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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 26, 2020

Why the West continues to get China’s future wrong

The country is in its third major stage of economic change, but Beijing's true intentions and plans must be closely watched.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2020

Nintendo adds Sharp as assembler of popular Switch game console

Nintendo is expected to raise its fiscal-year sales target from the current 24 million when it next reports quarterly results.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 26, 2020

Unstoppable Frontale establishes dynasty bona fides with third title

The Todoroki Stadium residents dominated from start to finish, showing consistency throughout the most unusual season in J. League history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 26, 2020

Brave new world of ESG bonds can sometimes leave investors cold

A new type of bond that penalizes issuers for failing to meet social and environmental goals is raising concern that buying the debt may not be all that ethical.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2020

After admitting error, AstraZeneca faces hard questions on vaccine

Scientists said a series of irregularities and omissions in the way AstraZeneca initially disclosed the data have eroded their confidence in the reliability of the results.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2020

What a 95% effective vaccine could do is pretty exciting

A rough estimate based on the infectiousness of COVID-19 is that about 70% of the population would have to be immune for its spread to slow without any other preventative measures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2020

Xi seeks to ‘manage differences’ as he congratulates Biden

China’s President Xi Jinping broke his silence on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory, sending him a message that he hopes to "manage differences” and focus on cooperation between the world’s two largest economies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2020

New Delhi's poisonous air a perennial crisis of its own making

Thousands of families who live near a smouldering waste landfill in a northern corner of India's capital have boarded up their doors and windows because they say the air outside is so toxic that they would be coughing all day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2020

'Wolf warrior' diplomacy sours Britain's Conservatives on China

Burning bridges with China is a particularly risky path for the U.K. as it exits the European Union's orbit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2020

Biden urged to bolster John Kerry by declaring climate emergency

Progressive environmentalists are mounting a long-shot bid to get President-elect Joe Biden to go beyond naming a climate czar and declare an environmental national emergency, borrowing a tactic employed by President Donald Trump to fund part of his border wall.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2020

Amid Thailand’s protests, a feared tool to protect the monarchy returns

Thailand has transformed from a country where criticism of the monarchy was only whispered to a place where protesters have spray-painted 'the king is dead” on Bangkok streets.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s last-minute trade deal with the U.S. may calm tariff fears but has cost him politically, leaving Japan’s ruling party divided and his leadership on the brink.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 24, 2025

‘Mr. Japan’ bends the knee — and falls on his sword

Shigeru Ishiba’s trade deal with Donald Trump will be his last act as leader
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2025

Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa

Open from July 25, the new Junglia theme park turns an old golf course into 22 dinosaur- and adventure sports-themed attractions.
Barcelona's Raphinha (center) battles with Vissel Kobe's Reo Osaki during a friendly in Tokyo on June 6, 2023.
SOCCER
Jul 24, 2025

Barcelona cancels friendly against Vissel Kobe, citing contractual breaches

The La Liga champion was scheduled to play Vissel on Sunday in Kobe.
Police officers prepare the venue where Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was scheduled to deliver his first campaign speech for the Upper House election, on July 3 in Kobe.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2025

Police detect 889 threatening posts ahead of Upper House poll

The National Police Agency confirmed the 889 threatening posts through cyber patrol and also thanks to reports from the public between June 16 and Saturday.
Debris from an Angara Airlines An-24 passenger aircraft at the crash site near Tynda, in Russia's Amur Region, on Thursday
WORLD
Jul 25, 2025

Soviet-era passenger plane crashes in Russia's far east, killing all 48 on board

The crash is likely to raise new questions about the viability of continuing to fly such old planes in far-flung corners of Russia.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, walks past a poster after meeting with party executives at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 24, 2025

Political turmoil continues as Ishiba’s fate hangs in the balance

While there are demands for the ruling party's leadership to resign, the weakening of past factional ties makes it hard for those opposing the prime minister to join forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, the day after he agreed to an 11th-hour trade deal with Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 24, 2025

Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S.

The $550 billion investment plan, in particular, is the subject of doubt and discussion.
This year marked the ninth annual championship put on by the Hogyokukai school of traditional Japanese swordsmanship.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 26, 2025

Traditional Japanese swordsmanship — with modern matches

Held on July 12, the Hogyokukai’s ninth annual championship once again blended classic techniques with contemporary competition.
In the village of Harie, private "kabata" springs are fed from natural groundwater for a unique take on sustainable living.
LIFE / Travel
Jul 26, 2025

How a single current keeps Shiga’s ‘village of water’ in concert

The quiet community less than an hour from Kyoto makes for a pleasant day trip away from the ancient capital’s crowds.
An explosion in the Gaza Strip is seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2025

Blaming Hamas, U.S. and Israel recall teams from Gaza truce talks

It was the latest setback in efforts to bring a ceasefire to the Gaza Strip, as both Israel and Hamas face pressure at home and abroad to reach a deal.
A Thai mobile artillery unit fires toward Cambodia on Friday in Surin, Thailand.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 25, 2025

Thailand warns of war with Cambodia as 138,000 flee fighting

The conflict is still considered "an armed clash involving heavy weaponry" currently, acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.
Officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin (second from right), Defense Minister Andrei Belousov (third from right) and Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh (left), attend a meeting in Moscow on Dec. 10, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2025

Indian firm shipped explosives to Russia despite U.S. warnings

Two shipments sent in December by an Indian firm, both of which were unloaded in St. Petersburg, have been identified in Indian customs data.
Hulk Hogan tears his shirt during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, at Madison Square Garden, in New York City on Oct. 27, 2024.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 25, 2025

Hulk Hogan, shirt-shredding superstar of pro wrestling, dies at 71

Hogan was the face of pro wrestling for decades, with his blond hair and horseshoe mustache, colorful bandannas and massive biceps, which he referred to as "24-inch pythons.”
While the pace of gains in consumer prices in the capital slowed in July from a year earlier, the data send a fresh reminder that households are still coping with higher living costs overall.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 25, 2025

Tokyo inflation slows while staying well above BOJ’s target

A decline in utility costs helped slow the overall gauge, but households are still coping with higher living costs overall.
Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya celebrates after winning women's marathon gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games at Sapporo Odori Park in Hokkaido, Japan on Aug. 7, 2021.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Jul 25, 2025

Tokyo Olympic champion Jepchirchir relishes Japan return

Jepchirchir has been named as one of three Kenyan women in the marathon squad for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 13-21.
Autumn to be cut short as harsh winter arrives suddenly
A short-lived autumn is expected this year, with temperatures staying unseasonably high through October before plunging in late November, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Tim Cook arrives in Tokyo as Apple prepares to reopen Ginza store
Apple is reopening its redesigned store in Ginza, Tokyo, on Friday. The location holds special importance for the company — it was its first overseas store, which originally opened in 2003.
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.
Osaka Expo tickets being resold at exorbitant prices as closing date nears
With just three weeks left until the closing of the Osaka Expo, most admission slots are nearly fully booked. On auction sites, however, many reserved tickets are being traded at high prices.
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.
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.
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.

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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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