U.S. athletes are preparing for anti-American feeling at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, a little over three months before next year's global event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/10/29/anti-us-sentiment-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortina

The governor of Akita Prefecture asked the Defense Ministry on Tuesday to send in Self-Defense Forces personnel to help deal with a "truly dire" spate of deadly bear attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/akita-governor-sdf-bears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #akita #kentasuzuki #bears #sdf #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi

Three workers may have experienced internal radiation exposure while working in a spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, after radiation was detected in one of them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/nuclear-plant-internal-exposure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #aomori #nuclearenergy

More than 5,600 flights were delayed across the U.S. Monday, with absences surging ahead of air traffic controllers missing their first paycheck Tuesday due to the government shutdown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/society/flight-delays-shutdown-day-27/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #travel #airports #airlines

The health ministry has started considering ways to promote the use of follow-on products of very expensive original biological drugs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/japan/science-health/follow-on-biologics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #mhlw #pharmaceuticals

Serial child sexual abuse cases in Australian day care centers have spurred a rush to close security gaps that let predators through the door. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/crime-legal/predators-australian-child-care/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #australia #children #sexcrimes #childabuse

JAXA successfully launched its new HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, marking the first time in five years that Japan will send supplies to the ISS. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/japan/jaxa-cargo-spacecraft-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jaxa #space #rockets

The Canadian province of Ontario said on Friday it would pull an anti-tariff ad featuring former U.S. president Ronald Reagan that prompted current leader Donald Trump to scrap trade talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/25/economy/canada-tariff-ad-pulled-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #canada #us #trade #donaldtrump #tariffs

A strong earthquake hit eastern areas of Hokkaido Prefecture in the early hours of Saturday, with authorities warning that more could be in story for Japan's northernmost prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/hokkaido-earthquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #earthquakes

The Department of Homeland Security will require all immigrants and noncitizens to be photographed when entering and leaving the U.S. under new regulations released Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/world/us-photograph-noncitizensentering-exiting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #immigration #us #donaldtrump #tourism

Japanese researchers have found that people who experience COVID-19 “brain fog” have a higher-than-usual density of a certain neural receptor, a discovery that could pave the way for treatment options. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/science-health/covid-brain-fog-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #covid19 #brain #health

Why would Amami Oshima’s traditional textile industry oppose being designated as one of Japan’s Intangible Cultural Properties? A new book on the country’s age-old crafts explores the thorny side of sustainability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/24/books/dyeing-textiles-books-traditional-crafts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #japanesecrafts #books #textiles #kimono

Rather than hurting Latin America's drug trade, U.S. strikes on vessels Washington claims are ferrying drugs to American soil might be benefiting drug lords by causing a supply crunch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/crime-legal/us-drug-strikes-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #colombia #drugs #gangs #trade

U.S. shipbuilders and port operators are facing the fallout of U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign to wipe out the offshore wind industry, suffering lost government support, vanishing orders and an uncertain future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/markets/us-shipbuilders-ports-trump-wind/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ports #ships #shipping #wind #renewables #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans

A group of students in Valencia are cleaning and restoring photos that were damaged in the devastating floods last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/society/floods-spain-fight-save-photos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #floods #photography #spain

More than 600 people have fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centers and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official has said, after a military raid on the compound. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-raid-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #thailand #myanmar #forcedlabor #kidnapping #fraud #southeastasia

Qatari Premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani is urging the world to reject "double standards" and punish Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip and beyond, saying silence is encouraging it to continue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/qatar-pm-double-standard-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #qatar #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us

Students in Gaza have continued music classes from displacement camps and shattered buildings even after Israel's bombardments forced them to abandon schools in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/world/society/gaza-music-therapy-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #children #mentalhealth #music