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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 18, 2021

It’s hard to get your voice heard in a Japanese election

Ten years ago, a British resident grabbed the mic from a Japanese politician. What would you say if you had that moment in the spotlight?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Oct 18, 2021

From the 'pink tax' to political representation, readers sound off on the status of women in Japan

Students from the American School in Tokyo write in to express their concerns on where Japan stands when it comes to participation by women.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Longform
Oct 18, 2021

The British spy behind the rise in Japan’s naval air power leading up to World War II

William Sempill's mission to Japan 100 years ago led to intelligence leaks that some believe were partly to blame for Japan's audacious attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2021

Washington is a weak link in the global chip supply chain

One of the big mistakes Washington has made during this chip shortage is to act like the U.S is the only victim and its needs usurp everyone else's.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2021

Japan’s carbon goal is based on restarting 30 nuclear reactors

The LDP has also been promoting the idea of building small modular reactors, saying they are safer than Japan's existing atomic plants.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2021

World’s toughest travel curbs finally fall to reopening urge

Asia-Pacific countries take their firmest steps yet toward reopening to international travel.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 17, 2021

Moon dust: Greenland's recipe for saving the Earth

Among the glaciers and turquoise fjords of Greenland, a mining company is betting rock similar to the one the Apollo missions brought back from the moon can address Earth's climate problems.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2021

The great global supply-chain massacre

Will these supply shocks prove merely a temporary disruption to the global economy or are we witnessing a meltdown of the world-wide production system?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2021

Down is still up for foreign investors piling into China

Like the demise of Enron Corp. and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the debacle at China Evergrande Group was inevitable to some only in retrospect.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2021

Why is Citi helping big tech storm Wall Street?

The puzzling part of Alphabet's expansion of Google Pay is why Citigroup is a willing participant in Silicon Valley's invasion of Wall Street's turf.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2021

Netflix estimates ‘Squid Game’ will be worth almost $900 million

The robust figure underscores the windfall that one megahit can generate in the streaming era.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 17, 2021

Departing Fighters manager helped Shohei Ohtani find his footing

Hideki Kuriyama won two PL pennants and a Japan Series in Sapporo, but his greatest accomplishment may have been his contribution to the Angels two-way star's development.
Employees load a transportation box containing fuel debris into a container at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 7.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2024

Fukushima nuclear debris arrives at lab after secret journey

The announcement comes after operator Tepco said that a tricky trial debris removal operation using a specially developed extendible device had been completed.
A meeting between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to take place in Lima on the sidelines of a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Friday and Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2024

Ishiba and Xi to affirm mutually beneficial strategic ties

In his meeting with Xi, Ishiba plans to demand China resume imports of Japanese fishery products at an early date.
People burn incense near floral tributes placed outside a sports center where a deadly hit-and-run attack took place in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2024

35 killed, dozens wounded in south China car ramming: police

China's largest airshow showcasing Beijing's civil and military aerospace sector is also being held in Zhuhai.
Then-U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe speaks to members of the media during a break of the Senate impeachment trial against then-President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in January 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

Trump picks John Ratcliffe to be CIA director

The pick signals that the second Trump White House will get even more hawkish on China — and prove reassuring for American allies such as Japan.
Donald Trump attends a town hall moderated by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 14.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall, scrapping Biden's programs

The sweeping efforts will be led by incoming "border czar" Tom Homan and other Republican immigration hardliners.
A member of Pakistan's Airport Security Force stands guard near the wreckage of vehicles after an explosion near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Oct. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

Beijing pushes to join security efforts for citizens in Pakistan, sources say

Last month's airport bombing that killed two Chinese engineers was the latest in a string of attacks on Beijing's interests in Pakistan.
A BitBase cryptocurrency exchange in Barcelona on Monday. Bitcoin’s record-breaking rally took the digital asset past $89,000 as traders bet on a boom under President-elect Donald Trump.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 13, 2024

Swagger returns to cryptocurrency as bitcoin soars

Crypto is in the grip of a market mania the likes of which it hasn’t seen since 2021.
British writer Samantha Harvey holds her book, "Orbital," while arriving for the Booker Prize Award announcement ceremony in London.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 13, 2024

U.K. writer Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker with space novel

Set aboard the International Space Station, "Orbital" tracks a diverse group of astronauts reflecting on themes of mourning, desire and the climate crisis.
Vivek Ramaswamy (left) and Elon Musk (right) will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency tasked to slashing government bureaucracy and waste, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

Trump names Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead 'DOGE' efficiency department

The appointments to the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency reward two Trump supporters from the private sector.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by "Fox and Friends" co-host Pete Hegseth at the White House in Washington in April 2017. Trump nominated Hegseth to be the next U.S. defense secretary on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

Trump's picks: A Fox News host, an ex-spy chief and the world's richest man

The U.S. president-elect announced a spate of unconventional picks for key posts — including his defense and CIA chiefs — in his next government.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defense of using oil and gas

Some observers of the COP29 negotiations said the president of Azerbaijan's remarks did not bode well for a strong result from the two-week summit.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington. The U.S. Constitution assigns to the Senate the power to confirm a president's nominees for life-tenured seats on the federal judiciary.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024

U.S. Senate Democrats rush to confirm judges before Trump takes office

Democrats are on a crusade to confirm as many new federal judges nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden as possible.
A screenshot of a suspicious job listing on Timee went viral on social media platform X. The job listing was later taken down by Timee.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2024

Alleged 'dark' part-time job listings popping up on reputable sites

Such jobs, which promise unusually high wages for ostensibly simple work, have been linked to a series of home burglaries and other crimes in recent months.
Bev Priestman, then Canada women's soccer coach, in Melbourne in July 2023. Priestman and two assistants have been banned for a year by FIFA over a scandal involving drones at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
SOCCER
Nov 13, 2024

Canadian women's soccer coach and two aides out after drone scandal

The scandal involved the use of drones to illegally film New Zealand practices at the Paris Olympics.
Blogger and marketer Alina Rzhanova, 33, adjusts clothes of her 8-month-old son, Igor, during an interview in their apartment in the city of Yaroslavl, Russia, on Oct. 3.
WORLD / Society
Nov 13, 2024

Russia bans 'child-free propaganda' to try to boost birth rate

Official data released in September in Russia put the birth rate at its lowest in a quarter of a century while mortality rates are up as Moscow's war in Ukraine rages on.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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