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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 5, 2022

A reckoning for Big Tech?

From China to the European Union and the United States, public authorities are turning to antitrust law to curtail market power and promote fairer, more competitive economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 5, 2022

COVID-19 and the rise of digital capitalism

The pandemic has allowed the dominant players in digital industries to conduct a full-scale experiment regarding the virtual world's assimilation of the physical one.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2022

Forget black swans. We need to find the snow leopards.

Things to keep an eye on in 2022, the growing role of cities in the fight against climate change, the dawn of lab meat, and the resurgence of mass activism on a global scale.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2022

Climate change is also a very real public health emergency

The impact of global warming has been considerable on people of all ages, particularly the most vulnerable and those with underlying health conditions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2022

Studies suggest why omicron is less severe: It spares the lungs

Compared with earlier variants, omicron may cause less damage to the lungs, new animal research suggests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2021

In an ‘age of unpeace,’ civilians become new pawns of war

While migration has become a political football in Western Europe, it has been fully weaponized in an obscure strip of land between Belarus and Poland.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 29, 2021

John Madden, exuberant face and voice of the NFL, dies at 85

In his irrepressible way, and with his distinctive voice, Madden left an imprint on the sport on par with titans like George Halas, Paul Brown and his coaching idol, Vince Lombardi.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2021

Developing young minds for a better future

Many academics and policy pros travel in their own bubbles, seeing only counterparts or folks who pay for the privilege. Who they don't mix with are tomorrow's future leaders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 28, 2021

China unveils sweeping rules for foreign IPOs in wake of Didi

The regulations cast more uncertainty over the prospects for overseas initial public offerings that had proceeded virtually unchecked for two decades.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2021

Harvard’s conservatives shouldn't have to hide behind pseudonyms

Fearing the wrath of cancel culture, conservative writers at Harvard are reluctant put their names on student publications.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2021

Asia geopolitics in review: A year of shadowboxing

The year 2021 — which saw green shoots of proactive diplomacy — could ultimately prove to be the temporary lull before the geopolitical storm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2021

Is NASA’s new telescope worth the risks?

For decades, America has been at the forefront of astronomy and astrophysics. It'd be a mistake to cede that leadership thanks to needless cost overruns and delays.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2021

A fond farewell to two musical inspirations

The music world lost two legendary musicians in December, Robert Michael Nesmith and Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Dec 21, 2021

Not everyone is sold on the new U.S. ambassador to Japan

Emanuel's appointment is worrisome for Japan, which desires the ambassadors sent to Tokyo to have influence and support in their home governments, something he does not seem to enjoy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Dec 21, 2021

Standing out above the old boys: Forging a path as a woman in corporate Japan

Ryoko Nagata of Japan Tobacco was adamant she didn't want to work with cigarettes, and went on to prove her worth to the firm in other sectors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021

With its human rights record in question, China turns to an old friend

Perhaps no international organization has a more symbiotic relationship with Beijing than the IOC.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2021

Amid the climate change crisis, the GDP metric’s days are numbered

The core idea of a new GDP metric is to create a comprehensive balance sheet to demonstrate that economic progress today is illusory when it comes at the expense of future living standards.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 19, 2021

Hidden Pentagon records reveal patterns of failure in deadly U.S. airstrikes

A trove of documents lays bare how the U.S. air war has been marked by deeply flawed intelligence, rushed and often imprecise targeting and the deaths of thousands of civilians.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021

Beijing turns to hybrid 'lawfare' to expand its borders

China has become quite adept at waging “lawfare” — the misuse and abuse of law for political and strategic ends.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021

The cost of cutting carbon is sure to shock investors

The Paris climate agreement would cost $50 trillion in 2030, or $140 per American. Yet a recent survey found that a majority would vote against even a $24 annual climate tax.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 15, 2021

Trends in Arctic report card: ‘Consistent, alarming and undeniable’

The Arctic is heating up more than twice as quickly as the rest of the globe, exposing 'vulnerabilities' that will similarly 'unfold for our entire planet.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2021

Why Filipino voters are backing another member of the Marcos clan

In the Philippines' strangely frugal electoral system, all Marcos Jr. needs to do to become the next president is to secure the largest share of votes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2021

It will take more than a summit to protect democracy

Democracy is slow and deliberative, process oriented and, as a result, capable of manipulation by special interests.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 12, 2021

‘The Shut Ins’: A poignant look at loneliness from four points of view

The individual voices of the characters shine in Katherine Brabon's novel, which delves into societal pressures and isolation in contemporary Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 11, 2021

What is happiness? These individuals appear to have found the answer.

Personal anecdotes suggest that happiness is a private pleasure, something that can be best enjoyed away from the chaos of the world outside.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2021

The end of free money

Rising inflation does not look to be a just a temporary problem, and supply bottlenecks are not the only cause.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2021

Confronting the Kremlin’s new hybrid war in Europe

Russia's recent aggressive moves have multiple objectives. But the Kremlin's greatest desire is to divide and weaken the European Union.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2021

Why any war with Taiwan is a huge gamble for China’s Xi

For all the talk of Chinese President Xi Jinping's desire to invade Taiwan, one counterpoint is often overlooked: The domestic risks involved in starting a potentially devastating war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2021

China throws down the gauntlet on development aid

The West can't match China project for project. The fact that their resources are limited demands that Western governments be smarter and more efficient with development aid.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 2, 2021

‘Minamata Mandala’: An unfinished battle for accountability

Documentary film director Kazuo Hara chronicles the ongoing struggles of Minamata disease victims to hold the state responsible in one of Japan's worst cases of industrial pollution.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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