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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 21, 2021

China’s falling unemployment masks a lack of jobs for the young

Anecdotal reports suggest a mismatch between jobs and skills in the economy, which could prevent the jobless rate from falling much further.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2021

Wall Street banks struggle to cash in on China hiring binge

Mediocre results show that Wall Street firms still need more time, talent, and even bigger investments, to post meaningful earnings in the world's second-biggest economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 21, 2021

Pandemic magnifies household gender roles in Japan

Latest figures show that women earn on average 44% less than men while also spending five times more time on housework and child care.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 20, 2021

The race to save African-American cemeteries from being 'erased'

The sense of crisis in Thoroughfare, Virginia, echoes a growing urgency across the country to stop the destruction of African-American burial grounds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 20, 2021

Taiwan recalls seven officials from its office in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has been requesting since July 2018 that Taiwan's representatives sign a 'one China principle” commitment letter as part of visa requirements.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2021

The Chinese Communist Party is not forever

The fact that no other such party in modern times has survived for a century should give China's leaders cause for worry, not celebration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2021

Putin's right. There is no escaping the dollar.

China's campaign to internationalize the yuan, which received backing from the International Monetary Fund in 2016, is going nowhere fast.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2021

The Biden-Putin summit through Tokyo's eyes

The long-anticipated first summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin was held in Geneva last week. Tokyo’s initial reaction was rather unnoteworthy, partly because the meeting ended at midnight Japan time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 20, 2021

How Japan's vaccine drive turned into a comeback story

Given the importance of vaccinations, an expert says Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's heavy-handed approach with municipalities could be credited for the accelerated pace.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 20, 2021

Japan’s refusal to sanction Myanmar undermines Biden’s strategy

Tokyo's reluctance to put financial pressure on the junta shows the difficulties Washington faces in convincing Asian allies to put real teeth behind calls to defend democracy.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 20, 2021

Kenya unveils its team for the Tokyo Olympics

The East African nation is an athletics powerhouse and boasts some of the world's top athletes, who regularly win medals at elite competitions in Europe, Asia and North America.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 20, 2021

The Japanese scientist fighting prejudice, misinformation and COVID-19

Akiko Iwasaki is leading a team of immunologists hoping to beat 'long COVID-19' while also debunking myths surrounding the coronavirus.
Japan goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita (front left) and defender Saki Kumagai (center) in action against the United States during the Paris 2024 Olympics on Aug. 3
SOCCER
Feb 18, 2025

Nielsen eyes mentality shift in first outing as Nadeshiko boss

Japan will make its fifth appearance in the SheBelieves Cup, and is pitted against Australia, Colombia and the host, the United States.
Mets pitcher Kodai Senga pitches during a spring training workout in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 18, 2025

For the Mets, Kodai Senga is the ultimate X factor

It’s easy to forget just how good the right-handed Senga was in the last several months of 2023, his rookie season.
Japan’s robo-adviser market, estimated to be worth around ¥3 trillion, has massive room for growth, says the CEO of robo-adviser Folio Holdings.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2025

SBI-backed Japan robo-adviser Folio targets swing to profit and IPO

Japan’s robo-adviser market is estimated to be worth around $19.8 billion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov (center left), German Head of the Federal Chancellery and Minister for Special Tasks Wolfgang Schmidt and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend the Munich Security Conference in Munich on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 18, 2025

Security demands cast new shadow on Europe's finances

Some fear a political backlash if governments simply slash social spending to buy more soldiers and guns.
Sony Group looks set to become the latest flagship name to tap Japan's corporate bond market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 18, 2025

Japan’s historic rate shift is turbo-charging the credit market

Japanese companies have sold ¥14.7 trillion ($96.8 billion) of local-currency bonds in the current fiscal year, a record for the period.
A giant screen shows news footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands with DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng during a symposium on private enterprises, at a shopping complex in Beijing on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2025

China's tech rally rests on 'hot money'

Hong Kong tech shares have surged 31% since the middle of January to hit three-year highs on Monday while President Xi Jinping sat down with top tech leaders in Beijing.
Members of Taiwan's armed forces, riding on a M60A3 tank, participate in a drill as part of a demonstration for the media to show combat readiness, at a military base in Taitung, Taiwan, on Jan. 31, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2025

Taiwan considering multibillion dollar arms purchase from U.S., sources say

Taipei is hoping to win support from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump as China continues to apply military pressure on the island.
Japanese business leaders, including Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura (front, left), meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (front, center) in Beijing on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 18, 2025

Japanese business leaders meet with Chinese vice premier

Vice Premier He said that there is a global rise in conservatism and unilateralism, apparently keeping in mind the additional U.S. tariffs on imports from China.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2025

Rubio discusses Gaza deal with Saudi crown prince

Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations have strongly opposed the U.S. plan for Gaza.
Prince Hisahito (center) visits Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, last week.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2025

Prince Hisahito obtains driver's license

Prince Hisahito is set to enter the University of Tsukuba in April.
Lower House Budget Committee Chairperson Jun Azumi (center) and others at the committee's executive meeting on Tuesday in the Diet building
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 18, 2025

Ex-LDP accountant to testify on slush funds on Thursday

Junichiro Matsumoto served as chief accountant of the now-defunct faction once headed by the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Atsuko Sato holds her shiba inu, Neiro, alongside the bronze statue of her shiba inu Kabosu, in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, in December.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2025

Shiba inu Kabosu continues to be loved after death

Atsuko Sato received many letters from Kabosu fans across Japan on the dog's birthday last November, six months after her death.
Discussion that took place at the the reconstruction and future creation conference
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 18, 2025

NRI helps Noto town of Anamizu grow back better following quake

The major earthquake that jolted Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, drew attention to the area’s severe issue of an aging and shrinking population, but efforts to revive the Anamizu Town, which is in the center of the Noto Peninsula, will aid the overall recovery, according to...
Karlheinz Rabas, an 87-year-old historian, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Jan. 16
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2025

German voters demand change as Europe's biggest economy stalls

A constitutional debt brake has prevented successive governments from making vital investments needed to overhaul Germany's ailing economic model.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
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.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
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.

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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.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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