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Eric Trump, right, a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, a Trump family crypto firm, at a cryptocurrency conference in Dubai on May 1, 2025
BUSINESS / Tech
May 19, 2026
How Trump¡¯s crypto venture and Iran¡¯s top exchange tapped into the same industry networks
Sharing crypto networks with an Iranian company performing sanctioned transactions highlights the potentially conflicted position in which the Trumps¡¯ sprawling business interests have placed the U.S. presidency.
Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy soldiers wave Chinese flags next to a model of a military vehicle carrying anti-ship missiles during an event ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country's navy, in Qingdao, China, in April 2019.
WORLD
Feb 25, 2026
Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China
A deployment of the CM-302 missiles would significantly enhance Iran¡¯s strike capabilities and pose a threat to U.S. naval forces in the region, experts said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2022
Tesla-backed startup made cheap power a debt burden for the world¡¯s poorest
Solar pay-as-you-go plans have been hailed as the answer to bringing clean, affordable electricity to millions, but the system can break down catastrophically.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018
For Nigel Farage and a Brexit pollster, a world of gamblers and gambling
Behind the luxury hotels lining London¡¯s Park Lane, just across from a service entrance, Nigel Farage stood outside a squat office building streaked with soot. Britain¡¯s famous anti-European Union campaigner was flanked by a couple of minor sports celebrities and two young women in matching dresses who...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 26, 2018
Brexit¡¯s big short: Hedge funds hired pollsters and cashed in
At 10 p.m. on June 23, 2016, Sky News projected the words ¡°IN OR OUT¡± across the top of a London building as an orchestral score ratcheted up the tension. ¡°In or out¡ªit is too late to change your mind,¡± declared Adam Boulton, the veteran anchor, seated in a makeshift studio across from Big Ben. ¡°The...
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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