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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2021

Ten hours that shook America

America now finds itself confronting something that hasn't happened since the time of Abraham Lincoln: rejection of the constitutional order by a significant share of the electorate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 8, 2021

Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person

The jump in Tesla's stock price further inflates a valuation light-years apart from other automakers on numerous metrics.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 8, 2021

Rugby officials concerned Women's Six Nations may not be completed

England's Rugby Football Union has expressed concerns over whether the organizers of the women's Six Nations can successfully stage the tournament amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2021

Mike Pompeo angers China with Hong Kong threat and plan to send envoy to Taiwan

Hong Kong police arrested 53 democracy activists in dawn raids Wednesday in the biggest crackdown since China imposed a law last year opponents say aims to crush dissent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 8, 2021

City near Beijing locked down and millions tested as COVID-19 outbreak grows

The total size of the cluster centering on Shijiazhuang has risen to 123 confirmed cases, excluding asymptomatic ones, which have also been detected in the mass testing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2021

U.S. Capitol rioters walked away. Climate protesters saw a double standard.

The relatively small number of arrests after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol left many environmental activists shaken Thursday — and wanting answers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2021

North Korea's Kim hints at improving inter-Korean ties and foreign policy

The leader teased the possibility of improved ties with Seoul and vowed to expand 'external relations' in his first remarks on foreign policy since Joe Biden's election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 8, 2021

After riot, business leaders reckon with their support for Trump

The executives who stood by Trump were ultimately among his enablers, bestowing him with mainstream business credibility and normalizing a president who has turned the U.S. against itself.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2021

A shattering blow to America’s troubled democratic image

The institutions of democracy prevailed in the early hours of the following morning, but the images of mob rule in Washington touched a particular nerve in fractured Western societies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2021

Capitol Police under intense scrutiny after failing to stop mob in U.S.

Outmatched officers failed to prevent a mob of President Donald Trump supporters from invading the Capitol on Wednesday, sending lawmakers fleeing for safety.
U.S. proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services had urged Japan Exchange Group investors to vote against CEO Hiromi Yamaji’s re-election after an employee was found guilty of insider trading.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2025

Japan bourse CEO reappointed with slimmer vote as rating falls

Investors voted with their feet as the stock’s 18.6% decline over the past year underperformed the broad Topix’s 1.6% rise.
According to the indictment, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton assaulted a woman in Okinawa Prefecture for sexual purposes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2025

U.S. Marine sentenced to seven years for sexual assault in Okinawa

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton asserted his innocence during his trial, saying he did not try to have sex with the woman or commit violence.
Inter Miami forward Luis Suarez (center) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Group A match against Palmeiras in Miami on Monday.
SOCCER
Jun 24, 2025

Messi's Miami and PSG progress to set up Club World Cup reunion

Miami drew 2-2 with Palmeiras to go through second in Group A, after the Brazilian side fought back from two goals down to seal top spot.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at the Government House in Bangkok ahead of a Cabinet meeting Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2025

Thai party plans no confidence vote against embattled prime minister

Next week's planned motion will be the first parliamentary test for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinwatra.
Chinese President Xi Jinping described relations with Iran as "strategic" in a 2023 meeting with then-president Ebrahim Raisi, and backed Tehran in its fight against "bullying."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2025

China helpless as Middle East war craters regional leverage

Analysts say Beijing's ties with Tehran are central to its efforts to ensure a regional counterbalance against both the U.S. and Israel.
A team of Ukrainian soldiers ride quad bikes during a training exercise at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine earlier this month.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2025

Kyiv's troops adapt as Russia gains edge in drone warfare

Ukrainian soldiers along the front and top brass in Kyiv say Russia has started deploying more drones, and ones that are harder to thwart.
Migrants are rescued from a wooden boat by Doctors Without Borders in international waters off the coast of Tunisia in the central Mediterranean Sea in July 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2025

Hard EU line on migration rose from the ashes of compassion

A decade ago, the image of a 3-year-old Syrian boy washed up dead on a beach prompted an outpouring of emotion and renewed commitments to take in refugees.
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in his car, "The Beast," as he arrives for a dinner at the Huis ten Bosch Royal Palace during a NATO leaders summit in The Hague on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jun 25, 2025

Strike set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months, U.S. report says

The findings suggest that President Donald Trump’s statement that Iran’s nuclear facilities were obliterated was overstated.
An aerial view of the damage to Iran's Fordo enrichment facility iafter the U.S. strikes on Sunday
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2025

Fragile ceasefire holding as Trump envoy says talks with Iran 'promising'

As the truce held, news emerged of a classified preliminary U.S. intelligence report that concluded American strikes on Iran had only set back its nuclear program by a few months.
A recent study on the eating habits of Japanese workers has found that those who ate the most washoku were 17% to 20% less likely to show symptoms of depression compared to those who ate it the least.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 25, 2025

Washoku may prevent depression, Japan study says

Participants who ate the most washoku were 17% to 20% less likely to show symptoms of depression compared to those who ate it the least.
Foreign minister David Lammy told Parliament the Labour administration would invest £600 million in its intelligence services.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2025

'Audit' of U.K. and China relations finds Beijing's spying is on the rise

British foreign minister David Lammy said the Labour administration would invest £600 million in its intelligence services as a result of the findings.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2025

Trump baffles with sudden U-turn on China buying Iranian oil

U.S. Treasury and State department officials handling Iranian oil sanctions were surprised by Trump’s statement and uncertain how to immediately interpret it.
A Palestinian carries a sack of aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 29.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2025

U.S. to give $30 million to Gaza aid operation despite violence concerns

This is the first known U.S. government financial contribution to the group, which uses private U.S. military and logistics firms to bring aid into Gaza.
A Ukrainian tank fitted with protective netting — known as “cage armor” — highlights how the war has favored fast, low-tech adaptations over expensive hardware.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2025

High-tech weapons alone won’t win the wars of tomorrow

To prevail in future conflicts, Western countries must maintain financial flexibility and combine advanced systems with scalable low-tech solutions.
Miho Koshiba started her career in finance before she founded the Mirai Institute, a think tank that operates the Midori.so coworking space with an ever-growing cosmopolitan community across seven locations in Tokyo.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 28, 2025

Miho Koshiba: ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if people looked forward to Mondays?’

The cofounder of the Midori.so coworking space shares her inspirations and aspirations for career and community.
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.
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.
The Japanese face and body patches that have had the world wondering
Japan's Mebuki Suzuki in action with Uganda's Oscar Chelimo in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14
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.
Taiwan isn’t as susceptible to invasion as one would think
Soldiers participate in a military exercise in Miaoli County, Taiwan, in July 2022. While China may desire to unify the island, military, geographic, political and economic factors make a successful invasion unlikely.
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
Tax-advantaged investments no lost cause for U.S. residents of Japan
While some American taxpayers assume they are ineligible to participate in Japan’s tax-deferred savings schemes, certified public accountant Rick Gundlach says that this is no longer the case.
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.

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
By Christoph Sponsel

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