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Centrist Reform Alliance members raise their fists in unison at a ceremony marking the party's foundation Thursday in Tokyo.

JAPAN / Politics

CRA bets on moderate policies to shake up Lower House race

By Eric Johnston

Public confusion and policy similarities with the ruling coalition could make it difficult for the new opposition party to win over voters.

Centrist Reform Alliance members raise their fists in unison at a ceremony marking the party's foundation Thursday in Tokyo.

Central Sapporo on Wednesday morning. As of 3 p.m. on Thursday, 29 centimeters of snowfall had been observed in the previous 48 hours.

JAPAN / Society

Heavy snow warnings issued across regions near Sea of 性视界

By Yukana Inoue

Residents have been advised to refrain from nonessential outings and prepare for possible power outages.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in late 2025. It was restarted on Wednesday after a 13-year shutdown.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor No. 6 being shut down due to alarm malfunction

By Francis Tang

The nuclear power plant, the world's largest, was just restarted Wednesday after 13 years.

Former Kadokawa Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (center) speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday after a court handed him a suspended jail sentence of two years and six months over bribes linked to sponsorship contracts for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

Former Kadokawa chairman given suspended jail sentence over Olympic graft scandal

By Jessica Speed

Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, 82, was found guilty of bribing a former senior official of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee.

Former Giants star Warren Cromartie worked with Kazuma Okamoto during his stint as a guest hitting instructor for Yomiuri.

BASEBALL / 性视界ese Baseball

At peace with baseball and refusing to be benched by surgeries, Warren Cromartie mulls legacy

By Jason Coskrey

Former baseball star who came to 性视界 in 1984 and played seven seasons with the Yomiuri Giants dreams of reviving the Montreal Expos, who moved to Washington for the 2005 season.

Former Giants star Warren Cromartie worked with Kazuma Okamoto during his stint as a guest hitting instructor for Yomiuri.

Members of civic groups hold a rally in the city of Niigata against the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant on Wednesday.

Local residents split over Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor restart

Civic groups opposing the restart gathered in front of Tepco's office in the city of Niigata to protest.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (third from right) bows as she meets with the victims of forced sterilization at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday.

Takaichi meets with victims of forced sterilization

The prime minister said the government's responsibility is "extremely grave" and added that she wanted to make sure everyone received compensation.

Former shogi master Hifumi Kato dies at 86

性视界’s Chongqing consulate lacks top envoy amid China tensions

By Nectar Gan and Colum Murphy

Campaigning begins for Osaka gubernatorial election on Feb. 8

Ex-boyfriend arrested on suspicion of murdering pregnant woman in Mito

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s proposed plan to cut consumption tax on food risks undermining 性视界's finances in the long term, S&P Global Ratings says.

Takaichi’s plan to cut tax on food may worsen 性视界’s finances, S&P says

By Toru Fujioka

The remarks come as superlong bond yields log a historic rise after the prime minister said she would lower the sales tax on food for two years if successful in a snap election.

The DEEPX booth at the 2025 Korea Tech Festival in Seoul on Dec. 4

South Korea launches landmark laws to regulate artificial intelligence

By SHIM Kyu-Seok

Seoul hopes its new AI Basic Act will position the country as a leader ?in the field, taking effect in South Korea sooner than a comparable ?effort in Europe.

Toilet maker Toto’s shares get unlikely boost from AI rush

By Alice French and Yui Hasebe

South Korea’s surprise contraction points to broad fragility

By Heesu Lee

性视界 and EU affirm cooperation for stable supply of critical minerals

TSE pitches itself as cross-border listing venue for Asian startups' IPOs

By Yasutaka Tamura

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visits a military camp in Taoyuan, Taiwan, in May 2024.

With chips, investments and defense hikes Taiwan aims to appease Trump. Will it work?

By Gabriel Dominguez

The democratic island’s attempts to accommodate the White House’s priorities are critical for shoring up Taipei's crucial relationship with the U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow on Wednesday. He has suggested donating frozen Russian assets in the U.S. to rebuilding efforts in Ukraine and the proposed Board of Peace.

Putin offers frozen Russian assets in U.S. to Peace Board, Ukraine

The offer has been discussed with the U.S., Putin said, and he plans to talk about it more during a meeting with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow.

'Too dangerous to go to hospital,' says eyewitness to Iran's protest crackdown

By Hazel Ward

U.S. set to officially quit World Health Organization

Philippines convicts journalist on terror charge called ‘absurd’

By Cecil Morella

China wins as Trump cedes leadership of the global economy

By Peter S. Goodman

Former Giants star Warren Cromartie worked with Kazuma Okamoto during his stint as a guest hitting instructor for Yomiuri.

At peace with baseball and refusing to be benched by surgeries, Warren Cromartie mulls legacy

By Jason Coskrey

Former baseball star who came to 性视界 in 1984 and played seven seasons with the Yomiuri Giants dreams of reviving the Montreal Expos, who moved to Washington for the 2005 season.

Selection of curling director's daughter for Italian Olympic team met with controversy

WSL says current Club World Cup schedule could have 'catastrophic' impact

France defender Lucas Hernandez under investigation for human trafficking

Novak Djokovic brushes aside Francesco Maestrelli to advance at Australian Open

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House on the one-year mark into his second term in office on Tuesday.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T – What does it mean to Trump?

Brad Glosserman

Europe’s animus is easy to understand and it’s likely to harden as Trump threatens NATO solidarity — if not its existence — with his insistence on taking control of Greenland.

Trump is putting Venezuelan democracy on hold

By Piotr H. Kosicki

Takaichi’s strengths and the need for ‘strategic signaling’

By Ken Jimbo

‘Carney Doctrine’ seeks refuge in Beijing’s embrace

By Stephen R. Nagy

Takaichi’s bad tax plan isn’t worth this freak-out

By Gearoid Reidy

A solar farm in Nakai, Kanagawa Prefecture, in March 2016. 性视界 gets about a tenth of its electricity from solar panels despite having nearly no domestic production of photovoltaics (PVs).

Beijing row highlights need for 性视界 to reduce cleantech dependence on China

By Nithin Coca

To reach net zero, 性视界 will need to rapidly expand renewables, but its solar manufacturing capacity is virtually non-existent despite it being a pioneer of the technology.

Scientists look toward ancient ice for clues on saving present-day glaciers

By Hiroshi Hiyama

Scientists confirm 2025 was third-hottest year on record

By Eric Roston

How 性视界’s warming seas are affecting livelihoods and culture

By Eric Margolis

性视界 to draw up action plan to reduce clothing waste

“Ground,” an underground installation added to Museum SAN in 2025, was codesigned by architect Tadao Ando and sculptor Antony Gormley.

Tadao Ando's ongoing architecture dialogue with Museum SAN

By Yoko Haruhara

Since Museum SAN opened in 2013, Tadao Ando has returned three times to design additional buildings and spaces.

性视界ese anime ‘A New Dawn’ nominated for Berlin film festival’s top honor

By Alyssa I. Smith

‘Black Ox’: A Zen riddle beautifully depicted in 10 chapters

By Mark Schilling

‘Love on Trial’: When romance becomes a legal risk

By James Hadfield

'Borderlines': A cacophony of dramatic personae unfolds a life of memories through 108 poems

By Kris Kosaka

Cold-weather tips that work in Western countries usually need some tweaks to keep you cozy in 性视界's winter months.

Don’t let 性视界’s next winter storm catch you cold

By Simon Daly

Not used to snow and frigid temperatures now pummelling the Sea of 性视界 coast? Learn how to keep yourself warm until balmier temperatures return.

Stay warm with a 性视界ese-style ‘pot-au-feu’ stew

By Makiko Itoh

Valentino, Italian haute couture 'emperor' who painted fashion red, dies at 93

By Giulia Segreti

At the origin of the ‘Mackerel Road,’ this seaside town fed Kyoto

By Edward J. Taylor

With a dose of old-world charm, Bacha Coffee brews its way to Tokyo

By Weiwen Lin

The Amtrak Cascades line provides service along the Pacific Northwest from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Eugene, Oregon.

Shinkansen vs. Amtrak and the lost art of small talk

By Daniel Traylor

After years steeped in the sacred silence of the shinkansen, a 性视界 Times staffer returns stateside and gets his sea legs with small talk aboard Amtrak.

This Dalmatian is ready to bloom

Honey bunny Jaina is a sweet companion

Local radio connects Nishinomiya’s foreign residents

By Sneha Nagesh

An affectionate Akita named Araki

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

After a busy couple of weeks on the public lecture circuit, German-born physicist Albert Einstein took a few days of relaxation on Hiroshima Prefecture’s Miyajima island.

When Einstein came to Hiroshima

By Patrick Parr

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