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

After detecting faint traces of radiation in shipments to U.S. ports, authorities followed a trail that led to a factory park outside Jakarta, where they found radioactive Cesium-137 had been released into the air. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/asia-pacific/us-radioactive-indonesia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #us #food #shoes #nuclearwaste #trade #radiation

Early evidence suggests that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, when given shortly before cancer immunotherapy, may significantly boost survival rates by activating the immune system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/12/world/can-covid-19-vaccine-save-cancer-patients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #mrna #covid19 #vaccines #health #medicine #cancer

The Philippines evacuated over 100,000 residents on Sunday as Fung-wong intensified on into a super typhoon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/asia-pacific/philippines-fung-wong-super-typhoon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #typhoons #southeastasia

The U.S. has warned it could force airlines to cut up to 20% of flights if the government shutdown did not end, as U.S. airlines scramble to make unprecedented government-imposed reductions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/us-flight-cuts-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #republicans #democrats #congress #donaldtrump #airlines #tourism

Despite familiar threats of synthetic alternatives and a declining workforce, Shiga Prefecture's persimmon dyers believe the traditional craft is still worth the effort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/01/style-design/persimmon-dyeing-textiles-shiga-crafts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #japanesecrafts #textiles #rurallife

Lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeared at the trial of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, as a witness Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-pm-abe-shooting-trial-witness-testimony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #keisato #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #japanesecourts #nara

Despite all the enthusiasm for AI, the signal from bond markets suggests that investors are unconvinced that the technology will generate sustained or widespread growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/what-the-markets-really-think-about-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #openai #google #anthropic #deepseek #markets #globaleconomy

Members of Japanese ruling and opposition parties expressed their sadness over the death of former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/japan/politics/murayama-tributes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tomiichimurayama #yoheikono #shigeruishiba #mizuhofukushima #sanaetakaichi

Europe must break its dependency on U.S. tech monopolies by investing in decentralized, open-protocol social media platforms that empower users, foster innovation and protect democratic discourse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/13/world/european-homegrown-social-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #socialmedia #bluesky #facebook #instagram #x #skyfeed #graysky #tech #bigtech

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will launch an additional Michibiki positioning satellite, the Japanese version of GPS, aboard an H3 rocket on Dec. 7. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/michibiki-satellite-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mitsubishiheavy #jaxa #space #satellites #kagoshima

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump plans to call up 300 members of the state’s national guard, defying opposition from local and state leaders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/05/world/politics/chicago-trump-national-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #immigration #us #chicago #usmilitary #donaldtrump

Japan has decided to allow same-sex couples to be treated as being in de facto marriages under a total of nine more laws and ordinances, including the disaster condolence grant law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/same-sex-partners-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #samesexmarriage #japanesecourts #lgbtq

Nissan will revive its Xterra sport utility vehicle as a hybrid model and halt plans to make an electric vehicle in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/companies/nissan-production-plan-change-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #electricvehicle #hybrids #us #tariffs

Google said it will pay $24.5 million to resolve U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that being banned from his YouTube channel after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was illegal censorship. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/tech/google-trump-suit-jan-6-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #google #youtube #us #donaldtrump #x #meta

Ukraine reacted with outrage on Saturday after the International Paralympic Committee lifted a partial suspension of Russia and Belarus imposed since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/paralympics/2025/09/28/paralympic-russia-belarus-suspensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #paralympics #russia #belarus #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #internationalparalympiccommittee #2026milanocortinaparalympics

Theoretical physicist Fumitaka Sato, known for his contributions to unraveling the mystery of black holes, died at a hospital in Kyoto on Sunday. He was 87. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/black-hole-researcher-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #space #obituary #physics #kyotouniversity #fumitakasato

Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more reductions this year following months of intense pressure from the White House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/economy/fed-rate-cut-powell-jobs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #federalreserve #jobs #jeromepowell

Some Republicans want to go further still and have proposed deporting Kirk's critics from the United States, suing them into penury or banning them from social media for life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/charlie-kirk-mourn-threats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #republicans #democrats #us #charliekirk #murder #donaldtrump

Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday as anti-corruption demonstrators defied a curfew and clashed with police, a day after 19 people died in violent protests triggered by a social media ban. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/asia-pacific/politics/nepal-prime-minister-quit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #nepal #socialmedia

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered all-out efforts on Saturday to respond to the arrests of hundreds of the nation's citizens in a U.S. immigration raid on a Hyundai car battery factory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/06/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-us-immigration-raid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #ussouthkorearelations #us #southkorea #donaldtrump #leejaemyung #immigration