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Last month, U.S. regulators laid out a pathway for approving gene-editing treatments for individual patients, removing requirements for repetitive studies that turned off drugmakers.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2025
Gene editing superstars team up to make cheaper rare disease cures
For a technology that costs millions, a collaborative approach may improve efficiency and allow the science to live up to its potential.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (center) arrives at Argentina¡¯s Ministry of Health to meet with Argentinian Health Minister Mario Lugones in Buenos Aires on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 28, 2025
RFK Jr. says COVID-19 shot isn¡¯t recommended for healthy kids
The decision reverses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention¡¯s earlier stance that everyone six months of age and older get vaccinated.
The Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Maryland
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2025
Trump alarms scientists by muzzling U.S. health agencies
The move could delay essential information and slow funding for potentially life-saving initiatives.
When COVID-19 first emerged, companies across the health care industry raced to reconfigure themselves. That transformation is now unraveling.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2023
Life after COVID turns rocky for reshaped health care businesses
When the coronavirus first emerged, companies across the health care industry raced to reconfigure themselves. That transformation is now unraveling.
Lachlan Murdoch, the elder son of Rupert Murdoch, solidified his rise to the top on Thursday, when his father announced that he would retire from the boards of Fox Corporation and News Corporation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 22, 2023
Rupert Murdoch leaves media empire to son Lachlan
Murdoch¡¯s decision to step aside is unlikely to take Fox and News Corp?in new directions right away.
ESPN, the sports TV unit of Walt Disney, is licensing its brand to casino operator Penn Entertainment, further deepening the media giant¡¯s ties to online gambling.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2023
ESPN inks long-term deal with casino operator Penn Entertainment
The move to license its brand for sports betting deepens the media giant¡¯s ties to the growing online gambling business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2023
Tucker Carlson plans show on Twitter, calling it last big free speech platform
Carlson was ousted last month from Fox News after evidence was found during court proceedings that he had insulted management, colleagues and guests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2023
Fox fired ¡®uncontrollable¡¯ host Tucker Carlson, who badmouthed bosses
His departure leaves a big hole for Fox News to fill. Fox Corp. shares closed almost 3% lower on Monday, a reflection of how much he meant to the business.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2023
The Murdoch empire ¡ª and Fox News ¡ª is at a crossroads
Just how influential Rupert Murdoch remains looms large in Republican circles ahead of what portends to be a contentious 2024 U.S. presidential primary race.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2022
Sports betting apps flood U.S. college campuses, fueling addiction fears
As March Madness kicks off this week, that line is getting increasingly blurry on campuses in the roughly 30 states across the U.S. where online sports gambling is now legal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2022
New York?Times?to buy the Athletic in $550 million deal
While the purchase will add to revenue growth immediately, the Times expects the acquisition to reduce its operating profit for about three years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2021
Tokyo Olympics may be most profitable ever despite pandemic, NBC says
Though TV viewership has declined during recent games, NBC still makes money ¡ª reaping $250 million from the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2021
Despite danger and cost, Japan gambles on successful Olympics
The Tokyo Olympic Games are reaching the point of no return.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2019
Feared or celebrated, Amazon¡¯s Alexa is star of Super Bowl ads
An android child struggles to control his emotions. Robots threaten to take away human jobs. And a voice-activated device ponders its own existence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 23, 2016
One year after Nikkei deal, FT eyes acquisitions to strengthen digital subscriptions
The Financial Times is in talks to buy companies that strengthen its digital subscription business as the newspaper capitalizes on greater financial support from its new owner, Japan¡¯s Nikkei Inc., FT Chief Executive Officer John Ridding said.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population.?
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex¡¯s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex. ?
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Iran war exposed, but hasn¡¯t changed, Japan¡¯s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan&#039;s renewable goals.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.
What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival
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