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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 20, 2022

Shintaro Fujinami pitches Tigers past Giants

The last couple of weeks showed Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami just how hard it can be to get a win.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2022

Fear for future after mass die-off of fish in Poland's Oder River

As thousands of dead fish neared the banks of the Oder River in the village of Widuchowa on Aug. 11, local residents realized an ecological disaster had arrived.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2022

Odesa is defiant. It’s also Putin’s ultimate target.

Odesa, grain port to the world, city of creative mingling, scarred metropolis steeped in Jewish history, is the big prize in the war and a personal obsession for Putin.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2022

Aoki asked for favors from Tokyo Olympic exec until just before Games began

Public prosecutors believe the firm had relied on the exec for not only sponsorship selection but also a wide-range of pursuits, including sales of officially licensed products.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 20, 2022

Soaring sanitary pad prices push girls out of school in Africa

The cost of sanitary pads has more than doubled in the last year in Ghana, forcing poorer families to focus on buying food over sanitary products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2022

One answer to Europe’s energy crisis? More electric cars.

About 350 U.K. residents have been pumping electricity from their vehicles to surrounding homes since 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2022

NATO races to counter Russia’s threat in Europe’s weak spot

Moscow's war on its neighbor has raised questions as to whether NATO is doing enough to deter Russian expansionism after years of underinvestment and ignored warnings.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2022

Once hated by the left, FBI is now U.S. conservatives' evil demon

FBI agents are used to criticism, but never in the agency's history have they faced anything like the attacks from conservatives after the raid on former President Donald Trump's home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2022

Merrick Garland, the man who could put Trump in prison

Garland, 69, personally approved the stunning Aug. 8 FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida home and will have the final say on whether he is to be charged with any crimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2022

Japan vows speedy review of counting all COVID-19 cases

Counting all COVID-19 cases has been a burden for hospitals and public health centers, which are overwhelmed amid a seventh wave of infections.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2022

South Korean top court postpones decision on wartime labor asset liquidation

Japanese and South Korean government officials now have more time to resolve the issue, which has sent ties plunging to fresh lows.
An image from the Justice Department that was included in a report by Special Counsel Robert Hur shows a damaged box where classified documents were found in U.S. President Joe Biden's garage in Wilmington, Delaware, during a search by the FBI in December 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

Biden will not face criminal charges over classified papers

Special Counsel Robert Hur described the president as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking a broad ruling that would end the push around the country to kick him off state ballots.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

Supreme Court casts doubt on efforts to bar Trump from ballot

The high court is handling the case on an expedited basis, meaning a ruling could come in weeks.
Shogi player Sota Fujii speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday after extending his winning streak in title matches to 20, breaking a record set more than half a century ago.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2024

Shogi star Fujii renews record for title match winning streak

Fujii holds all eight major titles for the traditional Japanese board game.
U.S. Senators raced on Thursday to revive a sweeping emergency national security aid bill for Ukraine and Israel that has stalled yet again on Capitol Hill amid Republican resistance.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

U.S. Senate votes to start work on Ukraine aid in shock turnaround

The procedural vote to at least consider the bill marked a stunning about-face by Senate Republicans.
Officials count ballots at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

Pakistan vote counts drags on after election marred by attacks and outages

No results for its national parliament seats have been announced even 12 hours after polls closed.
Yoshikazu Higashitani, who goes by the name GaaSyy, leaves the Tokyo Detention House on Sept. 21 after being released on bail.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2024

Four-year prison term sought for ex-lawmaker GaaSyy

GaaSyy, whose real name is Yoshikazu Higashitani, is accused of making threats against actor Go Ayano and others in online videos.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital in Tokyo. A team including researchers from the university said it had created miniaturized organs closely resembling the human placenta.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 9, 2024

Japanese team creates miniaturized human placentas

Researchers expect the organs will help with understanding how viruses infect the placenta.
The “myahk,” a community currency implemented on Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Island in 2018, is intimately tied to local efforts for environmental preservation.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Feb 10, 2024

Japanese communities are creating currencies to educate and empower citizens

The yen will do when paying for things throughout the country. In some places, though, you may try paying with a coin that also helps reduce plastic waste.
Elon Musk has gone as far as to say that with technological advances, “there will come a point where no job is needed.” Musk revealed his own artificial intelligence chatbot, dubbed Grok, last year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 9, 2024

Firms pausing hiring and axing staff quietly as AI craze persists

While some industry leaders have been outspoken about AI’s potential to transform work, there is caution over citing the new tech as a reason for cuts.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense in Pyongyang to mark the 76th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

North Korea has legal right to destroy South at any time, Kim says

The North Korean leader said it was correct to label South Korea as the "primary enemy" as its "puppets” were bent on absorbing its neighbor.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with U.S. television host Tucker Carlson in Moscow on Tuesday. This is the first time the Russian leader has given an interview to a Western media figure since he ordered the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

Vladimir Putin takes hard line on Ukraine in Tucker Carlson interview

Russian president said he would consider negotiations if the U.S. stops supplying weapons to Kyiv.
Japanese companies are paying higher starting salaries as they struggle to secure young workers.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 9, 2024

Japanese firms boosting pay for young workers is good news for Bank of Japan

If wage gain momentum carries over into this year, the BOJ is expected to end the world’s last negative interest rate regime by April.
While in recent years Donald Trump is better known for his trade war with China, the former president has a long history of Japan-bashing and should be taken at his word on the U.S. Steel purchase by Nippon Steel.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 9, 2024

Trump is wrong to oppose Nippon Steel deal

"I would block it instantaneously. Absolutely,” Trump said of Nippon Steel’s bid, and he should be taken seriously and literally.
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (left), South Korea's then-Foreign Minister Park Jin (center) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrive for a trilateral foreign ministers' meeting in Busan, South Korea, in November.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

Japan, China and South Korea still out of step over summit

Despite their foreign ministers agreeing to convene a meeting of top leaders promptly, no concrete scheduling has emerged.
A Banei Keiba horse race takes place at the Obihiro racecourse in Hokkaido on Dec. 9. The unpredictable stop-and-start drama of the world's slowest horse race has drawn new fans.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2024

'Suspense' of slowest horse race wins new fans in Japan

At the Banei Keiba races in Hokkaido, spectators cheer on workhorses moving at the pace of a brisk human walk.

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat