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 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:17:05 +0900 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:17:05 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools for girls ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/society/afghanistan-girls-secret-schools/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:13:00 +0900 Elian Peltier https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645905/ <![CDATA[ Picture-perfect AI resumes push firms back to tests, referrals ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/companies/ai-resumes-tests-referrals/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:02:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645904/ <![CDATA[ Itochu set to take Dentsu Soken private in $1.3 billion deal ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/companies/itochu-dentsu-soken-private/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:36:00 +0900 Alice French https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645903/ <![CDATA[ Rare color photos of occupied Japan face being lost to time ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/japan/color-photos-occupied-japan/ JAPAN Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:18:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645901/ <![CDATA[ India’s aviation boom faces turbulence amid safety concerns ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/companies/india-aviation-boom-safety-concerns/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:10:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645902/ <![CDATA[ Forget GLP-1 stocks, baldness drugs are Wall Street’s next goldmine ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/markets/glp-1-stocks-baldness-drugs/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:09:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645900/ <![CDATA[ SK Hynix weighs Japan memory fab partnership to supply AI boom ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/companies/sk-hynix-joint-venture-feasibility/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:42:00 +0900 Mayumi Negishi,Mari Kiyohara https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645899/ <![CDATA[ The battle to build a global defense bank ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/global-defense-bank/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:36:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645898/ <![CDATA[ Vietnamese coffee farmers ride China’s durian wave ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/asia-pacific/society/vietnam-coffee-farmers-china-durian/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:36:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645897/ <![CDATA[ Japan-South Korea business panel launched to address low birth rate ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/economy/japan-south-korea-low-birthrate-panel-launch/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:34:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645896/ <![CDATA[ How the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is reshaping global energy use ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/society/war-iran-global-energy-map/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:22:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645895/ <![CDATA[ Gaza’s children lose simple joy as Israel warns against kite-flying ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/gaza-children-israel-kite-flying/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:14:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645891/ <![CDATA[ Japan’s factory output edges up despite Middle East headwinds ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/economy/factory-output-gain-july/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:10:00 +0900 Erica Yokoyama https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645892/ <![CDATA[ Japan’s oil diversification drive opens routes for Nippon Yusen ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/companies/nippon-yusen-oil-diversification/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:09:00 +0900 Kanoko Matsuyama,Tsuyoshi Inajima,Yusuke Maekawa https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645890/ <![CDATA[ Trump’s Venezuela oil grab reprises industry’s neocolonial past ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/politics/trump-venezuela-oil-neocolonial/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:05:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645889/ <![CDATA[ Bessent says yen moves ‘pretty contained’ and not disorderly ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/31/economy/bessent-yen-moves/ BUSINESS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:52:00 +0900 David Lawder,Leika Kihara https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645887/ <![CDATA[ Manchester United coach Michael Carrick calls Marcus Rashford’s return ‘fantastic’ ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/08/31/soccer/carrick-rashford-united-return/ SOCCER Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:46:00 +0900 Kieran CANNING https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645888/ <![CDATA[ ‘We’re alive’: Kyiv-area survivor recalls Russian strike that killed 38 ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/kyiv-survivor-russian-strike/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:28:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645886/ <![CDATA[ Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/asia-pacific/politics/flood-nepal-china-warning-risks/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:16:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645884/ <![CDATA[ Star defensive tackle Aaron Donald ends retirement to rejoin Rams ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/08/31/more-sports/aaron-donald-ends-retirement-joins-rams/ MORE SPORTS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:09:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645885/ <![CDATA[ Scottie Scheffler rallies to win second FedEx Cup title to join elite company ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/08/31/more-sports/scheffler-wins-fedex-cup/ MORE SPORTS Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:47:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645883/ <![CDATA[ Trump’s Iran war sets test for Xi and Putin’s security club ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/politics/trump-iran-test-xi-putin-security/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:28:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645882/ <![CDATA[ In the age of global warming, some fear ‘the entire Himalayas are melting’ ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/08/31/climate-change/global-warming-himalayas-melting/ ENVIRONMENT Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:36:00 +0900 Finn-Olaf Jones https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645894/ <![CDATA[ Iceland votes to reject the EU as fisheries worry prevails ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/politics/iceland-reject-eu-fisheries/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:07:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645880/ <![CDATA[ U.S. forces strike two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak island, U.S. official says ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/us-iranian-launchers-larak-island/ WORLD Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:04:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645881/ <![CDATA[ Nepal races to find missing amid threats of further flooding ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/asia-pacific/nepal-missing-further-flooding/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:04:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645879/ <![CDATA[ Realism and research underpin film with autistic protagonist ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/08/30/film/syoutarou-kobayasi-interview/ CULTURE Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0900 Mark Schilling https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645827/ <![CDATA[ Killing of Palestinian children and teens by Israel surges in West Bank ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/30/world/west-bank-palestinian-children-teens-israel/ WORLD Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:31:00 +0900 Louis BAUDOIN-LAARMAN,John Wessels https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645873/ <![CDATA[ Modi’s developed-nation dream strains against India’s growth gap ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/30/modi-developed-india-growth/ BUSINESS Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0900 Anup Roy https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645875/ <![CDATA[ Far-right party wins closely watched western Australia vote ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/30/asia-pacific/politics/far-right-western-australia-vote/ ASIA PACIFIC Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:28:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/645877/