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JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jun 19, 2022

How the Jewish community found a home in Japan

A bestseller from 1970 compares and contrasts two peoples more different than alike, and yet both sharing a sense of uniqueness.
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WORLD
Jun 17, 2022

EU backs Ukraine's membership bid as war brings huge shift

The move marks a historic eastward shift in Europe's outlook brought about by Russia's invasion.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2022

Economic consequences of a Ukraine peace

It seems wrong to ask the U.S. and Europe to repair what Russia has broken. So, it is tempting to suggest that Ukraine's reconstruction should be financed by garnishing Russian assets.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2022

Japan seeing few visitors one week after wary border reopening

Restrictions such as mandatory mask-wearing and limited free movement appear to be making it difficult to plan for and attract visitors.
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 17, 2022

Shin-hanga and one man's vision to rejuvenate ukiyo-e traditions

A sweeping show containing works by 25 artists who formed the core of the last significant woodblock print movement, championed by one savvy businessman, is currently touring Europe.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2022

Jerome Powell took Ben Bernanke's advice a bit too far

The former Fed chief Bernanke had a famous recipe for setting monetary policy that relied heavily on communication. Officials today would do well to scale it back.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 16, 2022

Japan runs biggest trade deficit in more than eight years in May

The growing trade deficit underscores the headwinds the world's third-largest economy faces from a slide in the yen and surging costs of fuel and raw materials.
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BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2022

U.S. stocks' bear market growl could beckon recession

Nine of 12 bear markets that have occurred since 1948 have been accompanied by recessions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2022

China moves Russia defender out of line for foreign minister job

The transfer comes as the ruling Communist Party shifts officials around in preparation for a twice-a-decade party congress later this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 14, 2022

China’s renewed claims on Taiwan Strait could further raise tensions with U.S.

The U.S. is unlikely to be stopped by the more assertive language from China, whose claims over Taiwan have taken on a new focus after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2022

Kishida gets the credit for Abe’s work

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe transformed Japanese thinking about security policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2022

A sneak peek at the future of Japanese security policy

This year, the conference brought back a Japanese prime minister to deliver the keynote address, and Kishida took the opportunity to present his own principles for the country's security.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 14, 2022

China’s chipmaking power grows despite U.S. effort to counter it

Chinese orders for chip-manufacturing equipment from overseas suppliers rose 58% in 2021, making it the biggest market for those products for a second year running.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2022

Amid geopolitical tensions, Japan firms put focus on economic security

Mitsubishi Electric, NEC and Hitachi are just some of the companies that have set up divisions to internally coordinate on supply chain resilience and the assessment of geopolitical risks.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 12, 2022

China’s defense minister blasts U.S. ‘meddling’ in regional affairs

China's defense chief reiterates Beijing's opposition to so-called U.S. meddling in regional affairs at Shangri-La Dialogue and urges the U.S. not to let competition define Sino-U.S. ties.
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Jun 11, 2022

Greg Norman proud to see LIV Golf tee off

Former world No. 1 Greg Norman spoke of his pride at bringing "free agency" to golf as his fledgling LIV Invitational Series got underway just north of London on Thursday.
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Jun 10, 2022

Olympic champion Maria Lasitskene calls on IOC head Thomas Bach to lift sanctions against Russian athletes

Lasitskene, who is also a three-time world champion, said in an impassioned open letter that her Russian passport was being used as a 'trump card' by World Athletics.
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 10, 2022

Artizon Museum's Jam Session puts photography into perspective

This year's edition of the museum's annual series, which invites contemporary artists to play off canonical pieces, nudges viewers into rethinking the art of seeing.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2022

Why does the West refuse to call Putin’s Russia fascist?

Many in the West have pumped their assets into the Kremlin's mafia-capitalist system and have been corrupted in return.
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MORE SPORTS
Jun 9, 2022

Sebastian Vettel says F1 would welcome gay driver

'Perhaps it wouldn't have been the case in the past, but now I think a gay Formula One driver would be welcomed, and rightly so.'
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WORLD
Jun 9, 2022

Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses

The surging costs of climate change-driven destruction have made vulnerable nations poorer by about one-fifth, 55 such countries said.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 8, 2022

The long-lasting legacy of a short-term prime minister

Yoshihide Suga's time leading Japan was brief, but his accomplishments are surprisingly formidable. It's time to give his reputation another look.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2022

Three years out, the verdict is still out on ‘Peak Japan’

The real test is yet to come. In the most optimistic telling, Japan turns its liabilities — a declining population in particular — into assets.

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