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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2021

Biden and Putin agree to extend New START nuclear treaty

White House officials said Biden also confronted the Kremlin leader over the poisoning of an opposition activist and a hacking of government and private computer networks in the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2021

China overtook U.S. in foreign direct investment, U.N. agency says

China overtook the U.S. as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2020, a year in which overall global flows cratered by 42% as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a United Nations trade agency said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jan 26, 2021

Nissan flips the switch on electric reboot in China

At least one new Nissan car will hit the Chinese market each year through 2025.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2021

India tackles epic logistical challenge to deliver vaccines to villages

Negotiating cows, debris, thick fog and hairpin bends, and fighting fatigue, Porija drove nearly 24 hours within three days to collect and deliver shots to the town of Koraput.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 25, 2021

How space became the next ‘great power’ contest between the U.S. and China

Among the most important national security issues now facing U.S. President Joe Biden is how to contend with the threat that China poses to the American military in space.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2021

U.K. defends vaccine-dosing delays as approach gains traction

The U.K. has defended its decision to delay second doses of vaccines as the best way to combat the coronavirus, as more countries adopt a similar strategy in a race against rising cases and deadlier strains.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2021

The art of 'leaking' in the Japanese government

Leaks do not have to be true — they just have to be perceived as factual by the individuals reporting them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2021

Asia’s movie rebound is good news for everyone

In the absence of Hollywood fare, 'The Eight Hundred,” a Chinese war epic, became the world's top-grossing movie with a $460 million take.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2021

Biden team to unveil more climate policies as it calls on China to toughen targets

John Kerry, Biden's special climate envoy, said a recent pledge by China, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, was 'not good enough.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 23, 2021

The social media creators in Japan to keep an eye on in 2021

With parts of the country entering a second state of emergency, here's four digital producers that could define the year u2026
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 23, 2021

Gizem Sakamaki: 'I’m finding a lot of joy in sharing Japan and its hidden gems with a global audience'

A self-described 'multipassionate' entrepreneur, Gizem Sakamaki's main source of joy is a sustainable food culture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 23, 2021

Wisdom often fails the test of time

One generation's knowledge is the next generation's folly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2021

China’s disputed virus theory has shoppers shunning foreign food

The consumer distrust is being fueled at least partly by statements from the government, which has taken increasingly drastic steps to curb the risk of the virus spreading via food imports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 22, 2021

Locked up in a Melbourne hotel for a year, then a sudden taste of freedom

For scores of other asylum-seekers who have been held in Australian hotels, stifling conditions have stretched on for months and months.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 22, 2021

Radical recombinations: Capture the moment with created kanji

A yearly contest asks Japanese speakers to come up with new kanji to reflect modern times, providing a fun way to learn and understand the characters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2021

From day one, Biden moves to undo Trump’s legacy

Biden took a series of executive actions on issues including immigration and criminal justice. He also moved to rejoin the Paris climate accord.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 20, 2021

‘I Fell in Love Like a Flower Bouquet’: Millennial romance with a Gen X heart

Kasumi Arimura and Masaki Suda star in an entertaining but inauthentic portrait of 2010s romance, penned by veteran TV screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 19, 2021

Vaccination minister: Reward or punishment for Taro Kono?

Only the prime minister and the highest level of LDP executives know for sure the motivations behind tapping Kono as the minister in charge of the COVID-19 vaccinations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 19, 2021

Big Oil’s flagship plastic waste project sinks on the Ganges

The failure is a sign that the industry is falling short of its targets to curb an increase in waste, two environmental groups say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 19, 2021

As floods hit Borneo, Indonesia urged to boost climate action under Paris accord

The archipelago is already suffering the impacts of rising global temperatures, with its cities and coastal areas hit by regular flooding and rising sea levels.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2021

Tech censorship is the real gift to Putin

Authoritarians these days have to pay lip service to freedom of speech; what the social media platforms have done takes that concern out of the equation.
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.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
Three Japanese nationals among those detained by ICE at Hyundai plant in Georgia
Investigators from the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations at a factory being built by South Korea's Hyundai Motor in Georgia on Friday
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
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.

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

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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