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Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2021

COVID-19 still killing Americans faster than guns, cars and flu combined

After 10 weeks of global declines in COVID-19 deaths, the highly transmissible delta variant is driving a new uptick.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2021

Biden says social media ‘killing people’ with virus fiction

Biden's comments came shortly after the head of the CDC said the U.S. is seeing a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated” in parts of the country where inoculation rates are low.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2021

Citing China’s pressure, U.S. warns investors on Hong Kong

Washington says Beijing's push to exert more control over the financial hub threatens the rule of law and endangers employees and data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2021

TSMC considering expansion in Japan and U.S. to meet sustained chip demand

The world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple Inc. supplier has said it is currently reviewing a plan to set up a specialty technology wafer fabrication plant in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2021

Obscure cyberagency becomes nemesis of China's tech giants

Companies with large pools of user data now need approval for listings abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 14, 2021

The U.S.-China tech conflict front line goes through Belgium

The Interuniversity Microelectronics Center may be Belgium's best-kept secret, but it's in global demand for its work on the future of computer chips.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 13, 2021

England's Black players face racist abuse after Euro 2020

The comments have prompted a police investigation and wide condemnation, although critics accused some politicians of hypocrisy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2021

Wall Street’s $6 billion bonanza chilled by China IPO curbs

Bankers say they expect the majority of Chinese IPOs aimed for American exchanges to be suspended or diverted to other venues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2021

Branson and Virgin Galactic pull off key test for space tourism

The suborbital journey kicks off a landmark month for the future of space tourism, with Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos set to fly on a rocket made by Blue Origin, his space venture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2021

China tightens rules on foreign IPOs in new blow to tech firms

Companies holding data on more than 1 million users must now apply for cybersecurity approval when seeking listings in other nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2021

Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws

Afghan Air Force Maj. Dastagir Zamaray had grown so fearful of Taliban assassinations of off-duty forces in Kabul that he decided to sell his home to move to a safer pocket of Afghanistan's sprawling capital.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 9, 2021

Pfizer outlines booster plans while regulators signal caution

Pfizer Inc. plans to request U.S. emergency authorization in August for a third booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 9, 2021

Countries using Chinese-made vaccines and AstraZeneca increasingly eye boosters

Officials are being motivated by concerns that delta and other variants appear to be breaking down defenses of vaccines not made from the supereffective messenger RNA technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2021

SoftBank preps $5 billion for Latin America investments

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is stepping up his investments in technology companies after a number of high-profile debuts in recent months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 9, 2021

China's Didi crackdown is all about controlling big data

The crackdown shows how big data is quickly turning into the next major battleground in a clash of superpowers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2021

Nomura’s prime brokerage pullback deals blow to global ambitions

The retreat adds to a list of stumbles for the firm as it takes on global risk to offset slower growth at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 6, 2021

Tokyo bourse chief optimistic on extending five-hour trading day

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has formed a working group to debate if trading hours can be lengthened past the current 3 p.m. close, which would be the first extension in more than a decade.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 5, 2021

WE League welcomes Yogibo as title partner, DAZN as broadcaster

In sponsoring Japan's new professional women's soccer league, the two companies doubled down on their commitments toward gender equality other sustainable development goals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2021

Same job, but the woman makes $200,000 less

Women account for nearly 14% of all named executive officers at Russell 3000 companies, up 60% over the past decade, according to Equilar Inc. But that's still a small number.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2021

Growing number of Japanese cities cancel vaccine reservations amid supply shortage

The supply issues have come as a shock to municipalities that had been ramping up inoculations at the request of the central government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2021

Big tech crackdown could have unintended victims

Global efforts to rein in U.S.-based social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook Inc. risk restricting democratic freedoms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 2, 2021

Goldman chooses new Tokyo headquarters, reaffirming commitment to office life

The bank's chief executive officer, David Solomon, has been vocal in opposing work from home, calling it an 'aberration.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2021

Shohei Ohtani's baseball skills help his sponsors outperform the market

As the U.S. takes note of Ohtani's prodigious ability, some market watchers in Japan are eyeing a third skill — the ability to boost share prices.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 1, 2021

Vaccine supply woes put brakes on Japan’s accelerated rollout

Demand for doses is now outpacing supply in some municipalities, calling their rollout schedules into question and prompting central government to warn that they may need to slow down.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 1, 2021

Vaccine disinformation spreads in Asia, endangering millions

Despite some of the highest rates of new cases in the world, recent surveys have shown vaccine resistance is prevalent in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2021

China’s ‘small giants’ lure investors hunting for big returns

With question marks over the strength of the Chinese economy, investors are turning toward secular growth stories in a hunt for exceptional earnings upside.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2021

Benefits of vaccine rollout begin to show in Tokyo infection data

The coronavirus infection rate is plunging for front-line workers and older people — the demographics inoculated first.
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
By Hanako Lowry

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