Tokyo and Washington may be in sync, but the dollar-yen currency gap is growing | The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

Tokyo and Washington are politically and economically simpatico — that is the message Kishida and Biden are touting. But Nippon Steel remains the 🐘in the room | Latest The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

The weird deep-sea world may be under threat, as demand for metals such as lithium and nickel has driven a rush to take a stake in the seabed, with Japan being a major advocate of deep-sea mining. jtim.es/49t572D

5.8 magnitude quake off Fukushima, 5-minus on Japanese shaking scale. Felt it in Tokyo and it lasted a while. No tsunami risk, per NHK

Breaking: Space One rocket explodes just seconds after liftoff | The Japan Times
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Amid Daiso’s thicket of colorful stationery, chair socks and gaudily packaged snacks, a winning retail strategy can be found -- but can this translate in the U.S.? | The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

‘The Boy and the Heron’ wins best animated feature film Oscar reut.rs/4c9sBMr

Google opens Asia-Pacific cybersecurity research center in Tokyo | The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

Japan has entered a ‘technical recession’, but analysts say the picture isn’t as bad as it might sound. | Latest The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

SCOOP - Japanese Prime Minister #Kishida intensifying efforts to meet #KimJongUn - wants a deal with #NorthKorea over abducted Japanese to bolster his faltering premiership. Some secret talks via a Beijing channel.

(with Kana Inagaki & Christian Davies)
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What a wild year I have ahead of me…

‘Birdwatching is more thrilling and more like detective work than one might initially guess’ | Latest for @JapanTimes japantimes.co.jp/environment/20…

Could any lovely person please put me in touch with the writer Elizabeth Ho? An AUT grad and I think Aucklander. Would be very grateful as I’m keen to republish one of her amazing stories 🤍

My little Hong Kong cat can't get enough of the snow

Australian writer Yang Hengjun sentenced by Beijing court - friend reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

My feature on the search for ‘digital immortality’, concludes our The Japan Times series on the quest for eternal life | Commissioned and edited by Shaun McKenna
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Maybe we won't live forever, but who says we can't live till at least 100 in good health? Tomoko Otake looks at efforts to stave off the ill effects of aging in Japan. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/2…

In the first installment of a three-part series focusing on the quest to cheat death, Alex K.T. Martin examines legends from Japanese history that feature mermaids, monks and the pursuit of immortality. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/2…

In one case, a woman asked him to be present while she slogged through dating profiles. “She screamed every ten minutes or so.” | Thu-Huong Ha The Japan Times
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