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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2021

Spies for hire: China’s new breed of hackers blends espionage and entrepreneurship

China's premier spy agency is increasingly reaching beyond its own ranks to recruit from a vast pool of private-sector talent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2021

Top Chinese dealmaker bets on new startups after crackdown

While China Renaissance is known for its portfolio of consumer-facing internet platforms, the company has been backing startups in sectors now deemed less susceptible to government scrutiny.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Aug 25, 2021

Take home a new pet this summer. Pon, Dorayaki and Kotaro are all ready!

Pon the cat spent many of her years in the house of a hoarder. It's time she gets a shot at living a sunnier life.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2021

Japan turns to antibody cocktails as 'new weapon' in fight against pandemic

The government has widened the use of the drug Ronapreve, but some doctors say it needs to go further and make it available to patients isolating at home too.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2021

China’s recovery weakens as delta outbreak adds new risks

China's slowdown has added to signs that the global recovery is faltering.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 15, 2021

All Blacks lay down a marker before heading into the unknown

Any question marks over the 2021-vintage All Blacks were washed away in the Auckland rain as New Zealand ran rampant against an improving but still callow Australia side.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2021

A dangerous new variant of populism

As anti-greens and anti-vaxxers join forces, any number of stray populist demagogues might seek to lead movements against environmental and COVID-19 vaccination policies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2021

China’s new oil giants thrive amid Xi’s push for cleaner energy

'Teapot 2.0' firms have built vast refining complexes that are greener and more focused on using crude to make plastics and chemicals instead of more polluting fuels such as diesel.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 8, 2021

Persist, pivot, prosper? Tourism businesses on weathering the pandemic

With the Olympics and a national vaccine rollout underway, The Japan Times checks in with four small tourism businesses. How are they holding up? And how did they pivot to stay in business?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2021

Forecaster who predicted India’s COVID-19 peak sees new wave coming

Experts are concerned about complacency setting in as people resume social and business activity in the face of waning infections.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2021

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk shreds new Olympic venue, calling it 'surreal'

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk tested out the new Olympic skate park in Tokyo's waterfront, calling the sport's adoption into the Games "surreal."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 22, 2021

Bangladesh rice farmers invent new varieties to withstand salt and storms

Farmers are reviving ancestral varieties and creating new ones that can withstand increasingly frequent storms, floods and droughts.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 18, 2021

IOC backs transgender weightlifter's selection for Tokyo

Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Games after she was selected for the New Zealand team in the women's superheavyweight weightlifting category.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2021

Japan's top COVID-19 adviser calls for new approach as restrictions become ineffective

Shigeru Omi believes that instead of restricting people's movement, Japan should focus more on taking advantage of its 'excellent science and technology” to halt the virus in its tracks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2021

Australia extends New South Wales lockdown as COVID-19 spreads in Sydney

The harbor city of 5 million residents entered an initial two-week lockdown in late June, as the delta variant took hold in a country that has otherwise largely avoided mass infections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2021

Didi’s data wars will become the new normal

The real issue is more basic, however: It's national security. Like all such services, Didi collects vast amounts of user location and trip route data for legitimate business purposes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2021

China tightens rules on foreign IPOs in new blow to tech firms

Companies holding data on more than 1 million users must now apply for cybersecurity approval when seeking listings in other nations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2021

Japan expected to deliver at least ¥20 trillion in new stimulus

The new spending would come as Suga looks to shore up support amid widespread dissatisfaction with his handling of the virus and a vaccine rollout that's lagged other developed nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2021

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 716 new cases as virus surge continues

Highlighting the recent rise, the capital's daily infection tally averaged 563.1 in the week to Saturday, compared with 476 the previous week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 30, 2021

Australia hit by new lockdown as slow vaccine rollout criticized

Since the weekend, more than 12 million Australians have been ordered to stay home in cities across the country, including the state capitals of Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2021

COVID-19 counting enters new era as threat shifts away from cases

With rich countries vaccinating growing proportions of their vulnerable populations, the link between infection numbers and deaths appears to be diminishing.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 18, 2021

Suga's first growth strategy met with calls to tackle Japan's chronic labor issues

Although much of the spotlight tends to gravitate toward hot economic issues, economists say that it is critical — and timely — for Japan to work on its more deeply rooted problems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2021

Bank of Japan flags new step on climate and extends COVID-19 support program

The Bank of Japan surprised investors by joining other central banks with a measure to support climate change mitigation, while standing pat on its main policy levers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2021

In China's new Xinjiang: Patriotic tourism, riot police and minders

China is trying to move on from a security crackdown in Xinjiang in which more than a million ethnic Uyghurs were detained in so-called re-education centers from 2016.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2021

G7 offers hope for new nature pact but pandemic threatens deadline

Agreement on the text of a new global treaty to safeguard plants, animals and ecosystems may not be reached without in-person talks, officials and observers have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2021

Phuket reopening plan offers model for Asia as travel bubbles burst

Tourism-reliant Thailand aims to allow quarantine-free entry for vaccinated travelers to its prime destination from July 1.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2021

Kim Jong Un calls K-pop a ‘vicious cancer’ in the new culture war

K-pop's growing influence has drawn the leader's ire. But even a dictator may have trouble holding back the tide.
Man falls to his death from Osaka condo, killing cyclist below
Osaka's Kita Ward. Two men died Monday morning in the ward after a man fell from a high-rise condominium and struck a passing cyclist below, according to local police.
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Agriculture minister Taku Eto submits resignation following rice gaffe
Agriculture minister Taku Eto (left), who resigned on Wednesday, and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.
Amid rice shortage, farm minister comes under fire for saying he gets plenty
Agriculture minister Taku Eto has come under fire for saying at the weekend that he receives so much rice from his supporters that he has enough to sell it.
Nissan’s troubles might go all the way back to Ghosn 
A lot at a Nissan plant in Mexico. The company may have overextended itself during the Ghosn era.
South Korean presidential front-runner says he's not hostile toward Japan
Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, gestures during an election campaign rally in Seoul on Monday. Officials in Tokyo are closely watching Lee’s remarks for hints of how bilateral relations could shift if he is elected.
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.
The race for more time: Japanese runner decided to freeze eggs for her future
Tomomi Bitoh, seen crossing the finish line in Antarctica, on the first stop of the World Marathon Challenge, is one of the very few Japanese athletes to speak publicly about her experience with egg freezing.

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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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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