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Umberto Bacchi
Live blue crabs harvested by local fishermen in the Po river are seen in a waste bucket at Scardovari, Italy, on June 26.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Aug 19, 2026
Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
The invasive and voracious crustacean has ravaged shellfish production in the Adriatic.
A solar power station near Lobito, Angola, in 2024
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2025
EU and Africa leaders to talk trade and minerals, as Ukraine looms large
Leaders are gathering in Angola on Monday for a summit aimed at deepening economic and security ties that will serve as a backdrop to emergency talks on Ukraine.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2024
First candidates grilled in parliament test for EU top team
The showdown is a rare opportunity for the European Union parliament to flex its muscles against the bloc’s powerful executive.
Migrants walk to board an inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel, on the beach of the Slack dunes in Wimereux, France, on Sept. 4
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2024
‘Mood change’ on migration puts deportation hubs on EU table
Talks of such hubs come only a few months after the European Union adopted a sweeping reform of its asylum policies.
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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 10, 2022
Russia gas crisis highlights Europe’s green energy storage problem
The European Union needs to more than triple its storage capacity by 2030 to adequately support its green transition goals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2022
Online army deploys to save Ukraine’s art and heritage
Historians, librarians and IT specialists from around the world have joined forces since the invasion began to form an online army to back up everything from websites to libraries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2022
Russia’s war migrants find mixed reception in Georgia
Many have headed for Georgia, Turkey and Armenia, drawn by visa-free regimes and pre-existing Russian communities, but not all have been welcomed with open arms.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 18, 2022
Pandemic surveillance: Is tracing tech here to stay?
Rights advocates say intrusive solutions could already be so entrenched that personal privacy is the long-term price many people may yet pay.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2022
The delivery apps making gig work a ‘digital wild west’
In Italy, where more experienced or highly ranked Glovo riders get priority when it comes to choosing working shifts, new apps are being used by novice gig workers to get orders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2021
China’s bitcoin crackdown sparks fears of dirtier cryptomining
By cutting off access to China’s power grid, with its plentiful supply of affordable renewable energy, the new restrictions could push miners toward dirtier sources of electricity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Apr 29, 2021
Right to disconnect gains ground as pandemic brings work home
Ireland introduced a legal right for employees to not respond to emails, telephone calls or other messages during nonwork hours from April 1.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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