic party to promote investments.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2024

Former Prime Minister Kishida launches new group in ruling LDP

Kishida is keen to exert his influence, saying that he has a lot of unfinished projects, sources said.
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Nov 24, 2024

How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit

While offering relief to low-income households, such measures encourage the continued use of the fossil fuels driving climate change.
People offer a moment of silence during a ceremony held for the first time on Sunday to remember those who worked at the now-defunct gold mines on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, including those from the Korean Peninsula.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2024

Japan calls it 'regrettable' South Korea skipped Sado mine memorial

The event came after the Sado Island Gold Mines were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site earlier this year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Washington on July 24. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, a former Israeli defense minister, for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2024

Legal threats close in on Israel's Netanyahu and could impact ongoing wars

Netanyahu is due to testify in a corruption trial that has dogged him for years and could end his political career if he is found guilty.
Attendees walk past the COP29 logo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 25, 2024

Climate finance's 'new era' shows new political realities

All sides acknowledge rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance is not enough.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump approaches to embrace Donald Trump Jr. at his campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2024

Trump's son helping him pick most controversial Cabinet of modern times

Donald Trump Jr. is helping contenders sink or rise to the fore, according to a half dozen sources with knowledge of his role.
Afghan women sew clothes at a handicraft workshop in Kabul on Nov. 10. Many women have launched small businesses in the past three years to meet their own needs and support other Afghan women, whose employment sharply declined after the Taliban authorities took power in 2021, imposing rules that squeezed women from many areas of work and public life.
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2024

Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban

Though some businesses are a lifeline, salaries cannot cover all costs and many women are still stalked by economic hardship.
Itochu has tapped Daiwa Securities Group and the founding Ito family has hired SMBC Nikko Securities as financial advisers for their ¥9 trillion ($58.4 billion) proposal to take Seven & I Holdings private, people with knowledge of the matter have said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2024

Nomura, Daiwa and other advisers win coveted Seven & I buyout roles

The multitude of financial advisers reflects the complexity of any potential buyout, as well as the lucrative fees if consummated.
Angela Merkel waves after delivering her speech at a party congress of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union party in Hamburg, Germany, in December 2018, handing off leadership of her party after nearly two decades at the helm.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2024

In memoir, Merkel defends her record on the refugee crisis and Russia ties

Since stepping down, Germany's former chancellor has been accused of leaving the country reliant on cheap Russian gas and sparking the rise of the far right.
Hong Kong's top court sided against the government on Tuesday by affirming housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2024

Hong Kong court affirms housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples

Judges of the Court of Final Appeal ruled that existing policies "cannot be justified" and are "discriminatory and unconstitutional."
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 26, 2024

Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery

The princess had been hospitalized since early March due to a stroke and pneumonia. She died of natural causes on Nov. 15 at age 101.
At the United Nations climate conference in Baku, rich nations found that efforts to reduce their own emissions and fund climate programs elsewhere in the world bought them little favor with developing countries most at risk of global warming.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2024

Clean power must offer more hope to beat fossil fuels

Wealthy nations must treat climate change as a genuine crisis, advocating for bold financing programs to enable poor nations to industrialize with clean energy.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2024

False report on Yasukuni Shrine visit 'extremely regrettable,' top spokesperson says

Kyodo news had reported on unconfirmed information that a parliamentary vice foreign minister had visited the shrine in 2022.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 27, 2024

Trump names trade envoy and top economic advisor to fill policy team

The U.S. president-elect named Jamieson Greer his trade representative and picked Kevin Hassett as his top economic adviser.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi comments on use of the death penalty at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Nov. 14.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2024

Two years pass since Japan's last execution, amid calls for abolition

Between 2012 and 2021, the average period from the finalization of a death sentence to its execution was about seven years and nine months.
Investigators seize items after raiding a store in the city of Sakado, Saitama Prefecture, that is suspected to have been used by a Vietnamese theft ring as a collection point, on Wednesday. The store's signboard is partly blurred for privacy reasons.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2024

Police raid Vietnamese theft ring's collection points

The group, linked to crimes in at least 10 prefectures, is believed to have sent stolen items to Vietnam for resale.
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2024

Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility

A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries from the attack.
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 28, 2024

Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai

Scarce and pricey, Dubai chocolate is winning over Japanese fans thanks to a few flavor modifications.
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 27, 2024

DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal

Yuichiro Tamaki has been a long-time advocate of nuclear power and the reactivation of Japan’s halted nuclear power plants.
Motohisa Furukawa, Democratic Party for the People tax chief, says the Bank of Japan is unlikely to move so quickly in raising rates that the move would have a detrimental impact on public borrowing costs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 28, 2024

BOJ rate hike unlikely to derail budget planning, DPP tax chief says

Democratic Party for the People tax chief Motohisa Furukawa says it is "unthinkable” that the Bank of Japan will hike rates rapidly.
According to a recent survey by Child Fund Japan, a nonprofit, one in eight minors in Japan have experienced online requests from strangers to meet or for sexual photos. Despite the potential harms of social media, strong regulations are lacking.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 28, 2024

Japan doesn't need a social media ban, but it must protect children

Short of stopping minors from using social media, Japan needs to beef up its response to an evermore perilous online environment. One that adults often struggle to grasp.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to face intensified pressure from opposition parties after his ruling coalition lost its majority in the powerful House of Representatives in an election last month.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 28, 2024

Japan's parliament opens extraordinary session

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to face intensified pressure from opposition parties.
Students look at their phones in Melbourne on Thursday as Australia looks to ban children under 16 from social media.
WORLD
Nov 29, 2024

What countries do to regulate children's social media access

Here is what Australia, European countries, and tech companies have been doing to regulate children's access to social media.
Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court. Former Guangming Daily editor and journalist Dong Yuyu, 62, was detained by police in Beijing in February 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2024

China court sentences journalist Dong Yuyu to 7 years on spy charges, family says

Former editor and journalist Dong Yuyu was detained by police in Beijing in February 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat.
U.K. Members of Parliament will vote on assisted dying for the first time in nine years.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2024

U.K. Parliament to hold first vote on assisted dying in nine years

Under the legislation put forward, assisted dying would be restricted to adults with a terminal illness who are expected to die within six months.
Simona Halep speaks to the media after a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on Feb. 9.
TENNIS
Nov 29, 2024

Simona Halep questions process after Iga Swiatek's one-month ban in doping case

Halep was provisionally suspended in October 2022 and later banned for four years.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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