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JAPAN

Renho, who will run as an independent candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, speaks during a news conference in the capital on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2024
Renho to run in Tokyo gubernatorial election
By Yukana Inoue
The 56-year-old lawmaker from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will face incumbent Gov. Yuriko Koike if the latter runs as well.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (center) and Chinese premier Li Qiang at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2024
In rare talks, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing agree to step up cooperation
By Gabriel Dominguez and Gabriele Ninivaggi
While Monday's summit didn't result in any breakthroughs, it is seen as an important step to stem the deterioration of Japan and South Korea's ties with China.
Yasutomo Suzuki (second from right) celebrates in the city of Shizuoka on Sunday after being elected governor of Shizuoka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2024
Opposition-backed Yasutomo Suzuki wins Shizuoka gubernatorial vote
By Francis Tang
Suzuki’s victory could pave the way for restarting the maglev train line project that had been delayed due to opposition from his predecessor.
Mitsubishi Electric's TOKUI Fast Accurate Synchronized Motion Testing Robot solves a Rubik's Cube
JAPAN
May 27, 2024
Japanese robot solves Rubik's Cube in record time
By Elizabeth Beattie
Guinness World Records recognized the 0.305-second time achieved by Mitsubishi Electric's machine as a new world best, beating the previous record of 0.38 seconds.
Japan Coast Guard patrol ships try to block the way of a China Coast Guard ship (center) near Uotsurijima in the Senkaku Islands chain on April 27.
JAPAN
May 27, 2024
Japan spots Chinese ships near Senkaku Islands for record 158 days
The territorial dispute over the Tokyo-controlled islets, known as the Diaoyu by China, is a long-running sore point between Japan and China.
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. A potential tuition hike by the University of Tokyo has sparked student protests amid concerns that it could influence other national universities.
JAPAN / Society
May 27, 2024
University of Tokyo considers tuition hike
The university is also reportedly discussing expanding scholarships and tuition reduction and exemption programs.
Carpenters and others in traditional attire perform a ritual in Naha on Monday to mark the completion of the framework of Shuri Castle's main hall.
JAPAN
May 27, 2024
Ceremony held for restoration of Shuri Castle in Okinawa
Carpenters and others dressed in traditional attire performed a ritual to mark the installation of the ridge beam on the roof.
Language support groups in Fukushima Prefecture are calling for the creation of a better environment for foreign children to learn Japanese.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
May 27, 2024
With more foreign children, Fukushima struggles with language support
A number of children attending schools in the prefecture in fiscal 2023 were unable to fully understand Japanese.
The entrance to Maruyama Park, one of Sapporo's most popular parks for summer recreation. The Maruyama Park area is part of a designated region where Sapporo plans tougher bear countermeasures, including the possible use of bear traps.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
May 27, 2024
From coexistence to separation: Sapporo's battle with bears
By Eric Johnston
An increasing number of bears in Hokkaido is forcing the prefectural capital to change its strategy for dealing with the animals.
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome can be caused by bacteria called group A streptococcus.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 27, 2024
STSS infections growing at record pace in Japan
The patient tally this year had reached 851 as of May 12, with the figure being 2.8 times higher than a year before.
The Kabuto One commercial facility in Tokyo's Kabutocho district features a life-size golden figure of Eiichi Shibusawa, who is known as the father of Japanese capitalism.
JAPAN / Society
May 27, 2024
Mystery-solving event puts spotlight on renewal of Tokyo's Kabutocho
A mystery-solving event in Tokyo's Kabutocho district featuring Eiichi Shibusawa, known as the father of Japanese capitalism, is gaining in popularity.
Tama River in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, where a body of a man was discovered in a suitcase
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2024
Victim's ex-girlfriend and four others arrested over body found in Tama River
Prefectural police are investigating circumstances leading up to the incident.
A North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite is prepared for launch in a location given as North Gyeongsang province in this image released on Nov. 21.
JAPAN
May 27, 2024
North Korea announces plans to launch satellite by June 4
By Jesse Johnson
The announcement came hours before top leaders from Japan, South Korea and China gathered for a rare trilateral summit in Seoul.

ASIA PACIFIC

Simon Cheng, a pro-democracy activist from Hong Kong now living in Britain, at the offices of an organization he founded to aid new Hong Kong arrivals, in London on May 20. Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers have resettled in the United Kingdom since 2021, including prominent pro-democracy activists — and China has not forgotten them.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2024
Spying arrests send chill through Britain’s thriving Hong Kong community
By Megan Specia
The arrests have cast a spotlight on activists’ concerns about China's surveillance of its critics abroad.
Official data indicates at least 17,000 South Korean residents have been hit by real estate fraud in recent years, and around 70% of victims are in their 20s and 30s.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2024
Debt, suicide, fraud: South Koreans hit by real estate scams
By Claire Lee
Authorities draw flak for not doing enough to help victims or punish fraudsters who capitalize on the country's unique jeonse system in which tenants pay huge deposits.
Volunteers from a neighborhood committee stand watch on a street in Beijing on April 3.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2024
Xi Jinping’s recipe for total control: An army of eyes and ears
By Vivian Wang
The goal is no longer just to address specific threats, but to embed the Chinese Communist Party so deeply in daily life that no trouble can even arise.
Locals gather amid the damage after a landslide in Maip Mulitaka, Enga province, Papua New Guinea, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2024
More than 2,000 buried alive in Papua New Guinea landslide
Treacherous terrain, a remote location and water flowing under the debris, make it extremely dangerous to search for survivors.

WORLD

Red Square in Moscow on Oct. 17, 2022. Russian military intelligence, the G.R.U., is behind arson attacks aimed at undermining support for Ukraine’s war effort, security officials say.
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2024
Russia steps up a covert sabotage campaign aimed at Europe
By Julian E. Barnes
British and other European diplomats have been pressing countries to call out Russian covert operations more aggressively.
A boy walks past a mural painted outside the house where former South African President Nelson Mandela once lived in, in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, on June 9, 2013.
WORLD / Society
May 27, 2024
Mandela's vision for South Africa fades as nation closes door to migrants
By Tim Cocks
Immigration has become a hot issue in the run-up to the country's May 29 national vote, the first in which most people have no memory of decades of apartheid.
Attendees at a campaign rally for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on May 18. India's election is past the halfway mark, with campaigning among the main political parties heating up just like the soaring temperatures across the country.
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2024
Modi’s rivals unite in bid to unseat him in Delhi
By Swati Gupta
Delhi is a high stakes battle between former bitter rivals now allied against Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
A woman looks on during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in front of a U.S. consulate in Barcelona, Spain, on June 1, 2020.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2024
Four years after George Floyd killing, police reform slow to follow
By Bianca Flowers and Stephanie Kelly
Despite the initial surge of calls for change, federal attempts at wide-ranging reform have been mostly unsuccessful.
Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video on Sunday.
WORLD
May 27, 2024
Scores killed as Israel strikes tent city in assault on Rafah
By Ethan Bronner
The Israeli military said it carried out the strike based on "precise intelligence” and that it killed two "senior” Hamas officials.

BUSINESS

The Bank Indonesia headquarters in Jakarta
BUSINESS / Markets
May 27, 2024
India and Indonesia stand out for EM investors in aging world
By Hooyeon Kim and Marcus Wong
Both India and Indonesia had elections this year, showcasing to the world their ambition to transition into major economic powerhouses.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has pledged to build three advanced plants in the U.S. state of Arizona with total investments exceeding $65 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 27, 2024
TSMC’s foreign investments are good for Taiwan, official says
By Tom Giles, Debby Wu and Jane Lanhee Lee
TSMC is the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, with Apple and Nvidia relying on it for their most important products.
A Starbucks coffee shop in Beijing on May 22
BUSINESS
May 27, 2024
In China, Starbucks tries to avoid price war but gets dragged into discounting
By Casey Hall and Sophie Yu
A coffee price war in China has arisen amid persistent deflation, weak consumer sentiment, and stagnant wages.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks at the central bank's annual international conference in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2024
BOJ to 'proceed cautiously' with inflation-targeting frameworks
Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Japan has "made progress in moving away from zero and lifting inflation expectations."
Bruno Le Maire, France's finance minister, speaks at an event in Nesle, France, in April 2023.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 27, 2024
China’s industry threatens entire global economy, France warns
By William Horobin and Oliver Crook
Leading industrialized nations are coalescing for a tougher and more united challenge to overcapacities in China.
A SAIC Motor MG EXE181 concept EV during the Beijing Auto Show earlier this year.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 27, 2024
Xi’s China EV dream came true, but 10 years on, walls are going up.
By Linda Lew
China also overtook Japan as the largest auto exporter, but such achievements are also adding to tensions with the West.
Paramilitary police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2022.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 27, 2024
'Asset famine' in China curbs central bank's bond trading ambitions
By Kevin Yao and Samuel Shen
The People's Bank of China's trading would help deepen the bond market by improving liquidity and reducing volatility.

Opinion

In September 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order outlining what technology areas would be considered critical in the government's process for reviewing inbound investments that could pose a threat to national security.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 27, 2024
How will Japan respond to new U.S. investment rules?
By Satoshi Yamada
Washington is reforming inbound and outbound investment rules in the context of economic security concerns. Japan needs to prepare for these changes.
A peace rally on Constitution Memorial Day in Tokyo on May 3. Japan’s identity as a pacifist nation is shifting as the government strengthens its military, but many don’t agree with the policy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2024
Government and society are at odds on national security
By Sayo Saruta
Tokyo posits itself as a mutual defense ally of the U.S., but polls show that while the public wants a stronger military, changes should align with the peace Constitution.
Allowing Ukraine into NATO would not only bolster Kyiv's defenses against Russia’s invasion, but also strengthen the alliance’s military capabilities and deter future aggression.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2024
The case for Ukraine’s NATO accession
By Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Ilona Sologoub
By admitting Ukraine, NATO could tip the balance decisively in Kyiv's favor and dispel any doubt about the alliance’s future, ensuring a lasting peace.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. While some view artificial intelligence’s increasing integration into journalism as necessary, there are concerns about the ethics of such arrangements.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2024
OpenAI is making journalism an offer it can’t refuse
By Dave Lee
While some view AI’s increasing integration into journalism as necessary, there are concerns about the ethics and transparency of such arrangements.
French President Emmanuel Macron awards two U.S. World War II veterans with the Legion of Honour during the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach on Thursday, marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, France.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2024
Why we commemorate D-Day, 80 years later
By Max Hastings
This year's D-Day anniversary was marked by a grand commemoration and was especially poignant as only a few survivors are left to share their stories of that fateful day.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak inspects troops at a military base in North Yorkshire, Britain, on May 3. Sunak is making the question of protecting Britain and navigating dangerous geopolitical conditions central themes of his election campaign.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2024
War is at the heart of the U.K.’s summer election
By Adrian Wooldridge
British Prime Minister Sunak is nevertheless right to inject defense into the heart of the election campaign.

Sports

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma carries teammate Kylian Mbappe after their win over Lyon in the French Cup final in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, on Saturday.
SOCCER
May 27, 2024
PSG prepares for life without superstar Kylian Mbappe
The France captain brought the curtain down on his seven-year spell at PSG in a 2-1 win over Lyon in the French Cup final.
Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving moves with the ball while being defended by the Timberwolves' Kyle Anderson during Game 3 of the Western Conference finals in Dallas on Sunday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 27, 2024
Mavericks beat Timberwolves in Game 3 to move to brink of NBA Finals
"We need one more," said Mavericks star Luka Doncic.
Naomi Osaka hits a return against Lucia Bronzetti during their match at the French Open in Paris on Sunday.
TENNIS
May 27, 2024
Naomi Osaka overcomes late stumble to make winning start at French Open
Naomi Osaka reached the second round of the French Open for the first time in three years after battling past Italy's Lucia Bronzetti on Sunday at Roland Garros.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc celebrates with his team after winning the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 27, 2024
Charles Leclerc pays tribute to late father after emotional win in Monaco
Leclerc is the first homegrown winner of Formula One's showcase race since Louis Chiron in 1931.
Grayson Murray practices for the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, in April.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
May 27, 2024
Grayson Murray's parents say golfer 'took his own life'
Murray's death was announced on Saturday.
Josef Newgarden celebrates after winning the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
May 27, 2024
Newgarden wins second straight Indianapolis 500
Newgarden became the race's first back-to-back winner in 22 years.

LIFE

The Japanese government updated its English education guidelines in 2017 to emphasize communication over grammar and memorization. Public school teachers are incredibly busy, however, which means schools haven’t been able to implement changes uniformly. Private and alternative schools are attempting to remedy this.
LIFE / Language / Longform
May 27, 2024
The language of opportunity: Bilingual education is on the rise in Japan
By Eric Margolis
Stuck with a reputation for poor English, Japan is pushing its next generation to be bilingual. Privately run schools are seeing the benefits.

COMMUNITY

Catherine Wallace
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
May 27, 2024
Hitotsubashi’s Catherine Wallace on business ethics
Active in cross-cultural collaboration, innovation and sustainability, Wallace worked as a diplomat and is now a professor at Hitotsubashi University
In about a year, Wormann has taken four Tokyo "akiya" (abandoned homes) under his wing — three in Sangenjaya and the most recent in Shin-Nakano.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
May 27, 2024
The Swede bringing ‘Japandi’ style to Tokyo’s abandoned homes
By Erik Augustin Palm
The 86-year-old building Wormann acquired in Sengenjaya came with not only a degraded structure but also termite damage throughout.
Mascara really needs a home where she can enjoy her golden years.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
May 27, 2024
Make some room in your heart for Mascara
Despite the hardships she’s overcome (and maybe because of them), Mascara really needs a home where she can enjoy her golden years.
World’s largest nuclear plant sits idle while energy needs soar
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, in November 2022. The plant was shuttered in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and has sat idle since.
Over 200 million metric tons of rare metals found near remote Tokyo island
Professor Yasuhiro Kato of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (center right) and Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation (left), hold manganese nodules, a seafloor resource found in the waters surrounding Minamitorishima, Tokyo, on Friday.
Chinese ships enter Japanese waters near Senkakus for two days in row
A China Coast Guard vessel sails in the East China Sea near the disputed isles known as Senkaku isles in Japan and Diaoyu islands in China in December 2015.
Leotard vs. unitard debate in gymnastics still raging ahead of Paris Olympics
Japan's men's and women's gymnastics teams pose for photos during a news conference to announce the team's uniforms for the 2024 Games.
Yen nears lows as Bank of Japan leans dovish
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on June 12
Japan makes a late play on under-fire carbon credit trading
For Japan, carbon credits are seen as important as the nation waits for its climate technology bets to pay off.
Leotard vs. unitard debate in gymnastics still raging ahead of Paris Olympics
Japan's men's and women's gymnastics teams pose for photos during a news conference to announce the team's uniforms for the 2024 Games.
Seeing duplicates of a poster on election boards? It's due to a loophole.
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Monday, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.
Japan looks to 'blue carbon' to cut emissions — and restore its coasts
Seaweed in the ocean off Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Local residents aim to restore seagrass and seaweed beds suffering from marine desertification, and their project has also been certified to receive "blue carbon" credits.
Kazunori Otowa: Tochigi’s patriarch of French fine dining
Founder and owner Kazunori Otowa (left) in the kitchen of his eponymous restaurant together with his two sons, head chef Hajime Otowa (center) and restaurant manager Sou Otowa.

Podcast

A person walks among the giant columns supporting the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel in Saitama Prefecture.
Tokyo underground: The city beneath our feet

Longform

Tokashiki Beach acts as a sanctuary for sea turtles and offers ideal snorkeling waters. It was also the site of the U.S. Army’s preliminary invasion that led to the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 150,000 people.
On Okinawa's Tokashiki Island, life's a beach — one of the best in the world
By Lance Henderstein

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