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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2021

Asia’s wealthy heirs are backing women in business

Companies with diverse executive teams deliver better sales growth while research indicates investment teams with gender-balanced leadership tend to outperform.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / FOCUS
Jul 18, 2021

Has the world had enough of the Olympics?

The Olympics are an easy target for criticism, never more than now. Do they still matter? Or have they lost their way and strayed from whatever ideals they purport to embody?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2021

As Tokyo Games draw near, confusion reigns and COVID-19 spreads

Even before the Olympics begin, measures meant to ensure a “safe and secure” event that may have looked good on paper aren't faring so well in practice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2021

Cuba’s protesters deserve American support

U.S. President Biden needs a way to maintain pressure on the government while moderating penalties that have unavoidably worsened the economic plight of ordinary Cubans.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2021

China is killing its tech golden goose

U.S. lawmakers may be fretting unnecessarily, because the Chinese government seems to be doing everything possible to lose its tech race with America.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2021

The changing battlefield and winning future conflicts

The powerful supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built by Britain, with its crew of 2,500, has now arrived in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean where it is holding joint drills and maneuvers with units of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
People line up to use an ATM in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized the full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Western financial sanctions have weighed on the Russian ruble, which has sunk from 34 to the dollar in 2013 to around 100 today.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2025

Putin’s war is fueling Russian stagflation

For a normal country, a budget deficit of 2% of GDP would be of no concern. But Russia is not a normal country.
Hanna Shelest outside her apartment building in Odesa, Ukraine, on Jan. 20
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2025

I spent Trump’s inauguration in Ukraine. This is what I saw.

In nearly three years since Russia’s invasion, Odesa has moved from shock and fear to denial and, finally, adaptation.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, via videoconference on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2025

The Davos ‘vibe shift’ is no surprise

This year, Davos was different. Significant slices of corporate America have been divesting themselves of the world-saving ideals that Davos is built on.
Turkish warships sail during a naval parade in Istanbul in 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2025

Turkey bets on naval clout for edge in high-seas power play

The introduction of new naval vessels is part of a mission to diversify a booming domestic defense industry.
The sign of Greenlandic representation in Copenhagen on Sunday
WORLD / Society
Jan 27, 2025

Adopted without consent, a Greenlander woman seeks justice

Kalanguak Absalonsen is one of four Greenlanders seeking compensation from Denmark for wrongful adoption. If the state refuses their request, they will take their case to court.
An Egyptian doctor tests a patient for hepatitis C in Cairo in 2018.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2025

Egypt’s malpractice law could speed up doctor exodus, medical professionals warn

Medical professionals say the real issue is underfunding and inefficiency in Egypt's health care system and that the malpractice law could harm an already strained system.
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 27, 2025

South Korean President Yoon's indictment: What happens next?

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's indictment on Sunday makes him the country's first sitting head of state to face a criminal trial.
Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko speaks at a press conference after casting his vote in the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2025

Putin ally Lukashenko called as winner of disputed Belarus election

European politicians said the vote was neither free nor fair because independent media is banned in Belarus and opposition figures have either been jailed or forced to flee abroad.
The mural that artist Jonas Never painted during Kobe Bryant's last NBA season is seen on Jan. 19.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 27, 2025

Kobe Bryant still reigns over Los Angeles on hundreds of murals

Artists behind some of the murals say that they illustrate how Bryant captivated everyday people.
Constitutional Democratic Party head Yoshihiko Noda (right) at a plenary session in the Lower House in Tokyo on Monday
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 27, 2025

Constitutional Democratic Party head grills Ishiba on diplomacy with Trump

The CDP leader raised concerns about the United States' decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization and the Paris agreement on climate change.
China's DeepSeek carries far-reaching implications for the global tech industry and supply chain.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 27, 2025

Why is the AI world freaking out over China's DeepSeek?

DeepSeek has far-reaching implications for the global tech industry, upending the widespread belief that the future of AI will require ever-increasing amounts of power.
Nippon Life Insurance will establish a new headquarters division in late March to manage its foreign businesses, and its overseas insurance and asset management departments will be absorbed into that organization, people familiar with the matter have said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2025

Nippon Life to revamp overseas business operations after acquisitions

Japan’s biggest life insurer will establish a new headquarters division in late March to manage its foreign businesses, and absorb related departments into that organization.
A memorial stone listing the names of 183 people who lost their lives in the flooding accident at Chosei coal mine in the city of Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1942, photographed in December
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2025

Survey to begin at western Japan site of 1942 undersea mine accident

The remains of 136 people from the Korean Peninsula and 47 Japanese nationals still lie in the flooded Chosei coal mine in Ube.
Nissan’s latest crisis surfaced in November when it reported a 94% drop in first-half net income.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2025

Nissan eyes cuts without resorting to plant closures, sources say

The carmaker will focus on reducing and consolidating existing production lines both in Japan and overseas to cut costs.
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives before the inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20.
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2025

Trump should uphold TikTok ban and allow Nippon Steel deal, Pence says

Both positions are more in line with traditional Republican orthodoxy.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump before a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi in February 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 28, 2025

Trump emphasizes 'fair' trade and defense buys in call with India's Modi

In a phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump has stressed the importance of New Delhi buying more American-made security equipment.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
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.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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