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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2021

Japan's most famous activist investor steps up takeover battle with Carlyle

Analysts say Yoshiaki Murakami may have a controversial past, but his campaigns generate returns for other stock owners.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2021

Will East Asia win the pandemic?

East Asian economies should take great pride in what they achieved in 2020. But they cannot rest on their laurels.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2021

Biden can break from Trump and Obama on Iran

Biden has space to pursue an Iran policy that is neither a reaction to Trump's nor a straightforward continuation of Obama's.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 10, 2021

Spring Basho's Tokyo relocation a loss for Kansai-area sumo fans

Even though the March tournament will go ahead this year, the fact that it will be in Tokyo rather than Osaka means the annual event will be missing some of its trademarks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2021

The Great Firewall cracked, briefly. A people shined through.

For years, the Chinese government has prevented its 1.4 billion people from speaking freely online. Then, for a precious few days, that wall was breached.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2021

The nicest Clubhouse on the internet

If you don't already know, Clubhouse is a year-old social media service consisting of virtual 'rooms” where people can talk to each other — by voice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2021

Rising heat and snow-bare peaks chill Nepal's mountain economy

Dhananjay Regmi, CEO of Nepal's tourism board, said in the long run the changing climate will undoubtedly lead to fewer tourists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2021

Farmer protests warrant Modi’s concern

The farmer's protest constitutes the largest and most sustained mass protest that Modi has faced since being re-elected with a landslide majority in 2019.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2021

Don’t isolate Myanmar

Crippling U.S.-led sanctions from the late 1980s paved the way for China to become Myanmar's dominant trading partner and investor.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 10, 2021

Bianca Andreescu looks ahead with hope after Australian Open exit; Serena advances

Andreescu's comeback after a 15-month absence ended abruptly in the Australian Open second round on Wednesday with a 6-3 6-2 defeat to the wily Hsieh Su-wei.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs at the White House in April.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2025

Trump's tariffs to remain in effect after appeals court grants stay

The move comes a day after a trade court had ruled Trump had exceeded his authority in imposing the duties and ordered an immediate block on them.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters after his phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday night.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2025

Ishiba and Trump talk tariffs in second phone call this month

Ishiba described his 25-minute call with Trump as “a very meaningful conversation” that allowed them to deepen their "mutual understanding."
Harvard University students wearing graduation gowns walk through Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2025

Judge blocks Trump ban on Harvard's international students

The ruling is a victory for the Ivy League school that is entangled in multiple battles with the administration.
Shipping containers from China at the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro, California.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
May 30, 2025

Trump's tariff tally: $34 billion and counting, global companies say

Many companies said the erratic nature of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies has made it impossible to accurately estimate costs.
French veteran Richard Gasquet played the final match of his career on Thursday at the French Open in Paris.
TENNIS
May 30, 2025

No. 1 Jannik Sinner moves ahead as Richard Gasquet says goodbye at French Open

French Open veteran Richard Gasquet's career ended with a defeat against world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, while seasoned veteran Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title by battling into the third round of the French Open on Thursday.
American Robert Jefferson runs a YouTube channel called The Kamakura Gardener that invites viewers to enjoy the pleasures of gardening, cooking and slow living.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 2, 2025

‘A garden is a grand teacher’: The Kamakura Gardener nurtures via YouTube

Veteran broadcaster Robert Jefferson has built up a following through his comforting video content about gardening, cooking and living in Kamakura.
Shipping containers at the port of Oakland, in California. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the U.S. will find other ways to impose tariffs if the current plan doesn't work.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2025

If trade court ruling stands, Trump seen shifting to other options for tariff assault

Legal and trade experts' advice to foreign governments, companies and other clients: Assume the tariffs will resume in one form or another.
The Hotaruan Royal Garden Suite, a renovated traditional "minka" home, will host the second iteration of the Minka Preservation Society's MinkaMeets event.
LIFE / Style & Design
May 31, 2025

Traditional home experts to gather at MinkaMeets event

Roof thatching expert Haruo Nishio is one of several experts scheduled to speak at the June 7-8 event.
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Samurai Gakuen tries to help young and old individuals who have withdrawn from society rediscover their places out in the world.
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 31, 2025

How ‘hikikomori’ shut-ins ‘start to have dreams for the future’

As many as 1.5 million “hikikomori” shut-ins withdraw from social life in Japan, but one school in Nagano is finding success is coaxing them back into the world.
A few remaining houses are seen after a massive rock and ice slide covered most of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
May 30, 2025

Swiss residents in shock after glacier debris buries village

Scientists suspect the deluge is a dramatic example of climate change's impact on the Alps.
Smoke billows in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 30, 2025

U.S. says Israel accepts Gaza ceasefire plan; Hamas cool to it

A senior Hamas official says the plan does not contain commitments to end the war, withdraw Israeli troops or admit aid as the group has demanded.
Tokyo’s consumer price index that serves as a leading indicator for national inflation trends posted in May the biggest year-on-year rise since January 2023.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2025

Tokyo prices rising most in two years keeps BOJ on hike path

The food price gains are a worrisome sign for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of a summer election expected to be held by July.
Akie Abe (right), the widow of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2025

Putin praises Abe, saying the late prime minister wanted a peace treaty

No treaty was ever signed between the two countries as they could not resolve a dispute over what is known in Japan as the Northern Territories.
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 30, 2025

Trump aims at Chinese students and tech in threat to truce with Xi

Just weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump declared a "total reset” with China following a trade truce in Geneva, tensions are rising again between the world’s biggest economies.
Software engineer and former Department of Government Efficiency staff member Sahil Lavingia
WORLD
May 30, 2025

DOGE likely to fizzle out without Musk, says ex-staffer

Software engineer Sahil Lavingia, who spent almost two months working for the group of pro-Musk technologists, said he expects DOGE to quickly "die a whimper.”
40 years after Plaza Accord, Japan still at mercy of forex swings
The Plaza Hotel in New York, where finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Five countries met and struck the Plaza Accord on Sept. 22, 1985.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.
South Korea’s baby bust threatens its demographic future
Marriage is rapidly declining in South Korea as rising education and career aspirations collide with traditional gender norms.
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
German companies choosing Japan as Asia manufacturing hub: survey
Japan has many positive qualities for German companies, but the market does face some challenges, such as talent acquisition and retention, particularly as demand for skilled workers grows, a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan showed.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(Clockwise from top left) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi; former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi; Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi; former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi; and former minister of state for economic security Sanae Takaichi
Aichi Triennale’s message from the world: Free Palestine
“Between Currents and Bloom,” an eye-popping crocheted seascape by Indonesian artist Mulyana, dazzles with Instagram-ready cuteness while recalling a vibrant ocean now threatened by warming seas.
Twice-a-year injection could make HIV prevention easier, developer argues
Jared Baeten, Gilead Sciences' senior vice president and virology therapeutic area head, hopes regulatory approval elsewhere for lenacapavir as a preexposure prophylaxis — for reducing the risk of contracting HIV — could lead to real discussions toward ending HIV in Japan.
Behold the glory of Japan’s fruit boxes
Otherwise common sights in Japan's supermarkets, the country's fruit and veggie boxes can hide surprising symbols of local pride.
YouTuber Gigguk shifts from talking anime to making anime
The process of making “Baan” was personal and enlightening for Maneetapho, who spent years talking about anime on his YouTube channel and podcast before making the jump to becoming an anime creator himself.

Podcast

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

Longform

"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan
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