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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2022

Extreme heat uncovers lost villages, ancient ruins and shipwrecks

Climate change this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. But it's also revealed some weird and dark things about our past.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2022

'Line through our hearts': A Kashmir village, 75 years after partition

Since early 2021, the Line of Control that cuts Kashmir into two, has been mostly quiet, following the renewal of a ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022

Tencent woes mount even after $560 billion selloff

Next week, Tencent will seek to assure investors about its outlook during second-quarter results. They won't be easy to convince.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2022

Omicron more likely to cause fever in children than previous variants, Japan study shows

The proportion of children who had a fever of 38 degrees Celsius or higher was some 40% among 2- to 12-year-olds during the omicron period, twice the rate during the delta period.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2022

We need to know why the omicron BA.5 wave is ebbing

Scientists are starting to figure out why infection rates rise and fall. But a collapse in COVID-19 testing will make it much harder to predict the next surge.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2022

Kishida opts for continuity and stability in new Cabinet

The new lineup is remarkably consistent with that of its predecessor, a government forged under the influence of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2022

Outspoken digital chief Taro Kono set to renew fight against old tech in Japan

One of Japan's best-known politicians helped make a name for himself with his fight against personal seals and the fax machine, and now he is targeting other work practices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2022

Mazda seeks to reduce dependence on Chinese supplies after COVID lockdowns

The request from the automaker underscores the vulnerability of sprawling supply chains, which have been tested by the pandemic and geopolitical tensions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2022

Hino Motors and Toyota accused of misconduct in U.S. lawsuit

The case, in the Southern District of Florida, has been filed on behalf of those who bought or leased 2004-21 model year Hino trucks in the U.S., the company said in a statement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022

South Korea pardons Samsung boss 'to help the economy'

Billionaire Lee Jae-yong was released on parole in August 2021 after serving 18 months in jail, just over half of his original sentence.
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Dylan Floro during spring training workouts in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 20, 2024

Owners say MLB's Nationals no longer for sale

Under the tenure of the Lerner family, the Nationals have reached the playoffs five times.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi and teammates sit on the substitute bench during a match against a Hong Kong select XI in Hong Kong on Feb. 4.
SOCCER
Feb 20, 2024

Messi insists Hong Kong no-show was due to injury, not politics

Some nationalist politicians and outlets interpreted Messi's absence as a snub to China, without offering evidence.
Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her round-of-32 match against Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova in Doha on Feb. 13.
TENNIS
Feb 20, 2024

Gauff keen for tennis to follow basketball in male vs. female duels

The American said she would love to see Serena Williams and Nick Kyrgios go toe-to-toe in a serve targets contest.
An Ishikawa prefectural official gives information on new places to stay for earthquake evacuees lodging at hotels and inns during a meeting in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 7.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2024

Departure deadline approaching for Noto quake evacuees in hotels

The extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen on March 16 is expected to lead to a surge in bookings in hotels that have acted as secondary evacuation sites.
Graffiti painted on a wall of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Sanaa depicts a Houthi fighter stopping an Israeli ship off the coast of Yemen. The group has been targeting ships in the Red Sea since November.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2024

Houthi strikes force crew to abandon ship for first time

The militant group made unverified claims that the attack on the British vessel resulted in its complete sinking.
Italy's Ange Capuozzo in action with Ireland's Craig Casey at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on Feb. 11.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Feb 20, 2024

Capuozzo defends Italy's place in Six Nations ahead of France test

Italy heads to Lille on Sunday to play France, facing the possibility of earning another Six Nations wooden spoon.
ASML engineers walk past a High NA EUV tool at ASML’s headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on Nov. 20, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2024

Dutch say China seeks military advantage from ASML tools

Netherlands-based ASML, Europe's largest tech firm, dominates the world market for lithography systems, needed by computer chipmakers.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech as she visits Cafe Kyiv, in Berlin on Feb. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2024

Von Der Leyen seeks new EU term with pivot on defense sector

Her candidacy, which was widely expected, comes as the EU faces a change in leadership with a possible surge in far-right and populist forces.
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference, on the day it was announced that Alexei Navalny died in prison on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2024

Navalny widow vows to take up the fight for Russia's 'freedom'

Navalnaya's address came shortly before she met EU foreign ministers in Brussels, where she had been invited.
Members of the Palestinian civil defense extinguish a fire in a building following Israeli bombardments east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2024

U.S. proposes its own U.N. Security Council draft opposing Rafah offensive

The U.S. draft comes ahead of a vote by the U.N. body on an earlier proposal for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, which Washington has opposed.
The European Union plans to investigate TikTok, the video-sharing app owned by China's ByteDance, regarding its possible negative impacts on young people.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2024

EU launches probe into TikTok over alleged failure to protect children

Brussels is concerned the video-sharing app may not be doing enough to address negative impacts on young people including from algorithmically fed content.
A man stands next to a model of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which was used to launch several Indonesian satellites into orbit, at the office of Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, an Indonesia’s satellite-based telecommunication firm, in Jakarta on Jan. 15.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2024

How a Chinese rocket failure boosted SpaceX's fortunes in Indonesia

Elon Musk seized on the incident to prevail over a state-owned Chinese contractor as Jakarta's company of choice for putting satellites into space.
China announced on Sunday that its coast guard would begin regular patrols and set up law enforcement activity around the Taiwan-controlled islands of Kinmen.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 20, 2024

China coast guard 'triggers panic' by boarding Taiwanese tour boat

A Taipei minister said such vessels — both Chinese and Taiwanese — were not illegal and that they commonly enter the other side's waters by accident.
Daiso Industries founder Hirotake Yano
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2024

Hirotake Yano, founder of ¥100 chain Daiso, dies at 80

The retailer capitalized on a shift in spending habits after Japan's economic bubble burst, launching Yano onto the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Demonstrators hold Iranian flags and a huge inflated figure representing Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei holding a nuclear bomb as they protest against the Iranian regime on Friday in Munich.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2024

Iran's nuclear enrichment exceeds commercial needs, says IAEA chief

The IAEA warned at the end of 2023 that Tehran already had enough material to make three nuclear bombs if it enriches material now at 60% to beyond 60%.
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.
Tokyo police arrest six Chinese nationals over yami baito scheme
Tokyo police have arrested six Chinese nationals on suspicion of unlawful confinement and attempted extortion involving a 23-year-old exchange student who had become involved in a financial dispute over a yami baito, or a “dark” part-time job.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
‘God of management’ comes back to life as an AI model
A statue of Konosuke Matsushita in the grounds of the Konosuke Matsushita Museum in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture
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.
Ishiba sticks to the basics in second policy speech
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his policy speech at the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo on Friday.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
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.
‘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.
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.

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