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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 25, 2023

Japanese anime sees challenge from China at Berlin film festival

'Suzume' director Makoto Shinkai was asked to comment on Chinese animation at the Berlinale festival, where Liu Jian's 'Art College 1994' is also in competition.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 25, 2023

'Dear, the war has started': My journey from Ukraine to Japan

It was around this time a year ago that Natalia Makohon hung out with her friends for the last time. From then on, her life would mostly be about survival.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2023

WHO raises concern after father of girl who died from bird flu tests positive

One of the worst global avian influenza outbreaks on record has seen tens of millions of poultry culled, mass wild bird die-offs and a rising number of infections among mammals.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 25, 2023

Choosing a houseplant? Durable doesn’t have to mean boring.

Rule No. 1: “You don’t have to just have a plain-Jane green plant.” But here’s what you do have to do — to find the right plant and maintain it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2023

CPR and defibrillators: What you need to know

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023

Orix weighs cutting contribution to JIP’s Toshiba offer, sources say

Orix is seeking to acquire ¥200 billion ($1.5 billion) of common and preferred Toshiba stock, down from the original ¥300 billion, the sources said.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023

Japan preparing new G7 sanctions on Russia as Kishida weighs Ukraine trip

The prime minister said that while he hoped to travel to the war-torn country soon, nothing had been decided yet, with discussions ongoing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2023

Taiwan and lessons that can be learned from the Ukraine conflict

The events unfolding in the Ukraine war demonstrate that the response by Taiwan and the United States to Chinese aggression will be a very important factor in determining the end result.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2023

Mother Nature has the best climate-fixing technology

Earth has been cleaning its own atmosphere for eons. Investing to amplify those natural processes will bring faster results than inventing new machines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 24, 2023

Bryce Harper 'ahead' of schedule in recovery from Tommy John surgery

Philadelphia Phillies superstar Bryce Harper is "ahead" of schedule in his rehab from Tommy John surgery in November, but is still two weeks out from reporting to spring training.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 24, 2023

Fujitec shareholders oust three directors in major activist win

The victory is a departure for Japan, where activists have had little success to date in convincing shareholders to back proposals to fire incumbents.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 24, 2023

Japan's rare intimacy coordinators in demand after abuse scandals

In the wake of sexual abuse scandals in Japan's entertainment industry, some directors are reaching out for guidance from intimacy coordinator Momoko Nishiyama.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 24, 2023

Can the BOJ's next governor resist calls to exit the ultraeasy monetary policy?

While Ueda will surely maintain the current policy for the time being, it is not clear whether he will take the risk of normalizing the monetary easing policy during his governorship.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023

Ukraine would welcome a visit by Kishida, envoy in Japan says

“From our point of view, it’s extremely important for Kishida … to visit Ukraine and see it with his own eyes, in order to be able to feel what is going on,” envoy Sergiy Korsunsky said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 24, 2023

India wants a clean energy transition deal — and its coal too

Simultaneously beefing up both coal and renewables points to a messy energy transition for India, including the risk of job losses if some coal mines are abandoned.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2023

How Biden’s shock-and-awe tactic is failing to stop Russia

Sanctions have inflicted damage, but they haven’t induced Putin to stop the war — raising wider questions about a tool that’s become increasingly central to U.S. foreign policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2023

China’s peace proposal for Ukraine war light on details

The paper, which outlines broad principles rather than a specific peace proposal, reiterates many of the points China has raised in recent months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2023

North Korea fires strategic cruise missiles as U.S. and South Korea hold nuclear attack drill

Experts said the weapons, which Pyongyang said flew for roughly 2,000 kilometers, would put all of Japan and South Korea within striking distance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023

Nearly half of Japan's firms want BOJ to revise negative rate policy

In the next most common response, 28% said the central bank should revise its 2% inflation target.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 24, 2023

World champion Max Verstappen sets tone on first day of testing

'We had a good day today, we completed a lot of laps which is what we wanted — almost three Grand Prix's worth,' Verstappen said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023

The biggest earners may not be the smartest workers, study says

The study found that higher general intelligence was correlated to higher wages — but only up to a threshold of about 600,000 Swedish krona ($57,300) a year.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023

Japanese consider how best to continue helping Ukrainians

Since Moscow's invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, 15 Japanese medical workers have been dispatched to the war-torn country by international medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 24, 2023

Famed soccer commentator John Motson dies at age 77

Motson covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for the BBC.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023

Onion shortage threatens a new chapter in world food crisis

A combination of factors is now shaking up the vegetable market, the backbone of a healthy, sustainable diet. And at the sharp end of that is the humble onion.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Feb 24, 2023

New bird flu spreading worldwide poses no human pandemic risk, experts say

The changes that have allowed the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus to infect wild birds so efficiently have made it less likely to infect human cells, according to leading disease experts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 24, 2023

The world’s most painful trade is finally ending as dollar peaks

Investors say the dollar is on the way down because the bulk of Fed rate increases is over, and most other currencies will strengthen as their central banks keep tightening.
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura poses for a photograph in front of a private collection dedicated to MLB player Shohei Ohtani, inside his dental clinic in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2025.
Bonsai thefts sweep Japan as miniature trees grow more popular
According to the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative, there were about 30 cases of bonsai theft last year.
U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) and Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi signing an agreement to integrate the SDF into the state institutions, in Damascus on Monday.
As pollen season peaks, Japan's allergy struggle emerges from hibernation
Urbanization is amplifying pollen-related allergies as grasslands and soft soil give way to concrete and asphalt.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
In a sea of Dodger Blue, Japanese superfan ready to cheer on the Cubs
Takuya “Moby” Okamoto after Game 5 of the 2016 World Series, which the Cubs went on to win in seven games to snap a 108-year drought
Drones, budgets and infighting: Taiwan's daunting defense challenges
Officials from Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), the Ministry of National Defense’s research arm, say the lessons from the Ukraine conflict are clear for the democratic island: drones and other autonomous systems are crucial for its defense.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly
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