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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 15, 2021

South Korea will donate 1.6 million vaccine doses to Vietnam and Thailand

Around 62% of the South Korean population is fully vaccinated, while Thailand and Vietnam sit at 33% and 17% respectively.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 15, 2021

Out-of-practice airline pilots are making errors back in the air

These potentially disastrous errors all took place in the U.S. in recent months as pilots returned to work.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 15, 2021

China’s economy showing strain, from property slump to energy crisis

Economists predict a slowdown in gross domestic product growth to 5% in the third quarter from 7.9% in the previous three months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2021

Rush to buy Merck’s COVID-19 pill risks leaving poor countries behind

Despite efforts to license molnupiravir to generic-drug firms, the same risks of unequal distribution remain, says report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2021

Honda pledges to sell only electric cars in China after 2030

The firm said it will introduce 10 electric vehicles under its 'e:N Series” range within five years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2021

The myopic and imprudent talk of ‘sustainability'

The rate of income improvement historically has been about 2% per year. That means that our great-grandchildren in 2100 will be over four times better off than we are today.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2021

‘I never believed that would happen’: After 20 years of war, an abrupt end

Five Afghans speak about the sudden end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, and the uncertainty that lies ahead.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 13, 2021

Astros blow out White Sox to advance to ALCS

The Astros will face the Red Sox in the ALCS, a rematch of the 2018 series in which Houston lost in five games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2021

Beijing Olympic sponsors face a $110 billion dilemma

Outside of China, politicians and human rights groups have been pushing the companies to use their platform to condemn Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2021

Chevron adopts operational net zero ‘aspiration’ by 2050

While the move came in response to social and investor pressure, the campaigner that filed a more substantial investor proposal slammed the oil giant's response as 'disappointing tokenism.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2021

'Containergeddon': Supply crisis drives Walmart and rivals to hire their own ships

U.S. retailers' traditional lifeline from Asia is freezing up due to a resurgence of COVID-19 in countries like Vietnam and Indonesia plus a power-supply crunch in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2021

Home away from home: Mercedes-Benz doubles down on China

Mercedes-Benz is doubling down on bases in Beijing and Shanghai to stay ahead of regulations and consumer trends.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 10, 2021

28 shades of aimai: Reinventing Japan’s traditional color wheel

Want to upholster your couch in a color that references “fog hanging above blue seas”? Now you can, with designer Teruhiro Yanagihara's lineup of textile shades for Kvadrat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2021

Tycoon behind a crisis-era property crash now sits on a $9 billion debt mountain

Germany's Adler Group owes its creditors more than u20ac8 billion ($9.3 billion) and bears warn it might be more leveraged than it appears.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2021

Anxiety surged during pandemic, particularly among women: study

Many women found themselves bearing the brunt of household work and facing an increased risk of domestic violence, a study published in the Lancet on Friday found.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 9, 2021

As Brazil passes 600,000 COVID-19 deaths, vaccines offer hope worst is over

Brazil became the second country in the world to pass 600,000 COVID-19 deaths on Friday, a dark milestone for a government that has been sharply criticized for mismanaging the outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2021

Global tax deal seeks to end havens but criticized for 'no teeth'

Many developing countries have said their interests have been ignored and that wealthy nations were likely to continue dividing up the spoils of foreign direct investment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 8, 2021

They had the vaccines and a plan to reopen. Instead they got cold feet.

Many considered Singapore to be a COVID-19 success story in Southeast Asia — but instead of opening up, it's doing the opposite.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 8, 2021

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize

The pair were selected 'for their courageous fight for freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia,' the Nobel committee said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 8, 2021

Randy Arozarena homers and steals home to power Rays to win over Red Sox in Game 1

Arozarena, who was 1-for-2 with two walks and three runs scored, became the first player in postseason history to record a home run and a steal of home in the same game.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2021

COVID-19 pill sales could hit $2 billion, drugmaker Shionogi says

Competition to snag a piece of the COVID pill market is fierce, as the world adjusts to the virus being endemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2021

Biden and Xi plan virtual summit before year's end, U.S. says

The news followed high-level talks in Zurich aimed at improving communication between the two countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2021

Will Japan’s Kishida take relations with the Koreas in a new direction?

Kishida may follow a common Japanese approach to the Koreas: seek apology and clarity from Pyongyang on the abduction issue while refusing to offer additional apologies to Seoul.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2021

Sydney prepares to emerge from 107-day COVID-19 lockdown

In the initial reopening stage, non-essential retail stores, pubs and gyms will be allowed to reopen to fully vaccinated patrons, with capacity limits.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 7, 2021

‘Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle’: An engrossing biopic on a wartime holdout

Arthur Harari's war film about Hiroo Onoda, who resisted surrender for decades after the end of World War II, focuses on key moments from the soldier's time in the Philippines.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2021

In major breakthrough, WHO backs malaria vaccine rollout for Africa's children

The WHO says 94% of malaria cases and deaths occur in Africa, a continent of 1.3 billion people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2021

India’s Taliban problem

With the Taliban government desperately in need of patronage, China seems ideally suited to fill the breach.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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