Approval rate for Japan's new Cabinet at 66%, poll shows

National / Politics

Approval rate for Japan's new Cabinet at 66%, poll shows

Yoshihide Suga's plans for administrative reforms and a continuation of 'Abenomics' have found favor among the public.

Business / Economy

Inflation in Japan goes negative on Go To Travel discounts

by Yuko Takeo

A 32 percent drop in the cost of hotel accommodations accounted for most of the overall drop.
As cyberattacks rise globally, Japan's digital security found lacking

Business

As cyberattacks rise globally, Japan's digital security found lacking

by Osamu Tsukimori

Ministerial sectionalism and the lack of a central cybersecurity body are stopping the government from getting a clear-eyed view of cyberthreats, an expert says.

National

Japan's legislature sees first coronavirus infection

LDP lawmaker Shuichi Takatori had attended the Lower House plenary session Wednesday, where Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was elected.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

World / Politics

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at age 87 from pancreatic cancer

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications ...

EDITORS' PICKS

How COVID-19 has altered the conversation about money

Lifestyle

How COVID-19 has altered the conversation about money

by Abby Ellin
Japanese scientist and team win Ig Nobel for putting alligator on gas

National

Japanese scientist and team win Ig Nobel for putting alligator on gas

J. League risks paying price for Asian Champions League rescheduling

J. League | From the Spot

J. League risks paying price for Asian Champions League rescheduling

by Dan Orlowitz
Virus wrecks once-in-a-lifetime job chance for Japan’s new grads

Business

Virus wrecks once-in-a-lifetime job chance for Japan’s new grads

by Kazunori Takada and Shiho Takezawa
Gen Zers take on the Silicon Valley establishment

Digital

Gen Zers take on the Silicon Valley establishment

by Taylor Lorenz

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NATIONAL

Japan's top court rules tattoo artists don't need medical license

Crime & Legal

Japan's top court rules tattoo artists don't need medical license

The Supreme Court ruled that tattoos require artistic skills different from medicine.

BUSINESS

U.S. bans WeChat and TikTok from app stores, threatening shutdowns

Tech

U.S. bans WeChat and TikTok from app stores, threatening shutdowns

The two Chinese-owned apps will be barred from accessing essential internet services in the U.S. from Sunday.

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WORLD

COVID-19 vaccine leaders make trial plans public in transparency push

Science & Health

COVID-19 vaccine leaders make trial plans public in transparency push

The moves come amid increasing concern that the effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is becoming politicized.

MULTIMEDIA

SPORTS

Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open with injury

Tennis

Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open with injury

The U.S. Open champion revealed that the short period between the two Grand Slams was not enough time to rehab her injured hamstring.

COMMUNITY

A field guide to anti-racist organizations in Japan

Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT

A field guide to anti-racist organizations in Japan

by Eric Margolis

Groups fighting for equality in Japan focus on the rights of immigrants, refugees, Ainu and Zainichi residents.

LIFE

How COVID-19 has altered the conversation about money

Lifestyle

How COVID-19 has altered the conversation about money

by Abby Ellin

Before the coronavirus, Tara Beier and her husband, Dennis, rarely discussed money. They kept separate bank accounts and divided their household responsibilities. Her husband, 42, covered the mortgage on the two properties they own, while Beier, 38, managed and took care of a rental ...

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CULTURE

Actress, producer Urara Matsubayashi takes control of the narrative on societal struggles

Film

Actress, producer Urara Matsubayashi takes control of the narrative on societal struggles

by Mark Schilling

“Kamata Prelude” is an omnibus by four directors that is based on the life experiences of Urara Matsubayashi, the film’s star and producer.

OPINION

Editorials

Formidable challenges ahead as Suga era begins

Suga’s career has been marked by hard work. He knows how to maneuver in a bureaucracy. But those efforts, until now, have been in the service of someone else’s agenda.

Editorials

Apparent poisoning of Alexei Navalny reveals Putin's world

Moscow must be punished for its actions and Putin stripped of the delusion that he is untouchable.

Japan’s geopolitical balancing act just got harder

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s unexpected resignation last month for health reasons has raised many questions about the legacy of the country’s longest-serving premier. One of them is whether his successor, Yoshihide Suga, will be able to continue Abe’s geopolitical balancing act as tensions ...

Oracle’s TikTok deal pours Trump toxin into capitalism

The idea a country’s leader decides which deals get done — and that it’s contingent on how friendly the company is with the leader — is how it works in Putin’s Russia.