Latest articles - The Japan Times / News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More Newspaper en-US hourly 1 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:28:35 +0900 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:28:35 +0900 webmaster@japantimes.co.jp (Web Master) <![CDATA[ U.S. and Canada working on deal to ease steel and auto tariffs, sources say ]]> /business/2026/10/27/us-canada-tariffs-talks/ BUSINESS Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:24:00 +0900 Promit Mukherjee,David Shepardson /article/648277/ <![CDATA[ Poured to order: Inside the world of NPB fans and their beer vendors ]]> /sports/2026/10/27/baseball/japanese-baseball/japanese-baseball-beer-vendors/ BASEBALL Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:00 +0900 Mai Yoshikawa /article/648276/ <![CDATA[ Trump says Brazil election looked ‘rigged,’ defeated Bolsonaro’s party recognizes Lula win ]]> /news/2026/10/27/world/politics/bolsonaro-party-lula-win/ WORLD Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:59:00 +0900 /article/648274/ <![CDATA[ Netanyahu touts Trump endorsement on eve of vote ]]> /news/2026/10/27/world/politics/netanyahu-trump-endorsement-election/ WORLD Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:54:00 +0900 Steven Scheer,Emily Rose /article/648273/ <![CDATA[ Gloom in Moscow as Vucic’s defeat in Serbia deprives Russia of an ally ]]> /news/2026/10/27/world/politics/vucic-defeat-moscow-gloom/ WORLD Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:50:00 +0900 /article/648272/ <![CDATA[ Brazil’s Lula hangs on, but his final term promises to be toughest yet ]]> /news/2026/10/27/world/lula-toughest-term-ahead/ WORLD Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:42:00 +0900 Brendan O'Boyle /article/648271/ <![CDATA[ Turning untapped talent into a new force for business ]]> /business/2026/10/27/valt-japan/ BUSINESS Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0900 Lisa Wallin /article/647739/ <![CDATA[ Meiji Yasuda to buy Man Group stake in asset management push ]]> /business/2026/10/26/meiji-yasuda-man-group/ BUSINESS Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:43:00 +0900 Nao Sano,Liza Tetley /article/648270/ <![CDATA[ Digital Agency adds AI agent to Gennai government platform ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/digital-agency-ai-agent-gennai/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:33:00 +0900 /article/648269/ <![CDATA[ Driverless trucks show how to keep AI from killing us ]]> /commentary/2026/10/26/world/driverless-trucks-ai-safetly/ COMMENTARY Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:28:00 +0900 Thomas Black /article/648227/ <![CDATA[ Government holds urgent cybersecurity meeting in response to recent data breaches ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/japan-government-cybersecurity/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:26:00 +0900 Ariana King /article/648266/ <![CDATA[ The new India-Pakistan ‘cold war’ ]]> /commentary/2026/10/26/world/india-pakistan-cold-war/ COMMENTARY Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:20:00 +0900 Shashi Tharoor /article/648226/ <![CDATA[ Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda dies at 90 ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/politics/yasuo-fukuda-obituary/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:03:00 +0900 Kenji Yoshida /article/648253/ <![CDATA[ Argentina’s economic chainsaw massacre ]]> /commentary/2026/10/26/world/argentina-chainsaw-massacre/ COMMENTARY Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:48:00 +0900 Jeremy Adelman /article/648225/ <![CDATA[ Japan’s shipbuilders ramping up investment to double output ]]> /business/2026/10/26/companies/japan-shipbuilding-investments-up/ BUSINESS Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:44:00 +0900 /article/648267/ <![CDATA[ How purchases of sanctioned Iranian jet fuel were disguised by Myanmar ]]> /news/2026/10/26/asia-pacific/crime-legal/sanction-iran-jet-fuel-myanmar/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:34:00 +0900 /article/648263/ <![CDATA[ Chinese beauty brands, flush with success at home, start to vie for global shelf space ]]> /business/2026/10/26/chinese-beauty-brands-global/ BUSINESS Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:14:00 +0900 Casey Hall,Dominique Patton /article/648264/ <![CDATA[ 70% in Japan want to shelter at home after disasters, survey finds ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/disaster-shelter-preference-survey/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:12:00 +0900 /article/648261/ <![CDATA[ Chinese carmakers overtake Japan in Europe for first time ]]> /business/2026/10/26/companies/china-carmakers-overtake-japan-europe-market/ BUSINESS Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:32:00 +0900 /article/648268/ <![CDATA[ Premium tour plan to Okinawa sanctuary shelved following local opposition ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/okinawa-sanctuary-tour-shelved/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:28:00 +0900 /article/647968/ <![CDATA[ Challenger rejects Daiichi Life’s $4.4 billion takeover offer ]]> /business/2026/10/26/companies/challenger-rejects-daiichi-life-takeover-offer/ BUSINESS Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:26:00 +0900 /article/648259/ <![CDATA[ No sign of progress in talks over detention of Japanese journalist in Russia ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/politics/japanese-journalist-detained-russia/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:15:00 +0900 /article/648258/ <![CDATA[ The key to Japan’s growth strategy: ‘proactive’ economic security ]]> /commentary/2026/10/26/japan/japan-proactive-economic-security/ COMMENTARY Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:09:00 +0900 Eiki Tagami /article/648229/ <![CDATA[ Tensions high as North Korea howitzer spotted near South Korean border ]]> /news/2026/10/26/asia-pacific/north-korea-seoul-letters-un/ ASIA PACIFIC Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:48:00 +0900 Kyu-seok Shim,Joyce Lee /article/648248/ <![CDATA[ Saudi-led forces strike Houthi missile facilities after Riyadh airport attack ]]> /news/2026/10/26/world/politics/houthi-saudi-arabia-riyadh-airport/ WORLD Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:24:00 +0900 /article/648233/ <![CDATA[ Hawks show what a modern baseball dynasty looks like ]]> /sports/2026/10/26/baseball/japanese-baseball/softbank-hawks-modern-dynasty/ BASEBALL Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:09:00 +0900 Jason Coskrey /article/648262/ <![CDATA[ Sapporo mayoral race takes shape with Olympics and foreign population in focus ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/politics/sapporo-mayor-election/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:53:00 +0900 Eric Johnston /article/647946/ <![CDATA[ Brazil’s Lula wins record fourth term in a shock comeback ]]> /news/2026/10/26/world/politics/brazil-lula-election-victory/ WORLD Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:34:00 +0900 Simone Iglesias /article/648231/ <![CDATA[ BNP Paribas AM builds long-end JGB bet on steep yield curve ]]> /business/2026/10/26/companies/bnp-paribas-raises-long-jgb-bet/ BUSINESS Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:32:00 +0900 John Cheng /article/648260/ <![CDATA[ Government workers’ parliamentary duties linked to higher medical costs: study ]]> /news/2026/10/26/japan/science-health/parliamentary-duties-medical-costs/ JAPAN Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:28:00 +0900 /article/648265/