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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2021

North Korea wants sanctions eased to restart talks with U.S., Seoul says

Pyongyang wants sanctions banning its metal exports and imports of refined fuel — as well as those on luxury goods — lifted before restarting talks, South Korean lawmakers said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Japan's Sena Irie punches her way to gold in women's boxing

Irie, a native of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, is the first athlete from the sparsely populated prefecture to win Olympic gold.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2021

Hong Kong’s fate spurs Japan to speak up about defending Taiwan

A more supportive policy toward Taipei is emblematic of a broader shift by Tokyo in response to China's crackdown on Hong Kong and increased military activities in the Taiwan Strait.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Healthy Kodai Senga gives Samurai Japan a major — and unexpected — weapon at Olympics

While Senga's return to Samurai Japan didn't have the same fanfare that greeted starter Masahiro Tanaka on Monday, it was no less impactful.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2021

Biden puts Southeast Asia in U.S. sights — at last

The Biden team has shifted into high gear, dispatching officials and announcing policies to reinforce U.S. ties with Southeast Asia in a belated diplomatic offensive.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Australian athletes damage rooms, while mascots vanish and reappear

The athletes had damaged beds and put a hole in a wall, but no disciplinary action will be taken after they apologized, the Australian team's chief said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2021

A year after taboo on Thai king broken, 103 face prison for royal insult

Human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa, one of those charged, says he has no regrets and vows the prosecutions won't crush the country's anti-government movement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 3, 2021

Tokyo shows an inflation pulse for the first time in a year

Prices in the capital, excluding those for fresh food, ticked up by 0.1% in July compared with a year earlier as electricity costs stabilized and newspaper prices rose.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

German Malaika Mihambo aces long jump final with last leap

Reigning world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany won the women's long jump gold with her final leap of 7.00 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2021

With time slipping away, prospects of a climate deal at COP26 are waning

With less than three months before climate talks in Glasgow, diplomats are struggling to pull global climate policy back from the brink of disaster.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

One sport has gifted Indonesia all its Olympic golds. The streak continues in Tokyo.

A women's doubles badminton victory was the first gold for Indonesia in Tokyo and the eighth in the country's Olympic history.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Charting the course of Tokyo’s climbing walls

The eccentric architects behind the Olympic debut of sport climbing are responsible for putting on a good show and a fair competition.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

A track built for speed is already producing records at the Tokyo Games

The springy surface at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo has been compared to a trampoline. “You can feel the bounce,” one runner said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Japan squeezes by U.S. in extra innings, buying easy pass to semifinals

The win sets up Japan for a matchup against South Korea, while the U.S. faces a tougher route to a place in the final.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Day 10 recap: Politics and drama as Biles, Belarus and New Zealand's Hubbard in spotlight

China has pulled ahead on the medals tally with 29 golds, followed by the United States with 22 and Japan on 17.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

What to watch on Day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics

A gymnastics legend is set to make her return while Japan looks to the boxing ring to bust its gold slump as the Tokyo Games move into the final handful of days of competition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2021

Belarusian Olympic sprinter receives humanitarian visa from Poland

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya sought asylum after she narrowly avoided being forced to board a plane back to her home country following her criticism of Belarus coaches.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021

Japan’s women’s basketball team drains 19 3-pointers in 102-83 win over Nigeria

The Akatsuki Five will now advance to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Aug 2, 2021

Pressure builds over raising Japan's age of consent

Controversial remarks by a Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and cases of paternal rape have driven discussion on lifting the age of consent.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021

United by gold: High jumpers from Italy and Qatar share the glory

The options for Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi were laid out for them: go to a jump-off or share the prize. The decision was simple.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2021

The power of civil society in a post-pandemic world

Countries around the world are experiencing an alarming drift toward authoritarianism with democracies facing an erosion of trust in the institutions that underpin them by their citizens.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘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.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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