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Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2021

Pandemic boost for global car sales to spark surge in oil demand

The car renaissance could be the latest example of how COVID-19 will leave a lasting impact on our lives.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 28, 2021

Tokyo Games organizers lay out updated athlete virus countermeasures

Athletes will need to be tested before and after arrival, but they will not be asked to isolate themselves after landing in the country, and nor will vaccinations be mandatory.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 28, 2021

‘Remain in Twilight’: The boys that just can't escape adolescence

Daigo Matsui gets nostalgic over the goofs in the back of math class but ultimately gets stuck in the potty humor of the past.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 28, 2021

Daido Moriyama documentary brings the photographer’s legacy into focus

A new film by Gen Iwama centered around reproducing photographer Daido Moriyama's out-of-print book from 1968 captures a master unconcerned with reliving past glories.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 28, 2021

African samurai earns hero status in new anime ‘Yasuke’

Director LeSean Thomas brings the story of Yasuke, a real-life black samurai, to Netflix as 'a new kind of anime action hero.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2021

‘It’s like a war’: Inside an India hospital desperate for oxygen

The world's fastest-growing virus surge now threatens to spawn new variants that undermine efforts in more developed countries to vaccinate the public and get back to life as normal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2021

Sony plans $1.8 billion buyback as profit misses estimates

Sony's shares have surged since a trough in March 2020, propelled by the increase in gaming and mobile activity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2021

Marine Le Pen doubles Macron's pandemic pressure

Emmanuel Macron's voter base of affluent urban white-collar workers still supports him, but his push for economic reform and European integration no longer resonates.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2021

Three aging reactors in Fukui Prefecture given OK for restart

The prefecture's decision could set a precedent that leads to more aging reactors getting restarted instead of being scrapped.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2021

The Cold War playbook won’t help Alexei Navalny

That Navalny ended his hunger strike and his life isn't in imminent danger — for now — doesn't remove the underlying issue.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 28, 2021

Why it’s so difficult to compare nations’ climate goals

There is no common accounting for what nations in the Paris Agreement are doing to fight climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2021

Social capital: The overlooked variable to economic growth

Social capital is the glue that holds communities together. Under the right conditions, such mutually beneficial social interactions lead to economic growth and better health outcomes.
The Bank of Japan's tankan survey indicates that large business are still positive on their prospects.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 1, 2025

Japanese businesses maintain optimism ahead of looming tariff storm

In the BOJ's latest tankan survey, the headline index for big manufacturers was 12, which indicates confidence in the business outlook.
Rapidus is gearing up to mass produce semiconductors using 2-nanometer processes in 2027, which on paper would match Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2025

Rapidus begins pilot production of 2-nanometer chips in Hokkaido

The 2-year-old company aims to mass produce the next-generation semiconductors — vital for technologies such as artificial intelligence and autonomous driving — in 2027.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 1, 2025

Trump says he will be 'kind' with tariffs as deadline looms

The U.S. president promised to be "very kind" in addressing what he says are unfair trade imbalances — including with top allies such as Japan.
All eyes will be on Yuki Tsunoda as he makes his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Apr 1, 2025

No longer a 'bridesmaid': Yuki Tsunoda prepares for the Red Bull pressure cooker

New Red Bull driver Tsunoda tells The Japan Times he started to believe that a promotion to the senior team might never come — until it did.
Russia's Daria Kasatkina celebrates victory over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva after their women's singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2025. The Russian-born tennis world No. 12 announced on March 29, 2025 she is switching to play under the Australian flag.
TENNIS
Apr 1, 2025

Kasatkina looks ahead to new chapter under Australian flag

Kasatkina, who was born in the western Russian city of Tolyatti, has not returned to the country in more than two years after coming out as gay.
Lt. Col. Suguru Ejiri, the head of Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics team, at the ASDF base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, in March. Ejiri has revealed little about the upcoming Osaka Expo performance apart from it being based on the event's theme.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2025

ASDF's Blue Impulse set for Osaka Expo performance

The aerobatics team flew for the 1970 World Expo in Osaka Prefecture as well, during which the team drew "EXPO 70" in the sky.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2025

No rest for weary Ishiba as challenges await in parliament

After finally securing passage of the country's budget earlier this week, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba now faces an uphill battle to win back the public's trust.
Manchester City's Erling Haaland falls during the FA Cup quarterfinal against AFC Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, on March 30, 2025.
SOCCER
Apr 1, 2025

Haaland sidelined by injury in major Man City blow

The Premier League champions did not provide a timescale for Haaland's return.
Lawyer Akira Takeuchi (center), the head of a third-party panel commissioned by Fuji TV to investigate a series of scandals at the broadcaster, fields questions along with other panel members at a news conference on Monday in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
JAPAN / Media / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2025

What the Fuji TV third-party probe uncovered

The panel concluded that TV personality Masahiro Nakai committed "sexual violence" against a female newscaster and that there is a culture of harassment at the broadcaster.
A Buddhist monk walks past the damaged Mandalay Palace on Monday. The country's ruling military junta can repeat the mistakes of 17 years ago by blocking aid after Cyclone Nargis left 140,000 dead or allow urgent assistance to flow freely.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2025

The quake in Myanmar should force the junta’s hand

The ousted civilian administration initiated a two-week ceasefire in quake-hit areas to allow aid to reach victims. It doesn’t look like the junta will do the same.
America’s economic exceptionalism has traditionally been driven by its deep capital markets, culture of risk-taking, history of innovation and the dollar’s status as the world’s primary reserve currency.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2025

Is this really how American exceptionalism ends?

Uncertainty around trade and the future strength of the dollar has led some big European investors to retreat from American stocks.
Asian countries can counter Donald Trump’s protectionism by deepening regional trade, financial cooperation and strategic alliances to reduce U.S. dependence.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2025

Asia must unite to survive Trump 2.0

Asian countries can counter Donald Trump’s protectionism by deepening regional trade, financial cooperation and strategic alliances to reduce U.S. dependence.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 1, 2025

SpaceX eyes Starlink hub with multiple ground stations in Vietnam, sources say

The move would herald its launch in the country and would help authorities police internet traffic.
A dog lies on the street as a man walks pushing a baby stroller in Matera, Italy, in 2021.
WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2025

Italy's demographic crisis worsens as births hit record low

Italy's ever-falling birth rate is considered a national emergency, but no one has so far been able to halt the drop.
A drone view shows a coffee plantation in Guaxupe, Brazil, on Feb. 17.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 1, 2025

Brazil's coffee farmers turn to costly irrigation to quench global demand for the brew

Most farms in the western part of Bahia — a new frontier for coffee growing in Brazil — are now irrigated.

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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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