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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2022

Expats head for the exit as 'easy' Singapore's COVID-19 controls bite

Atar Sandler arrived in Singapore in 2019, seizing the opportunity to live in a buzzing global city that is also a convenient base to jet off to more exotic locales nearby.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2022

Appeasing Putin on Ukraine may be the only option

Today we live in a new strategic environment. The bipolar Cold War era has been replaced with a new one where U.S. superiority still persists, but is no longer unchallengeable.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2022

Okinawa may be emerging from the omicron wave. Will the rest of Japan soon follow suit?

After a surge starting around New Year's that brought the prefecture's daily case count nearly 2,000, new infections have steadily dropped in recent days.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2022

Olympians face daunting final qualifying event: Staying healthy

'We are playing Russian roulette every single day,” said Brittany Bowe, an American speedskater.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 27, 2022

Germany’s Olaf Scholz is tested as West’s weak link in Ukraine crisis

While some are frustrated by Scholz's cautious rhetoric and body language regarding Ukraine, others believe that he is willing 'to go all in if necessary.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2022

North Korea fires off more missiles as testing frenzy continues

The nuclear-armed country launched two apparent short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday in its sixth weapons test this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2022

Stephen Breyer’s exit from U.S. top court tees up new clash between Biden and GOP

The next justice would reinforce the court's outnumbered liberal wing and potentially serve for decades but won't shift the ideological balance.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 27, 2022

Day cares struggle to stay open as COVID-19 surges across Japan

On Monday, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry announced that a record 327 licensed day care facilities nationwide were closed as of Jan. 20 due to the virus.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 27, 2022

Wheelchair tennis ace Shingo Kunieda captures 11th Australian Open title

'I played the best tennis of my career, especially in the final set,' he said. 'I don't know how I did it, but I pushed past my limit.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2022

How to prevent famine in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has faded from global view. And now almost 9 million Afghans are at risk of famine, and a further 14 million are facing acute hunger.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2022

China says U.S. failing to meet agreements from Biden-Xi summit

In recent days the two sides have increasingly traded barbs over the Biden administration's efforts to organize a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2022

China and U.S. vying for influence over Pacific Island countries

At the same time as fighting against Washington for power in the region, Beijing has undertaken a campaign of winning over Taipei's allies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2022

The world awaits Putin’s word on Ukraine, but on that, he is silent

A news conference more than a month ago was the last time that Putin spoke publicly about the current crisis over Ukraine.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 27, 2022

Daniil Medvedev summons Novak Djokovic's 'warrior spirit' to reach semifinals

Daniil Medvedev said he had "zero confidence" when he trailed Felix Auger-Aliassime by two sets in their Australian Open quarterfinal on Wednesday before somehow finding a way to claim victory in a classic at Rod Laver Arena.
An AI-driven smartphone application, jointly developed by a tech startup and researchers at Nihon University, purports to tell when cats feel pain. It was being demonstrated during a vet examination in Fujisawa on June 11.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2024

Japan should go big or go home on startups

As of last month, Japan had just 10 unicorns, according to Pitchbook data, compared to 714 in the U.S., 316 in China and 62 in India.
Foreigners account for more than 10% of the population in countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia. Despite an expected decline in births, their populations may continue to grow for some time due to their ability to attract immigrants.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2024

The rich world’s immigration conundrum

Fourteen high-income countries have shown how immigration can help offset declining fertility rates and maintain population levels.
Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region has potentially enhanced Kyiv's bargaining power, though it may not lead to immediate changes in either country’s strategic goals.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2024

Ukraine makes gains, but the war won’t stop

Continued support for Ukraine is crucial to maintaining pressure on Russia and upholding international order.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during a Lower House hearing on Friday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2024

Ueda promises better communication as he sticks to the script

Ueda took extra care with his comments to an extraordinary session of parliament called to discuss the market turmoil sparked by the central bank's surprise rate hike.
Traditionally seen as a cautionary tale of collapse due to overpopulation, recent research suggests that Easter Island's population was likely small and that they adapted to environmental challenges through innovative agricultural practices.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2024

Easter Island collapse gets the fresh look it deserves

Once viewed as a cautionary tale of overpopulation, recent research suggests Easter Island's population was small and adapted through innovative agriculture practices.
Former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters in Yokohama on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2024

Shinjiro Koizumi is public's favorite for next LDP leader, poll shows

Former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba also received a strong degree of support.
The opposite of diversity isn’t meritocracy, but homogeneity. And in organizations where everyone looks the same, standards tend to be lower.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2024

‘DEI hires’ don’t lower the bar. They raise it.

Race and gender are not superficial characteristics that can or should be stripped away in order to prove someone’s merit.
Masanobu Sakamoto (left), head of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, meets with industry minister Ken Saito (right) in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 23, 2024

Head of fishery group expresses industry's concern over import bans

Such bans by other countries in response to the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant leave the sector uncertain about its future, he says.
Shohei Ohtani steals second against the Tigers during the eight inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on July 13.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 23, 2024

Shohei Ohtani on doorstep of 40-40 season after embracing art of stealing bases

With 39 stolen bases, Ohtani has obliterated his previous career high for stolen bases (26, in 2021).
Kyoto International High School players react after their win over Kanto Daiichi High School in the National High School Baseball Championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Friday.
BASEBALL
Aug 23, 2024

Underdog Kyoto International High School wins Summer Koshien crown

Kyoto International High School defeated Tokyo’s Kanto Daiichi High School in extra innings.
Keiichi Tanaami died on Aug. 9 after a 60-year career as a Pop Art pioneer. He was 88.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 24, 2024

Remembering Keiichi Tanaami's surreal grotesqueries

The Pop Art pioneer passed away at age 88 on Aug. 9. His posthumous retrospective, “Adventures in Memory,” turns nightmare into fantasy.
Lufthansa Group decided to resume overflying Afghan airspace from early July, as airlines became concerned about the airspace in the Middle East.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2024

Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East becomes the greater risk

Carriers mostly stopped transiting Afghanistan, which lies on major routes between Asia and Europe, when the Taliban took over and air traffic control services stopped.
Inside the mouth of a mouse whose teeth were missing due to congenital anodontia (left) and the inside of the mouth after teeth were grown after taking medicine.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2024

Clinical trial set to begin in Japan for medicine to help grow teeth

The researchers will conduct trials for teething medicine, aimed at treating people with congenital anodontia who are born with few teeth.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visit Ohinata in Nagano Prefecture on Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2024

Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita visit settlement in Karuizawa

The former emperor has been a frequent visitor to the settlement, which was developed by people who returned to Japan from Manchuria in northeastern China after the war.
Health workers and patients in a ward for women infected with mpox at a hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2024

WHO says partners can start talks to buy mpox vaccines before its approval

Traditionally, organizations like Gavi, which helps lower-income countries buy vaccines, can only start purchasing shots once they have approval from the WHO.

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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