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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 14, 2022

Green push ending 150-year tradition of bank passbooks in Japan

The country's largest bank will soon require new clients to pay u00a5550 a year for a passbook in a bid to encourage them to embrace digital services.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 14, 2022

What can we expect from J-pop in 2022?

Ditch the downer sounds of 2021 for brighter bops, Shibuya-kei and breakout hits via TikTok.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 14, 2022

A look at the kanji that helps us turn nouns into adjectives

The kanji for 'teki' can be seen in many words, and it's a rather versatile one that works particularly well as a suffix.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2022

Russia, at an impasse with the West, warns it is ready to abandon diplomacy

Hopes faded that negotiators could forge a path toward resolving the security crisis surrounding Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2022

The idea of 'capital as a strategy' has taken hold

Not only is capital not a strategy, but too much capital can eliminate the need for entrepreneurs and investors alike to have any strategy at all.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2022

NATO and Russia talk frankly, but past one another for now

NATO leaders rejected outright Russian demands that the alliance stop enlargement, pull back its forces from member states bordering Russia and guarantee that Ukraine will never join.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2022

Omicron may infect half of Europeans within weeks, WHO says

The fast-spreading variant represents a 'west-to-east tidal wave sweeping across the region,” said Hans Kluge, the regional director of the WHO for Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 11, 2022

Tokyo pushes to reform its $6.5 trillion stock market. Analysts aren’t impressed.

Japan Exchange Group Inc. said 1,841 constituents would make up the new 'prime” section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, but some analysts see it as little more than window-dressing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2022

Indonesia considers coal levy as easing of export ban calms markets

Driven by concerns about the impact to their economies which depend on coal-fired power generation, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines had called for the measure to be eased.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2022

Take-Two to buy FarmVille maker Zynga in largest-ever gaming deal

Grand Theft Auto video game-maker Take-Two Interactive said Monday it would buy Zynga for $11.04 billion in a cash-and-stock deal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2022

U.S. man recovering after 'breakthrough' pig-heart transplant

The surgery is among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of a pig-to-human heart transplant, a field made possible by new gene editing tools.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2022

Pfizer starts making vaccine that targets both omicron and the original COVID virus

While research continues, Pfizer will evaluate the new hybrid shot against one specific to omicron and determine which should move forward by March, the firm's CEO has said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 10, 2022

Bob Saget, comic who portrayed Danny Tanner on ‘Full House,’ dies at 65

Saget, born in Philadelphia, graduated from Temple University in 1978 before finding his way into comedy clubs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 10, 2022

That New Year's resolution to improve your Japanese can help with other aspects of life here

Whether you've resolved to stress less or find a new job in 2022, bulking up your Japanese vocabulary can be key to achieving any new goal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2022

Trial looms after seaside gathering of Chinese activists

Once commonplace, get-togethers among Chinese rights campaigners have become increasingly risky under Xi Jinping's hard-line rule.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022

Will ‘forever boosting’ beat the coronavirus?

Everyone should get a booster shot. In the long run, though, doses every few months aren't a viable public health strategy, scientists say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022

U.S. details costs of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Biden administration and its allies are developing new possible sanctions ahead of a series of meetings to defuse the crisis with Moscow.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2022

Mike Faist tries to keep his cool as Riff in ‘West Side Story’

The actor, a star of Broadway musicals like “Dear Evan Hansen,” talks about playing the leader of the Jets in Steven Spielberg's remake.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 9, 2022

The lines blur at Hakone’s Bar Hotel

The Bar Hotel Hakone Kazan can be viewed as a bar-themed hotel or a hotel-themed bar. Staying there is a luxurious experience either way.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022

U.S. hospitals struggle to match higher pay for nurses and doctors amid pandemic

U.S. hospitals are struggling to get the workers they need to treat patients through the winter's COVID-19 surge as the virus collides with a historically tight labor market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022

In Kazakhstan’s street battles, signs of elites fighting each other

The reasons for the bloody crisis in Central Asia remain murky, but experts say popular discontent could mask an old-fashioned power struggle within the ruling faction.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 7, 2022

China bets on a common prosperity

China's leaders believe their country is on the verge of a transformation into a truly “modern socialist economy.” They're not alone.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2022

A year later, Capitol riot becomes just another wedge in a divided U.S.

In the 12 months since the riot, lies and disinformation spread by Donald Trump have so permeated politics that nearly universal outrage has reverted to separate blue and red realities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2022

China fines Seven & I Holdings for calling Taiwan a nation on map

Fines of about 150,000 yuan (u00a52.7 million) were imposed by the Beijing local authority against Seven & I, a spokesman for the Japanese retailer said.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2022

Japan needs a real economic security strategy

Japan should make products that it and the rest of the world need so that the nation is considered an integral partner.

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