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WORLD
Dec 9, 2020

Why Exxon Mobil is holding back on technology that could slow climate change

Even if Exxon one day completes its carbon-capture plans in Wyoming, the current delay shows that urgent climate projects can sometimes become expendable in a crunch.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 8, 2020

Zombie companies feed off the living

Like their namesakes, zombies feed off the living. They are companies that should close their doors but don't, cannibalizing healthy businesses, depriving them of customers and income.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2020

Viral hit: 'Sanmitsu' — the 'Three Cs' — declared Japan's buzzword of 2020

The 'Three Cs” approach to the pandemic, popularized by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, refers to avoiding closed spaces, crowds and close-contact situations.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Dec 1, 2020

Pacific League far ahead of Central League in NPB arms race

Factors such as pitching have created a gulf on the field, while the PL has also innovated more with online broadcasting and brand marketing.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2020

TSE president to step down after trading outage in October

The glitch was the worst since 1999, depriving investors of trades worth around u00a53 trillion as government sought to boost the nation as an Asian trading hub.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2020

Thrills in store as two unbeaten horses lead loaded

It’s once again the time of year for the Japan Cup, one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, and certainly the race on the horse racing calendar here in Japan that jumps off the page as one of the year’s biggest events.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2020

Hawks sweep Giants again to clinch fourth straight Japan Series title

SoftBank claimed its seventh title since 2011 and did it with a sweep that was even more dominant than the last one.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 25, 2020

The post-COVID-19 industrial revitalization

There's still no end in sight for the pandemic crisis, but as Japan's economy averts a worst-case scenario, how to revitalize its industries is becoming a major issue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2020

Beyond Meat takes on tough rival in China: tofu

Beyond Meat Inc., the U.S. maker of plant-based burgers and sausages, announced a new product designed to crack China, the world's biggest meat market: imitation ground pork.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 24, 2020

Japan and Australia put aside wartime baggage to counter China’s rise

Expanding defense ties gives Japan a stake in other countries, creates options and helps knit a thicker weave of security relations throughout the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Nov 24, 2020

Carbon pricing rises as world's weapon of choice in climate fight

Can you put a price on pollution? Some of the world's biggest economies are doing just that as they wrestle with how to make good on grand pledges to tame planet-warming emissions.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 24, 2020

Undersea internet cables offer more resilient connection

Japan has a new role to play in helping connect Asia with the rest of the world through a growing network of fiber optics.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 23, 2020

Hawks still in a class of their own

The team has dominated Japanese baseball — the Climax Series and Japan Series in particular — for almost a decade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2020

The secret origins of China’s 40-year plan to end carbon emissions

With a September speech to the United Nations, Chinese President Xi Jinping put a 2060 end date on his country's contribution to global warming, taking almost the whole world by surprise.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2020

Your sexuality can make you enemy of the state in Poland

Once a model European Union country diligently integrating with its Western allies, Poland stands out even among eastern members for the way it is rebelling against Brussels.
PRESS / Events
Nov 20, 2020

話題の大洲の城泊をはじめ、全国で分散型ホテルを展開する バリューマネジメント代表 他力野淳氏がゲスト

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2020

Australian special forces suspected of 39 murders in Afghanistan

The report said the majority of those killed, which included prisoners, farmers and other Afghan locals, were captured when they were killed and therefore protected under international law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 14, 2020

Biden wants to be the climate president. He’ll need some help from Xi Jinping.

The U.S.-China relationship is at its lowest point in a half century, but there are also converging interests on global warming.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 12, 2020

Multidisciplinary collection in Tokyo depicts a paradox of restraint and restriction

The Fergus McCaffrey gallery has curated works that explore social and regional boundaries as well as the confinements of genre and convention.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2020

New technology claims to pinpoint even small methane leaks from space

The development comes amid growing alarm about methane's role driving global warming.

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