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DIAMONDS

Diamond shops on Ho Chi Minh City¡¯s An Duong Vuong street
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 3, 2026
Diamond buyers in Vietnam are freaking out after gem scandal
Investigators allege more than 30,000 stones worth over 1.5 trillion dong ($57 million) were brought into the country over the past two years.
A plant for synthetic diamonds in the United States may be one of the projects under Japan's $550 billion investment package.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 27, 2026
Japan and U.S. eye synthetic diamond production under $550B investment plan
Talk of such a move comes amid a push to expand production of the material, which is vital to chip and high-precision manufacturing.
A nation made wealthy by the discovery of diamonds in 1967, Botswana is now facing an economic crisis.
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2025
Lab-grown gems are robbing Botswana of its diamond riches
A diamond-market crisis has turned the finding of the gems into an affliction and a cautionary tale of what can happen to an economy that becomes overly reliant on one commodity.
A craftsman checks the grading of a polished diamond in the grading department of a diamond processing unit in Surat, India, on Aug. 15.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 27, 2025
In India¡¯s diamond hub, looming U.S. tariffs cut into growing trade ambitions
Trump¡¯s levies threaten to sever India¡¯s access to its largest diamond market, which accounts for nearly a third of its $28.5 billion annual shipments of gems and jewelry.
Naohisa Hoshikawa, chief executive officer and founder of Ookuma Diamond Device, in Sapporo in February. Hoshikawa says the potential of diamond semiconductors goes beyond decommissioning work, likening them to the U.S. Apollo manned lunar landing program, which gave birth to technological innovations affecting everyday life.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 12, 2025
Diamond chips could be key to decommissioning of Fukushima nuclear plant
Made with artificial diamonds, such chips are regarded as the ¡°ultimate semiconductors¡± ¡ª they can withstand high levels of radiation as well as high voltages and temperatures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2022
Russia¡¯s secret gem sales are dividing the diamond world
Many in the industry refuse to deal in Russian gems following the invasion of Ukraine and after mining giant Alrosa was hit with U.S. sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2019
Largest uncut diamond in recent history found in Botswana mine
Lucara Diamond Corp. has unearthed the largest uncut diamond in recent history in its Karowe mine in Botswana, the Canadian company said on Thursday, beating its own record discovery from November 2015 that it struggled to sell for nearly two years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2019
More than 40 million people work in artisanal mining, digging precious ore by hand: report
More than 40 million people around the world work in artisanal and small-scale mining where minerals including gold, diamonds and cobalt are dug up often by hand, a report by the World Bank and development organization Pact said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2017
Sierra Leone Peace Diamond nets $6.5 million in auction to raise funds for West African nation
Sierra Leone sold one of the world¡¯s largest uncut diamonds for $6.5 million at a New York auction Monday to raise funds for development projects in the West African country.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2015
Small Canadian firm finds second-biggest gem-quality diamond ever
A small Canadian diamond company has found what it says is the world¡¯s second-biggest gem-quality diamond ever recovered, and the largest in more than a century, at its mine in Botswana.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2015
Diamonds not forever as Japanese offload jewels for cash
Diamonds aren¡¯t necessarily forever. At least not in Japan, where jewelry owners are unloading unwanted jewels for cash at a record pace and shipping them off to buyers in China and India.
¡®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.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
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.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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