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COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2022

Shaping a Marshall Plan for the rebuilding of Ukraine

The Marshall Plan provided Europe with the funds not only to rebuild itself, but also to leapfrog a generation technologically. Ukraine's reconstruction offers a similar opportunity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 13, 2022

Cryptocurrencies melt down in a ‘perfect storm’ of fear and panic

The moment of panic amounted to the worst reset in cryptocurrencies since bitcoin plummeted 80% in 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2022

Nomura starts offering bitcoin derivatives to clients in Asia

Japan's biggest brokerage is offering nondeliverable forwards and nondeliverable options settled in cash, and can now trade bitcoin futures and options.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2022

Hong Kong the market to watch as global flows of easy money slow to a trickle

The city's stock market has tumbled this year at one of the fastest rates globally, home prices are falling and signs of capital flight are multiplying.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2022

How can Europe get gas if Russia's supply is disrupted?

Russia supplies about 40% of Europe's natural gas, mostly by pipeline.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 12, 2022

Nao Higashihama's no-hitter adds to strong performance by NPB pitchers in 2022

When the NPB hurler watched on TV as Los Angeles Angels' Reid Detmers throw his first career no-hitter Wednesday morning, little did he know he'd finish the day with one of his own.
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 / ANALYSIS
May 12, 2022

Japan’s main labor group is drawing closer to the LDP. Some say too close.

Closer ties between Rengo and the ruling LDP would deeply concern opposition leaders, who rely on the union's 7 million members for electoral support.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 12, 2022

Japan's current account surplus widens on large investment gains

The surplus stood at u00a52.55 trillion in March, data showed, up u00a569 billion and the second straight month the balance has been in the black.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2022

Biden’s fear of free-trade deals risks isolating friends in Asia

Southeast Asian nations are increasingly disappointed with the U.S. over a lack of progress on trade issues, undermining Biden's efforts to strengthen ties with the region's leaders.
PRESS / Services
May 12, 2022

New archival release: "The Herald of Asia" a Taisho era weekly newspaper published by Motosada Zumoto, founding Editor-in-Chief of The Japan Times

The Japan Times (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson and President: Minako Suematsu) has now digitized the archival publication "The Herald of Asia" and made it available via "Japan Times Book Viewer," a platform that allows users to search and browse the newspaper’s archives in book format....
PRESS / Services
May 12, 2022

ジャパンタイムズの初代主筆、頭本元貞が発行した大正時代の週刊紙「ヘラルドオブアジア」をデジタル化

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、代表取締役会長兼社長:末松弥奈子)は、アーカイブをブック形式で検索、閲覧できる『ジャパンタイムズブックビューア』で「ヘラルドオブアジア」をデジタル化し、提供を開始しました。...
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BUSINESS
May 12, 2022

Crypto billionaires’ vast fortunes are destroyed in weeks

Questions have been raised about Coinbase's ability to withstand the sharp decline in cryptocurrency prices, forcing its founder to take to Twitter to defend the company.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 12, 2022

‘My Small Land’: An intimate look at an uncertain future

Emma Kawawada's compelling drama about a family of Kurdish refugees in Japan lays bare the emotional toll of Japan's treatment of asylum seekers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 11, 2022

SoftBank faces record loss as Masayoshi Son’s bets tumble again

The world's largest tech fund is estimated to have lost about $18.6 billion on its public portfolio alone during the quarter that ended March 31.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2022

China risks 1.6 million deaths in virus ‘tsunami’ if 'COVID zero' is abandoned, study says

A new study found that the level of immunity induced by China's March vaccination campaign would be 'insufficient” to prevent an omicron wave that would swamp intensive care capacity.
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BUSINESS
May 11, 2022

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump

The question of reinstating Trump has been seen as a litmus test of how far Musk will go in making changes, even though Trump himself has said he would not return.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 10, 2022

Yoon Suk-yeol takes office vowing larger role for South Korea in global affairs

Although Yoon did not mention China or Russia in his inauguration speech, he did zero in on the importance of the international rules-based order, mentioning the word “freedom” 30 times.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 10, 2022

To navigate the Senkaku Islands dispute, look to history

The COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the continuing rise of China have changed the world, but Beijing's approach to its territorial claims has also evolved.
JAPAN / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
May 10, 2022

The coronavirus keeps subtly changing, but how serious are new subvariants?

In the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no shortage of new coronavirus variants to track.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 10, 2022

Japan household spending beats expectations, but inflation risks loom

The 2.3% drop in spending in March was the first in three months, though the decline was also partly due to a tough comparison with March 2021, when spending surged 6.5%.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 10, 2022

Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods entered in PGA Championship

Mickelson has not competed since his controversial comments about Saudi Arabia came to light earlier this year, while Woods made his return from a horrific leg injury at the Masters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2022

Philip Morris in talks to buy Swedish Match, maker of oral nicotine pouch products

The deal would accelerate the Marlboro-maker's push beyond cigarettes and broaden its distribution network in the U.S. for reduced-risk products.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2022

Biden team sees its bid to curb China gaining from Ukraine stand

U.S. officials see a weakened Moscow and bolstered European defense spending as giving Washington a freer hand to accelerate its long-term shift toward focusing on Beijing.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami