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BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2022

Highest wheat price rise in 14 years has Japan consumers bracing for more expensive bread

The price hike for wheat the government sells to private milling companies comes amid growing concerns about poor harvests in supply countries and the effect of Russia's war in Ukraine.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2022

Opposition CDP submits bill granting more rights to refugees in Japan

The proposal would allow those from Ukraine and other countries to obtain a special residence status that gives them permission to work for one year from the date they arrive.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 30, 2022

Wakatakakage continues sumo's surprise-champion trend

The spring meet of 2022 has continued a trend of photo finishes and thrilling tournaments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2022

Yen's weakness casts a pall over Japan’s economy

Conventionally, a weak yen is believed to have benefits for the Japanese economy, as it helps exports, but the pandemic and Ukraine conflict complicate things this time around.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 28, 2022

Initiating dialogue on universal values is essential for Japan and China

Fifty years after normalizing ties, the two nations are still only halfway down the road to improving their relationship.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 27, 2022

Kishida calls nuclear threat ‘increasingly real’ as nonproliferation goals fade

The leader has spotlighted concerns in Tokyo that Moscow's nuclear saber-ratting has dealt a setback for nonproliferation — and provided a lesson to others in Asia who might emulate Russia.
SOCCER / World cup / From the Spot
Mar 25, 2022

Battle-tested Samurai Blue eager for deep World Cup push

After perhaps the most unconventional, daunting and frustrating qualifying campaign in team history, Samurai Blue have qualified for a seventh straight FIFA World Cup.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 22, 2022

Ukraine invasion and climate change drive concerns over Japan’s food security

Long-term issues such as global warming and an aging population could harm the nation's self-sufficiency and its ability to secure adequate food imports.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 21, 2022

China will work to de-escalate war in Ukraine, diplomat says

China's top envoy to Washington pledged his country 'will do everything” to de-escalate the war in Ukraine, but refused to condemn Russia's attack and branded such requests 'naive.”
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 21, 2022

Toyota, Subaru and Mazda still betting on green combustion fuels amid EV shift

Japanese carmakers' approach of maintaining a broad range of options has drawn criticism from those who argue that they will fall behind in the pivot to battery-powered cars.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2022

Tears, relief and the 'smell of Ukraine': A daughter's reunion with her mother in Japan

“I don't have anything to fear now that I'm with my family,' Maria Dovbash, 71, said following an arduous seven-day journey to Tokyo from the war-torn Eastern European country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2022

Nearly 70% of Japan's companies see hit to earnings from Ukraine crisis

The survey suggests more pain ahead for resource-poor Japan, where a weakening yen and subsequent rising commodity prices squeeze households further.
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 17, 2022

Yuriko, keeper of Martha Graham’s flame, is dead at 102

A choreographer and dancer, she was associated with Graham for more than 50 years, and founded and directed the Martha Graham Ensemble, a student company.
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2022

Japanese municipalities step up preparations for teen booster shots

About 6.8 million — or 75.3% — of people age 12 to 19 have received the initial two doses so far, according to Cabinet Secretariat data.

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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