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JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2022

Japanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time

Video from researchers at the University of Tokyo showed the robot pick up and peel a banana with both hands in about three minutes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 25, 2022

This man married a fictional character. He’d like you to hear him out.

Akihiko Kondo and thousands of others are in devoted fictional relationships, served by a vast industry aimed at satisfying the desires of a fervent fan culture.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 14, 2022

Nakagin, Nakagone: Demolishing an architectural dream

Japan Times editor Chris Russell joins to discuss the story of Nakagin and why he thinks it has captivated so many people over the years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2022

Planet’s breakneck warming likely to pass 1.5 degrees, U.N. scientists warn

The world may be on track to warm by more than 3 degrees — a change that would painfully remake societies and life on the planet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2022

Five takeaways from the U.N.’s latest 3,000-page climate report

The new report updates previous work by the IPCC, and offers evidence that climate action, when done right, can improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2022

Hong Kong mulls outlook for scandal-plagued GEM, once touted as Asia's Nasdaq

The city's scandal-plagued alternative listing platform has been brought to heel after a rash of scandals, culminating in a clampdown on 60 companies dubbed the 'nefarious network.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 24, 2022

From the Ukraine crisis emerges a more resolute Japan

Japan's willingness to declare concretely Russia's Ukraine actions as illegal and in violation of standing agreements is notable, as is its engagement with other world leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 29, 2022

Russian industry targeted, not consumers, if Biden export curbs imposed

The measures would narrow the scope of potential curbs on imports to Russia that had previously been described as disrupting Russia's economy more broadly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2022

Japanese company joins march back to the moon in 2022

This year is packed with other moonshot ambitions and rehearsals that could foretell how soon humans get back to the lunar surface.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2022

An aging China poses new challenges

China's declining birth rate looks almost impossible to reverse, a trajectory with profound implications for its economic and social prospects.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2022

The Made in China plan is back, and it’s better

State planners released a five-year smart manufacturing development plan in late December that aims to digitize 70% of the country's large enterprises.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2022

Beijing becomes a rising star in the global rule-maker race

In the coming decades, the biggest global threat will not be China the rule-breaker, but China the rule-maker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2022

China venture funding hits record $131 billion despite crackdown

Entrepreneurs and venture firms have turned away from softer internet businesses and toward hard-core technologies like semiconductors, robotics and enterprise software.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2022

2022 shaping up as pivotal year for success of 2025 Osaka Expo

The Kansai region hopes to wow the world with flying cars, new medical technologies and hydrogen- and ammonia-powered vehicles and buildings. But is there enough time?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

Sayonara and good riddance to 2021. Enter the Tiger.

There were many winners and losers in 2021, a year in which the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus once again dominated the headlines.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021

Drones take center stage in U.S.-China war on data harvesting

A top Chinese drone manufacturer has become the poster child of a much wider national security threat: The Chinese government's ability to obtain sensitive data on millions of Americans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2021

'Robotaxis' roaming around Yokohama are winning over unlikely fans

Regulations and the need for further technology improvements mean a full-scale launch is still some years away, however.
Japan Times
Hungary report 2021
Nov 24, 2021

Bridgestone provides the best solutions for your journey in Hungary

“Solutions for your journey,” Bridgestone’s global tagline, reflects the company’s vision to be a global leader in tires and rubber, building on its expertise to provide solutions for safe and sustainable mobility.
Japan Times
France Report 2021
Nov 17, 2021

Partnerships built on passion

As Paris prepares to welcome the world to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, construction and rail projects are well underway.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2021

Hey, Elon: We made a $6 billion plan to end world hunger

In the coming decades, what we eat and how we grow it will change radically, and we need everyone onboard — the U.N. and Elon Musk alike — to fund the shift to sustainability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2021

New York City’s segregated classrooms hurt all students

Any changes to gifted programs will have to be accompanied by curriculums that both appeal to middle-class families and benefit all children; otherwise segregation might only get worse.
Japan Times
North Rhine-Westphalia report 2021
Oct 25, 2021

Strengthening connections between Duesseldorf and Japan

With over 8,000 Japanese people residing in the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf is often referred to as “Little Tokyo.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2021

Arriving in fighter jet, South Korea's Moon Jae-in urges defense industry growth

The military display came a day after North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2021

Richest families in Southeast Asia scout for the next unicorn

Moguls from Thailand's Dhanin Chearavanont to the Philippines' Lance Gokongwei are either plowing millions of dollars directly into promising companies or setting up venture capital funds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2021

China's high-tech push seeks to reassert global factory dominance

Beijing's pivot puts the focus on advanced manufacturing, rather than the services sector, to steer the world's second-largest economy past the so-called 'middle income trap.'
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Aug 27, 2021

Off to the races: LDP presidential election campaign begins

A number of challengers to Suga are beginning to emerge, with Fumio Kishida currently being the prime minister's strongest rival.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 2, 2021

Xi Jinping’s capitalist smackdown sparks a $1 trillion reckoning

The tutoring sector crackdown has triggered a growing realization that the old rules of Chinese business no longer apply.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2021

Fixing the global tech split

Countries may need choose sides as the U.S. and China seek to eclipse each other on advanced technology.

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