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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With the number of Japanese job applicants dwindling, convenience store giants are increasingly turning to highly motivated and quick-to-adapt foreign workers. 👉 https://t.co/XiI7zrQFbJ

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Plans by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to regulate sports and other wagering in the booming prediction market industry are facing a pushback from critics who say the practice amounts to illegal gambling. https://t.co/qeTBSnfRHQ

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OpenAI's push into consumer devices is slated to begin with a mobile, screen-free smart speaker designed to be a new type of home computer for the artificial intelligence era, sources say. https://t.co/j71z6BkDvi

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Business development firm Global Partners has become an internet sensation through clips of high-octane pep rallies and workers being reprimanded, rejecting "soft" modern workplace culture it sees as hindering growth. https://t.co/ECsnndZZSs

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The Trump administration has told Congress members it will not finish spending the $400 million authorized for Ukraine aid until fiscal 2029, even as Kyiv runs critically low on weapons. https://t.co/HECjsdMxqg

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Malaysian authorities have detained more than 100 Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers who had gathered outside the U.N. refugee agency in Kuala Lumpur after being evicted from their homes. https://t.co/JEyuhBLEva

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Humankind went from possibly speaking tens of thousands of different languages during a period spanning the first millennium B.C. and ‌first millennium ‌A.D. to just about 7,500 today, researchers have found. https://t.co/Aj1ccSkmaa

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AIDS experts warn that the fight against HIV is in real danger as funding fell by a fifth in 2025. https://t.co/Szc1r68m7y

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Negotiators from Iran and Oman are trying to reach an agreement to restart shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, according to people familiar with the matter. https://t.co/v4HPEkRlnI

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Indian activists are challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance used at the largest youth protest in decades last week. https://t.co/VsvMVmJKsK

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Donald Trump's push to end Washington's reliance on Chinese critical minerals is colliding with a stark reality: American miners and processors aren't ready. https://t.co/k46BfzNohl

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Emboldened by an insufficient international response, Yemen's Houthi movement ⁠aims to replicate Iran's Hormuz Strait strategy in the Red Sea. https://t.co/yq978jppJ3

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China has built a new U.S. destroyer replica at a remote missile-testing site in its northwestern desert, satellite imagery shows, a target analysts say could be used to test anti-ship weapons. https://t.co/R1C03Aeeyf

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A remote village in Okayama is taking a committed approach toward forest health and biodiversity. Its success is already providing a blueprint for the rest of Japan. 👉 https://t.co/YOoiHArNE2

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Tough new permanent residency measures trigger concern in Japan https://t.co/1FpzrsczDP

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U.S. and Iran extend pause in strikes as Oman holds Hormuz talks https://t.co/T4eoI9Uijq

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U.S. Forces Japan boosts personnel as transformation takes shape, commander says https://t.co/YH6MCcvqtk

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After a legislative sweep, Takaichi faces public confidence test https://t.co/534SkH9Qli

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What do boy bands M!lk and Monaki have to do with Japan's hottest Gen Z slang? Quite a lot, actually. 👉 https://t.co/YNSlvvwJub

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U.S. Forces Japan boosts personnel as transformation takes shape, commander says https://t.co/LsxwTY7Y6l