https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/12/economy/us-fed-powell-subpoena-trump/
Fed chair Jerome Powell said the “unprecedented action” should be seen in the broader context of the White House’s “threats and ongoing pressure.”
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/15/more-sports/drake-maye-texans-defense/
The winner will advance to the AFC championship game.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/21/books/kids-book-japan-daipinchi-zukan/
The top-selling book of 2025, “Dai Pinchi Zukan 3,” is a children’s book about a cloddish kid forever falling into mishaps or “big pinches.”
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/16/japan/japan-right-on-immigration-approach/
In the past decade, arrivals have surged as the population ages. The number of foreigners has doubled since 2012 to top 4 million.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/27/soccer/j-league/vissel-kobe-shenhua-acl/
The J. League champion overtook second-placed Melbourne City in the standings.
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https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/is-canons-factory-closure-tied-to-strains-in-china-japan-ties/
Dec 8, 2025 - The sudden closure of Canon’s long‑standing printer plant in Zhongshan, Guangdong, has cast a fresh spotlight on China and Japan relations
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/12/11/baseball/mlb/pete-alonso-move-orioles/
Alonso, 31, is coming off a dazzling season with the Mets in which he hit 38 home runs, 41 doubles and drove in 126 runs across 162 games.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/japan/japan-bear-crisis/
Currently, there are only around 220,000 licensed hunters in Japan, substantially lower than the 532,265 registered in 1970.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/09/world/social-issues-world/italy-resurgent-right-abortion-rights/
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...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/16/japan/takaichis-success-and-feminisms-failures/
A movement that cannot accommodate this complexity — that insists feminists must agree on everything or be dismissed as traitors — consigns itself to...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/world/crime-legal/epstein-files-delays-worsen/
The U.S. Department of Justice had released thousands of pages of heavily redacted records and photos from investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey...
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https://sustainable.japantimes.com/satoyama/175
Jan 13, 2026 - The Japan Times has announced that Yamagata city, Yamagata Prefecture, has been selected as the Destination Region of the Year 2025...
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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/1349058.shtml
We urge Japan to earnestly confront and deeply reflect on its history of aggression, to adopt a responsible attitude and take concrete actions to gain the...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/24/sumo/aonishiki-shock-first-sumo-title/
The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, is set to be promoted to sumo's second-highest rank this week.
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https://boj.japantimes.co.jp/seasonal-guide/vol28/28-10/
Nov 28, 2025 - Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, is easily reached from Haneda Airport by a roughly 30-minute tra […]
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/16/books/craig-mod-things-become-other-things/
In “Things Become Other Things,” the longtime resident of Japan captures that grace that lingers in slowly vanishing countryside towns.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/04/art/sou-fujimoto-tokyo-exhibition/
From a model of the Grand Ring you can walk through to a futuristic city design, the architect’s exhibition at Mori Art Museum is an invitation to engage...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2023/05/28/how-tos/dont-number-card-yet-maybe-get/
Hit with a few scattered glitches recently, the My Number card still proved helpful to our writer when he filed his taxes.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/30/markets/trump-fed-chair-pick/
The U.S. president came close to seeking the central bank chief’s ouster in July, but backed away after a negative reaction in financial markets.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/12/japan/japan-auto-industry-us-trump/
Of the cars sold in the U.S., 40% are from Japanese makers, who are determined to hold onto this market share despite Washington's policy vagaries in the auto...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/science-health/climate-change-typhoon-turbulence/
Storms have become more intense, producing stronger winds and often resulting in greater in-flight turbulence, the study found.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/japan/explainer/fuji-tv-presser-takeaways/
Longtime executive of Fuji TV Hisashi Hieda, who has been dubbed the “emperor” of the broadcaster, was not present at the news conference and did not...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/crime-legal/osaka-court-hanging-executions/
Three inmates, whose death sentences have been finalized, claimed that executions by hanging violate an international treaty that prohibits cruel punishments.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/31/world/building-ai-infrastructure/
Broadband, mobile networks and data centers are now as integral to daily life as roads and power grids.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/japan-limbo-opposition-talks-oust-ruling-party?ref=article-see-also
A coalition would give the opposition enough votes to form a government and prevent Takaichi from taking power
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/society/deaflympics-sign-interpreter/
International Sign is used as the official language at the Deaflympics, but it isn’t well known in Japan, and there is a shortage of interpreters.
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https://time.now/fujisawa/sun/
View detailed sunrise, sunset, and twilight times for Fujisawa for January 2026. Track daylight hours, sun phases, and more. All data for Fujisawa, Japan.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/japan-eyes-another-stimulus-package-pandemic-crushes-economy
[TOKYO] Japan will look into additional steps to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, its economy minister said on Friday, signalling that...
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https://time.now/yokohama/sun/
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https://jgtimes.org/
Discover Japan's rich geospatial history, modern trends, and innovations. Perfect for geospatial enthusiasts looking to explore the evolution of maps and...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/yamanote-line-power-outage/
The suspensions of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines affected approximately 673,000 people.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/japan-covid-19-doctors-lack-fresh-masks-hazard-pay-union-survey
[TOKYO] Japanese hospital doctors on the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic face tough working conditions, with many reusing masks and few getting hazard pay,...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/world/politics/russia-key-ukraine-city/
Kyiv’s top general painted a picture that contrasted with the Russian president's, saying Ukraine was pushing back hard.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/15/tech/nexperia-chinese-owner-threats-chips/
The standoff between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia and Chinese owner Wingtech Technology has disrupted the auto industry in Europe and around the world.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/banking-finance/record-japan-stock-rally-boj-sitting-its-hands
[TOKYO] Japanese stocks' record rally is so powerful that one of their most prominent buyers is sitting on the sidelines.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/country-report_category/france-report-2021/
With the Olympic baton passed from Tokyo to Paris, Japan and France are continuing to work ever more closely together in the realms of culture and business.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/09/stage/takashi-wakasugi-comedy/
Melbourne-based comedian Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi, who has only ever done stand-up in his second language, is fast becoming Australia’s favorite Japanese...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/16/tech/tsmc-asml-tariff-ai/
Both have borne the brunt of a broader market selloff, weighed down by both U.S. tariff threats and doubts over future AI demand.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/25/film/whoever-steals-this-book/
Sometimes visually dazzling, sometimes dense with exposition, Kagokan’s first full-length feature shows what fewer cooks in the anime kitchen can achieve.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/prince-hitachi-birthday/
According to the Imperial Household Agency, the prince spends his days with his wife, Princess Hanako, at their residence in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/20/tech/nidec-chairman-quits-board/
The move follows the discovery of accounting issues that damaged the reputation of the Japanese maker of electric motors.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/04/asia-pacific/politics/south-koreas-lee-travels-to-china/
Lee is the first South Korean leader to visit Beijing in six years and his four-day trip comes less than a week after China carried out massive military drills...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/24/film/tokyo-international-film-festival-hamnet-climbing-for-life/
Japan’s main movie event kicks off Oct. 27 with the true story of the first woman to summit Mount Everest. It closes Nov. 5 with Chloe Zhao’s 'Hamnet.'
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/29/japan/the-world-is-failing-cambodia/
Cambodia’s entrenched CPP regime shows signs of elite fracture under Hun Sen, creating a rare window for meaningful change.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/05/world/politics/rubio-remake-latin-america-venezuela/
The U.S. Secretary of State grew up in a Cuban exile community in Miami known for anti-communist and anti-authoritarian fervor.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/glp-develop-logistics-facility-chiba-japan
GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) will start work on developing a 72,000 sq m multi-tenant logistics facility in Greater Tokyo, the company announced yesterday.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/01/music/yumi-matsutoya-ai-music/
Even as she experiments with AI, Yumi Matsutoya returns to the craft, memories and instincts that shaped her long career.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/03/business/panama-canal-dry-economic-impact/
A severe drought has caused water levels in Panama to drop far below normal, resulting in weight limits and rising surcharges for vessels traversing the canal.
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https://www.straitstimes.com/life/home-design/the-chic-home-interior-designers-japan-inspired-hdb-flat?ref=more-on-this-topic
Oct 10, 2025 - Inspired by their travels to Japan, this couple wanted their flat to feel like a vacation home. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/companies/tokyo-blue-fin-tuna-auction/
Sushizanmai boss Kiyoshi Kimura paid the top price at the annual new year auction for a 243-kilogram fish caught off Japan’s northern coast.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/02/09/art/yuki-harada-japanese-artist/
The artist spent time researching Japanese migrants who left Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures for Hawaii, and the U.S. island state often features in his...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/18/film/10-dance/
Ryoma Takeuchi brings the swagger as a bad-boy Latin dance champion, but Keishi Otomo’s queer romance delivers surprisingly little heat.
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https://sustainable.japantimes.com/magazine/vol51/51-04
Dec 2, 2025 - Half an hour from Ishikawa Prefecture’s Komatsu Airport, Auberge Eaufeu is located on a site endowed with underground water from Mount...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/15/more-sports/tiger-woods-brooks-koepka-return/
Three months removed from his latest back operation, Woods has resumed some golf activities.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/17/energy/nigeria-africa-solar-superpower/
Among African nations, Nigeria aims to reduce its fossil-fuel dependence and generate 30% of its energy from renewables by 2030 as well as develop local...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/politics/osaka-referendum/
The Osaka governor’s resignation has drawn criticism from within the Japan Innovation Party, which he also leads.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/tetsuya-yamagami-abe-assassin/
Tetsuya Yamagami’s path to the assassination had many turning points, but his alarm over the Unification Church's ties with the prime minister, and financial...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/31/economy/esg-investment-retreat-japan-striving/
Corporations and industry groups are pushing back against the global headwinds and working to make ESG investment a pillar of sustainable growth.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/japans-economy-sees-output-exceed-capacity-most-9-years
[TOKYO] Japan's economy saw output exceed full capacity by the most in nine years in the April-June quarter, a Bank of Japan estimate showed, a positive sign...
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https://time.now/shizuoka/sun/
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https://time.now/hamamatsu/sun/
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/18/world/china-low-altitude-economy-drones/
Beijing wants to repeat the economic success story of its battery and EV players by propelling companies operating in low-altitude airspace to global market...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/politics/party-leaders-diet-debate-taiwan/
The PM has indicated that she didn’t initially intend to offer an example of what she could consider a “survival-threatening situation” that would allow...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/politics/trump-advice-japan-provocation-taiwan/
Takaichi sparked a diplomatic bust-up with Beijing when she said that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger Japanese military action.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/japan/crime-legal/legal-support-crime-victims/
The assistance, both in criminal and civil procedures, is provided basically free of charge, and applications can be submitted for incidents that occurred on...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/14/world/society/eu-lgbtq-ukraine-moldova-bosnia/
Several candidate countries have faced criticism over lack of protecting LGBTQ+ rights.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/09/economy/china-dual-blink/
For a second day running, it signaled that the restrictions are not meant to upend trade.
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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-asks-russia-to-reduce-military-activity-on-disputed-islands
MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Tuesday (July 31) that Tokyo had asked Russia to reduce its military activity on a...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/12/18/our-lives/adoption-cats-emery/
Weighing in at only 3 kilograms, this petite cat has a sweet aura and even a whiff of magic about her.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/politics/foreigners-policy-fee/
The government is considering raising the fee for permanent residency to as high as ¥300,000.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/japan-exempt-some-food-sales-tax-hike-sparks-worries-about-debt
[TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered his ruling party on Wednesday to devise a plan to exempt some food items from a sales tax hike in 2017,...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sub/students/
Your perfect study aid — To complement the education and research of currently enrolled students, The Japan Times is offering unrestricted access to our...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/07/markets/orbis-international-equity-japanese-stocks/
Japanese stocks made up 24% of the $3 billion Orbis International Equity fund as of end-April, up from just 10% four months earlier.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/politics/dpp-ldp-jip-coalition/
While the benefits of interparty cooperation are clear, some LDP voices say building trust with its coalition partner is of the utmost importance.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/15/business/uber-drivers-protest/
A leak has shown that Uber knowingly flouted laws, duped police and exploited violence against vulnerable drivers as it lobbied governments for access.
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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/record-property-loans-driving-japan-real-estate-market-recovery
RECORD Japanese property lending is driving such a strong recovery in the world's second-largest real estate investment market that policymakers are flagging...
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https://www.khaleejtimes.com/business/aviation/uae-japan-flights-typhoon-could-disrupt-operations-on-august-16-say-airlines
Some carriers, such as Japan Airlines and ANA, have cancelled hundreds of flights that were scheduled on Friday
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/12/markets/australia-antimony-gallium-rare-earths/
Australia and several other countries are joining a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies in Washington on Monday on the...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/society/english-book-student-soldier/
Translating notes about being a student soldier took seven years to complete, in time for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/us-announces-new-nuclear-bomb-24-times-more-powerful-than-dropped-on-japan-us-department-of-state-little-boy-hiroshima-nagashaki-b61-gravity-bomb-2023-10-31-900495
The United States said it will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, designated the B61-13, pending Congressional authorisation and...
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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-executes-2-more-cult-members-of-deadly-sarin-attack
TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japan on Thursday (July 26) executed two more members of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo that perpetrated a deadly sarin gas attack on the...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/asia-pacific/society/afghanistan-abortions-illegal/
Fewer than half of Afghan women have access to contraceptive methods such as condoms, implants or pills, with abortion being illegal.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/07/books/palaver-bryan-washington-review/
A finalist for this year’s National Book Award for Fiction in the U.S., Bryan Washington’s “Palaver” is a gentle exploration of leaving and arriving.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/30/entertainment-news/tom-stoppard-obituary/
As well as his Oscar, Stoppard won three Oliviers and five Tonys, among the top awards in the theater world.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/japan/politics/dpp-tamaki-snap-election/
Although the prime minister has yet to confirm a snap election will take place, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki has gone on the...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/20/asia-pacific/crime-legal/taiwan-metro-attack/
Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai said the attacks at Taipei Main Station and Zhongshan Station were 'a deliberate act,' although the motive was not immediately...
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2024/07/01/how-tos/foreign-authors-careers-japan/
Some writers find career stability in teaching, while others find that the culture and vibrance of this country inspires their imaginations.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/companies/bear-attacks-insurers/?ref=biztoc.com
A record total of 13 people have died from bear attacks in the country since April.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/19/asia-pacific/crime-legal/thailand-reframe-cambodia-fight-scammers/
The framing shows Bangkok is seeking to align itself with both Washington and Beijing.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/12/sumo/gunning-kyushu-sumo-tournament/
Ex-ōzeki Takayasu, rising talent Hakuoho and former Emperor’s Cup winner Wakatakakage were successively brushed aside with ease.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/satoyama-consortium/2021/02/12/satoyama-consortium/citizen-revitalization-projects-take-root-tsukuba-district/
In the Oda district of the city of Tsukuba, citizens are starting to engage in projects aimed at revitalizing the community with support from older generations.
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