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JAPAN
Sep 21, 2022

Japan and Britain vow to sign defense cooperation pact at early date

The two leaders met on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly's general debate session in New York.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Sep 21, 2022

Storm clouds gather over France ahead of World Cup defense

As Les Bleus coach Didier Deschamps and his squad as key players struggle with injuries and personal problems, the country's federation is also battling controversy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2022

Kishida urges world to reaffirm rules-based order and reform U.N.

The prime minister said that specific reforms to the world body will be vital in restoring the credibility of the Security Council.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 21, 2022

Japanese folk art opens a door to Black American identity

American artist Theaster Gates introduces 'Afro-mingei,' an aesthetic that combines Black identity and Japanese craft art, to the Aichi Triennale.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 21, 2022

Russia excluded from Euro 2024 qualification draw

Belarus, which has been a key staging area for the Russian invasion, was included in the draw, though UEFA said it cannot be placed in the same group as Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2022

BOJ’s Kuroda set to risk further yen weakening after Fed decision

A key focus of a BOJ meeting ending Thursday will be if it changes its forward guidance, as it's widely expected to end its COVID funding program.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 21, 2022

Record five Asian players at Presidents Cup a sign of golf's growth

Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion, has been joined by four South Korean players in the International team at Quail Hollow.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 21, 2022

Monaco gets three-year extension as F1 sets record 24-race calendar

FIA announced approval of the calendar on Tuesday, with the Las Vegas Strip circuit taking a Nov. 18 date as the season's penultimate round and third in the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2022

Man arrested over alleged possession of homemade gunpowder near U.S. Embassy in Tokyo

The 26-year-old student had been quoted as saying he had 'come to throw (explosives) into the embassy' after learning how to make the mixture online, according to investigative sources.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2022

U.S. judge asks Trump's lawyers if he declassified records in FBI search

Roughly 100 of the documents seized in the court-approved Aug. 8 search at Trump's home at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach had classified markings.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 21, 2022

Zdeno Chara retires after 24 seasons

Two years after winning the Norris Trophy for the best defenseman in the 2008-09 season, the Slovakian helped the Bruins win their only Stanley Cup in the past 50 years.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 21, 2022

Naomi Osaka advances as injured Daria Saville retires in Tokyo

The former world No. 1 and winner of four Grand Slam singles titles will next face fifth-seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 21, 2022

Fed set to hike rates as central banks adopt hawkish stance not seen in decades

The danger, according to former one International Monetary Fund chief economist, is that they collectively go too far, driving the world economy into an unnecessarily harsh contraction.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2022

Giants keep up pressure in race for third with victory over Swallows

Home run leader Munetaka Murakami remained stuck on 55 after going 0-for-3.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2022

Xi to make Taiwan reunification long-term goal at party congress

A plan has been examined for a reference to Taiwan reunification to be included in an activity report that will be released by the Chinese leader.
A boar captured in a project to connect farmers and young hunters
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2023

Efforts underway to help license holders get hunting experience

Crop damage and and dangerous animal encounters are on the rise in Japan, but active hunters are dwindling.
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.
Lanterns with messages at a "memorial service" for unused paid leave in Osaka in December 2019
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2023

Japanese workers took 62% of the paid leave they were given in 2022

While the total ratio was a record high, the results showed the government still has a considerable way to go if it hopes to achieve its goal of 70%.
The TBS headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward
JAPAN / Society
Nov 26, 2023

TBS had history of 'special treatment' with Johnny's, probe finds

The investigative committee interviewed 125 former and current TBS officials before releasing a report.
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.
Miyuu Yamashita took the JLPGA's money title for the second straight year in a row, adding ¥30 million ($201,000) from the season finale.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Nov 26, 2023

Yamashita wins JLPGA season finale to finish as points leader

Yamashita finished at 10-under 278, three strokes ahead of Sayaka Takahashi, at Miyazaki Country Club for her third major victory on the Japan LPGA Tour.
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
Christophe Lemaire rides Equinox to victory on Sunday in the Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse.
MORE SPORTS / Horse Racing
Nov 26, 2023

Equinox captures Japan Cup for sixth straight G1 race

The win by the 4-year-old Equinox, ridden by Frenchman Christophe Lemaire, was worth ¥500 million.
Kirishima capped his season Sunday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament with his second Emperor's Cup.
SUMO / Basho reports
Nov 26, 2023

Kirishima beats Takakeisho to claim second Emperor's Cup

Kirishima defeated fellow ozeki Takakeisho in the final bout of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament.
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.

Longform

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