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 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:40:11 +0900 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:40:11 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ Trump evacuated after shots fired at correspondents dinner ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/world/politics/white-house-correspondents-trump-evacuated/ WORLD Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:17:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640584/ <![CDATA[ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pours in 42 as Thunder take commanding 3-0 over Suns ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/04/26/basketball/sga-leads-thunder-past-suns/ BASKETBALL Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:32:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640594/ <![CDATA[ Trump’s Hormuz blockade has deepened a historic shipping crisis ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/26/economy/trump-hormuz-blockade-shipping/ BUSINESS Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:36:00 +0900 Weilun Soon https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640592/ <![CDATA[ Bomb attack on Colombia highway kills 14 ahead of election ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/world/bomb-colombia-election/ WORLD Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:35:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640590/ <![CDATA[ Japan’s wrecked nuclear plant becomes a tourist destination ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/japan/japan-fukushima-dark-tourism/ JAPAN Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:27:00 +0900 Masatsugu Horie https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640595/ <![CDATA[ Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/04/26/baseball/mlb/red-sox-fire-cora/ BASEBALL Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:13:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640587/ <![CDATA[ Beyond the hub-and-spoke: Japan quietly emerges as a secondary connector ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/japan/japan-middle-power-security/ JAPAN Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:36:00 +0900 Gabriel Dominguez https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640591/ <![CDATA[ DOJ’s partial reversal on Powell probe keeps Fed drama alive ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/26/economy/doj-powell-probe-fed-drama/ BUSINESS Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:21:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640586/ <![CDATA[ Mali army bases hit in large-scale attacks claimed by al-Qaida-linked militants ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/world/mali-bases-terrorist-attacks/ WORLD Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:13:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640588/ <![CDATA[ Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump's policies, but less Trump ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/world/politics/republicans-midterm-strategy-trump/ WORLD Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:56:00 +0900 Jacob Bogage,Nandita Bose,Matt Spetalnick https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640585/ <![CDATA[ Ukraine marks 40th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster under cloud of war ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/world/ukraine-40th-anniversary-chernobyl/ WORLD Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:55:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640583/ <![CDATA[ Trump scraps U.S. trip for Iran talks, leaving ceasefire in limbo ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/26/world/politics/trump-cancels-iran-talks/ WORLD Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:47:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640582/ <![CDATA[ Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to miss French Open due to wrist injury ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/04/26/tennis/carlos-alcarz-french-open-withdraw/ TENNIS Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:23:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640581/ <![CDATA[ Machida Zelvia falls against Al-Ahli in extra time in Asian Champions League final ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/04/26/soccer/asian-champions-league-final-match/ SOCCER Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:17:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640580/ <![CDATA[ Man arrested over 2018 murder in Tokyo's Roppongi district ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/japan/crime-legal/arrest-roppongi-tokyo-murder/ JAPAN Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640579/ <![CDATA[ Denny Tamaki will seek third term as Okinawa governor ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/japan/politics/tamaki-running-again-okinawa/ JAPAN Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:25:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640578/ <![CDATA[ Japan's Goldwin opens flagship store in New York ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/25/companies/goldwin-us-store/ BUSINESS Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:17:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640577/ <![CDATA[ Palestinian local elections give some Gazans first chance to vote in years ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/world/politics/palestinian-elections/ WORLD Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0900 Nidal al-Mughrabi,Ali Sawafta https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640576/ <![CDATA[ Chief of government-backed JIC could become next Tepco chairman ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/25/companies/keisuke-yokoo-tepco-candidate/ BUSINESS Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:18:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640575/ <![CDATA[ Victims mourned 21 years after JR West train crash in Amagasaki ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/japan/amagasaki-train-memorial/ JAPAN Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:10:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640574/ <![CDATA[ G7 says nature talks a success as climate sidelined for U.S. ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/04/25/g7-environment-climate-omit/ ENVIRONMENT Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:28:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640573/ <![CDATA[ Japan assesses feasibility of sending minesweepers to Strait of Hormuz ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/japan/sdf-consider-minesweepers/ JAPAN Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:26:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640570/ <![CDATA[ Starmer’s rivals need everything to go wrong for him all at once ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/world/politics/starmer-labour-rivals/ WORLD Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:24:00 +0900 Alex Wickham,Joe Mayes https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640572/ <![CDATA[ From radiation to invasion: A Chernobyl worker's two wars ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/world/chernobyl-engineer-two-wars/ WORLD Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:19:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640571/ <![CDATA[ Over 3,200 forced to evacuate as crews battle Iwate wildfires ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/japan/iwate-fires-otsuchi/ JAPAN Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:10:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640566/ <![CDATA[ Japan to protect celebrity voices against AI use ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/japan/japan-celebrity-voices-ai/ JAPAN Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:25:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640564/ <![CDATA[ Hokusai’s erotic art on display at a Kabukicho noh theater ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/04/25/art/shunga-art-exhibition-tokyo/ CULTURE Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:18:00 +0900 Kim Kahan https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640499/ <![CDATA[ Nuclear nonproliferation meeting at U.N. comes amid raging global wars ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/world/un-npt-nuclear-proliferation/ WORLD Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:13:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640569/ <![CDATA[ China holds live-fire drills in waters near Luzon as Japan joins military exercises in Philippines ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/asia-pacific/china-military-us-philippines-drills/ ASIA PACIFIC Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:04:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/640563/ <![CDATA[ Taiwan fears it will be ‘on the menu’ at Xi’s summit with Trump ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-fears-xi-trump/ ASIA PACIFIC Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:57:00 +0900 Jenny Leonard,Tan Ying Zhen,Miaojung Lin 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