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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2021

China’s recovery weakens as delta outbreak adds new risks

China's slowdown has added to signs that the global recovery is faltering.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2021

Ex-regulators earn $460,000 to help firms decode China crackdown

Companies are scouring ministries and regulators for officials willing to cross over and help them navigate the moves that have upended some of the nation's most high-profile firms.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 14, 2021

The world may never reach herd immunity against COVID-19

Without herd immunity, the virus could linger for decades in some form, possibly forcing the world's most powerful nations to adjust their diverging strategies on opening up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2021

Pirated-entertainment sites are making billions from ads

Websites and apps featuring pirated movies and TV shows make about $1.3 billion from advertising each year, including from major companies like Amazon.com Inc., according to a study.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2021

China’s COVID-19 strategy risks leaving it isolated for years

China is tethering itself to eliminating the virus over the long term — an approach that risks leaving the world's second-biggest economy isolated for years to come.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2021

Japan's casino resort candidates put finishing touches on bids

A maximum of three locations for so-called integrated resorts — which combine casinos with hotels and other facilities — will then be formally announced sometime after May.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2021

MUFG staff to set ‘personal rhythms’ with hybrid work model

At the pandemic's peak, around 98% worked remotely — now MUFG employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa can decide how they want to work.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2021

U.K. considers blocking chipmaker Nvidia's takeover of Arm over security risks

Nvidia, the biggest U.S. chip company by market capitalization, announced in September a $40 billion deal to acquire Arm from Japan's SoftBank Group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2021

Tencent tumbles after China media calls online gaming 'spiritual opium'

A state-run outlet said many teenagers were addicted to online video games and called for more curbs on the industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2021

Hydrogen goes nuclear as U.K. reactor pivots toward renewables

'The amount of clean hydrogen that we're going to need to really decarbonize our economic sectors is just immense.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2021

Amazon pandemic bump fades as vaccinated shoppers leave home

The world's biggest e-commerce retailer on Thursday reported sales and gave a forecast that fell short of expectations.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2021

Health ministry panel approves AstraZeneca’s vaccine for people 40 and over

The panel also backed a proposal to make the shot available to people under age 40 who wish to get AstraZeneca's jab or who are allergic to the ingredients of the mRNA vaccines.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2021

Even with delta surging, experts say two vaccine doses is enough for now

U.S. firm Pfizer Inc. has called for an additional third shot of its COVID-19 vaccine, citing new data showing its efficacy tails off after six months.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2021

Apple and Google are winning big, but one is about to pull ahead

Investors are focusing on intermediate business fundamentals, signaling that Google-parent Alphabet stands on firmer ground relative to Apple.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 29, 2021

Delta variant's spread tests aggressive ‘COVID-zero’ defenses

The variant is scaling some of the toughest virus defenses, with outbreaks occurring despite strict anti-virus measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2021

Tech giants’ record quarter gives way to growth skepticism

Three of the world’s largest companies — Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. — reported about $57 billion in combined profit in a record-busting quarter, riding a resurgence in consumer and business spending.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2021

How climate change can bring Latin America back

For Latin America, this quickening green transition could attract hundreds of billions in investment, help spur an economic recovery and let nations leapfrog technologically.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2021

Beijing's big tech crackdown means a bad summer for investors everywhere

Beijing's crackdown over the weekend on for-profit school tutoring is just one part of a much wider reshape of the tech economy in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2021

China crackdown rocks investors: ‘Everybody’s in the crosshairs’

With losses in Chinese tech and education exceeding $1 trillion, investors question where regulators might strike next.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2021

China overhauls private education sector ‘hijacked by capital’

The country's education technology sector is worth $100 billion, but Beijing's reforms will drastically change the business model.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2021

And still she rises. And rises. And rises.

Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time, who has used her influence to speak out against injustices, prepares to soar above the sport's devastating recent history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2021

China orders Tencent to give up exclusive music rights

The penalty on Asia's most valuable corporation is indicative of Beijing's escalating campaign against home-grown tech giants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2021

No-spectator Olympics produces winners and losers for Japanese stocks

Thanks to the resurgent pandemic, shares in the likes of fried-chicken chains, food-delivery operators and electronics stores selling TVs are seen as more likely to get a boost.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 20, 2021

Pandemic shows Japan needs to figure out how to learn and prepare

Last-minute efforts to deal with COVID-19 vaccinations highlight a national lack of strategy and foresight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 20, 2021

Flush with unicorns, India’s tech moment arrives

Last week marked a watershed for technology startups in India, as a record bout of fundraising shifted attention to the world's second-most populous market.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.

Podcast

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

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
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