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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2022

How, and why, Boris Johnson could lose his job as U.K. prime minister

Two years ago, Prime Minister Boris Johnson led the Conservative Party to its biggest election victory in decades. Now, his future is anything but secure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2022

The plans for the world’s next largest city are incomplete

Delhi's new draft Master Plan for 2041 envisions a megacity with tall buildings, affordable housing and ample green space, but inequity, corruption and shortsightedness complicate matters.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 21, 2022

This ancient brew has retro appeal in South Korea

South Korea's craft makgeolli revival has been underway for at least a decade, but the drink's popularity took on new dimensions during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2022

Global inflation threatens to end era of ever-cheaper clean energy

Relentless price declines over the past decade made renewables the cheapest sources of electricity in much of the world. In the past year, the price of solar panels are up 50%.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2022

Voter suppression can’t save the Republicans

Low turnout in America is usually blamed on voter apathy, but 2020 proved that the real problem has always been barriers to voting.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2022

The power and poison of Modern Monetary Theory

The rigid stances of MMT's devotees and detractors have not led to productive discussions over its viability.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2022

Can omicron cause long COVID?

Scientists are still studying omicron's relationship to the constellation of physical, neurological and cognitive symptoms that can last for months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 21, 2022

Japan prices fail to make more progress toward distant BOJ goal

The subdued inflation reading is likely to cool speculation that the BOJ may take steps to adjust policy in light of expected price increases.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2022

Biden strengthens his words on Ukraine after flustering European partners

The comments came a day after the president triggered alarm in European capitals with his suggestion of divisions among allies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 21, 2022

A J-pop origin story set in SixTones

The six-member Johnny's act marks two years of many firsts such as appearing on the YouTube channel The First Take and working with established artists such as Yoshiki and Daiki Tsuneta.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 20, 2022

On frozen ponds, far from Olympics, Chinese hockey fans show their love for the game

The passion of amateur hockey players in northeast China's rust-belt city of Anshan draws a sharp contrast with the country's wider indifference to the sport.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

Most cases of Havana syndrome unlikely to be caused by foreign power, says CIA

The interim findings of a comprehensive study by the agency have angered victims, who described their release as a 'breach of faith.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

I had breakthrough COVID-19. Can I start living like it’s 2019?

While 'hybrid immunity' is considered the best immunity you can get, scientists still say that going back to '2019 behavior' is a little premature.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

With a repair ship many days away, Tonga faces weeks of digital darkness

The ship is not expected to reach Tonga until Feb. 1, after which it will perform the difficult task of repairing damaged cables from the ocean floor.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 20, 2022

‘We are Taiwanese’: China’s growing menace hardens island’s identity

Beijing's anti-democratic authoritarianism has only solidified the island's identity, turning the Taiwan Strait into one of Asia's biggest potential flashpoints.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands' acute climate risk

By increasing temperatures and driving up sea levels, climate change will likely worsen disasters wrought by tsunamis, storm surges, and heat waves, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2022

Chinese property bonds soar as investors bet worst is over

Even though it's unclear whether the beaten-down sector has reached a turning point, traders are having a hard time turning down bets that things will improve.
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
Morocco report 2021
Jan 19, 2022

‘Morocco Now’ is turning Japanese

In the bustling heart of Tokyo, the world’s largest city, the vibrant colors of the recently launched “Morocco Now” economic brand shine bright with hope and opportunity.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 19, 2022

Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann set for his seventh Winter Games

The 40-year-old is the only jumper to have won a golden double of both individual titles — normal hill and large hill — at two Olympics, in 2002 and 2010.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2022

Microsoft will buy Activision Blizzard, betting $70 billion on the future of games

Microsoft has framed the deal as strengthening the company's hand in the so-called metaverse, claiming that 'gaming will be at the forefront of making that mainstream.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2022

Putin wants to use Ukraine to remake the world

Russia is claiming a sphere of influence and geographical space in which Moscow's calculations and concerns prevail over all others.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2022

China decides not to sell Olympics tickets to Chinese public

Authorities in China, who had pressed ahead defiantly to fill the venues with spectators, have now had to bow to the grim realities of the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 18, 2022

BOJ sticks with current policy but changes view on inflation risks

The bank said the risks to prices are balanced instead of tilted downward, in a change that shows the bank now sees the possibility of inflation outstripping their projections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2022

In volcano’s wake, an agonizing wait for news from Tonga

Footage shared moments before the internet connection was cut showed people running inland, searching for higher ground in a very flat country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 18, 2022

China looks to grow its own blades for wind industry empire worth $60 billion

In Yunnan province, scientists are planting a key ingredient to help strengthen the country's position as the world leader in wind power: balsa trees.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 18, 2022

Jamaican Benjamin Alexander beat odds to qualify for giant slalom

Alexander said his career was made possible by the Jamaican bobsleigh team that competed in Calgary, Canada in 1988, which inspired the movie 'Cool Runnings' five years later.
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.
Worker shortage forcing home care providers to turn away clients, survey finds
A survey by a labor union of home care business operators and care managers found that nearly 90% of facility managers had turned down service requests at least once during the past year, citing insufficient staffing.
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.
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.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
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.

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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