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BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2022

Japan 7-Eleven franchisee who rebelled against company loses in court

A judge ordered Mitoshi Matsumoto to hand his store, which he opened in 2012, over to the company and pay damages for lost business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2022

Japan emphasized hybrids in policy document after lawmaker cited lobbying from Toyota head

The wording changes, which included adding a reference to 'so-called electric-powered vehicles,' appear to put hybrids on equal footing with zero-emission battery vehicles.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2022

Trump allies sought pardons after supporting his attempts to overturn election

Their names emerged at the end of a fifth day of hearings that focused on how Trump pressured top Justice Department officials daily in his final weeks in office.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2022

Megaquake in Tokyo would likely leave 4.53 million stranded, report shows

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been working to secure facilities that would serve as temporary shelters for stranded people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2022

Japan’s assertive foreign policy can start in Southeast Asia

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a wake-up call, even for Japan's hawks. Now strong talk needs to be matched with action — at home and abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 23, 2022

In Japan's Upper House poll, CDP battles to stay relevant

Seven months after a disastrous Lower House election, the largest opposition party finds itself with low poll numbers and questions swirling about what will happen if it again loses seats.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2022

Devastating Afghanistan earthquake leaves more than 1,000 dead

The quake — the deadliest in the country in two decades — hit about 28 miles southwest of the city of Khost, a provincial capital in the country's southeast.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2022

Latin America's new 'pink tide' gains pace as Colombia shifts left

Around the region, angry voters have ditched mainstream parties and been lured by promises of bigger government and social spending.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2022

U.S. Capitol assault hearings take break as new evidence floods in

The new evidence includes documents from the National Archive and multiple new leads given to a tip-line since the televised hearings began earlier in June.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2022

Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000 with toll expected to rise

Officials said hundreds of people were injured and that the death toll was likely to rise as information trickled in from remote mountain villages.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2022

Hong Kong’s gay rights advocates fear civil crackdown may undo progress

Some worry the effects of a widening campaign of repression against LGBTQ rights and growing chauvinism in mainland China will spill over into Hong Kong.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2022

Trump-inspired menacing of officials dominates Jan. 6 hearing

The proceedings offered a portrait of public officials who said they drew deeply on reservoirs of faith and fidelity to their oaths of office as a fragile barrier to Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 21, 2022

EU and China aim for talks in next few weeks, ambassador says

Relations between the two sides have soured since they signed a long-awaited investment treaty at the end of 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2022

Ukraine’s highly mobile tech workforce hits the road

Until late February, Inha Kushnir worked in Odesa. Then Russia invaded and she and her husband decided that it would be safer for her and the couple's young daughter to leave.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2022

The world can stave off Putin’s food fight

Wealthy countries should support Ukraine's efforts to export grain and make sure poorer countries can afford to buy it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2022

Colombia braces for economic change as Gustavo Petro wins presidency

The election of the former guerrilla, who wants to transform Colombia's economic model, sets up the most radical change of course in the Andean nation's recent history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2022

Europe's summer of discontent reveals travel sector labor crisis

Leading operators have flagged thousands of job openings across Europe, but the industry says European aviation as a whole has lost 600,000 jobs since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2022

Nuclear risks mount as tensions rise and arsenals grow

According to SIPRI, after a marginal decrease in the number of warheads in 2021, nuclear arsenals are expected to grow over the coming decade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2022

‘Soup and Ideology’: A touching family portrait that feeds the soul

Director Yang Yonghi comes to terms with her mother's past trauma and animosity toward South Korea in the moving final chapter of her documentary trilogy on familial ties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2022

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' costume designer Shirley Kurata becomes the story

With the success of the film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' the work of Shirley Kurata is in demand, but her personal style has always had its own fans.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2022

Ukraine will build back better

Although it is difficult to begin thinking about rebuilding a country still at war, Western powers will need to play a central role in supporting Ukraine's reconstruction.

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