The Japan Times: All Stories https://www.japantimes.co.jp/ All the news, sports and feature stories from The Japan Times Online Newspaper en-US hourly 1 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:55:12 +0900 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:55:12 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ Japan and Solomon Islands leaders agree to bolster ties ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/japan-solomon-islands-bolster-ties/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:04:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644370/ <![CDATA[ Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/japan-weighs-regulating-pokemon-cards/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:37:00 +0900 Sarah Hilton,Akemi Terukina https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644369/ <![CDATA[ Japan and Russia to resume youth exchanges after seven-year hiatus ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/japan-russia-resume-youth-exchanges/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:52:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644368/ <![CDATA[ Former head of Japanese barbecue chain arrested over tax evasion ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/former-head-barbecue-chain-tax-evasion/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:33:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644367/ <![CDATA[ JIP’s priorities take center stage even as household relief stalls ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/politics/japan-innovation-party-diet-debate/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:59:00 +0900 Kenji Yoshida https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644364/ <![CDATA[ Surrounded by militias, Sudanese fear endless cycle of war ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/world/politics/militias-sudanese-cycle-war/ WORLD Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:23:00 +0900 Bahira AMIN https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644363/ <![CDATA[ Public housing completed in Ishikawa for Noto quake victims ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/noto-quake-victims-public-housing/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644361/ <![CDATA[ Seven-Eleven Japan warns stores over unauthorized character item resale ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/companies/seven-eleven-character-items-resold/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:11:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644360/ <![CDATA[ India’s solar push idles factories unable to shake reliance on China ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/tech/india-solar-factories-china/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:44:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644358/ <![CDATA[ Japan and China’s top diplomats hold first chat since Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/politics/japan-china-motegi-wang/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:24:00 +0900 Jesse Johnson https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644356/ <![CDATA[ OpenAI models pulled off hack in hours that usually takes weeks ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/tech/openai-hack-hours-weeks/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644335/ <![CDATA[ Half of economists still see BOJ waiting until December to hike ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/economy/economists-survey-boj-rate-hike/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:10:00 +0900 Toru Fujioka,Cynthia Li https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644355/ <![CDATA[ Parliament extension grounds some lawmakers from overseas travel ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/politics/lawmakers-diplomacy/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:07:00 +0900 Eric Johnston https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644354/ <![CDATA[ Jalen Brunson says Knicks players have not discussed White House visit ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/07/23/basketball/knicks-brunson-white-house-visit/ BASKETBALL Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644357/ <![CDATA[ How Japan’s would-be kingmakers lost their edge ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/politics/dpp-sanseito-edge/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:52:00 +0900 Kenji Yoshida https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644353/ <![CDATA[ Japanese retailers offer various eel products for Day of the Ox ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/companies/summer-ox-day-eel-products/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:28:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644352/ <![CDATA[ Lewis Hamilton hoping to head into F1’s August break on high note ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/07/23/more-sports/hungarian-grand-prix-preview/ MORE SPORTS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:17:00 +0900 Alan Baldwin https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644336/ <![CDATA[ Why Nepal’s Gen Z protestors are back in the streets ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/23/world/nepal-gen-z-protestors-return/ COMMENTARY Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:01:00 +0900 Brabim Karki https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644366/ <![CDATA[ A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/07/23/music/kaze-fujii-fuji-rock/ CULTURE Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0900 Alyssa I. Smith https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644348/ <![CDATA[ Japan antitrust watchdog to add new bureau to tackle Big Tech ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/antitrust-watchdog-big-tech/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:31:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644350/ <![CDATA[ Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/swiss-fuji-hiker-dead/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:08:00 +0900 Elizabeth Beattie https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644349/ <![CDATA[ South Africa’s data center ‘gold rush’ risks resource crunch ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/07/23/sustainability/south-africa-data-center-resource-crunch/ ENVIRONMENT Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:46:00 +0900 Kate Bartlett https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644347/ <![CDATA[ As Japan bakes, over 10,000 rushed to hospital for heatstroke in a week ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/japan-heatstrokes-10000-week/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:55:00 +0900 Jessica Speed https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644346/ <![CDATA[ Why is U.S.-Saudi nuclear pact causing alarm in Washington and Middle East? ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/world/politics/explainer-us-saudi-nuclear-pact/ WORLD Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:50:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644345/ <![CDATA[ Indonesia free-meals boss quits, says job left her ‘traumatized’ ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-free-meals-boss/ ASIA PACIFIC Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:33:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644343/ <![CDATA[ Nike severs Chinese distribution deals in strategic shift ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/companies/nike-chinese-distribution-deals/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:25:00 +0900 Lily Meier https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644341/ <![CDATA[ 155 police officers and personnel disciplined in Japan over six months ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/crime-legal/155-police-disciplined/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:23:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644342/ <![CDATA[ Koizumi calls for breaking taboo on nuclear debate ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/23/japan/politics/japan-defense-minister-nuclear-debate/ JAPAN Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:17:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644340/ <![CDATA[ Daiwa AM boosts staff in shift toward institutional investors ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/23/companies/daiwa-asset-management-institutional-investors/ BUSINESS Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0900 Nao Sano,Ryo Horiuchi https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644339/ <![CDATA[ Energy efficiency is no communist plot ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/23/world/energy-efficiency-communist-plot/ COMMENTARY Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:04:00 +0900 Mark Gongloff https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/644365/