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WORLD
May 28, 2023

‘It’s time’: Ukraine’s top commander says counteroffensive is imminent

A blunt statement, accompanied by a slickly produced video of Ukrainian troops preparing for battle, appeared designed to rally the nation and to spread anxiety among Russian forces.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
May 28, 2023

Deep in the weeds: Why Nora-Kura's wines grow as wild as can be

The untrained eye may find Ken and Kazuko Sasaki's vineyard unkempt, but appearances can be deceiving at this Hakodate winery.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 28, 2023

Bayern seizes title as Dortmund collapses, but major doubts remain

Bayern and Dortmund finished the season on 71 points, the lowest points total for a champion in Germany in more than a decade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 28, 2023

'Love at Six Thousand Degrees': Slow burn affair unfurls identity and trauma

Maki Kashimada's novel, which centers on two strangers whose sexual connection is complemented by their intimate conversations, is a fitting introduction to her work.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 28, 2023

The curious case of Fuminori Nakamura's genre misalignment

Little do English-language readers know, the author of 'The Rope Artist' and other critically acclaimed books writes on much more than crime.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 28, 2023

Luton promoted to Premier League after playoff win over Coventry

Luton is the first team to go from the top tier to non-league and back.
JAPAN
May 27, 2023

Hokkaido bear attack shows need for better management of island's nearly 12,000 brown bears

The exact population of Hokkaido brown bears is difficult to pin down, but experts agree that the population at least doubled over the three-decade period between 1990 and 2020.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023

Last-minute climate deal hiccups expose EU concerns over political costs

Countries including France and Germany have started to chip away at parts of the EU’s so-called Green Deal that have the potential to negatively impact their voters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023

Sunak faces trouble everywhere in bid to keep Tory voters happy

Conservative ministers and advisers say they fear a post-Brexit 'realignment” of voters in England coming back to bite them.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2023

Man who opened Asiana plane door says he wanted out 'quickly'

'He felt the flight was taking longer than it should have been and felt suffocated inside the cabin,' a Daegu police detective said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2023

Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars

For NASA, long-term experiments make it possible to evaluate the behavior of a crew in an isolated and confined environment, ahead of a real mission in future.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
May 27, 2023

Whether you're partial to cats of dogs, Acerola and Buzz are both great company

One cat is rescued from a hoarding situation, while a dog needs to find new digs after his owner was hospitalized. Both are ready to play.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 27, 2023

North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall

Pyongyang has built hundreds of kilometers of new or upgraded border fences, walls and guard posts along its borders with China and Russia, commercial satellite imagery shows.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2023

What happens if the U.S. fails to lift its debt limit by June 5?

With each day that passes, the chance of the United States stumbling into a scenario where it cannot pay all its existing bills is increasing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023

Frantic negotiations, late nights and no deal on America’s debt

But all of the talking has so far failed to produce a deal to raise the country’s debt limit, raising fears of a potentially catastrophic default that could upend financial markets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2023

Super Typhoon Mawar strengthens as it moves toward the Philippines

As of Friday night in the Philippines, the center of the storm was about 1,450 kilometers east of Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2023

Russian public appears to be souring on war, analysis shows

U.S. officials say that although Russian public opinion has been difficult to accurately track, they believe cracks in support have begun to show in recent months.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2023

Suspects at large after fatal shooting in western Tokyo

The shooting comes just a day after four people were killed, including two police officers, in a shooting and stabbing in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 27, 2023

Vinicius Jr. situation stirs painful memories for F1 star Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton feels the sports world needs to do more to tackle the problem of racism
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 27, 2023

NATO struggles in the shadows to find new leader

Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg, the transatlantic military alliance's secretary-general, is due to step down at the end of September after nine years in the post.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
May 27, 2023

Netflix's answer to finding love in the time of an aging population

Dating show “Love Village” and its cast of singles 35 years old and above offer the perfect bait to millennial audiences and show that entertainment can age up without losing its edge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2023

South Korean police detain passenger after plane door opened mid-air

No one was hurt in the incident but nine people, all teenagers, were sent to hospital after suffering breathing issues, a Daegu fire department official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 26, 2023

Winning without fighting? Why China is exploring 'cognitive warfare.'

The term refers to operations based on tech such as AI aimed at influencing the minds of adversaries, thereby creating a strategically favorable environment.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2023

Man arrested after killings of police officers and others in Nagano Prefecture

Masanori Aoki, the eldest son of a local politician, has been arrested over the murder of one of two police officers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2023

Artificial intelligence, democracy and the global order

The sudden arrival of groundbreaking AI tools has created an urgent need for a more holistic and global approach to tech governance.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2023

A resume must-have for Japanese managers: Mets experience

This season, five of the 12 managers in Nippon Professional Baseball spent at least part of their playing careers with the Mets.

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