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Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2022

New Year celebrations muted by omicron, but South Africa offers hope

South Africa, which first raised the alarm about the new fast-spreading coronavirus variant, became the first country to declare its omicron wave had crested.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Jan 1, 2022

What to expect in the Year of the Tiger

Astrologers say the tiger denotes strength, vitality and growth — qualities that will hopefully stand us in good stead as we look to move past the uncertainty that COVID-19 has wrought.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

What inflation in 2022 will teach us about capitalism

Since the 1980s, capitalism has evolved to keep inflation under control. The risk now is that capitalism has embarked on a regime change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2021

China punishes people trying to flee COVID-19 controls in Xian

Local police have had to track down people attempting to duck the tight controls, with quarantine and other, unspecified, penalties being handed out.
JAPAN / Politics / Outlook 2022
Dec 31, 2021

2022 will offer key tests of Kishida's ability to grow into PM role

An upcoming Upper House poll and the omicron variant are among the things that will test the prime minister's capacity to build on successes and lessons from 2021.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2021

Heavy snow snarls travel in Japan during year-end holidays

Scores of flights were canceled, warnings were issued of possible highway closures and trains delayed by the storm on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2021

South Korean ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison

President Moon Jae-in granted a special pardon to Park last week, citing her deteriorating health.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

Sayonara and good riddance to 2021. Enter the Tiger.

There were many winners and losers in 2021, a year in which the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus once again dominated the headlines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

Expect more turbulent years ahead for the oil producers

The next five years may be no smoother for oil producers than its first five have been.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2021

2022 will be a critical year for Japan’s security

In recent years, new dangers have emerged such as pandemics, the threat to vulnerable supply chains, cyber attacks and the undermining of democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

What to watch for in Southeast Asia in 2022

COVID-19 is not the only challenge countries in the region are facing in the coming year.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rate fell to 20% in a weekly tracking poll released Friday by Gallup Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2024

Yoon’s support rate at new low amid concerns over medical crisis

The government has offered some concessions to bring the doctors back to work but they have shown little signs of returning.
Union members react as Aerospace Machinists District 751 President Jon Holden (out of frame) announces that union members rejected a proposed Boeing contract and will go on strike, following voting results at their union hall in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2024

Boeing workers going on strike after 96% vote for walkout

The Boeing workers' last strike in 2008 shuttered plants for 52 days and hit revenue by an estimated $100 million per day.
Athletics outfielder Seth Brown (right) and Brent Rooker celebrate after scoring against the Astros on Tuesday in Houston.
BASEBALL
Sep 13, 2024

MLB confirms A's will play in Sacramento in 2025

The Athletics, on their way out of Oakland, will spend next season in West Sacramento, California, Major League Baseball confirmed on Thursday.
A CH-148 Cyclone helicopter and a CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft fly over the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg in the Asia-Pacific region in November 2020. Canada has been gradually boosting its military engagement with Asian partners.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2024

Canada and Japan aiming to rapidly expand defense ties

Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair has said he thinks there are "unlimited areas of cooperation" between the two countries.
World Anti-Doping Agency President Witold Banka attends the World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 12, 2024.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 13, 2024

Report clears WADA in doping case involving Chinese swimmers

The report's author, Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier, said he found "WADA has done its work autonomously, independently and professionally."
Canelo Alvarez celebrates after defeating John Ryder in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 7, 2023.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Sep 13, 2024

Canelo Alvarez will try to score knockout blow against Edgar Berlanga in title defense

Alvarez, 34, brings a record of 61-2-2 with 39 knockouts into what promises to be an explosive confrontation at T-Mobile Arena.
Hiroyuki Mano, director of the National Cancer Center Japan's (NCC) research institute, explains on Wednesday the use of mice bearing patients' cancer tissues to screen drug candidates for their efficacy.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 13, 2024

New mouse models can boost Japan's drug development: National Cancer Center

The tumor-bearing mice retain many of the characteristics of the patients' cancer tissues, so favorable drug test results are likelier to be replicated in human trials.
Aeon is selling an assortment of 'osechi' (traditional New Year's cuisine) curated with the support of artificial intelligence.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 13, 2024

AI fried chicken, retro chic collabs: Retailers rebrand Japan's New Year's cuisine

Major department stores and supermarkets are trying unorthodox methods to entice younger generations to buy traditional New Year's dishes in Japan.
The government is considering asking more people age 75 or over to pay 30% of their medical costs.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 13, 2024

Japan may require more elderly people to foot 30% of their medical costs

Currently, those age 75 or older pay in principle 10%, while those with preretirement levels of income pay 30%.
Takanori Takebe (behind the lectern) speaks after his team of researchers and he were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 13, 2024

Scientists win Ig Nobel for discovering anal breathing in mammals

The research team of Japanese and American scientists hope the discovery will help treat people with COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.
An event to support Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures is held in Sendai in March, with booths offering local specialties.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 30, 2024

Nearly 40% of Fukushima municipalities want hometown tax system revised

Some want the central government to implement measures to establish a system that narrows disparities among municipalities.
Nippon Steel headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2024

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel send letter to Biden on merger plans

A spokesperson did not provide details about the letter's content, but said it was signed by the chief executives of both steelmakers.
Japanese media's lack of critical engagement and depth in covering debates can be attributed to Japan's Broadcasting Law, which mandates political impartiality in news coverage.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 12, 2024

How Japanese and U.S. election coverage differs

Japanese media's coverage of U.S. debates tends to be more superficial and uniform, often merely reflecting U.S. media content.
An attendee wears an Apple Vision Pro while holding the Apple iPhone 16 Pro during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on Monday. Apple introduced the latest version of its flagship device, the iPhone 16.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2024

The genie is out of the bottle and headed for your phone

The touchscreen smartphone is now humankind's ubiquitous companion, and with each new product release, phone makers unveil new innovations.
(From left) Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, digital minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi pose for photographs at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2024

LDP presidential candidates field questions on political reform and economy

At their first joint news conference after the start of campaigning, they gave their views on party and political reform and argued for a strong economic strategy.
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.
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.
More 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.
Boom in business class travel from Japan fuels airlines profits
A business class suite of an Airbus SE A350-1000 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines is seen during a media preview at the company's hangar at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January last year.
Who’s who in the LDP presidential race?
(From 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, speaking at events in Tokyo.
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.
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work
Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple.

Podcast

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

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"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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