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Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2023

Trump charged with 34 felonies in hush-money case

Trump was indicted last week on charges connected to a hush money payment to a porn star — becoming the first former American president to face criminal charges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2023

U.S. gets new levers from Japan to curb China’s chip ambitions

Japanese companies control key steps in the semiconductor supply chain, which could be used as potential chokepoints against China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2023

Moderate drinking has no health benefits, analysis of decades of research finds

The review found that the risks of dying prematurely increase significantly for women once they drink 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is less than two standard cocktails.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2023

Finland joins NATO in a power shift and rebuke to Putin

Finland’s national flag was raised at NATO headquarters, a deeply symbolic moment and a stark display of the shifting global dynamics.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 4, 2023

Olympic champion Sunisa Lee targets Paris 2024 despite kidney issue

The American was 18-years-old during the Tokyo Games when she won the all-around title, also taking bronze in the uneven bars and silver in the team event.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2023

North Koreans trapped in 'state-sponsored slavery' in Russia

China and Russia have become loopholes helping the North earn badly needed cash as it deals with the fallout of international sanctions and the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 3, 2023

Rising number of uncontested seats in Japan sparks calls for change

A quarter of candidates in 41 prefectural assembly elections ran unopposed — the second highest ever — prompting even the winners to call for reforms.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2023

Ryuichi Sakamoto, trailblazing musician and film composer, dies at 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, an award-winning composer and member of pioneering electronic act Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died. He was 71 years old.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2023

Reimagining global development

With the global economy teetering on the edge of a financial crisis, it is time for emerging-market and developing economies to revise their development strategies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2023

‘On a tightrope’: How Taiwan’s president navigated the U.S. and China

Known for her quiet pragmatism, Tsai Ing-wen has ushered in a new era of American cooperation as worries about Chinese aggression rise.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2023

A front company and a fake identity: How the U.S. came to use spyware it was trying to kill.

The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. It turns out that not every part of the government has gotten the message.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2023

For leaders abroad, the prospect of a Trump revival is ever-present

The indictment last week of the former U.S. president has not changed the calculations of many world leaders who view his political resilience as inevitable.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Apr 3, 2023

Netherlands star Vivianne Miedema to miss World Cup due to ACL injury

The Netherlands' record goalscorer Vivianne Miedema said she has "no hopes" of playing at this year's Women's World Cup due to the serious knee injury she sustained in December.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 2, 2023

Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol head star-studded Hall of Fame class

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and former assistant Becky Hammon, a six-time WNBA All-Star who coached Las Vegas to the 2022 WNBA Finals crown, will also be inducted.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2023

China draws lessons from Russia’s losses in Ukraine, and its gains

The war is a 'proving ground,” that gives Beijing a chance to learn from successes and failures on both sides.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2023

Long-range missiles highly likely to be deployed to Nansei Islands

Long-range missiles are highly likely to be deployed on those islands in the future as Japan prepares to acquire so-called counterattack capabilities to strike enemy bases.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2023

Evacuation order lifted for part of Fukushima town

The move expanded the habitable area of Tomioka to about 93% of its total area, up from about 88% following the lifting of some evacuation orders in 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2023

In Taiwan’s waters, a hunt for tiny, wriggling ‘gold’

In the 1980s and ’90s, Taiwan’s eel industry was thriving, fueled by Japan’s appetite for unagi. But those days are gone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 1, 2023

Universities in Japan attempt to draw more women into the sciences

A 2019 OECD survey found that only 7% of female university students in Japan major in science and engineering, the smallest share among member economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

Toyota hands St. Petersburg plant over to Russian state

The company said in September it had decided to stop vehicle production in Russia due to the interruption in supplies of key materials and parts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2023

Bicycle helmets are now 'mandatory' in Japan. Here's how people feel about that.

Most people in the country don't wear helmets when zipping off to work or buying groceries. But that might change thanks to a revised section of the Road Traffic Act.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2023

Masahiro Tanaka feels right at home as away team pitcher in Hokkaido opener

Tanaka has rarely had the opportunity to start on opening day in Japan, twice because of his participation in the WBC and also because he spent 2014 to 2020 in MLB.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

IMF says BOJ should avoid hasty exit and provide rate guidance

Any indication of a shift in the 'yield curve control' program could trigger a massive bond selloff, leaving some economists predicting that an end to YCC could come very abruptly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2023

Campaigning kicks off for Japanese local elections

Key campaign issues include child-rearing support, soaring prices and support for regional economies.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 31, 2023

Fury and sadness in Indonesia after FIFA pulls Under-20 World Cup

The humiliating loss came after two influential governors advocated banning Israel from the competition.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 31, 2023

Dortmund target overcoming Munich hoodoo on Tuchel's big day

Dortmund sit one point clear of Bayern but face their title rivals at Munich's Allianz Arena, which has been a graveyard for their aspirations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2023

Japan's new fiscal year to bring more price hikes and changes to social systems

The start of April will herald the second year in a row in which widespread hikes to foods and services prices, caused by surging materials prices, will weigh on household finances.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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