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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

Ending Ukraine’s tragedy

While Russian President Vladimir Putin is solely responsible for the war in Ukraine, all parties must be realistic about what an achievable endgame could look like.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2022

The jobs — and aging faces — behind South Korea's record low unemployment numbers

The country logged a record-setting run of low unemployment through February, at 2.7%, with almost half of the job increases driven by people 60 and older.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

Can Japan become a multicultural country?

The demographic evolution of big-scale labor immigration that many Western countries went through after World War II, pivoting to multiculturalism, is now taking place in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

The Ukraine war could trigger a nuclear-arms race in Asia

Putin is sending one clear message with his Ukraine invasion: if you have nukes, nobody messes with you. The security risks this poses cannot be overestimated.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2022

China builds makeshift hospitals to help cope with COVID-19

The country's provinces should set up at least two to three temporary hospitals each to treat virus patients, Beijing has said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2022

With sumo flag sponsorship deal, COVID vaccine-maker Moderna reveals Japan ambition

The U.S. firm is seeking to build on its newfound renown in COVID-19 vaccines and wrestle market share from compatriot Pfizer Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2022

Wall Street is scrambling for the exits in Moscow — and billions are at stake

For decades, global finance firms eagerly catered to Russian firms, billionaires and the government. Then tanks started rolling into Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

Trade sanctions have a long history — of effecting little change

The trade and financial sanctions against Russia may be morally satisfying for Western politicians and their constituents, but that doesn't mean they will be effective.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2022

Toyota plans ¥100 billion buyback with shares trending down

The firm said in a statement it was taking the current stock price into account and being 'more flexible” than ever in its implementation of buybacks.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2022 NPB Preview
Mar 23, 2022

Six players to watch in the 2022 Central League

From the Swallows' Yasutaka Shiomi to BayStars pitcher Katsuki Azuma, the CL's rosters offer plenty of intriguing storylines heading into the new season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2022

Disruption to rail routes due to war in Ukraine poses latest hitch for supply chains

Exporters and logistics firms transporting auto parts, cars, laptops and smartphones are now looking to avoid land routes that pass through Russia or the combat zone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

Why India is losing faith in the West

Criticizing India for continuing to buy oil from Russia is especially galling, given that European nations have yet to wean themselves off Russian energy supplies.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2022

Kishida eyes fresh spending package to cushion blow of rising costs

The war in Ukraine has triggered a rise in energy and raw material costs which have pushed up the cost of imported goods in a blow to Japan's fragile economy.
Naomi Osaka reacts after losing a point against Emma Navarro during the second round of Wimbledon, in London on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Jul 4, 2024

Naomi Osaka focuses on Olympics after Wimbledon exit

The Japanese superstar, playing at the All England Club for the first time since 2019, went down 6-4, 6-1 in her second-round match on Centre Court in less than an hour.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak campaigns at a Conservative Party general election campaign event at the National Army Museum in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2024

U.K. wipeout would leave Tories still divided, analysis shows

The Conservative Party that emerges from Thursday’s nationwide vote will likely retain a similar split between centrists and right-wingers as it had before.
Astana Qazaqstan Team's Mark Cavendish celebrates as he wins Stage 5 of the Tour de France on Wednesday, giving him the most career stage wins in the history of the event.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jul 4, 2024

Cycling's comeback king Cavendish to carry on doing the thing he loves

Now 39 and in his 15th Tour de France, Cavendish has overcome injuries, illnesses and years in the wilderness to shine as brightly as anyone could expect.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2024

Putin meets Xi again as leaders hail ties

Since their last meeting in May, the Russian president has been strengthening his partnerships around Asia.
A Palestinian man carries a child following an Israeli strike near a U.N.-run school sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 4, 2024

Nine in 10 Gaza residents displaced since war began, U.N. says

The head of the United Nations' OCHA agency in the Palestinian territories said that around 1.9 million people are thought to be displaced in Gaza.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2024

How China and Russia compete, and cooperate, in Central Asia

Even as China has expanded its economic influence across Central Asia, it still faces challenges to its diplomacy from Russia.
A man holds new 10,000 yen bills at a Saitama Resona Bank branch in Saitama Prefecture on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2024

People flock to get new banknotes in areas linked to new bills

The ¥10,000, ¥5,000 and ¥1,000 notes have been redesigned for the first time in 20 years.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his sister Imee, children of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, answer questions during a press briefing at the Supreme Court in Padre Faura, Metro Manila, Philippines, on April 2, 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 4, 2024

Philippine senator makes TikTok claim about China missile plans

Sen. Imee Marcos, the sister of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., made her claim in a video that has had over 900,000 views on TikTok.
The China World Office 2 building, which houses the headquarters of China International Capital Corp. (CICC), in Beijing May 6. One official gauge of foreign direct investment clocked its lowest monthly reading since mid-2018 in May, as investors show caution amid Chinese President Xi Jinping’s conflicting campaigns to bolster national security against foreign threats and further open up the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 4, 2024

Xi’s China proves a hard sell at officials’ overseas roadshows

Their pitch to foreign investors is being met with doubt, partly due to the policies of their big boss.
Police investigate the site where a newborn baby was found abandoned in a trash bin in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2024

Tokyo woman arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder newborn baby

A baby boy was found abandoned in a trash bin in Nerima Ward. The suspect partially denied the charges, stating she did not intend to kill the baby.
With the vegan lifestyle becoming more popular in recent years, Japanese restaurants and inns have begun to offer more vegetarian options.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 4, 2024

Asking for food substitutions at a Japanese restaurant

If you're vegetarian, vegan or have some kind of allergy, then knowing how to ask about what you're eating is an essential skill to have.
During the Olympics, only medalists are automatically tested, but the International Testing Agency wants to find ways to target potential dopers before the end of an event.
OLYMPICS
Jul 4, 2024

Anti-doping testing agency sharpens its tools for Paris Olympics

Benjamin Cohen, director general of the ITA, said potential tools as its disposal included biological and performance passports as well as a mountain of other data.
An electronic board in Tokyo shows the Topix stock index on Thursday morning. The index ended the day at 2,898.47, a record high exceeding that set in December 1989.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 4, 2024

Japan's main stock indexes close at record highs

Shares of automakers, banks and technology firms led the gains on the emergence of a robust corporate outlook for the latter half of 2024.
Fishermen unload their catches from a fishing boat at a port in Taichung, Taiwan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 4, 2024

Taiwan says China seizure of trawler may be psychological warfare

China seizing the Taiwanese trawler came at a time of growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
U.S. Air Force F-35A fighter jets will be deployed at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2024

U.S. to upgrade Japan-based military aircraft

The U.S. Defense Department will spend over $10 billion to upgrade tactical military aircraft deployed in Japan over the next several years.
Restaurant chains such as Yoshinoya rely on U.S. beef imports. The price surge has led to Yoshinoya's parent company looking into developing new dishes using ingredients other than beef.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 4, 2024

Soaring prices make U.S. beef procurement hard in Japan

The yen's recent sharp depreciation compounds the problems of reduced supply and strong demand for American beef in other countries.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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