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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 12, 2022
Japan's wholesale prices rose 7.3% in fiscal 2021, surging at record pace
The depreciation of the yen boosted import prices by 32.7% from a year earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2022
Biden to make first visit to Japan as president in late May for 'Quad'
The meeting between Kishida and Biden is being arranged for May 23, with the Quad summit the following day, as Biden makes his first visit to Japan since becoming president.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2022
Russia's war on Ukraine to bolster oil producers' influence at climate summits
There are also signs the next two COPs risk being co-opted by oil interests because of the close relationship between Saudi Arabia and the host countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2022
Europe moves to arm Ukraine as sanctions fail to sway Putin
The shift partly comes as European nations accept that sanctions have done little to crimp Russia's ability to fund its military operations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2022
Dental fees to jump in Japan as palladium prices surge on Ukraine war
The change is expected to translate into a rise of several hundred yen in the cost for patients younger than 70 for each tooth treated with 'silver' fillings.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2022
Ukraine evacuees to get up to ¥2,400 a day as living allowance in Japan
The financial aid is expected to last at least six months, with the government separately shouldering medical expenses and Japanese language lessons and also helping them find jobs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2022
Japan and Russia start salmon and trout fishing talks amid Ukraine crisis
The move is seen as controversial because Tokyo has to pay a fishery rights fee to Moscow.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 11, 2022
Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells South Korean lawmakers tens of thousands killed in Mariupol
'Ukraine needs various military technologies from airplanes to tanks,' Zelenskyy said in a video address to South Korean lawmakers. 'South Korea can help us.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 11, 2022
Japan looks to top up LNG reserves as possible Russian gas cutoff looms
Utilities are scrambling for already stretched energy sources as resource-poor Japan joins the West in punishing Russia for its actions in Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2022
Finding Vladimir Putin’s money
The West may want to hit up dissatisfied Russian oligarchs and put them at ease so they divulge what they know of Vladimir Putin's wealth.u2002
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2022
Ukraine calls for more support as country's east becomes focus of new Russian assault
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kept up his tireless campaign to generate international support and rally his countrymen, warning the coming week would be important and tense.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2022
Michelin-star chef collects donations for Ukraine with rice balls
The raised money will be sent to an emergency fund for Ukraine at the Japan Committee for UNICEF.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 11, 2022
BOJ cuts assessment for Japan regions and warns of fallout from Ukraine crisis
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda warned of 'very high uncertainty' over the fallout from the Ukraine crisis, underscoring heightening risks to the economic recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2022
Russia’s invasion supercharges push to make a new green fuel
Investment funds are now joining governments and utilities in ambitious plans to make hydrogen a viable substitute for fossil fuels in manufacturing, transportation and heating.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2022
Ukraine conflict hurts Russian science, as West pulls funding
Hundreds of partnerships between Russian and Western institutions have been paused if not canceled altogether, scientists have said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2022
Spurred by Putin, Russians turn on one another over the war
Citizens are denouncing one another, illustrating how the war is feeding paranoia and polarization in Russian society.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2022
Dozens of Ukrainians found in grave near Kyiv as battle looms in east
The reported mass grave was found in the village of Buzova near Kyiv and was the latest to be discovered after Russian forces withdrew from the area.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2022
Over 20% of Japan's major firms halt Russian businesses: survey
Out of the 37 companies halting their Russian operations, 22 will suspend transactions including shipping products to the country, while seven firms chose to stop the production of goods.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2022
Russian blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They came and did whatever they wanted’
As the staging ground for an assault on Ukraine's capital, Chernobyl was probably not the best choice. But that did not seem to bother Russian generals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2022
Land mines on a timer, scattered over a Ukrainian town
When Sergiy, 47, got out of bed Sunday morning in this small town in northeastern Ukraine, he discovered a chilling new hazard in a war filled with them: He had woken up in a minefield.
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Trump's VP pick signals stronger focus on China
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to his vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
Japan’s minimum wage might not budge much if corporate fears prevail
Unionists hold a rally in Tokyo in April. Households' real cash earnings have been falling year on year for more than two years, with the weakening of the yen making the situation only more difficult as prices of imported goods increase rapidly.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
Three novelists named for Akutagawa and Naoki awards
Naoki Prize winner Michi Ichiho (left), and Akutagawa Prize winners Sanzo K. Matsunaga (center) and Aki Asahina pose with their award-winning books at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.

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