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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 20, 2021

Pandemic shows Japan needs to figure out how to learn and prepare

Last-minute efforts to deal with COVID-19 vaccinations highlight a national lack of strategy and foresight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 20, 2021

Flush with unicorns, India’s tech moment arrives

Last week marked a watershed for technology startups in India, as a record bout of fundraising shifted attention to the world's second-most populous market.
Japan Times
Belgium report 2021
Jul 20, 2021

Honda sees a cultural fit in Belgium

With operations in Belgium dating back to 1978, Honda Motor Europe Logistics (HMEL) transports Honda cars, motorcycles, power products and industrial engines to Honda dealers and distributors across Europe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2021

China and Taiwan’s ‘unrestricted vaccine warfare’

Last year, the countries of East Asia were hailed for their success stories in the effort to stop the coronavirus pandemic. Today, these same countries are battling a resurgence in infections. One unintended consequence of their early success in suppressing the virus has been a late start in vaccinating...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2021

Prison time for Americans who helped Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan

The father-son duo pleaded guilty but didn't receive the maximum sentence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2021

Asia’s wealthy heirs are backing women in business

Companies with diverse executive teams deliver better sales growth while research indicates investment teams with gender-balanced leadership tend to outperform.
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jul 18, 2021

Teach a nation to write and the classics will follow

An era of “great reform” sees Japan introduced to the wonders of Chinese literature and, not so long after, produce its own masterpiece in the “Manyoshu.”
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 18, 2021

Do we need to take 10,000 steps per day to improve our health?

A clock maker, hoping to capitalize on interest in fitness after the 1964 Olympics, produced a pedometer whose name meant '10,000-steps meter,' embedding the goal in public consciousness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 17, 2021

U.S. sanctions Chinese officials over Hong Kong democracy crackdown

The sanctions, posted by the U.S. Treasury Department, target individuals from China's Hong Kong liaison office, used by Beijing to orchestrate its policies in the Chinese territory.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 17, 2021

Time to ourselves is both a curse and a blessing

The wave of loneliness that afflicts modern Japan continues, but an athlete from Myanmar sends a warning not to take what we have for granted.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 17, 2021

Trolli Planet Gummi: Taking a bite out of Earth never sounded so great

Japanese teens are concerned about the planet, sort of. Chikyu Gumi, a candy that looks like the Earth, have been selling out in stores across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2021

Biden says social media ‘killing people’ with virus fiction

Biden's comments came shortly after the head of the CDC said the U.S. is seeing a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated” in parts of the country where inoculation rates are low.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 16, 2021

Malaysian mothers fight government over sexist citizenship law

Malaysia is one of 25 countries that do not give mothers and fathers equal rights to pass their nationality to their children.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 15, 2021

How a ban on a swim cap galvanized Black swimmers

After a backlash, members of the International Swimming Federation are reconsidering a ban they put on a swim cap designed for Black hair.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2021

Building an inclusive digital future

AI, robots and other new technologies could threaten 15% of the average company's workforce as soon as 2025.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2021

Nissan CEO says $1.4 billion U.K. electric vehicle hub ‘just a start’

The automaker is betting that roughly a decade of experience making EVs will give it a leg-up over rivals in the increasingly crowded segment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2021

Wall Street’s $6 billion bonanza chilled by China IPO curbs

Bankers say they expect the majority of Chinese IPOs aimed for American exchanges to be suspended or diverted to other venues.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 12, 2021

Talk of 'vaccination harassment' puts Japan Inc. in a tough spot

The term has come into the spotlight in Japan ever since reports emerged of workers complaining of peer pressure and instructions from their bosses to receive a shot.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2021

On this German farm, cows are in charge. Or at least coequals.

At Hof Butenland, the turn away from animals as commodities is not only a question of human morality but of planetary survival.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2021

South Korea's container squeeze throws exporters into costly gridlock

While the shipping squeeze caused by the pandemic is a global problem, the congestion at a transit hub like Busan has made things worse for smaller Korean exporters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2021

Uncontrolled Oregon wildfire threatens power supplies in California and Nevada

The Bootleg fire had burned through 143,607 acres of southern Oregon as of Sunday, forcing evacuations and shutting sections of a national forest.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2021

Like in ‘postapocalyptic movies’: Heat wave killed marine wildlife en masse

Heat has killed hundreds of millions of marine animals and continues to threaten untold species in freshwater, according to a preliminary estimate and interviews with scientists.

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