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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2021

U.K.’s Facebook-Giphy smackdown is an omen for Big Tech

The U.K.'s antitrust watchdog killed the deal out of concern over competition, warning it could harm social media users and U.K. advertisers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2021

Gasoline at $3 a gallon isn’t as painful as it used to be

November's year-over-year price increase is the sharpest in monthly data going back to the early 1990s.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2021

Carrie Lam’s second term depends on 0.02% of Hong Kong’s people

Lam's approval rating plummeted to around 15% two years ago, and while it has since doubled, only about one in three residents support her.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2021

Facebook users rewrite Marcos history in race to succeed Duterte

As one of Asia's most free-wheeling and online democracies, the Philippines is particularly vulnerable to misinformation campaigns and hate speech.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2021

Out of Texas, a cowboy solution to an Afghan crisis

The informal currency swap will prop up a small part of the Afghan economy but certainly won't be enough to prevent the country from slipping into full-blown famine this winter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2021

What’s worst about omicron so far is the uncertainty

How should the world respond to omicron? We just have to wait as there is information that we don't yet have. And for many, the waiting itself is the problem.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2021

Biden’s democracy summit is a South Asian diplomatic flub

As in many parts of the world, including in South Asia, the Biden's Summit for Democracy summit is likely to do more harm than good
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2021

Invasion of Taiwan by China would be ‘economic suicide,’ former PM Abe warns

The former Japanese leader singled out Chinese President Xi Jinping, in particular, saying that he 'should never have a misunderstanding in recognizing this.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2021

China’s rising ultranationalism complicates Xi’s climate ambitions

There's a battle over the climate change narrative between those pushing for green reforms and those who view the measures as bending to demands from hostile Western powers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2021

Iran insists on immediate lifting of sanctions as nuclear talks resume

As the first round of formal discussions ended Monday, Western negotiators tried to be upbeat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2021

COVID-19 has changed socialized medicine in Britain forever

How did the U.K. make it through the past 20 months of COVID-19? The private sector's role in delivering publicly funded care needs to be acknowledged.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2021

Jair Bolsonaro’s foe on COVID-19 approach to run for Brazil presidency

The governor of Brazil's richest and most populous state was picked by the Brazilian Social Democracy Party as its candidate for next year's election challenging President Jair Bolsonaro.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2021

United States and China tussle over Honduras as it weighs Taiwan ties

Honduras is one of a shrinking club concentrated in Central America and the Caribbean that maintains relations with Taiwan, which China views as a wayward province.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Nov 27, 2021

Roger Dahl on the use of doughnuts to express an opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2021

A digital Singapore dollar may be too much of a good thing

Singapore says no to electronic cash not because it may flop, but because it'll most likely be a hit and could have consequences for the island's financial stability and monetary policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2021

Did AstraZeneca keep Britain safer from COVID-19 than Europe?

It's suggested that Britain's home-grown jab may be the reason the country is faring better with the latest COVID-19 wave than Europe. Still, is there evidence for that?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2021

As Shinsei defense collapses, another poison pill works in Japan

Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho Ltd., a small maker of newspaper printing presses, said Thursday that Asia Development Capital Co. had decided not to pursue control of the firm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2021

The U.S. must be ready to let the Iran nuclear talks fail

Iran might once have needed a year to produce enough weapons-grade material for a bomb. That breakout time may have shrunk to as little as a month.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2021

Winter is coming for Europe's pandemic optimists

The urge to abandon caution when COVID-19 cases are low, which is essentially what some European nations did this summer, is part of the problem.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2021

JPMorgan Chase CEO joins Lithuania and WTA in testing China on free speech

Jamie Dimon knew right away Beijing wouldn't like his joke about the Communist Party's downfall, noting immediately afterward: 'I can't say that in China.”
Japan Times
SPORTS
Nov 25, 2021

Does the sports world still need China?

The rewards for international sports leagues doing business in China are plain: lucrative broadcast deals and millions of new consumers. But the risks are also clear.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021

Will a wealth tax affect Singapore’s rivalry with Hong Kong?

Singapore wants to take a different path from Hong Kong and may turn to some kind of tax on capital — perhaps as early as next year's budget.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021

The Fed has risen too far above political control

The problem with the Fed is that the need for stability — and for avoiding market shocks — cuts across the desire to exert more democratic control over the central bank.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021

Of course stereotypes are holding women back

Workplace discrimination has been a feature of virtually all of world history, so nobody should be shocked by evidence that it continues today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2021

El Salvador plans first 'Bitcoin City' backed by Bitcoin bonds

El Salvador in September became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2021

Milton Friedman is more relevant than ever

There are periodic attempts to knock Milton Friedman off his pedestal. For the most part, however, his legacy remains strong.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2021

Russia just created a cloud of bullets in space

It's important to look at Russia's use of a missile to destroy a satellite in the context of the increasing weaponization of the cosmos.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Nov 19, 2021

China can’t censor away growing anger over athlete’s #MeToo accusation

Peng Shuai's case is the first #MeToo accusation leveled against someone within the highest ranks of power in China.
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.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
‘Drop the price’: Behind the pushback on Nintendo’s Switch 2
Excitement for Nintendo's next console is high, but a vocal contingent of fans are voicing criticism over the company's pricing strategy.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Podcast

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

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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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