Notices by The Japan Times (thejapantimes@mastodon.social)

Asian currencies turbocharged by dollar weakness are attaining rarely seen superlatives and triggering central bank intervention to curb excessive gains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/05/markets/dollar-decline-asian-currencies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #dollar #asia #yen #yuan #china #hongkong #taiwan

Japan is hoping that U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the 2025 Osaka Expo, but any trip is likely to depend on how tariff negotiations develop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/trump-expo-visit-tariff-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #us #donaldtrump #shigeruishiba #tariffs

Germany's domestic intelligence service designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic spat with the United States and fueling calls for the party to be banned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/world/politics/germany-afd-extremist-label/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #germany #surveillance #afd

Some 45% of full-time employees in Japan are “quiet quitters” — workers doing the bare minimum to meet their job requirements — according to a survey by job-matching company Mynavi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/society/quiet-quitter-japan-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #mynavi #workstylereform

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre wrapped up their campaigns after at least 11 people died when a man drove through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/world/politics/canada-election-vancouver-tragedy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #canada #markcarney #pierrepoilievre #vancouver

A research team led by Kyoto University said it has prevented kidney functions from declining in mice using human induced pluripotent stem cells, which may lead to an effective therapy for chronic kidney disease. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/23/japan/science-health/ips-cells-kidney-disease-treatment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ips #kyotouniversity #health

A Japanese record company is facing a backlash after announcing it would release a CD by Aki Yashiro, who died in 2023, that will include nude photographs of her taken privately. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/aki-yashiro-nude-photographs-row/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #akiyashiro #music #enka #kumamoto #takashikimura

Scores of people who have licensed their image to artificial intelligence marketing companies have ended up seeing themselves feature in deepfakes, dubious adverts or even political propaganda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/17/tech/ai-sale-regret/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #deepfakes #personalinformation

Japan’s postwar focus on economic power over military might looks prescient as global trust in the U.S. wavers under Trump’s sweeping tariff threats and the market turmoil they triggered. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/15/japan/for-real-national-security-try-a-japanese-perspective/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #defense #tariffs #usjapanrelations

In a first, the Japan Fair Trade Commission has issued a cease-and-desist order against Google, accusing it of violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps in smartphones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/15/companies/google-anti-monopoly-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #google #phones #bigtech #search #ftc #tech #apps

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said at the White House on Monday he had no plans to return a man mistakenly deported from the United States。 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/world/politics/el-salvador-bukele-us-man-deported/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nayibbukele #elsalvador #us #republicans #donaldtrump #latinamerica #centralamerica

President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, a move that experts said would violate U.S. law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/world/politics/trump-deport-citizens-el-salvador/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #republicans #donaldtrump #elsalvador #immigration

Business leaders say Trump’s shifting trade moves make it nearly impossible to plan or invest with confidence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/11/companies/ceo-tariff-pause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #trade #tariffs #tradewar #globaleconomy #donaldtrump

Former primary school teacher and World War II historian Masatoshi Asari has sent cherry trees around the world from his base in Hokkaido, in part to help atone for Japan's actions during the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/masatoshi-asari-cherry-blossoms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #masatoshiasari #sakura

Why are Japanese streets empty of U.S. cars? It’s no mystery — they're not good enough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/08/japan/japan-tarriff-myth-wont-die/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #automakers #tariffs #trade #imports #toyota #nissan #gm #ford

After President Donald Trump said last year he wanted to be a dictator for a day, he insisted he was only joking. Now, he says he may try to hold onto power, and this time, he insists he's not joking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/world/politics/trump-third-term-constitution-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #republicans #donaldtrump #elonmusk #jdvance

After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, international rescuers rushed into the devastated country. The most ubiquitous among them have been Chinese relief workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/asia-pacific/myanmar-quake-china-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes #china #us

DOGE, the U.S. government reform project, reflects America's brash, fast-paced approach to change in contrast to Japan's slower, more deliberate cultural norms that prioritize consensus and careful decision-making. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/02/japan/the-doge-solution-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #doge #elonmusk #donaldtrump

Greenland will decide its own future and the autonomous Danish territory will not become part of the United States, its new prime minister has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/world/politics/us-greenland-new-pm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #republicans #donaldtrump #jdvance #greenland #denmark

The best-known member of the team of technologists in Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, records show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/world/politics/doge-staffer-cybercrime-ring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #doge #us #republicans #donaldtrump #elonmusk #hacking #personalinformation #privacy