author

 
Menu
Search
 
June 08, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Internal Submission
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2021
America’s jammed-up ports need help
At one point recently, about 200,000 containers were stranded aboard anchored vessels outside the Port of Los Angeles. Experts expect the crunch to last for months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2021
Confirming U.S. troops are in Taiwan, Tsai says she has ‘faith’ allies will defend island
The comments by the Taiwanese president are bound to irk Beijing as it continues to clash with Washington on cross-strait ties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2021
Japan’s retail sales beat estimates as shoppers defy virus fears
The stronger-than-expected gain suggests overall consumption, the biggest component of the economy, may not have declined last quarter as much as expected.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2021
U.S. support for Taiwan poses 'huge risks' to ties, China warns
For decades, the U.S. and China have been sparring over Taiwan, but how much this recent dust-up will impact relations remains unclear.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2021
Japanese startup targets supercar users with $700,000 hoverbike
The XTurismo Limited Edition from A.L.I. Technologies promises to fly for 40 minutes at up to 100 kilometer per hour.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 27, 2021
Team GB expects fully vaccinated team for Beijing Games
While Team GB is yet to select most of its winter athletes, most of those on the long list of candidates are vaccinated according to chef de mission Georgie Harland.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 27, 2021
Tom Brady throws Bitcoin to fan who returned 600th touchdown ball
The 44-year-old seven-time Super Bowl champion is a part-owner of crypto exchange FTX, having starred in a commercial for the company alongside his wife Gisele Bundchen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 27, 2021
Xi’s toughest ‘common prosperity’ test is raising China’s taxes
Hiking taxes wouldn't seem difficult in the one-party state. But the Communist Party is sensitive to public opinion, and taxes are as politically fraught in China as anywhere else.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 26, 2021
Roh Tae-woo, first freely elected South Korea leader, dies at 88
Roh worked to set a new tone with Japan, leading diplomacy that resulted in Tokyo issuing a historic apology for its 1910-45 colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2021
Two words from Taiwan’s leader threaten to upend U.S.-China ties
To Beijing, phrasing used by Tsai Ing-wen in a National Day speech came close to reviving an idea that fueled tensions between China and the U.S. two decades ago.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2021
Lawyer, princess to wed, move to Big Apple
After a long wait, Princess Mako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, will finally get married Tuesday to her longtime fiance, Kei Komuro, a commoner.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 26, 2021
Collin Morikawa rises to career-high No. 2 in world rankings
After finishing seventh during last weekend's Zozo Championship, the 24-year-old now has 8.4710 average points, moving him past Ryder Cup teammate Dustin Johnson.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 26, 2021
Beijing Games competitors to face daily COVID-19 tests in closed loop
Games participants will need to be tested for COVID-19 before arrival, and athletes and team officials must be vaccinated to avoid 21 days in quarantine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2021
World 'way off track' in halting warming as greenhouse gas levels hit record
Carbon dioxide levels in 2020 rose more than the average rate over the last decade despite a temporary dip in emissions during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 25, 2021
Hiroshima schools offer choice of skirts and pants to female students
An increasing number of schools are devising uniform policies that are more gender neutral, in line with greater awareness of diversity issues and the needs of students.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2021
Xi takes veiled swipe at U.S. as China marks 50 years at U.N.
Chinese President Xi Jinping took a veiled swipe at U.S. leadership in a speech marking Beijing’s 50th anniversary as a member of the United Nations, comments that come as Washington moves toward helping Taiwan play a bigger role in international forums.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Oct 25, 2021
Closure of Nippon Paper Industries’ Kushiro Mill leaves workers in limbo
Most of the employees at the plant, including those from affiliated companies, are Kushiro natives.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2021
China locks down thousands in north as delta outbreak spreads
Ejin, a county in China's Inner Mongolia, has asked its 35,700 residents to stay home and warned of civil and criminal liabilities should anyone disobey the order, media has reported.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 25, 2021
Unvaccinated players may be able to compete at Australian Open
Unvaccinated players will need to complete 14 days of quarantine and undergo regular testing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2021
La Nina threatens to worsen energy crisis with colder winter
Northeastern Asia is expected to be particularly hard hit, at a time when China and other nations are grappling with surging fuel prices.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027
Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER