Search - 2022

 
Menu
Search
 
August 27, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
12,796 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 2, 2022

Rugby tournament hopes to help kids in need and support mental health services

With pandemic conditions relaxed somewhat compared to last year, participants hope to make a difference through rugby.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2022

Economic ties to China threaten to derail the world’s emerging markets

Fresh COVID-19 outbreaks — and the government's stringent policy to contain them — are spooking global investors who fear shutdowns in China will echo across the world.
Japan Times
May 1, 2022

Go Circular! Vol.3 Meet the Niigata Sake Brewer – Interview with Up-and-Coming Brewer 1/2

Tsunan, Niigata (April 20th, 2021) — Tsunan sake brewery is proud to announce and welcome Mr.Sessyu 雪洲 Kuwabara as a new sake brewer. He will be responsible for managing quality, contributing to sustainable products.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2022

How often do we have to get COVID to stop getting COVID?

Natural immunity will be key to downshifting the pandemic to endemic status. That doesn't mean you should go out and try to catch the virus tomorrow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2022

Elon Musk’s ties to China could create headaches for Twitter

Musk's investments in China could be at risk if Twitter upsets the Communist Party, which has banned the platform but used it extensively to push Beijing's foreign policy around the globe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2022

The ‘ultimate bird’ once prowled the seas of a young Japan

Eleven million years ago, swans in what is today called Japan did something unexpected: They took to the oceans.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 30, 2022

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka says Wimbledon ban 'does not make sense'

'If you are asking me if I agree with Wimbledon or I see their reasoning after being on a personal call with them, I don't see their reasoning.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2022

Millions of South Koreans could soon get younger (on paper)

South Korea has three ways of calculating age, often adding a year or two to the international standard. The incoming president wants to change that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2022

Russia looks to avoid default with last-minute dollar bond payment

Russia's $40 billion of international bonds have become the focus of a game of financial chicken amid sweeping Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022

Elon Musk got Twitter because he gets Twitter

Betting against Musk has made fools of many in recent years. So if anyone can, he has as good a chance as any to fix what ails Twitter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022

The origins of Putin’s totalitarianism

After the economic and political turmoil of the post-Soviet 1990s, people craved stability and were willing to restore the KGB back to the top echelons of government to get it.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 29, 2022

Jaguars take Travon Walker with No. 1 pick in NFL draft

The first five players selected in the NFL draft on Thursday night play on the defensive side of the ball.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2022

Alarmed by inaction over Russian aggression, Europe rethinks ties with China

Senior lawmakers in Berlin, who now concede that such closeness to Russia was a historic liability, are starting to see the danger of repeating the mistake with another authoritarian regime.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2022

Climate change will accelerate viral spillovers, study finds

The shuffling of viruses among animals may increase the risk that one will jump into humans and cause a new pandemic, the researchers said.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 29, 2022

Yojijukugo: The four-kanji words that pack a whole lot of meaning

Some of the more common four-kanji idioms that we use in our daily lives include the word for daily life itself. Learn a few of them to impress your Japanese friends.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2022

West’s failed gamble on Russian and Chinese reform

Russia and China shattered the belief that economic liberalization leads inevitably to greater political freedom.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2022

Can Japan keep the lights on? The Ukraine war upends a big energy bet.

Liquefied natural gas was seen as a crucial transitional fuel in Japan's gradual shift to renewable energy. But then came the pandemic and the Ukraine war, which caused prices to soar.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 28, 2022

Global growth to slow as inflation bites

Global economic output was dealt a body blow when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, sending commodity prices through the roof and triggering waves of economic sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2022

Ukraine war impact widens: Russia cuts gas flow and vows more reprisals

The European Union's top official described as 'blackmail” the announcement that Russia was suspending shipments of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2022

What’s the best way to deal with that bully? Join NATO.

Membership would make Sweden and Finland safer and the alliance stronger. But there's a time window of vulnerability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2022

The 'Quad' at a crossroads

The Indo-Pacific's four leading democracies can hold as many leaders' summits as they want, but without a clear strategic vision or agenda, the 'Quad' will have little impact.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 27, 2022

China running out of ways to stem self-made market meltdown

Unlike in 2020, when Beijing was able to limit disruptions to its manufacturing hubs and rely on global liquidity to shore up investor confidence, this time it has to go at it alone.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 27, 2022

With supply more abundant, U.S. pharmacies struggle to use up COVID pills

The rollout of the COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid has been far more complicated and less efficient than expected, leaving hundreds of thousands of courses unused.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2022

As diplomacy hopes dim, U.S. marshals allies to furnish long-term military aid to Ukraine

Germany's announcement that it would send heavy weapons to Ukraine was one of among many signals that pointed to a further escalation in the war and a disappointment for diplomacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2022

Solomon Islands pact with China roils Australian PM's election campaign

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison saw a hawkish stance on China as an electoral strength. But now his party is on the back foot on national security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2022

Standing in the path of war, a small town braces as Russians advance

Orikhiv lies among a small constellation of tidy farming villages standing right in the path of Russian troops advancing from the south and east.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 27, 2022

Wimbledon defends ban on Russian and Belarusian players as only option

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) took the decision in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the stand was swiftly condemned by the men's and women's tours.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 26, 2022

Kishida unveils economic measures to counter inflation

The government's package includes steps aimed at addressing rising gasoline prices and supporting low-income households with children.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Muji has been sustainable from the beginning
Muji has been sustainable from the beginning

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER