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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022

Japan plans to reopen embassy in Kyiv in step with other G7 nations

Japan is set to finalize the decision in light of the improved security situation in the Ukrainian capital.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2022

Iga Swiatek to skip Billie Jean King Cup finals over scheduling

The World No. 1 helped Poland progress to the finals in April, but the tournament will be held from Nov. 8-13, just one day after the season-ending WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2022

Munetaka Murakami celebrates youngest Triple Crown with 56th homer

The Swallows slugger is only the eighth player to achieve the feat and the first since Nobuhiko Matsunaka of the then-Daiei Hawks in 2004.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2022

Sweden's Svante Paabo wins 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine

Paabo won “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution,' kicking off a week of winner announcements.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2022

Japan protests possible gas extraction by China in contested waters

The Maritime Self-Defense Force has confirmed a flare at a structure thought to be a Chinese drilling rig, the Foreign Ministry said.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 3, 2022

Warriors and Wizards look ahead after Japan trip

While the Wizards are hoping to improve enough to earn a spot in the playoffs, the Warriors will be hoping to defend their NBA title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2022

Buffaloes rise to occasion to claim Pacific League pennant

The way everything fell in place over the weekend felt miraculous, but do not let that obscure the fact the Buffaloes made this happen.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 3, 2022

Nick Kyrgios excited to be at Japan Open as court case looms at home

The 27-year-old Wimbledon finalist is due to have his case heard at a magistrates' court in Canberra on the same day he is scheduled to play in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2022

Emperor Naruhito to take prostate MRI test in November

The emperor will take the test after the result from a separate prostate-specific antigen test showed values that were on a 'somewhat concerning' trend.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2022

Japan selects 17 projects to support vaccine manufacturing

The move came after the coronavirus pandemic highlighted issues affecting vaccine development and production in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2022

BOJ discussed inflation risks in subtle shift in board debate

One board member went as far as saying the Bank of Japan must eventually communicate an exit strategy from ultraeasy policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2022

Moroccan nomads' way of life threatened by climate change

According to the last census, just 25,000 people in Morocco were nomadic in 2014, down by two-thirds in just a decade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2022

U.K.'s Truss forced into humiliating U-turn on tax policy

Just hours after Truss went on television to defend the policy, her finance chief released a statement saying he accepted it had become a distraction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo cases drop below 2,000 for first time since June

The capital confirmed 1,673 new cases of coronavirus infection, down by 4,643 from a week before.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2022

Tired of power cuts, blockaded Gaza turns to solar

For most of Gaza's 2.3 million residents, power cuts are a daily fact of life that impact everything from homes to hospital wards.
A Level 4 self-driving vehicle in the town of Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture
JAPAN / Society
Nov 12, 2023

Fukui Prefecture records nation's first Level 4 accident

In the accident in the town on Oct. 29, the autonomous vehicle, traveling at about 4 kilometers per hour, hit a parked bicycle.
China upholds the 12-year prison sentence for a Japanese national accused of espionage, sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2023

China confirms 12-year jail sentence for Japanese man in spying case

In China, 17 Japanese people have been detained under the anti-espionage law that went into effect in 2014.
Toshihiro Mibe, president and chief executive officer of Honda at the Japan Mobility Show, in Tokyo in October
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 12, 2023

Booming profits bolster Japan automakers’ cautious EV shift

The Japanese auto sector is on track this year to exceed its peak operating profit of around ¥5.4 trillion in fiscal 2015.
Ports operator DP World halted internet connectivity at its terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle on Friday to prevent "any ongoing unauthorized access" to its network, a company spokesperson said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2023

Australia ports firm fights to restore operations after cyber incident

Cybersecurity experts said inadequate safeguards and the stockpiling of sensitive customer information have made Australia a lucrative target for hackers.
The Hachiko pop-up artwork display in front of Shibuya Station
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2023

Japan's beloved Hachiko dog statue showcased in pop-up art display

The art installation comes as commemorative events are being held to mark 100 years since the birth of Hachiko.
The Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo has launched a campaign to promote more salmon eating.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2023

Norway pushes Japan to eat more salmon with creative preparation ideas

Norway started a blitz to sell salmon for sushi to Japan under a national strategy in the 1980s, making it more popular than it already was at the time.
Japanese saxophonists Wataru Hirai (left) and Kenta Igarashi won prizes in the eighth International Adolphe Sax Competition held in Dinant, Belgium.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2023

Two Japanese win prizes in international sax competition in Belgium

Hirai, 23, from Hyogo Prefecture, took fourth place while Igarashi, 21, from Gunma Prefecture, came in fifth in the prestigious competition.
U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2023

U.S. spy drone unit leaves Kagoshima for move to Okinawa

The U.S. drones are set to be used to strengthen surveillance of Chinese military ships in the East China Sea.
Japan's Self-Defense Force on Sunday conducted a tsunami evacuation drill in Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost island, in Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2023

Japanese island holds disaster drill in shadow of Taiwan threat

Yonaguni is only 110 km from Taiwan. In August last year, China fired missiles into nearby waters in response to a visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi.
According to a local fire department in Saitama Prefecture, paramedics parked an ambulance at a hospital to move a patient inside but found the vehicle missing when they returned.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2023

Man arrested for allegedly stealing ambulance from hospital near Tokyo

Paramedics parked the ambulance at the hospital to move a patient inside but found the vehicle missing when they returned.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (center) meets his South Korean counterpart, Shin Won-sik (left), in Seoul on Sunday with Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara joining them online.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 12, 2023

U.S., Japan and South Korea defense chiefs to share North Korea missile data

The defense chiefs of the U.S. and South Korea met in Seoul on Sunday with Japan's defense minister joining the meeting online.
A German Leopard 1A5 main battle tank like those supplied to Ukraine
WORLD
Nov 12, 2023

Germany set to double Ukraine military aid under Scholz plan, source says

If approved by parliament, the boost would lift Germany's defense spending to 2.1% of its gross domestic product target.
Workers harvest lettuce at a farm in Cape Town, South Africa, in January.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2023

South Africa’s ‘too white’ farms may lose EU, U.K. access

Under the rules, farmers must meet specific Black economic empowerment targets to continuing obtaining export permits.
Students at Koshino Junior High School in Fukui Prefecture engage in a discussion with virtual transfer student Himawari-chan (on screen) during a lesson on disaster prevention on Sept. 19.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 19, 2023

Classroom avatar creating constructive conflict in small schools

Teachers say the Himawari-chan avatar encourages spontaneous thinking by speaking from the perspective of a student.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks following a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2023

U.S. carries out another round of airstrikes on Iran-linked targets

President Joe Biden has rejected more aggressive bombing options proposed by the Pentagon out of fear of provoking a wider conflict with Iran.
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.
U.S.-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component snag
Self-Defense Forces soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in Tokyo in October 2017.
Nippon Steel hires Mike Pompeo to help clinch purchase of U.S. Steel
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Secluded at beach house, Biden stews at allies’ pressure to drop out
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama attend a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15.
Japanese culture festival kicks off in London
Matthew Barry (right) tastes sake at the Hyper Japan Festival on Friday in London.
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.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
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.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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