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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023
To all those lab meat skeptics: Please, just stay out of the way
Europe is doing it again — stigmatizing scientific innovations, such as with lab-grown meat, that will be crucial to our future food supply.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 16, 2023
Japan springs into action for Salone del Mobile Milan 2023
The world’s largest annual furniture and design trade fair is back in full force, and Japanese designers are well represented.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 26, 2023
Who will take care of Italy’s older people? Robots, maybe.
The Western world’s oldest population is facing a crisis of caregivers. Some are looking for a little helping, plastic, hand.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 16, 2023
Japan blows out Italy to advance to World Baseball Classic semifinals
Japan has reached the WBC semifinals for the fifth straight time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2023
Japan, U.K. and Italy defense ministers discuss fighter jet deal
Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and his British and Italian counterparts, Ben Wallace and Guido Crosetto, are also expected to discuss cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 14, 2023
Japan weighs defense exports as it shows off fighter jet plans
The Global Combat Air Program is the country’s first major military development plan with partners other than the U.S. since World War II.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2023
Pakistani field hockey player Shahida Raza was seeking better life before migrant shipwreck near Italy
Raza was one of two nationals that Pakistan's foreign ministry said died in the shipwreck.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023
Migrant shipwreck in Italy kills at least 59, including 12 children
The incident has reopened a debate on migration in Italy, where the recently-elected right-wing government's tough new laws for migrant rescue charities have drawn criticism from the U.N.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2023
Japan, Britain and Italy eye defense chiefs meeting in Tokyo in March
The three countries' plan for joint development of a next-generation fighter jet is expected to be discussed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2023
China's Xi plans 'peace speech' on Ukraine invasion anniversary, Italy says
The Feb. 24 speech will apparently continue Beijing's line of urging peace while avoiding condemnation of its ally Russia.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 13, 2023
Steve Borthwick earns first victory as England coach
Borthwick's reign started with a 29-23 loss at home against Scotland last weekend in the first round of the tournament.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 6, 2023
Defending champion France spoils Italy's upset bid in tense Six Nations opener
'We're going to try and keep the positives from this test but obviously there were more negatives than positives,' France captain Antoine Dupont said.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 22, 2023
Juventus manager says team must maintain focus amid off-field turmoil
In addition to a 15-point deduction in the current Serie A campaign, a court also imposed bans from holding office in Italian soccer on 11 past and present Juventus directors.
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WORLD
Jan 18, 2023
Hideouts, wigs and cash: An Italian mobster's life on the run
Specialized police 'hunter squadrons' tirelessly track down these fugitives, who have gone to ground in Sicily, the wilds of Sardinia or in the mountains of Calabria.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2023
Japan and Italy to launch talks to boost security ties
Japan, Italy and other G7 countries have slapped economic sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 9, 2023
Italy's resurgent right takes on a woman's right to choose
Abortion repeatedly made headlines in September's elections, a process that elevated Giorgia Meloni to lead Italy's most right-wing government since World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 24, 2022
Kishida eyes visit to Britain, France and Italy in January
By sitting down with some of his G7 counterparts, the Japanese leader is expected to seek alignment on issues to which he attaches particular importance.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 22, 2022
Italy's Cherif Traore calls out racism after receiving rotten banana as Christmas gift
'As well as considering the gesture offensive, the thing that hurt me the most was seeing most of my companions present laughing. As if everything was normal,' Traore wrote on Instagram.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2022
Japan, U.K. and Italy to jointly develop next-gen fighter aircraft by 2035
The move will see Tokyo cooperate for the first time with countries other than the United States to meet a major defense requirement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2022
Enel turns to Sicily to take on China's solar dominance
The project to expand the capacity of Enel's 3Sun plant is especially relevant as the European Union seeks to speed up the switch to renewables and end its dependence on Russian gas.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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