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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2022

China’s economic data hints at cost of 'COVID zero' strategy

The country's lockdowns have trapped truck drivers on highways, halted production lines and forced some importers to source goods from outside China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s World War Z

Ukrainians fighting off a Russian invasion are wondering, “What is the West's red line? What will compel the West to act instead of waiting and discussing when to intervene?”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2022

The elusive politics of Elon Musk

Musk, 50, who was born in South Africa and only became an American citizen in 2002, expresses views that don't fit neatly into America's binary, left-right political framework.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2022

Kashmir journalists face forbidding pattern: arrest, bail, rearrest

Rights activists say Indian authorities have weaponized the legal system to harass journalists, particularly those in the Indian-controlled portion of the disputed Kashmir region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2022

Russia demands Ukrainian forces surrender in Mariupol

Control of the pulverized southeastern port city would give Russia its biggest capture of the nearly 2-month-old war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2022

The unseen scars of those who kill via remote control

Capt. Kevin Larson was one of the best drone pilots in the U.S. Air Force. Yet as the job weighed on him and untold others, the military failed to recognize its full impact.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2022

Putin’s Ukraine gamble pivots to a very different battlefield

Battles over the past seven weeks raged in populated areas near Kyiv, but the war is moving into wide-open flatland, which will drastically change combat strategy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2022

Opponents of French far-right plan protests as election campaign enters final week

Emmanuel Macron is slightly ahead in opinion polls, but far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is proving to be a difficult challenge.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 16, 2022

Mike Bossy, Hockey Hall of Famer on champion Islander teams, dies at 65

Kimber Auerbach, director of communications for the Islanders, said the cause was lung cancer. Bossy announced he had the disease in October.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2022

Russia warns U.S. to stop arming Ukraine or face 'unpredictable consequences'

The Russian message — one of a series of warnings punctuated by a formal protest note — suggested rising concerns that the weapons were seriously hindering Russia's combat capabilities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2022

Why Ukraine war crimes trials could take many years

Long after the fighting ends, any prosecutions and trials arising from it could be barely beginning. Here is a look at the complexities of bringing aggressors to justice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2022

Kim Jong Un gives North Korea’s most famous TV anchor a luxury home

Ri Chun Hee, who delivers the news with a soaring, bombastic tenor, received a two-story apartment in a riverside complex from the country's leader, apparently for her loyalty.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2022

Germany’s energy woes are a fiasco of its own making

In both the short and the long term, Germany will be unable to end Russian gas imports without triggering economic chaos and public outrage.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2022

Japan must lead Asia to the side of law and order

Tokyo should use its influence and its political capital to persuade countries sitting on the fence on the Ukraine war to join it and support a global order that is under attack.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 15, 2022

Echigo-Tsumari and Setouchi triennials: Building communities in a time of upheaval

Two contemporary triennials taking place in Japan this year are finding longevity by collaborating with local residents and embracing site-specific art.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Apr 15, 2022

‘This is American history’: Baseball's Hall of Fame reconsiders race

A planned permanent exhibit in Cooperstown is intended to highlight the Black experience in baseball, aiming to shed light on a legacy that has often been diluted and erased.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022

Tokyo beefs up intelligence-gathering after Russian subs test-fire cruise missiles in Sea of Japan

The Russian submarines launched the advanced Kalibr cruise missiles — the same weapons used in Ukraine — from submerged positions, successfully hitting a target representing an enemy vessel.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Apr 15, 2022

“Changing the way people drink water sustainably” with Michael Magee

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022

Russia’s sunken warship dents both its pride and capabilities

A western official described the Ukrainian claim of a missile strike on the Moskva as credible, and its loss as a significant blow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2022

Uniqlo owner expecting big drop in China profit due to COVID restrictions

Fast Retailing is a bellwether for how major global retailers are being impacted by pandemic-related shutdowns in China, one of the biggest growth markets for many Western brands.
Japan Times
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Apr 14, 2022

Raiders' QB Derek Carr signs three-year $121.5 million extension

Carr recorded a career-high and franchise-record 4,804 passing yards last season with six 300-yard games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2022

The Philippines toppled one Marcos. Now his son may become president.

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spent decades defending his family's name against accusations of greed and corruption and downplaying the legacy of his father's brutal rule.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2022

An arrest in the subway attack brings relief but leaves unanswered questions

Police officials and prosecutors have not yet provided a motive for the shooting, which left 10 people wounded by gunfire and at least 13 others with related injuries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2022

What’s up with India and its Ukraine policy?

The Ukraine war has exposed India's strategic vulnerabilities as arguably nothing else could. And paradoxically, the conflict has also increased the country's importance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s failed state, a disaster of his own making

So great is Putin's Ukraine blunder that he may now have rendered Russia a failed state — a political or economic system that has become so weak that the government is no longer in control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2022

Crypto and gaming collide in high-risk 'play-to-earn' economies

Players spent $4.9 billion on NFTs in games last year, according to market tracker DappRadar, representing around 3% of the global gaming industry.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 13, 2022

Prestigious University of Tokyo may claim its first sumo wrestler

Hotaka Suyama could become the school's first graduate to enter the world of u014dzumo when he takes the Japan Sumo Association's entrance exam.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 13, 2022

Looming battle in Donbas to shape course of Russia's war in Ukraine

Outgunned by Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy continues to call on the West to help save his country.
Japan Times
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Apr 13, 2022

Australia cricket board and players sign deal to issue NFTs

The cricket deal, in partnership with Rario and digital trading company BlockTrust, will pave the way for fans to buy NFTs involving Australian players.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan