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LIFE / Digital
Oct 1, 2021

Xbox Cloud Gaming launches in Japan as Microsoft continues to woo Japanese gamers

Microsoft used its platform at the Tokyo Game Show to talk about cloud gaming and double-down on its efforts to make inroads in the Japanese market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 1, 2021

Energy crisis adds new hurdle to COP26 goal of ending coal use

U.S. and European officials pushing for tougher climate action are worried the energy crunch that's snarling the global economy could also undermine crucial United Nations talks next month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2021

Biden signs bill to avert U.S. shutdown as negotiations stall over president's agenda

Democratic leaders delayed a planned vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, bowing to party progressives who had demanded action on a larger social policy bill first.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Oct 1, 2021

ジャパンタイムズ、「2021世界平和経済人会議ひろしま 東京セッション」にオフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長:末松弥奈子)は、2021年10月8日に開催される「2021世界平和経済人会議ひろしま 東京セッション」に、オフィシャルメディアパートナーとして参加します。...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 1, 2021

Kyotographie taps into the echoes of hardship

The annual international photography festival reflects on times of major crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2021

How Asia, once a vaccination laggard, is revving up inoculations

Overall, most Asians trusted their governments to do the right thing and put the needs of the community over individual freedoms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2021

World’s biggest offshore wind farm developer moves into Japan

Japan has big plans for its offshore wind market, targeting 10 gigawatts by 2030 and 30-45 gigawatts a decade later.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 30, 2021

In the LDP's leadership race, Abe is looking like the ultimate victor

With many lawmakers having followed Abe's lead in backing Kishida as a second choice, the new LDP leader is likely to feel indebted to the former prime minister.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2021

Kishida wants to succeed where past PMs failed by actually raising wages

The presumptive prime minister has taken aim at Japan's neoliberal economic policies, but he will need to build up political capital to actually make headway.
Gautam Adani, whose role as chairman and founder of India's Adani Group has made him one of the world's richest people, in Boston on Oct. 28, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2024

Adani charges to test Trump’s desire to keep India in U.S. orbit

The case against Gautam Adani is yet another reminder of the long reach of U.S. law — one that can affect both friends and foes around the world.
China is on track for a record trade surplus that could reach almost $1 trillion this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 25, 2024

Chinese exports to hit record this year before second Trump term

Exports already started off this quarter with the fastest growth since July 2022.
Attendees walk past the COP29 logo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 25, 2024

Climate finance's 'new era' shows new political realities

All sides acknowledge rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance is not enough.
A resident of Kibichuo in Okayama Prefecture takes a blood test in the town on Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2024

PFAS blood tests start in Okayama Prefecture town

About 800 residents are expected to take a blood test under the program, which runs through Dec. 8.
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 25, 2024

Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?

The National Consumer Affairs Center is getting an increasing number of consultations regarding data and online services left behind by deceased persons.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump approaches to embrace Donald Trump Jr. at his campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2024

Trump's son helping him pick most controversial Cabinet of modern times

Donald Trump Jr. is helping contenders sink or rise to the fore, according to a half dozen sources with knowledge of his role.
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Nov 25, 2024

Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat

The modern sauna experience is more than just taking a seat in some steam — whisking, aufguss shows and spectacle all play a part.
A view of the city skyline and Huangpu river in Shanghai on Feb. 24, 2022
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 25, 2024

China's startups suffer as investors exercise redemption rights

The situation conflicts with the government's resolve to foster innovation and achieve technological self-reliance in systemically important industries.
Afghan women sew clothes at a handicraft workshop in Kabul on Nov. 10. Many women have launched small businesses in the past three years to meet their own needs and support other Afghan women, whose employment sharply declined after the Taliban authorities took power in 2021, imposing rules that squeezed women from many areas of work and public life.
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2024

Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship under Taliban

Though some businesses are a lifeline, salaries cannot cover all costs and many women are still stalked by economic hardship.
Sacks of untreated and shredded plastic waste, left unattended, collect at an inoperative recycling site in Asan, South Korea, on Nov. 19.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Nov 25, 2024

South Korea's mountain of plastic waste shows limits of recycling

Seoul says that it recycles 73% of its plastic waste, but environmentalists say the real number is about 27%.
England's Tom Roebuck (left) attempts to get away from Japan wing Jone Naikabula during their match in London on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 25, 2024

Japan coach Eddie Jones calls for patience after blowout loss against England

Jones' inexperienced starting lineup had a combined total of 201 caps, while England had 622.
People take pictures of an Ito-Yokado store in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, that closed on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2024

Ito-Yokado closes store that inspired 'Crayon Shin-chan' supermarket

Many customers and fans gathered and gave applause and words of gratitude when the store was closed.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman addresses the joint extraordinary leaders summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League in Riyadh on Nov. 11.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2024

Mohammed bin Salman’s style shift sets up a new world order strategy

The implications of Saudi Arabia’s transformation under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will reverberate far beyond the kingdom’s borders for decades to come.
The Keikyu Line in Yokohama
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 25, 2024

Japan’s rail stocks soar on Keisei Electric activist stake news

Keisei’s stock jumped over 18%, its sharpest intraday rise since October 2008, with Keikyu climbing more than 16%.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington. Since former President Donald Trump’s election victory, investors have dumped stocks associated with high-profile environmental, social and governance (ESG) themes such as wind and solar.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2024

Trump victory forces ESG investors to regroup

Investment managers targeting climate change say it’s time to start speaking in terms that don’t alienate the millions of Americans who voted for the president-elect.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight