Latest articles - The Japan Times / News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More Newspaper en-US hourly 1 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:26:03 +0900 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:26:03 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ Pleasing no one: Netanyahu puts election first with Gaza decision ]]> /news/2026/08/11/world/politics/netanyahu-election-gaza-decision/ WORLD Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:41:00 +0900 Shaun TANDON /article/645103/ <![CDATA[ Japan shares data on foreign nationals facing deportation with local governments ]]> /news/2026/08/11/japan/foreign-nationals-deportation-data-share/ JAPAN Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:36:00 +0900 /article/645101/ <![CDATA[ Trump makes sweeping new demands on Iran as deal hopes dim ]]> /news/2026/08/11/world/politics/trump-demands-iran-deal-hopes/ WORLD Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:18:00 +0900 Josh Wingrove,Patrick Sykes /article/645102/ <![CDATA[ Yen erases half of intervention gains as traders test Japan and U.S. authorities ]]> /business/2026/08/11/yen-weakens-159-level/ BUSINESS Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:01:00 +0900 Anya Andrianova,John Cheng /article/645099/ <![CDATA[ Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die? ]]> /community/2026/08/11/issues/foreign-residents-death-planning/ COMMUNITY Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:30:00 +0900 Yumi Wijers-Hasegawa /article/645059/ <![CDATA[ More than 100 killed after strongest quake this century hits western Colombia ]]> /news/2026/08/11/world/colombia-earthquake/ WORLD Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:04:00 +0900 /article/645098/ <![CDATA[ Japan to apply reconstruction aid law to all of Kumamoto Prefecture ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/reconstruction-aid-law-kumamoto/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:47:00 +0900 /article/645096/ <![CDATA[ Over 6,000 still living in evacuation centers two weeks after Kumamoto quake ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/6000-evacuation-centers-kumamoto/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:19:00 +0900 /article/645095/ <![CDATA[ Children with disabilities offered places to feel at ease in quake-hit Kumamoto ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/children-disabilities-kumamoto-quake/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:47:00 +0900 /article/645094/ <![CDATA[ Japanese officials battling misinformation on social media ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/japan-misinformation-social-media/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:35:00 +0900 /article/645093/ <![CDATA[ Fukuoka’s game meat plant turns nuisance wildlife into regional specialty ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/society/japan-fukuoka-game-meat-processing/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:31:00 +0900 /article/645092/ <![CDATA[ Battle of Okinawa survivor conveys message of peace through the classroom ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/battle-okinawa-survivor-testimony/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:08:00 +0900 /article/644867/ <![CDATA[ Saudi Arabia can break the Houthis’ grip on the Red Sea ]]> /commentary/2026/08/10/world/saudi-arabia-end-houthis-grip/ COMMENTARY Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:56:00 +0900 James Stavridis /article/645054/ <![CDATA[ Nihon Hidankyo renews call for world without nuclear weapons ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/hidankyo-seventy-years/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:13:00 +0900 /article/645067/ <![CDATA[ Iran shakes up security team after saying Oman deal ‘very close’ ]]> /news/2026/08/10/world/politics/iran-security-team-oman-deal/ WORLD Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:11:00 +0900 /article/645091/ <![CDATA[ How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe’s economy this summer ]]> /business/2026/08/10/economy/climate-change-europe-economy-summer/ BUSINESS Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:07:00 +0900 Balazs Koranyi /article/645090/ <![CDATA[ At Jensen Huang’s favorite Japan pub, it’s not last call yet ]]> /commentary/2026/08/10/world/nvidia-ceo-japan-izakaya/ COMMENTARY Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:04:00 +0900 Gearoid Reidy /article/645053/ <![CDATA[ Too much music, not enough weekend: A guide to Summer Sonic 2026 ]]> /culture/2026/08/10/music/summer-sonic-guide/ CULTURE Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:55:00 +0900 Patrick St. Michel /article/645088/ <![CDATA[ Taiwan ‘throttles’ mobile internet for first time during annual war games ]]> /news/2026/08/10/asia-pacific/taiwan-mobile-internet-war-games/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0900 Ben Blanchard,Yimou Lee /article/645087/ <![CDATA[ Plasterers head to school in search of new blood ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/society/plasterers-workshops/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0900 /article/644756/ <![CDATA[ Ebola case count set to increase as Congo officials track hidden infections ]]> /news/2026/08/10/world/science-health/ebola-congo-hidden-infections/ WORLD Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:24:00 +0900 Jason Gale /article/645085/ <![CDATA[ How disinformation on X imperils Japan’s democracy ]]> /commentary/2026/08/10/japan/x-imperils-japans-democracy/ COMMENTARY Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:06:00 +0900 Stephen R. Nagy /article/645056/ <![CDATA[ No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdraws from Cincinnati Open with knee injury ]]> /sports/2026/08/10/tennis/sinner-withdraw-from-cincinnati-open/ TENNIS Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:01:00 +0900 /article/645084/ <![CDATA[ Apartment hotels find favor with investors bullish on tourism and wary of inflation ]]> /business/2026/08/10/companies/apartment-hotels-inbound/ BUSINESS Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:46:00 +0900 Kazuaki Nagata /article/645083/ <![CDATA[ 12-year-old Kumamoto violinist performs at New York’s Carnegie Hall ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/12-year-old-kumamoto-violinist-ny-performance/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:23:00 +0900 /article/645079/ <![CDATA[ Slumping Dodgers refuse to press panic button ]]> /sports/2026/08/10/baseball/dodgers-royals-series-preview/ BASEBALL Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:21:00 +0900 /article/645080/ <![CDATA[ Liverpool coach says team currently unable to maintain high level throughout matches ]]> /sports/2026/08/10/soccer/liverpool-players-sustain-level/ SOCCER Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:56:00 +0900 /article/645081/ <![CDATA[ ‘Total whiplash’: Foreign residents react to Japan’s changing permanent residency rules ]]> /community/2026/08/10/foreign-permanent-residency-reaction/ COMMUNITY Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:41:00 +0900 Jessica Speed /article/645078/ <![CDATA[ Japan’s P-1 patrol aircraft leaves for anti-piracy mission ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/msdf-aircraft-antipiracy-mission/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:39:00 +0900 /article/645086/ <![CDATA[ Post-quake crime and scams compound misery for Kumamoto residents ]]> /news/2026/08/10/japan/crime-legal/kumamoto-earthquake-scams/ JAPAN Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:50:00 +0900 /article/645082/