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Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 8, 2022

Jamie Joseph says Japan will tone down swashbuckling style at upcoming Rugby World Cup

Joseph believes the Brave Blossoms can reach another RWC quarterfinal if they get their preparations right.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2022

Judge slams Elon Musk for not handing over texts in Twitter fight

Delaware Chancery Judge Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick said in a ruling there there were 'glaring deficiencies” in how Musk responded to Twitter's request for text messages.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022

Shootings and manhunt paralyze Memphis as city is urged to shelter

It was not immediately clear how many people had been shot Wednesday or whether the shootings were random.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2022

AI panned my screenplay. Can it crack Hollywood?

Artificial intelligence hopes to bring science to picking movie winners in a business long run by gut instinct.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 8, 2022

South Korea offers talks with North for reunion of war-torn families

The two Koreas have held family reunions around major holidays, mostly under liberal governments in the South, which have sought to reengage the North and provide food and other handouts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022

How to save a forest by burning it

As useful as prescribed burns can be for maintaining forests, they are tough to carry out — costly, labor-intensive, contingent on narrowing windows of favorable weather.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / Vocabulary Boost
Sep 8, 2022

Climate talk reaches 'crisis' mode

Are you clued in to the “GX” taking place in Japan? If not, it's time to review your environmentally focused vocabulary lists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2022

Japan's shortened COVID isolation policy comes into effect

While many experts agreed on the new seven-day quarantine period for symptomatic patients, some raised concerns that the move might end up playing down risks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2022

China earthquake death toll rises to 82

The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometers southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 km on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022

Countries growing 70% of world's food face 'extreme' heat risk by 2045

Climate change is already stoking heatwaves and other extreme weather events across the world, with hot spells from India to Europe this year expected to hit crop yields.
Migrants picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel from France disembark from a U.K. border force cutter in Dover, England, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jan 14, 2024

Four die trying to cross Channel to U.K. in freezing cold

The fatalities were the first reported migrant deaths on the Channel in 2024.
Japan midfielder Takumi Minamino (8) celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during the team's win over Vietnam on Sunday at the Asian Cup in Doha.
SOCCER
Jan 14, 2024

Japan survives Vietnam scare to start Asian Cup title bid

Vietnam, which is coached by Japan's 2000 Asian Cup-winning boss Philippe Troussier, gave the Samurai Blue everything they could handle on Sunday.
An intermediate-range ballistic missile, said to be solid-fueled, is launched during a test at an unspecified location in North Korea in this picture released Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 15, 2024

Test of latest North Korean weapon adds to threat facing Japan

Pyongyang said the missile was “loaded with a hypersonic maneuverable controlled warhead" that experts say is capable of evading defenses.
The Japanese term "yarinuku" means to do something to completion and implies there were difficulties along the way. It may feel like climbing a mountain, but it's often used in the boardroom.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 19, 2024

Persevere with your Japanese grammar using these compound verbs

By mixing and matching certain verbs, your vocabulary will expand immensely.
Police officers examine the area around a Starbucks outlet at the Aeon Town Kawanoe shopping facility in Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture, on Sunday night after a shooting incident at the store.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2024

Man shot dead at Starbucks outlet in Ehime

The Ehime prefectural police department is searching for a middle-aged man who fled the shooting scene after the incident.
Ziad Mansour, a neighbor of the Abu Aweidah family, sits near the rubble of the family's house, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday. Three children were buried alive by an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip in November, their relatives say.
WORLD
Jan 15, 2024

In Gaza, a family suffers a painful wait for children's bodies

Authorities in Hamas-run Gaza say thousands of Palestinians remain missing after 100 days of war.
Naomi Osaka practices in Melbourne on Sunday ahead of her first-round clash against Caroline Garcia at the Australian Open on Monday.
TENNIS
Jan 15, 2024

Naomi Osaka's return set to headline Day 2 at Australian Open

"I have a much more positive mindset and a much more grateful mindset," Osaka said.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko (left), Head of the Ukrainian President's Office Andriy Yermak (center) and Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov attend a news conference during the World Economic Forum in Davos on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2024

Ukraine says China is needed for peace process

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will lead a delegation in Davos this week, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to arrive in Bern, Switzerland on Monday.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets attendees at a campaign rally in Indianola, Iowa, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2024

The Trump voters in swing states who are returning to the fold

To try to understand his enduring appeal, reporters spoke to five Trump supporters in five general election battleground states.
Soichiro Watanabe, Panasonic's chief technology officer for EV batteries, says production of a revamped version of the firm's 2170 cells will begin at its manufacturing plant in Nevada as early as this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2024

Panasonic to make upgraded electric car battery as early as 2024

Production of a revamped version of the company's 2170 cells will begin at its manufacturing plant in Nevada sometime during 2024 or 2025.
Tanaka takes part in a signing ceremony for the Japan-Uruguay Investment Agreement with Uruguay's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Porto in 2015.
BUSINESS / WOMEN AT WORK
Jan 23, 2024

Why positivity is an asset in a career of PR and diplomacy

Keiko Tanaka went from an office at Nissan to the ambassador's residence in Uruguay.
The continued demand for and access to banned Nvidia chips underlines the lack of good alternatives for Chinese firms despite the nascent development of rival products from Huawei and others.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 15, 2024

China's military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite ban

The sales by largely unknown Chinese suppliers highlight the difficulties Washington faces.
Israeli soldiers during an escorted tour by the Israeli military for journalists in the central Gaza Strip on Jan. 8. Israel’s vow to eradicate Hamas without a clearly stated political endgame has concerned some observers who highlighted how an ill-defined application of military power could instead inadvertently harm its own strategic, political and moral standing.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 15, 2024

What the Israel-Hamas war means for U.S. grand strategy

Washington had been engaged in a decadelong effort to shift its strategic attention from the broader Middle East.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2024

U.S. Congress unveils temporary spending bill to avert shutdown

The temporary spending bill would extend funds for some agencies that face a Jan. 20 deadline.
An Israeli artillery unit fires amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2024

Fierce fighting continues in Gaza as Israel's war enters 100th day

The total number confirmed to have been killed since the start of the war is almost 24,000, with more than 60,000 wounded, according to the Gazan health ministry.
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.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
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.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
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.
‘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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