Tokyo’s record streak of rain comes to an end
Friday's showers capped the city's longest stretch of rainy days since records began in 1886.
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AI is the greatest grievance machine ever
The largest problem of all is agency. Apply for a job these days and there is a good chance you will be told "algorithm…
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Japan wants a pharma boom. It needs a new strategy.
Japan is seeking to make pharmaceuticals a pillar of economic growth and security, requiring innovation and…
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Preventing artificial intelligence from triggering a world war
A mechanism for distinguishing unintended harm from deliberate attacks is urgently needed.
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Cost pressures and deadlock force Honda to rework India strategy, sources say
The automaker is partnering with Tata Technologies after its Japanese and Indian managers failed to agree on which…
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Daiwa Securities says info on 110,000 clients may have been leaked
The brokerage said the leak resulted from the servers of an external vendor being hacked.
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Hokkaido ranked most attractive prefecture for 18th year in a row
Three cities in Hokkaido — Sapporo, Hakodate and Otaru — also ranked as the top three most attractive municipalities in…
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Takaichi mentions Okinawa murder in parliament speech as U.S. military weighs response
The U.S. side was weighing a period of mourning, among other measures, after a U.S. Marine was arrested in connection…
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U.S. accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan leader’s son
U.S. officials say Wanying Zhang used tradecraft to avoid detection and never notified Washington that she was acting…
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Takaichi lays out ‘proactive fiscal policy’ as new session of parliament begins
In her policy address, the prime minister said Japan needed further action to turn higher wages and investment into…
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Bolsonaro pushes Lula to brink of defeat ahead of Brazil runoff
With conservative allies dominating across Brazil in Sunday's voting, Bolsonaro capped the day by taking about 47% of…
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Scandal-hit mayor up against six challengers in Yokohama race
Former Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka is in focus ahead of the Oct. 18 poll, which comes just weeks after his resignation over…
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A first look aboard the shinkansen’s new Supreme Class
From Oct. 1, select trains running between Tokyo and Hakata will offer the most luxurious way yet to travel on a bullet…
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Braves bounce back with victory to pull even in NLDS against Dodgers
Michael Harris II went 3-for-5 with a triple and a double, scored one run and drove in another as the Braves head home…
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Instrument seller works to make disaster-hit town in Miyagi a music hub
Chiba Prefecture-based Sound House has established a logistics center and showroom in the town of Onagawa, which was…
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U.S. B-1 bombers removed from U.K. base at center of terror plot
The New York Times, citing two unnamed U.S. officials, reported that the withdrawal had been carried out with unusual…
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Drake Maye has big day as Patriots beat Bills
Maye ended the game with 269 passing yards and another 54 rushing.
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Hiroshima’s rural high schools attract students from across Japan
Hiroshima's experiment is part of a broader national trend that sees small, rural high schools recruiting students from…
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Millennium to hire Jera power trader in Japan energy push
Since being liberalized about a decade ago, Japan's power market has drawn growing interest from domestic and overseas…
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Portugal keeps door open for star Ronaldo to return
Ronaldo left Portugal's training camp after being an unused substitute in a win over Norway and learning he would not…
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South Korea soccer captain apologizes for gloating about military exemption
South Korea defeated host Japan 1-0 on Saturday in the men's final in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, for their fourth Asian…
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EU and China to hold two-day talks in Beijing aiming to avert trade war
A shift by Chinese firms into more high-tech manufacturing is threatening many traditional EU industries.
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BOJ’s deputy chief flags AI’s possible impact on neutral rate
The comments come as economists and market players try to assess high quickly and how far the BOJ will raise interest…
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Mayor pushing for spent nuclear-fuel facility reelected in Yamaguchi
Tetsuo Nishi said nuclear power-related subsidies from the state would help fund the town's child-rearing and…
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On daughter’s birthday, mother of abductee Megumi Yokota prays for reunion
Sakie Yokota had prepared a birthday cake for her daughter every year, but she stopped a few years ago as it was…
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Thai police rescue two Japanese men believed to have been forced into fraud
The men are believed to have been forced to take part in fraud at a base in Myanmar.
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Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, U.N. says during Fiji talks
The South Pacific is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to global warming.
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Nippon Paint to buy Akzo’s Southeast Asia unit for $1.35 billion
Japan's No. 1 paint company had previously sought to buy Akzo's entire residential and commercial paints unit for $8.4…
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Taiwan’s envoy prods Trump administration on stalled arms sale
U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to woo Chinese President Xi Jinping have sowed uncertainty about the United…
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Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after Flydubai attack
Israeli media outlets have reported that pilots from countries hostile to Israel have repeatedly flown into the country…
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Japan should keep focus on cheap Mideast oil, local refiner says
The comments from Taiyo Oil's CEO push back against a government drive to diversify crude sourcing triggered by the…
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Japan to bolster cyberthreat-hunting for critical infrastructure systems
The government will develop methods to detect cyberattack threats and share them with utilities and telecommunications…
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Daryz races to second straight Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe crown
Daryz is the first two-time winner since Enable in 2017 and 2018 and first colt to achieve the feat since Alleged…
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MSDF deploys V-BAT uncrewed surveillance aircraft
The aircraft can autonomously patrol predetermined routes, collecting surveillance footage and transmitting it to a…
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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has rare cautionary note on AI safety
Superintelligence in the wrong hands can become "super dangerous," the SoftBank Group chief said.
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Max Verstappen washes away frustrations with win at rain-soaked Bahrain Grand Prix
George Russell, who was still alive with an outside chance at catching his Mercedes teammate Antonelli for the drivers'…
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