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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.
Japan Times
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
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
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 Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2022
Japan, U.K. and Italy close to agreement on fighter jet project
Joining a major defense development project with a partner other than the U.S. is a break with tradition for Japan, which is in the process of bolstering its military budget.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2022
What makes a fascist?
Parties or regimes exhibiting certain features might not be fascist today; but they could become so in predictable ways.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 23, 2022
Italy beats Japan to book women's Rugby World Cup playoff berth
The result means winless Japan is eliminated from the 12-team tournament, while Canada is guaranteed to finish as the top qualifier from pool B.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2022
Italy’s Meloni sworn in as first female prime minister
Her tasks include steering the euro area's third-biggest economy and its mammoth debt through an energy crisis compounded by rising interest rates and slowing economic growth.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 16, 2022
Unbeaten Canada too good for Italy at Women's Rugby World Cup
Tuttosi scored two of the Canucks' four tries as they shook off a nightmare start to make it two bonus point wins from two games.
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
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2022
Energy crisis sires new European order: a strong Italy and ailing Germany
Germany has been caught wholly unprepared and is on the brink of recession, as its industry is preparing for gas and power rationing and as it has just nationalized a major utility.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2022
Giorgia Meloni's far-right triumphs in Italy vote
Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, which has neofascist roots, has never held office but looks set to form Italy's most far-right government since the fall of Mussolini.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2022
Far-right eyes historic victory as Italy votes
Led by one-time Mussolini supporter Giorgia Meloni, the Brothers of Italy party is leading polls.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2022
Beware Italy’s ‘mafia entrepreneurs’
Italy's organized crime is expanding its reach by taking control of struggling businesses.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 30, 2022
Thierry Henry begins 'new chapter' as shareholder of ambitious Como
Como, owned by Indonesian tobacco giant Djarum, is targeting a return to Serie A for the first time since 2003, after rising from bankruptcy and the fourth-tier Serie D in 2017.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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