The Japan Times

Breaking news and features about Japan from the nation's most widely read English-language newspaper.

日本で最も読まれている英文ニュース。

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Fuji Rock 2026 has kicked off — and if the festival's website crash was any indicator, Kaze Fujii is poised to steal the spotlight. #FujiRock #FujiRock2026 https://t.co/NKnaRGIpiA

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Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co. has ended talks over a potential investment in Poland's largest convenience store operator Zabka Group, even as it continues to look for expansion opportunities beyond its home market. https://t.co/IkKE99UilE

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Takashi Shimizu (director of "Juon: The Grudge") starts with an intriguing premise in "Sana: Play With Me," but spirals into overblown excess by its final act. https://t.co/bMKsQE68Zs

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U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to install signage that warns visitors of inaccurate historical information inside The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington. https://t.co/AzQOEkTIPn

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SpaceX's Starship on Friday sailed through its first test flight since the company went public. https://t.co/QnBQBBnFZt

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India's exam leak scandal has led to at least 20 students reportedly taking their own lives, highlighting the immense pressures young people face in a country where well-paying jobs are in short supply. https://t.co/y1ZEqkpX4w

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Japan's Defense Ministry has said that a Russian military IL-20 reconnaissance plane intruded into Japanese territorial airspace over the Northern Territories, which are controlled by Moscow and claimed by Tokyo. 👉 https://t.co/lZlUxmdbMz

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One of OpenAI's most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company's website — reviving fears that AI systems are slipping beyond their creators' control. https://t.co/wfdBhi2pHN

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The yen is on track for its biggest weekly loss in more than two months, with intervention warnings doing little to deter investors betting on further weakness. https://t.co/Mqab96Qtl0

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The debut feature by Son Myong A, a third-generation Zainichi filmmaker, is an intimate examination of a teenage girl grappling with her Korean cultural heritage in Tokyo. https://t.co/VTJiVNGWwn

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Over 166,000 people were evacuated in France and Spain as unprecedented forest fires raged near Madrid and Bordeaux, a French city flanked by tourist havens and world-renowned vineyards. https://t.co/cEJZ36Qjcp

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U.S. President Donald Trump has increasingly flashed frustration with the war in Iran, as the conflict that his team once predicted would end in a matter of weeks stretches into its fifth month and fighting intensifies. https://t.co/XbnsRzbzZc

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Japan's average life expectancy rose for both men and women in 2025, a health ministry survey has shown, with the increase believed to be the result of a decrease in disease-related deaths. 👉 https://t.co/yPj7TT9Fgx

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An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from ⁠the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year found medium and heavy rare earth elements accounted for about 54% of the total rare earth content. https://t.co/G7ptLrPjEe

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Japan no longer has throngs of samurai clamoring for traditionally smelted steel, but artisans and experts in a rural corner of Shimane Prefecture refuse to let their furnaces flame out. https://t.co/VVeugelfDQ

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From Beethoven to Pokemon, the NHK Symphony Orchestra is preserving its legacy while keeping up with the times. https://t.co/5PnOnK3IE2

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Japanese has a word for when your husband makes you sick. Learn the language behind one of Japan's most surprising ideas about marriage and retirement. https://t.co/xa77ARhp3S

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Meet the champions of Japan's cinematic heritage: In a residential neighborhood in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, a small team is fighting to preserve film history, one reel at a time. 👉 https://t.co/kZ2pxtBzr5

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Now showing in new 4K restorations, Ryosuke Hashiguchi's films "Hush!" and "All Around Us" offer comedic but sensitive portraits of oddballs and misfits from the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. 👉 https://t.co/CtrWXOb9q8

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Editorial: The ruling coalition does not have the communication channels and coordination mechanisms that facilitate cooperation and success. https://t.co/YryFqwz43c

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Sony says it plans to reopen and restore the iconic Cinerama Dome, a historic Los Angeles landmark for film buffs, after a six-year shutdown that began during the pandemic. 👉 https://t.co/eTag5SFIoM