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JAPAN / FOCUS
Nov 29, 2021

Boosters, logistics and shots for kids: Challenges remain as Japan hits vaccine turning point

As the country finishes its initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Japan must simultaneously gear up to distribute a third dose.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Japan Series
Nov 29, 2021

Yoshinobu Yamamoto shows the Buffaloes' potential

Yamamoto's Game 6 will be remembered as one of the most stirring performances in defeat in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Jamaica report 2021
Nov 29, 2021

Outstanding tourism offerings are second to none

Prior to COVID-19 casting its unwelcome shadow over Jamaica’s sun-kissed shores, the popular Caribbean country had enjoyed strong, single-digit percentage growth in foreign visitor numbers and was on track to receive 5 million tourists in 2020 and generate $5 billion in tourism-related revenue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2021

Japan extra defense budget hits record amid China tensions

The additional money would cover the cost of missiles, patrolling aircraft, torpedoes, helicopters and other equipment.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2021

Release oil, but only to facilitate a transition to renewables

Unfortunately for Japan, the release of government oil reserves is a veritable drop in the barrel when compared to demand for this vital commodity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Nov 25, 2021

Japanese financier scores big win in battle for Shinsei Bank

Shinsei Bank canceled a shareholder vote on a poison pill defense against a takeover bid from Yoshitaka Kitao's SBI Holdings that was scheduled for Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2021

Putin's Ukraine gambit seen as part of play for new Biden summit

The other big aim is to signal to the West that it should stop helping Ukraine upgrade its military, sources say.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2021

How the Swallows' Masanori Ishikawa, 41, turned back the clock to stifle the Buffaloes

As the saying goes, “you're only as old as you feel.” On Wednesday night, the Swallows' long-time starter proved that to be true.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2021

In Mexico's auto heartland, workers struggle as chip shortage bites

Temporary closures have translated into lost wages for tens of thousands of the country's auto workers due to furloughs and layoffs.
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
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 24, 2021

Peng Shuai case is the latest glimpse into the machinery of Beijing's control

The tennis star was not heard from publicly for nearly three weeks after alleging former vice premier Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 24, 2021

Biden's bet on oil reserves highlights complicated relations with China

The Biden administration's diplomatic inroads with China first surfaced this month in Scotland, where the two countries hammered out a surprise deal on boosting action on climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2021

Rich countries’ double standards on taxation

By refusing to pay their fair share of taxes, the world's wealthiest actors rob poorer countries of the revenue they desperately need to confront the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2021

Some U.S. states logging COVID-19 outbreaks as bad as those seen last November

In 15 states, patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 are taking up more ICU beds than a year earlier, according to Department of Health and Human Services data.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Nov 23, 2021

Adelaide to host two Australian Open warmups

The pair of tournaments at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre are among five that will be staged in Australia ahead of the marquee Grand Slam event.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2021

Visa's Amazon spat shows power is shifting to retailers in fee battle

Amazon said last week that it would stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom from Jan. 19, 2022.
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
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 19, 2021

Toyota eyes Panasonic as partner in North Carolina battery plant

The plant would be the latest in a string of announcements by major automakers preparing to pivot toward full electrification.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2021

Japan stimulus swells to record, but analysts say it amounts to 'pork-barrel spending'

While the stimulus package covers a range of policies and includes help for a battered health care system, many economists have raised doubts over whether it will shore up the economy.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2021

COP26 agreement falls short of lofty expectations

The final COP26 agreement is a disappointment and was considerably diminished from drafts circulated only days before.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2021

Asia looks to release oil reserves after U.S. request

The world's biggest economies said on Thursday they were looking into releasing oil from their strategic reserves, following a rare request from the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 18, 2021

Did the Biden-Xi virtual summit accomplish anything?

A dangerous mix of nationalistic hubris and regime insecurity in China in tandem with an increasingly Sino-phobic United States has placed bilateral relations in a precarious position.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2021

In major shift, Japan looks to allow more foreign workers to stay indefinitely

Under the change, 'specified skilled workers' in 14 sectors, such as farming and construction, would be allowed to renew their visas indefinitely and bring their families with them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2021

U.S. asks Japan, China and others to consider tapping oil reserves, sources say

The unusual request comes as Biden fends off political pressure over rising pump prices and other consumer costs driven by a rebound in economic activity.
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.

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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