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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) welcomes Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at the Group of 20 Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2024
Canada-India rift seen as a momentary gain for Modi and Trudeau
The divide could bolster Narendra Modi's image as a hawk on national security while taking the spotlight off of Justin Trudeau reportedly being asked to step down.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (center), with Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly (right), and Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, takes part in a news conference about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's investigation into "violent criminal activity in Canada with connections to India," on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2024
Canada expels top India diplomats, linking them to murder of Sikh leader
India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats.
Philippine Navy Flag Officer-in-Command Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr. speaks during the opening ceremony of exercise Sama Sama 2023, the annual bilateral exercise between the Philippine and U.S. Navy, in Manila in October 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 8, 2024
Six countries conduct naval drills off the Philippines amid China tensions
This year's drills, which involve almost a thousand sailors and personnel, are high-intensity exercises focusing on antisubmarine, antisurface and antiair warfare.
Canadian Ambassador to Japan Ian McKay, who is also his country's special envoy for the Indo-Pacific, takes part in an interview with The Japan Times last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2024
Canada eyes joint coast guard patrols with more Asian partners, envoy says
Canada is recognized as a leader in terms of its "Dark Vessel Detection" technology designed to identify vessels fishing illegally in protected maritime areas.
The icebreaker CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier at the Port of Yokohama on Wednesday. The vessel arrived on Monday after conducting a series of patrols to detect and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the northern Pacific, a region critical to implementing Canada’s overarching Indo-Pacific Strategy.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2024
Canada marks expansion of coast guard cooperation with Japan port call
The move will set the stage for greater cooperation with partners in the region as Ottawa ramps up efforts to tackle illegal fishing in the Pacific, experts say.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2024
Canadian PM Trudeau survives no-confidence vote but remains vulnerable
Canada's main opposition Conservatives are already vowing to try again to topple the government as soon as Tuesday.
Corey Conners lines up a putt during the BMW Championship in Castle Rock, Colorado, last month.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Sep 25, 2024
Corey Conners amped for 'amazing' Presidents Cup atmosphere in Canada
The game of golf has been booming in Canada, with five golfers having won on the PGA Tour in the past two years.
A burnt vehicle after a wildfire in the Baie-James region of Quebec, Canada, on June 10
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 24, 2024
Insurance czar has ‘harsh’ message about climate: You may just have to move
Canadian insurers received 228,000 insurance claims in July and August — more than they’ve had in any summer over the past 20 years.
A CH-148 Cyclone helicopter and a CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft fly over the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg in the Asia-Pacific region in November 2020. Canada has been gradually boosting its military engagement with Asian partners.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2024
Canada and Japan aiming to rapidly expand defense ties
Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair has said he thinks there are "unlimited areas of cooperation" between the two countries.
The town of Jasper, Alberta, on Aug. 15 after a wildfire devastated the tourism hot spot
WORLD
Sep 12, 2024
Canada's tourism continues to reel from threat of wildfires
Scientists paint a gloomy future for Canada, with more and larger blazes sparked by a warming climate.
Trains at a yard in Calgary, Alberta, after Teamsters union workers were locked out by Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2024
Canada rail employees ordered back to work
The disputes centered around workers' concerns over long hours and fatigue, leading to dangerous working conditions.
Foreigners account for more than 10% of the population in countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia. Despite an expected decline in births, their populations may continue to grow for some time due to their ability to attract immigrants.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2024
The rich world’s immigration conundrum
Fourteen high-income countries have shown how immigration can help offset declining fertility rates and maintain population levels.
Canadian National Railway workers picket at the CPKC Toronto yard, after the company and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) locked out employees following unsuccessful negotiation attempts with the Teamsters union, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 23, 2024
Canada moves quickly to end unprecedented rail shutdown
The Canadian Industrial Relations Board will consult the two rail companies and unions before issuing a back-to-work order that should come soon.
A 7-Eleven convenience store, operated by Seven & I Holdings, in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2024
Couche-Tard bids for $31 billion Japanese retailer Seven & I
If realized, Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard's move would be the largest-ever foreign takeover of a Japanese company.
Philippine Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro (right) speaks during a joint press conference with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at a hotel in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Aug. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 14, 2024
Manila looks beyond Asia for defense support
Germany is the latest Western power to announce plans to deepen security ties with the Philippines amid Manila's escalating territorial disputes with China.
Students at the University of British Columbia during the first week of classes in Vancouver, Canada
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2024
Global immigration crackdown ensnares students studying abroad
Aggregate visa data for the first quarter of 2024 showed volumes to the U.K., Canada and Australia down between 20% and 30% from a year earlier.
The destruction left behind by the Borel Fire near Lake Isabella, California, on July 29
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2024
Wildfires are getting weirder. Case in point: 'firenados.'
Sometimes fire thunderstorms even create their own lightning, which spawns new blazes miles away.
Summer McIntosh celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter individual medley for her third gold medal of the Paris Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 4, 2024
McIntosh makes Canadian history with third gold
The 17-year-old swimmer did it in an Olympic record time of 2 minutes, 6.56 seconds, taking down the 2016 record of 2:06.58 set by Hungary's Katinka Hosszu.
Canadian teen Summer McIntosh swims to Olympic gold in the women's 200-meter butterfly event on Thursday in Paris.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 2, 2024
Summer storm hits Paris as McIntosh claims second swimming gold
Three days after a dominant win in the 400-meter individual medley, the 17-year-old delivered another clinical swim that oozed with teenage exuberance.
Christa Deguchi of Canada (right) battles South Korea’s Huh Mi-mi in the finals of the women's under-57 kg judo competition at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Judo
Jul 30, 2024
Japan-born Christa Deguchi claims Olympic gold for Canada in women's judo
Born and raised in Nagano Prefecture to a Canadian father and Japanese mother, Deguchi excelled for Japan before switching her representation to Canada.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
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