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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 18, 2022

Fight with China risks backfiring on Australia's Morrison at the polls

Areas where Chinese Australians make up more than 10% of the voters could help decide who is the next prime minister.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 17, 2022

Iraq balks at greater Chinese control of its oilfields

China's strengthening relationship with Iran has helped its position in Iraq due to Tehran's influence there, but the oil ministry is wary of ceding control over the country's key resource.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
May 17, 2022

China faces uphill battle to repeat 2020 miracle as exports falter

Investors worry a prolonged slowdown in the world's second-largest economy could further weaken the global recovery and that worsening supply chain disruption could fan inflation risks.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 17, 2022

Formula One criticized for approach to new jewelry ban

The ban on jewelry, as well as the wearing of non-compliant undergarments, has long been in the rules but rarely enforced until the FIA clamped down this season.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2022

China’s COVID-19 exit hinges on older people who don’t want vaccines

Beijing has been reluctant to compel the segment of the population most susceptible to bad outcomes from COVID-19 to get inoculated.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 17, 2022

British LTA events to go ahead without Russian and Belarusian players

Tennis tournaments hosted in Great Britain in the run-up to Wimbledon will go ahead as scheduled with full ranking points on offer despite a ban on Russian and Belarusian players, men's tennis governing body ATP said on Monday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 16, 2022

Daniil Medvedev holding out hope for spot at Wimbledon

'I don't know if this decision is 100% and it's over (for me). If I can play, I'm going to be happy to play in Wimbledon
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 16, 2022

How omicron infection turbocharges vaccinated people’s immunity

The data comes as omicron continues to fuel outbreaks around the world, most notably in China, where residents of Shanghai have endured almost six weeks of lockdown.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2022

How climate change is fueling more intense global wildfires

So far this year, more than 24,000 fires have burned across the U.S., the highest in at least 10 years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2022

Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-19-shut businesses, while Beijing battles on

All but shut down for more than six weeks, Shanghai is tightening curbs in some areas that it hopes marks a final push in its campaign against the virus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2022

The war in Ukraine is a battle of principles

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine reflects his belief in an imperial paradigm that emphasizes the greatness of the state over the rights and dignity of its people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Longform
May 15, 2022

Documenting Okinawa's changing identity over the past half century

A photographer captures the changes that have taken place in the archipelago since it was returned to Japan 50 years ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2022

North Korea reports nearly 300,000 new 'fever' cases as South eyes talks

A senior South Korean official reportedly said that Seoul plans to offer working-level talks with North Korea in an apparent move to help it contain the outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2022

India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crops and domestic prices soar

Global buyers had been banking on supplies from the world's second-biggest wheat producer amid the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2022

South Korea’s new president is likely a bland centrist, and that is OK

The real divide between South Korea's right and left is over foreign policy. Change will be most evident here, and Japan particularly is likely to find a Yoon presidency easier.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2022

Crypto’s chainsaw massacre bloodies digital exchanges

The platforms that have promoted Bitcoin and other new currencies have a lot to answer for.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 13, 2022

U.S. embraces Finland’s move toward NATO membership. What about Ukraine?

In embracing Finland's, and soon Sweden's, move to join NATO, Washington and its allies are doubling down on a bet that Russia has made a huge strategic mistake. But many questions remain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2022

Toyota’s ‘unprecedented’ cost surge casts shadow over Japan Inc.

The world's biggest automaker forecasts a 20% decline in operating profit for the current fiscal year despite posting robust annual car sales.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2022

Should Europe stop paying for Putin’s war?

If Europeans face economic hardship by ceasing to use Russian energy, is that really too much to ask after the invasion of Ukraine?
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
May 12, 2022

When will Japan open to tourists?

Kanako Takahara joins to discuss when Japan might reopen to international tourism, and what form that reopening might take.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 12, 2022

'All the Lovers in the Night' ignites a spark of hope for lonely hearts

Author Mieko Kawakami imagines love reflecting the properties of light in her latest English release about the universality of loneliness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 12, 2022

Beyond cigarettes: Philip Morris lights up race with Swedish Match bid

Tobacco companies have scrambled over the past decade to find new markets as regulators crack down on cigarettes and more people quit smoking due to the health risks.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 12, 2022

Japanese researcher suggests ties between omicron variant and severe hepatitis in children

Professor Hiroshi Nishiura told the coronavirus advisory board that countries with larger omicron infection rates report higher numbers of childhood hepatitis.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 12, 2022

50 years after handover, Okinawa more self-sufficient but U.S. base issue casts shadow

Former governor says the prefecture has come on leaps and bounds since reversion to Japan in 1972, but the question of bases has seen little progress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2022

Australia's #MeToo movement puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history

Over the past 18 months, thousands of women have exposed a culture of bullying and abuse in mining, provoking public outrage and pledges of decisive action from politicians and executives.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan
Elon Musk has voiced support for anti-immigration protest in Japan, where a "Japanese First" party saw gains in recent elections.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.

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

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