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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2022

In dramatic move, Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump

The committee, in a unanimous vote on Thursday, agreed to demand documents and testimony from the former U.S. president about his role in the attack on the Capitol.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2022

Japan updates advice on clinic visits for COVID patients amid 'twindemic' fears

People between the ages of 12 and 64 with a low risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms have been asked to refrain from going to so-called fever clinics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 13, 2022

Struggling Rakuten may need to phone a friend for help with mobile bet

Hiroshi Mikitani isn't as rich as he used to be — and is losing money rapidly on his bet on mobile. The smart play may be to find a partner with deeper pockets.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 13, 2022

Unraveling one of rock’s deepest mysteries: Les Rallizes Denudes

The Japanese band that emerged in the late 1960s was known for its rumbling rhythms and ear-shredding feedback — but almost nothing was known about its leader, Takashi Mizutani.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2022

Japan to scrap health insurance cards around autumn 2024

The move comes as the government aims to increase the use of My Number cards, and digital minister Taro Kono is expected to make an announcement on the matter as early as Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2022

Local Japan governments eye taxes to prevent deforestation by renewable energy firms

While the use of renewable energy sources is growing, local communities are worried about the environmental destruction the creation of such facilities may cause.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022

Toyota opens new Myanmar plant put on hold following coup

The Japanese automaker said the plant has begun to assemble one or two vehicles a day, working from parts kits shipped to Myanmar in September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2022

Japan's machinery orders post biggest fall in six months in blow to corporate spending

Core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as a barometer of capital expenditure in the coming six to nine months, fell 5.8% in August from the previous month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022

How California’s bullet train went off the rails

The state has accelerated the pace of construction on starter rails, but at the current spending rate of $1.8 million a day, the train could not be completed in this century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 11, 2022

Can flashy music festivals go green?

Deep Tropics organizers said that all the carbon consumed for the two-day event (including the fuel used by all the festivalgoers) will be offset by the planting of some 23,000 trees.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 11, 2022

North Korea trumpets training for 'tactical' nuclear strikes

North Korea's recent flurry of missile launches — including a test of what it said was a “new” type of missile over Japan — were training for hitting its enemies with smaller warheads.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 11, 2022

China's shot at overtaking the U.S. economy is at stake in Xi's next term

If the property downturn is deeper than expected and 'COVID zero' restrictions remain beyond 2023, GDP growth may average below 4% over the next decade.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 11, 2022

British sprinter Chijindu Ujah banned 22 months for doping

Authorities ruled that the 28-year-old's rule violation was not intentional, handing him a shorter punishment than those given for deliberate offenses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2022

Amid price spikes, Japanese farmers look to domestic feed

Price increases in the July-September period averaged over u00a510,000 per ton, more than double the previous record registered in April to June 2021.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 11, 2022

World failing to address 'dangerous' inequality after COVID-19, Oxfam says

The charity assessed 161 governments from 2020 to 2022, and found that half of the nations covered cut their spending on social protection and 70% slashed education.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 11, 2022

Long COVID disables millions worldwide even as rates ease, study shows

Although the probability of having long COVID-19 is relatively low, the vast number of cases — at least 670 million worldwide — leaves a substantial burden of disability.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 11, 2022

Iran returns soccer legend Ali Daei's seized passport over protests

The retired Team Melli forward used social media to call on the government to 'solve the problems of the Iranian people rather than using repression, violence and arrests' in late September.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 10, 2022

Max Verstappen on course to reach new heights after second straight Formula One title

Buoyed by his 2021 title win over the sport's most successful driver ever, Verstappen has shown stunning consistency.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 9, 2022

Aura Muzzo double earns Italy opening win over United States

Canada joined the Italians in picking up a bonus-point win at the women's Rugby World Cup, with Emily Tuttosi scoring a hat trick of tries in a comfortable victory over Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2022

The biggest threat to democracy and peace is thuggishness

The operating system of any functioning society is civility, and thuggishness is the virus that makes it crash.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 9, 2022

Top UEFA clubs not giving up on controversial Super League

To counter the proposal from holdouts Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus, UEFA announced a sweeping overhaul of the Champions League in May to start in 2024.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 9, 2022

From Kyoto to Hokkaido, it's the last call for tourist-free travel

The borders reopen from Oct. 11, but the floodgates will stay relatively closed until countries like China allow tourists to return en masse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 8, 2022

More robots, less cash and new Shibuya await tourists back to Japan

Japan is opening up again after closing its borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic for almost three years — and boy have things changed. Here's a quick rundown of what to expect.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 8, 2022

Key Crimea bridge erupts into fireball after apparent car bomb

The Kerch Bridge, which was built on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been a key transport link for carrying military equipment to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2022

Choice of Saudi Arabia for Asian Winter Games may mark chilling new reality for events

For the biggest events, hosts are becoming harder to find than snowstorms in the Arabian desert.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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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