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 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:23:02 +0900 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:23:02 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record heist blamed on North Korea ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/markets/binance-suspected-hack/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:49:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648448/ <![CDATA[ ‘Arrested Memory’ filmmaker Sabu likes to stay on his toes ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/10/30/film/sabu-arrested-memory/ CULTURE Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:50:00 +0900 Blake Simons https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648477/ <![CDATA[ MLB heads into offseason of uncertainty with lockout looming ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/10/30/baseball/mlb/mlb-offseason-uncertainty-lockout/ BASEBALL Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:55:00 +0900 Frank Pingue https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648476/ <![CDATA[ With China in mind, Japan eyes more realistic joint military exercises ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/japan/us-japan-joint-military-exercise/ JAPAN Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:42:00 +0900 Maddie Baker https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648474/ <![CDATA[ Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/world/politics/us-europe-cut-russia-rhetoric/ WORLD Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:51:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648472/ <![CDATA[ Jordan Love tosses 3 TD passes as Packers beat Panthers ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/10/30/more-sports/packers-love-beat-panthers/ MORE SPORTS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:43:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648473/ <![CDATA[ Fire pollution killed 3,560 people in Indonesia in September, report says ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/asia-pacific/science-health/indonesia-wildfire-toll/ ASIA PACIFIC Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:37:00 +0900 Mariëtte le Roux https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648471/ <![CDATA[ Prices of nearly 1,500 food and beverage items to rise in November ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/companies/food-price-hikes-november/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:24:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648470/ <![CDATA[ Kim urges drone dominance as North Korea fires missiles and rockets ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/asia-pacific/kim-drone-dominance/ ASIA PACIFIC Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:16:00 +0900 Joyce Lee,Heejin Kim https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648462/ <![CDATA[ Blackstone said to plan $1.9 billion central Tokyo office sale ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/companies/blackstone-tokyo-office-sale/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:51:00 +0900 Ryo Horiuchi,Hideki Suzuki https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648468/ <![CDATA[ Japanese police arrest 6 men over scam from Vietnam ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/japan/crime-legal/arrest-scam-vietnam/ JAPAN Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:48:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648467/ <![CDATA[ Daiwa profit climbs on strong global markets trading income ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/companies/daiwa-profit-climb/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:31:00 +0900 Takashi Mochizuki,Ryo Horiuchi https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648466/ <![CDATA[ Brazil’s Lula forced into tricky top court reform by unrestrained judge ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/world/politics/lula-supreme-court-problem/ WORLD Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:25:00 +0900 Martha Beck,Simone Iglesias https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648465/ <![CDATA[ Japanese researchers discover protein that may shed light on fertility decline ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/japan/science-health/protein-discovery-fertility/ JAPAN Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:17:00 +0900 Jessica Speed https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648464/ <![CDATA[ Is the viral book rave real? We go to the second event to investigate. ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/10/30/books/jucy-book-rave-tokyo-event/ CULTURE Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:01:00 +0900 Sarah Yang https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648454/ <![CDATA[ Koizumi vows to uphold ‘defense-oriented’ policy at ASEAN meet ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/japan/koizumi-exclusively-defense-oriented-policy-japan-china/ JAPAN Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:42:00 +0900 Jesse Johnson https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648461/ <![CDATA[ The naive case for deploying U.S. nuclear weapons to Japan ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/10/30/japan/japan-nuclear-naivete/ COMMENTARY Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:13:00 +0900 Gregory Kulacki https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648479/ <![CDATA[ Venezuela’s Rodríguez vows to hold election as Machado asks when ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/world/politics/venezuela-election-poser/ WORLD Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:06:00 +0900 Andreina Itriago,Fabiola Zerpa,Mie Dahl https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648469/ <![CDATA[ Generative AI reduces working hours for government staff, survey finds ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/japan/society/bureaucrats-working-hours-ai/ JAPAN Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:54:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648460/ <![CDATA[ Private-sector council proposes use of forex surplus to cover fiscal measures ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/economy/forex-account-surplus-financial-resources/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:40:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648459/ <![CDATA[ Dressing as a nurse this Halloween? Adding a red cross breaks the law. ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/japan/halloween-nurse-red-cross/ JAPAN Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:34:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648458/ <![CDATA[ Netanyahu bloc finishes ahead in Israel vote, but well short of majority ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/world/politics/netanyahu-no-majority-israel-election/ WORLD Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:27:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648456/ <![CDATA[ Africa making Olympic debut with 2026 Dakar Youth Games ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/10/30/dakar-youth-olympics-africa/ OLYMPICS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:16:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648457/ <![CDATA[ BOJ holds rates steady and says inflation target has been reached ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/economy/boj-rates-steady-inflation/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:00 +0900 Kazuaki Nagata https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648453/ <![CDATA[ Japanese journalist arrested in Russia is a pawn, not a spy ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2026/10/30/arrested-japanese-journalist-russian-pawn/ EDITORIALS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:58:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648478/ <![CDATA[ Indonesia rain set to ease toxic haze in Singapore and Malaysia ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/asia-pacific/science-health/indonesia-haze-rain/ ASIA PACIFIC Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:58:00 +0900 Mary Hui,Anuradha Raghu,Chandra Asmara https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648452/ <![CDATA[ Takaichi says electricity and gas subsidies will resume in December ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/economy/electricity-gas-subsidies-december/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:54:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648450/ <![CDATA[ Google erases a record $500 billion as AI eats into sales ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/30/companies/google-500-billion-wipeout/ BUSINESS Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:54:00 +0900 Julia Love,Davey Alba https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648449/ <![CDATA[ U.S. fires senior army general over alleged leaks: reports ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/30/world/us-fires-general-over-leaks/ WORLD Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:43:00 +0900 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648455/ <![CDATA[ AI is changing motherhood for the worse ]]> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/10/30/world/ai-changing-motherhood/ COMMENTARY Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:40:00 +0900 Abby McCloskey https://www.japantimes.co.jp/article/648480/