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

The war in Iran widened sharply after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, and NATO destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile fired towards Turkey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/05/world/us-iran-warship-nato-missile-turkey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #iran #nato #turkey #middleeast

Students from Okinawa Prefecture have visited the city of Nemuro, Hokkaido, to learn firsthand about issues related to disputed islands that Russia controls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/02/japan/okinawa-northern-territories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #students #education #hokkaido #northernterritories #russiajapanrelations #wwii #disputedislands #russia #sovietunion

Pakistani police clashed with protesters who breached the outer wall of the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, leaving nine people dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/01/asia-pacific/us-consulate-pakistan-protests-iran/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #iran #iraq #pakistan #alikhamenei #usmilitary #israel

Despite claims that solar growth has peaked, strong demand trends and technological adoption suggest the boom is likely to continue even as efficiency gains could eventually reduce silver demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/22/world/brighter-future-for-solar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #solar #solarenergy #greenenergy #fossilfuels #silver #commodities #climatechange #electricity

For the world's elite athletes, failing to grasp an Olympic medal hurts — and especially so for the person who finishes fourth, among the very best in the world but just one step short of the podium. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/02/20/olympics-fourth-place-finishers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #annikamorgan #frankiedelduca #joshuawilliamson #kirstymuir

Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/03/tech/grok-sexual-images-no-consent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #grok #elonmusk #sexualharassment #privacy

India is electrifying faster and using fewer fossil fuels per capita than China did when it was at similar levels of economic development, according to a new report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/01/23/energy/india-cheap-green-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #china #india #tech #renewables #energy

Despite Japan bracing itself for the worst when Donald Trump was elected for a second term as U.S. president, the tumult generated in his first year back has exceeded even Tokyo's deepest fears. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/politics/trump-us-japan-year-one/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #indopacific #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #defense #budgets #china #pla #taiwan #greenland #venezuela #usmilitary

The dismantling of U.S. foreign aid, which started a year ago on Tuesday, has caused the preventable deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and will contribute to millions more, researchers have estimated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/world/usaid-cuts-impact-one-year-on/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #aid #donaldtrump #health

Four astronauts, including Japan’s Kimiya Yui, will return from the International Space Station earlier than scheduled due to a crew member facing a medical issue, NASA said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/astronaut-yui-return-iss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kimiyayui #nasa #jaxa #iss #space #us

A U.S. immigration agent shot dead a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid an immigration enforcement surge, the latest violent incident in President Donald Trump's nationwide migrant crackdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/08/world/crime-legal/us-minneapolis-woman-shot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #immigration #minnesota #guns

The Trump administration is gambling that it can intimidate Venezuela's inner circle with threats of further military action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/05/world/politics/trump-intimidation-venezuela/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nicolasmaduro #venezuela #us #donaldtrump

For over a decade, the West has been pondering how to manage Ukraine’s inevitable subordination to Russia. It is time to change the half-hearted paradigm, Chrystia Freeland writes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/31/world/give-ukraine-back-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #russia

The world isn’t becoming multipolar — it’s becoming "multisphere." Overlapping power, blurred norms and rising coercion are redefining global risk in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/22/world/strategic-outlook-geopolitics-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #geopolitics #china #us #defense #sanaetakaichi #security #ukraine #europe

The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum will next year exhibit some 200 masterpieces of Japanese art mainly from the British Museum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/tokyo-art-museum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #art #japaneseart #museums

Protesters thwarted a planned immigration operation in Lower Manhattan, forcing federal agents into retreat after blocking the ramp of a Department of Homeland Security parking garage near Chinatown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/world/protesters-disrupt-federal-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #immigration #us #newyork #donaldtrump

The Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex blaze on Wednesday has spotlighted the enduring role of city's 368,000 foreign domestic helpers, mostly women contracted from low-income Asian countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-foreign-domestic-helpers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #immigration

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot against his successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/bolsonaro-prison-brazil-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #jairbolsonaro #donaldtrump #luizinacioluladasilva #supremecourt

Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to court filings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/23/tech/meta-buried-social-media-harm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #meta #facebook #instagram #socialmedia #mentalhealth #us

After becoming the first foreign president of the prestigious Hosei University in March, Diana Khor has prioritized diversity on campus and fostering a spirit of globalization among the students. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/society/hosei-university-diana-khor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hoseiuniversity #dianakhor #education #universities #studyabroad