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Official account of Japan's most widely read English-language news source. Est. 1897. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/

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In the northern Philippines, near a military base the U.S. recently won access to that is crucial to any defense of Taiwan, Beijing has made inroads with key politicians, wooing them with VIP trips to the mainland. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/11/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-elite-china-taiwan/

thejapantimes , to World News
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The Biden administration said Israel may have violated international law in its war against Hamas but won’t stop the flow of weapons and bombs to a key ally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/11/world/politics/us-biden-israel-international-law-violation/

thejapantimes , to World News
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The West’s strategic overreach vis-a-vis Russia is not only alienating much of the rest of the world, but also providing a windfall for its real rival, China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/07/world/west-hastening-its-decline/

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French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for an update of the country’s economic ties with China, just as the country’s leader Xi Jinping is expected to travel to France for a state visit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/05/asia-pacific/politics/france-macron-china-reset-economic-policy/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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Japan fell by two places from last year to 70th in the 2024 world freedom of press rankings, according to Reporters Without Borders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/04/japan/japan-press-freedom-rank-70th/

thejapantimes , to World News
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The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are nearing a historic pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees and lay out a possible pathway to diplomatic ties with Israel if its government ends the war in the Gaza Strip. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/02/world/politics/us-saudis-defense-pact/

thejapantimes , to Tesla
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Tesla eliminated almost its entire Supercharger organization, which has built a vast network of public charging stations that virtually every major automaker is in the process of tapping into in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/companies/tesla-supercharger-team-automakers/

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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Blistering summers are becoming the norm, and although experts say it is unlikely that climate change will cause a dangerous shortage in Japan’s overall rice supply, extreme heat still threatens to lower grain quality — and farmers’ income. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/04/28/climate-change/rice-climate-change-risk/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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Japan's lunar lander has defied the odds to survive a third lunar night, surprising even its designers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/25/japan/science-health/japan-moon-lander-survives-third-lunar-night/

thejapantimes , to Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas
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Extreme heat scorched the Philippines on Wednesday, forcing thousands of schools to suspend in-person classes and prompting warnings for people to limit the amount of time spent outdoors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/24/asia-pacific/philippines-extreme-heat/

thejapantimes , to Hydrogen
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The oil-rich Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo is aiming to transform itself into a center for clean hydrogen energy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/04/20/energy/clean-hydrogen-bet-borneo/

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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Yoasobi, Awich and Atarashii Gakko! shine at the California festival, proving just how much J-pop has made strides in reaching international audiences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/04/19/music/coachella-yoasobi-awich-atarashii-gakko/

thejapantimes , to China
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In 100 years, one-fourth of China’s urban coastal land could sit below sea level because of a combination of subsidence and sea level rise, a study has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/19/asia-pacific/society/china-city-sink-study/

thejapantimes , to World News
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Israel is carrying out "an insidious campaign to end UNRWA's operations" in Gaza as food shortages only worsen, the agency's head says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/18/world/unrwa-chief-famine-gaza/

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The U.S. Army has deployed its new Typhon midrange ground-based missile launcher to the Indo-Pacific region for the first time, for joint military exercises in the northern Philippines — a move likely to unnerve China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/16/asia-pacific/politics/us-midrange-missiles-philippines-china/

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The Philippines will invoke its defense treaty with the U.S. if a Filipino soldier dies from a foreign attack, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said, in remarks that come amid growing tensions with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/16/asia-pacific/politics/marcos-us-pact-china-tensions/

thejapantimes , to cars
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Despite billions of dollars of investment, hydrogen cars in the U.S. are disappearing in the rearview mirror, overtaken by battery-electric models and stalled by fuel shortages and soaring prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/04/06/energy/hydrogen-vehicle-hurdles/

thejapantimes , to World News
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Developing nations feel that international trade rules favor developed countries and undermine their interests, particularly in areas like agriculture and fishing subsidies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/04/05/world/developing-countries-multilateralism/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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Japan, the United States and the Philippines are considering cooperating in strengthening supply chains for key minerals, including nickel, to counter economic coercion from China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/04/japan/japan-us-philippines-mineral-supply/

thejapantimes , to World News
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Dangerous confrontations between the maritime forces of China and the Philippines have the potential to draw in other nations, including the United States and Japan, into a wider conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/04/02/world/south-china-sea-crisis/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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The central government has picked five municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima islands to set up emergency evacuation shelters where local residents can stay in the event of a foreign military attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/30/japan/sakishima-islands-shelters/

thejapantimes , to World News
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For fundamentalist Christians in America, what matters is not the factual truth of Donald Trump’s sinful, un-Christian character, but rather the belief that divine forces are acting through him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/03/28/world/fundamentalist-christians-trump/

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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Amazon plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers to equip itself with the firepower to handle an expected surge in demand for artificial intelligence applications and other digital services. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/29/tech/amazondata-centers-ai-boom/

thejapantimes , to World News
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Russia has no designs on NATO countries and won't attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, while adding that if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine they will be shot down by Russian forces. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/28/world/politics/putin-nato-f16-ukraine/

thejapantimes , to Hydrogen
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JERA, Japan's top power generator, said it has agreed with Exxon Mobil to jointly explore the development of a low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production project in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/25/companies/jera-exxon-hydrogen-ammonia-project/

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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Accompanied by eerie background music, TikTok conspiracy videos often feature imperious AI-generated voices, imitating celebrities, as they spout outlandish apocalyptic messages to millions of viewers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/18/tech/ai-conspiracies-tiktok/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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Japan is set to launch a new dialogue framework toward starting negotiations for a multinational treaty banning the production of certain nuclear materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/14/japan/japan-dialogue-nuclear-material-ban/

thejapantimes , to World News
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Ukraine has angrily rejected Pope Francis' call to negotiate with Russia two years into its invasion, vowing "never" to surrender after the pontiff said Kyiv should "have the courage to raise the white flag." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/11/world/politics/kyiv-pope-white-flag-russia/

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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Millions of vines are being destroyed in Australia and tens of millions more must be pulled up to rein in overproduction that has crushed grape prices and threatens the livelihoods of growers and wine makers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/11/companies/australian-farmers-wine-glut/

thejapantimes , to China
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Beijing is set to further increase its manufacturing and installation of solar panels as it seeks to master global markets and wean itself from imports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/09/tech/china-solar-energy-dominate/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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Gender equality and equal rights are not just a matter of equity; they are also of paramount economic importance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/03/08/japan/economic-power-gender-equality/

thejapantimes , to DIY Solar
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Powering just one megawatt of capacity requires at least five acres, meaning a 200-megawatt project (roughly 3,000 panels) takes up as much space as 550 American football fields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/06/tech/solar-farms-creative-space-use/

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Former world No. 1 Simona Halep was cleared to resume her tennis career on Tuesday after her four-year doping ban was reduced to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/03/06/tennis/halep-doping-ban-reduced/

thejapantimes , to China
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China has pledged to harness the entire nation’s resources to speed homegrown scientific breakthroughs, in line with its bid to wrest technological supremacy from the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/05/tech/china-us-tech-supremacy/

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U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk has accused China of violating fundamental rights in its Xinjiang and Tibet regions and called on Beijing to change course. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/05/asia-pacific/politics/un-rights-china-xinjiang-tibet/

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China has announced a 7.2% hike in its defense budget for the coming year, the same rate of increase as the previous year, as Beijing continues to modernize its military amid its rivalry with the U.S. and its allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/05/asia-pacific/politics/china-npc-defense-taiwan/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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Princess Yuriko was hospitalized after she was diagnosed as possibly suffering cerebral infarction and having aspiration pneumonia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/04/japan/japan-princess-yuriko-hospitalized/

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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The government has adopted plans to create a new system designed to train unskilled foreign workers and facilitate their attainment of employment opportunities in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/03/03/foreign-workers-training/

thejapantimes , to World News
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To state the obvious, there was no Jewish equivalent of Hamas in the late 1930s that triggered a response from Hitler’s Germany through the deliberate slaughter, rape and abduction of ordinary Germans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/02/23/world/gaza-war-nightmare/

thejapantimes , to Japan
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A study on Tokyo teenagers has found that their stress levels had decreased during Japan's first COVID-19 state of emergency, contrary to popular belief that restrictions on academic and social activities caused extra stress. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/09/japan/science-health/teens-covid-emergency-stress/

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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This week marked the first time AI walked away with a piece of Japan's prestigious literary award the Akutagawa Prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/01/19/books/akutagawa-prize-book-chatgpt/?utm_content=bufferc57f6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes , to Japan
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Amid an international space race, anticipation is building as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s lunar lander gears up for Saturday’s touchdown on the moon’s surface. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/18/japan/science-health/japan-slim-prepares-for-moon-landing/?utm_content=buffer1cbe7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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Videos espousing climate denial are declining on YouTube, while videos attacking solutions such as wind and solar are proliferating, according to a new report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/01/17/resources/attacks-renewable-energy-youtube/?utm_content=buffere0fe6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes , to Random stuff
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Despite forecasts of declining oil and coal, the energy sector is heavily investing in natural gas, confident in its role in the global energy mix until at least 2050. Touted as a "bridge fuel," the bridge keeps getting longer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/01/12/climate-change/fossil-fuels-flood-gas/?utm_content=buffer9e236&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes , to World News
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A couple of Australian tycoons are holding up takeovers of junior miners. Their territorial behavior is not good for the market or climate change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/01/09/world/lithium/?utm_content=buffer31ee9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes , to Sustainability
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In Pakistan's vast central plains, the government plans to overhaul its outdated agriculture sector — with the army playing an outsized role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/01/07/sustainability/military-pakistan-green-revolution/?utm_content=buffer79566&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

thejapantimes , to World News
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Calling others anti-science is a kind of label used to cast aspersions on political enemies and deride them as stupid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/01/02/world/anti-science-politics/?utm_content=buffer0658a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A Chinese exchange student who fell victim to a "cyber kidnapping" scam in which his parents were extorted for $80,000, was found alive but "cold and scared" in a tent in the Utah wilderness, police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/02/world/crime-legal/chinese-student-us-cyber-kidnapping/?utm_content=buffer4156c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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