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Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2022

WTO seeks fish and vaccine deals as war ignites trade tensions

It is not yet clear if a vaccine compromise forged by India, South Africa, the EU and the United States will transform into a full agreement.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2022

Seven to see at this year’s Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

The short film festival celebrates the briefest of screen gems. Festival winners not only get the respect of their peers but a shot at an Oscar as well.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 31, 2022

June international break a welcome relief for struggling J. League teams

Three clubs initially expected to vie for the title will be especially grateful for the chance to reboot their campaigns.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 29, 2022

A musical match made in heaven … or was it Harajuku?

Fiddling Leona and JP Mathes teach the art of the deal on the Netflix series 'Swap Shop,' a reality TV show that sees them antique hunting in Tennessee.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 24, 2022

WHO says no urgent need for mass monkeypox vaccinations

The primary measures to control the outbreak are contact tracing and isolation, a senior WHO official said, noting that it is not a virus that spreads very easily.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 22, 2022

How Anthony Albanese went from public housing kid to Australia’s new PM

One of the country's first prime ministers in decades with a working-class upbringing, Albanese ends nine years of conservative rule.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 21, 2022

Bacon, chicken and beef won’t get cheaper anytime soon

Farmers across the world are contending with near-record prices for livestock feed as supplies of grains and soy shrink.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
May 20, 2022

Pitching Ninja growing game one 'filthy' pitch at a time

Analyst Rob Friedman is helping to promote baseball by putting the spotlight on the pitchers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2022

McDonald’s exit from Russia ends what was a hopeful era

If the 1990 opening in Pushkin Square was a symbol of hope, McDonald's exit announcement is confirmation that Russia is now not just uninvestible, but intolerable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2022

Singapore wants to keep borders open even if variant emerges

The island city has learned from its past experiences of dealing with COVID-19 variants, said Transport Minister S. Iswaran.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 18, 2022

Poor countries face a mounting catastrophe fueled by inflation and debt

The consequences of the war in Ukraine are being compounded by the continuing pandemic, a global tightening of credit and a slowdown in China, the second-largest economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2022

How climate change is fueling more intense global wildfires

So far this year, more than 24,000 fires have burned across the U.S., the highest in at least 10 years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
May 16, 2022

The cofounders of German restaurant Schmatz offer some startup takeaways

They came to Japan with the goal of starting a business. Now, Christopher Ax and Marc Luetten are helping to update perceptions of Germany.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 16, 2022

Marie Kondo is here to tidy up your pandemic clutter — if you want to

The past two years have changed the way we live in our homes. Are we ready to return to a spartan existence, or is our new stuff what sparks joy now?
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2022

Vladimir Putin, family man

As Western nations place sanctions on people close to the Russian leader, including family members, the strict secrecy surrounding his private life is being punctured.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 14, 2022

Hero to hindrance: Australia's Morrison hurts party's election hopes

The PM's personality is now a liability, with public attacks from members of his own party and polls showing his government on track to lose to the Labor Party in the May 21 election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 13, 2022

Cryptocurrencies melt down in a ‘perfect storm’ of fear and panic

The moment of panic amounted to the worst reset in cryptocurrencies since bitcoin plummeted 80% in 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2022

Hong Kong the market to watch as global flows of easy money slow to a trickle

The city's stock market has tumbled this year at one of the fastest rates globally, home prices are falling and signs of capital flight are multiplying.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 13, 2022

Finding the right words for when you discover a lost item in Japan

Take a verb and turn it into a noun simply by adding 'mono' to the end of it and you're halfway to verbalizing that you've found something that was lost.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 12, 2022

'All the Lovers in the Night' ignites a spark of hope for lonely hearts

Author Mieko Kawakami imagines love reflecting the properties of light in her latest English release about the universality of loneliness.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 12, 2022

50 years after handover, Okinawa more self-sufficient but U.S. base issue casts shadow

Former governor says the prefecture has come on leaps and bounds since reversion to Japan in 1972, but the question of bases has seen little progress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 11, 2022

Fed confronts why it may have acted too slowly on inflation

Some Federal Reserve officials have begun to acknowledge that they were too slow to respond to rapid inflation last year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 11, 2022

Private meal with kingpin offers clues to how Marcos will rule Philippines

A dinner he attended soon after entering the race last October may provide clues on his priorities — and to whom he's beholden.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2022

34 volunteers chose to get COVID-19. Here’s what scientists learned.

One of the first big surprises was how short the COVID incubation period was; it took only two days before the volunteers tested positive on PCR tests and soon after that on the rapid tests.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2022

Japan says it needs nuclear power. Can host towns ever trust it again?

The decision to restart plants is fraught with emotions, not to mention the gargantuan technical task of fortifying the stations against future disasters in an earthquake-prone nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2022

Ukraine invasion and the implosion of history

Although Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has summoned memories of some of the darkest moments of the 20th century, it would be a mistake to say that history is merely repeating itself.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

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

Longform

Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
By Naoko Abe

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