Latest articles - The Japan Times / News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More Newspaper en-US hourly 1 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:33:16 +0900 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:33:16 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ Russia kills 17 in heavy ballistic hit on Ukraine, destroys warehouses, logistics ]]> /news/2026/08/05/world/russia-ballistic-hit-ukraine/ WORLD Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:04:00 +0900 Olena Harmash,Yurii Kovalenko /article/644887/ <![CDATA[ Takaichi’s Cabinet approves consumption tax cut on food ]]> /news/2026/08/05/japan/politics/tax-cut-cabinet-approval/ JAPAN Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:06:00 +0900 Eric Johnston /article/644879/ <![CDATA[ North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says ]]> /news/2026/08/05/asia-pacific/north-korean-missile-russia-ukraine/ ASIA PACIFIC Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:59:00 +0900 Tom Balmforth /article/644886/ <![CDATA[ Organizers of summer festivals in Tohoku strengthen measures against bears ]]> /news/2026/08/05/japan/society/japan-summer-festivals-bears/ JAPAN Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:40:00 +0900 /article/644884/ <![CDATA[ Owner of Kumamoto inn expresses resolve amid concern over earthquake damage ]]> /news/2026/08/05/japan/kumamoto-earthquake-inn-voice-worries/ JAPAN Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:35:00 +0900 /article/644883/ <![CDATA[ Trump vowed to ‘bring free speech back.’ Judges in 75 cases ruled he has stifled it. ]]> /news/2026/08/05/world/politics/trump-free-speech-75-cases/ WORLD Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:21:00 +0900 Nate Raymond,Jan Wolfe /article/644882/ <![CDATA[ How China keeps tabs on foreigners ]]> /news/2026/08/05/asia-pacific/society/how-china-tracks-foreigners/ ASIA PACIFIC Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0900 Lily Kuo,Pei-Lin Wu /article/644881/ <![CDATA[ How safe is the yen under the U.S. umbrella? ]]> /commentary/2026/08/05/japan/yen-under-us-umbrella/ COMMENTARY Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0900 Gearoid Reidy,Daniel Moss /article/644880/ <![CDATA[ Make anniversary of Hiroshima bombing ‘Disarmament Day’ ]]> /commentary/2026/08/05/japan/hiroshima-bombing-disarmament-day/ COMMENTARY Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:43:00 +0900 William Lambers /article/644801/ <![CDATA[ The hidden details that shape professional sumo ]]> /sports/2026/08/05/sumo/sumo-summer-hidden-details/ SUMO Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:57:00 +0900 John Gunning /article/644878/ <![CDATA[ Kuwaki says first major victory is only now sinking in ]]> /sports/2026/08/05/more-sports/shiho-kuwaki-british-open-conference/ MORE SPORTS Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:49:00 +0900 Jason Coskrey /article/644877/ <![CDATA[ Brazil’s Lula battles Trump and Milei over perceived election meddling ]]> /news/2026/08/05/world/politics/lula-trump-milei-election-meddling/ WORLD Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:07:00 +0900 /article/644876/ <![CDATA[ Taiwan investigates 17 Chinese firms for suspected poaching of high-tech talent ]]> /business/2026/08/05/tech/taiwan-chinese-poaching-tech-talent/ BUSINESS Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:57:00 +0900 /article/644875/ <![CDATA[ Police raid Starbucks Korea’s headquarters in Seoul over ‘Tank Day’ event ]]> /news/2026/08/05/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-starbucks-headquarters-tank/ ASIA PACIFIC Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:43:00 +0900 /article/644874/ <![CDATA[ Australian regulator sues Japan’s Inpex over Ichthys LNG emissions breaches ]]> /environment/2026/08/05/energy/australia-sue-japan-inpex/ ENVIRONMENT Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:26:00 +0900 /article/644873/ <![CDATA[ Samsung, SK Hynix test Chinese chip tools as hedge against U.S. risks ]]> /business/2026/08/05/tech/samsung-sk-hynix-chinese-chip-us-risks/ BUSINESS Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:26:00 +0900 /article/644872/ <![CDATA[ Taiwan launches major war games to test command flexibility ]]> /news/2026/08/05/asia-pacific/taiwan-war-games-flexibility/ ASIA PACIFIC Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:24:00 +0900 Yimou Lee /article/644871/ <![CDATA[ Shinjiro Koizumi backs nuke-free world after controversy ]]> /news/2026/08/05/japan/politics/koizumi-nuclear-free-controversy/ JAPAN Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:09:00 +0900 /article/644870/ <![CDATA[ Marines’ Masuda logs 250th career save, fifth all-time in NPB ]]> /sports/2026/08/05/baseball/japanese-baseball/masuda-250-career-saves/ BASEBALL Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:15:00 +0900 /article/644868/ <![CDATA[ Sabalenka tops Uchijima in WTA Toronto opener ]]> /sports/2026/08/05/tennis/sabalenka-uchijima-toronto/ TENNIS Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:14:00 +0900 /article/644869/ <![CDATA[ Support for accepting more foreign workers in Japan drops below 60% ]]> /news/2026/08/05/japan/society/foreign-worker-support-falls-survey/ JAPAN Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:40:00 +0900 /article/644866/ <![CDATA[ Police in Osaka fatally shoot knife-wielding man ]]> /news/2026/08/05/japan/crime-legal/osaka-police-shootings/ JAPAN Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0900 /article/644865/ <![CDATA[ Lithium mining for green power triggers eco-outcry from South African farmers ]]> /environment/2026/08/05/energy/lithium-mining-south-africa-farmers/ ENVIRONMENT Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:25:00 +0900 Tim Cocks /article/644864/ <![CDATA[ U.S. weighs polysilicon price floor, tariffs to counter China in solar and chips ]]> /business/2026/08/05/tech/polysilicon-tariffs-china-solar-chips/ BUSINESS Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:10:00 +0900 Nichola Groom /article/644863/ <![CDATA[ Turkey’s Trabzonspor says transfer talks with Salah under way ]]> /sports/2026/08/05/soccer/mo-salah-trabzonspor/ SOCCER Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:01:00 +0900 Tuvan Gumrukcu,Mirac Eren Dereli /article/644862/ <![CDATA[ U.S. ambassador to skip peace ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki ]]> /news/2026/08/05/japan/us-ambassador-hiroshima-nagasaki-ceremonies-skip/ JAPAN Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:54:00 +0900 /article/644861/ <![CDATA[ How one Japanese couple made the 1920s and ’30s into a way of life ]]> /life/2026/08/05/lifestyle/taisho-lifestyle-japanese-couple/ LIFE Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0900 Alex K.T. Martin /article/644860/ <![CDATA[ North Korea warns of more military steps over Japan’s rearmament ]]> /news/2026/08/05/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-japan-military-steps/ ASIA PACIFIC Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:35:00 +0900 /article/644859/ <![CDATA[ Japanese firm’s ‘human refrigerator’ offers relief from punishing summer heat ]]> /business/2026/08/05/companies/human-refrigerator-summer-cooling/ BUSINESS Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:35:00 +0900 Yui Hasebe /article/644849/ <![CDATA[ Chip plants begin restarting operations in quake-hit Kumamoto ]]> /business/2026/08/05/companies/kumamoto-chipmakers-restart-opeations/ BUSINESS Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:32:00 +0900 /article/644857/