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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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- If not for the intense rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI, the generative AI boom might not have arrived so quickly.
- SpaceX's blockbuster IPO is drawing intense retail demand in Japan, where cash-rich households see a rare shot at a marquee global listing tied to Elon Musk and the space boom.
- Los Angeles Olympic organizers are working closely with the authorities to avoid a repeat of the visa complications and denials of entry faced by several stakeholders at the soccer World Cup.
- Bone up on your Japanese sportscaster vocabulary ahead of this summer's World Cup.
- Takanawa Gateway City may look like the future, but the area has thousands of years of history. From ancient settlements to bullet trains, we trace the many lives of Shinagawa along Tokyo's ever-changing southern coast.
- Rapidus will sign agreements with public institutions in Britain and Italy on research and development cooperation, according to executives of the Japanese semiconductor company.
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "All of a Sudden," whose leads jointly won the best actress award at Cannes, delivers an emotionally resonant story about human connection in times of crisis. 👉 ebx.sh/GjbJXY
- Police arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of murder after the body of a 17-year-old high school girl was found in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.
- Despite the Iran war, Japan will secure the same volume of crude oil imports in July as it did the year prior, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said.
- In South Korea, where around 42% of households are single-person, authorities are starting to provide artificial intelligence-powered care devices to seniors living alone.
- The World Cup kicks off this week under familiar North American summer threats: extreme heat, suffocating humidity and thunderstorms capable of delaying matches with little warning.
- Asian central banks are increasingly facing currency pressures originating outside their borders.
