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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 5, 2022

North Korea fires apparent ballistic missile in first launch of 2022

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the North Korean missile had flown for about 500 km and landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2022

The fight to slow the global fish crash has a big problem

Fish consumption has been rising at almost double the rate of population growth for more than half a century.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2021

How world leaders can make their COP26 deforestation pledge a reality

More than 100 leaders agreed to halt and reverse harm to forests and land by 2030, but similar zero-deforestation pledges had repeatedly been made and not met.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2021

East Asia’s 'Squid Game' economies

Nowadays, South Korean capitalism seems more noxious — perhaps because it has been converging with the liberal Anglo-Saxon model, with its weak investment, slow growth and high inequality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 18, 2021

Kim Jong Un's crackdowns leave North Korean defectors with little hope

In the 10 years since he came to power, North Korea has cracked down on people trying to get out of the country, leaving many defectors without hope of seeing their families again.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Dec 11, 2021

After a month of shifting rules, who can enter Japan?

Over the past month, Japan's border control policies have flip-flopped over the newly discovered omicron variant of the coronavirus, leaving many would-be travelers confused.
Special Supplements / Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021
Dec 7, 2021

Tokyo nutrition summit kicks off

The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021 is taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday under the auspices of the Japanese government. The summit builds on more than 10 years of international focus on nutrition that kicked off in 2010 with the launch of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 3, 2021

Abrupt reversal on flight bookings spotlights poor coordination within Kishida administration

If Kishida had gained any supporters for his quick and clear decision-making over the omicron coronavirus variant, that goodwill was lost in a hurry Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2021

Biden’s democracy summit: Just talk or can it effect change?

Biden's summit comes at a challenging time for democracy. The global monitoring organization Freedom House called this year's report on the state of global freedom “Democracy Under Siege.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 26, 2021

How fake news on Facebook helped fuel a border crisis in Europe

Social media worsened a migrant crisis and helped smugglers profit off desperate people trying to reach Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2021

As autos go electric, Toyota chases hydrogen dream

In Japan, where mass layoffs are politically difficult, hydrogen's allure is that it would cause less disruption than a full switch to EVs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2021

'Information combat': Inside the fight for Myanmar's soul

As Myanmar's military seeks to put down protest on the streets, a parallel battle is playing out on social media, with the junta using fake accounts to denounce opponents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2021

Japan’s stimulus likely to reveal Kishida’s true spending colors

Cash handouts and a relaunch of domestic travel subsidies will be considered for inclusion when the package is put together in mid-November.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / United Nations Day Special 2021
Oct 23, 2021

Who will deliver climate equity: COPs or the courts?

David M. Malone
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2021

Group of 20 faces a moral imperative on climate safety

G20 countries account for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2021

Britain's fossil fuel dilemma in the spotlight as climate talks near

Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 is a challenge for Britain, as halting new oil and gas development in the North Sea will mean relying on imported fuel to keep up with energy demands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 20, 2021

Investors fear green complexity as countries draft over 30 sustainability rule sets

After years of complaints that there were no rules to determine what constitutes a 'sustainable' investment, some are now fretting that soon there will be too many.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2021

Chinese and Russian navies' Tsugaru Strait transit highlights growing defense ties

The sailing through the narrow strait separating Japan's main island and Hokkaido follows drills between the two nations in the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2021

China forcing fashion industry to silence concerns over 'dirty' cotton

In the 12 months since the Better Cotton Initiative published a statement on alleged forced labor in cotton-growing Xinjiang, several brands have suffered major setbacks in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2021

'Terrifying' warming ahead as climate pledges fall far short of 1.5 C goal

Current commitments put the world on a trajectory to a catastrophic 2.4 degree Celsius of warming by the end of the century, calculations by a climate policy expert show.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 14, 2021

North Korea’s display of weaponry hints at what to expect in the months to come

Analysts say Kim Jong Un is positioning himself to ride out the pandemic and the Biden presidency — all while normalizing his regime's weapons tests.
Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, in Philadelphia last year. World Anti-Doping Agency officials, furious at U.S. investigations into the handling of positive tests, have sought to exclude Gupta from its board meetings.
OLYMPICS
Sep 11, 2024

White House is drawn into dispute over Chinese doping

WADA has informed the White House that its officials were seeking to bar its representative from any deliberations about positive tests by Chinese athletes.
A shopper browses through locally caught seafood at a fish market in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, in August 2023. China has not imported any seafood from Japan since September last year.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2024

Japan agrees to stricter monitoring of Fukushima plant's treated water

Tokyo's nod to greater involvement of third-party inspectors — a key demand from Beijing — paves the way for a lifting of China's ban on Japanese seafood imports.
Debris and destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a neighborhood in the Lebanese city of Baalbeck in the Bekaa valley on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2024

Is all-out war inevitable? The view from Israel and Lebanon

Officials and analysts told reporters what the opposing sides hope to achieve by ramping up their attacks and whether there is any way out.
Fluminense and Al Ahly players line up prior to a FIFA Club World Cup match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last year
SOCCER
Sep 25, 2024

LGBTQ fans welcome in Saudi Arabia, 2034 World Cup bid chief says

In August, Amnesty International said Saudi Arabia failed to meet FIFA’s own human rights requirements in their bid for the World Cup.
Chung Pui-kuen, former chief editor of the now-shuttered Stand News, and Patrick Lam, former acting chief editor, leave the Hong Kong District Court on June 27, 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 26, 2024

Hong Kong court to sentence two former editors found guilty of sedition in landmark case

The case marks the first time journalists have been found guilty of sedition since the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China in 1997.
Chinese bookings for overseas flights and hotels have spiked from last year’s holiday week.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2024

Chinese headed to Europe and far-flung hot spots for Golden Week

Vacation bookings are closer than ever to returning to pre-pandemic levels.
Children at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent camp sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2024

U.S. tells Israel to improve situation in Gaza or risk military aid

It is Washington's strongest warning since Israel's war with Hamas began a year ago.
Georgian opposition supporters rally to protest the results of the parliamentary elections that showed a win for the ruling Georgian Dream party, outside the parliament building in central Tbilisi on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2024

Thousands protest Georgia voting results as EU and U.S. signal worry

The U.S. has called for an investigation into the election results while the European Union was critical of it.
Japan spent ¥3.17 trillion on dollar-selling intervention on July 11 and ¥2.37 trillion on July 12, quarterly data from the Finance Ministry showed on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 8, 2024

Japan intervened twice last quarter to bring yen below ¥160

The Finance Ministry intervened on July 11 and 12, spending ¥3.17 trillion and ¥2.37 trillion respectively to prop up the yen.

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