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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 8, 2021

Forty years of empowering women in Japan

In the 40 years since its inception, FEW Japan has gone from serving a specific subset of non-Japanese women in the country to broadening its scope to help all women living here.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2021

What will Fumio Kishida do?

The questions now are how Kishida will use this impressive election result and what will his leadership mean for Japan?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 7, 2021

Carp's Seiya Suzuki to be made available to MLB teams

The five-time NPB All Star, a member of Japan's gold-medal-winning Olympic team, is expected to be one of the most coveted outfielders of the offseason.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 7, 2021

Beef bowl in hand, developer Toshihiro Nagoshi has left Sega

In a blow for the game maker, the long-time developer and force behind the Yakuza franchise has stepped away from his position following a series of unfortunate on-air gaffes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2021

Nearly half of Hong Kong’s reporters are considering leaving, survey finds

The survey underscores the wider crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, which enshrines freedom of speech in its mini constitution, the Basic Law.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Nov 6, 2021

‘Dr. Brain’: Your new South Korean TV crush

In the afterglow of Netflix's “Squid Game,” Apple TV+ premieres its first Korean-language series, a mind-melding sci-fi mystery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 6, 2021

‘Eternals’: When super franchises walk the Earth!

A pleasing cast and the director Chloe Zhao, who won a best picture Oscar for 'Nomadland,' give Marvel's latest a steady heartbeat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2021

Lessons ASEAN could learn from Malaysia’s pandemic success

Malaysia has fully vaccinated more than 77% its population, with some 90% of adults — those deemed eligible for the vaccine — receiving a second dose.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Nov 5, 2021

“The ‘Womenomics’ research promoting gender diversity” with Kathy Matsui

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2021

Push to end oil and gas expansion takes off at COP26, but not everyone keen

Countries, development banks and national groupings have pledged to end financing new fossil fuel projects overseas, but big funders including China, Japan and South Korea have opted out.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CULTURE SMASH
Nov 5, 2021

‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus’ reinvents neo-noir nods to Japan

The new anime series expands upon the dystopian world of Ridley Scott's 1982 live-action film, 'Black Runner.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2021

China, India and other big coal users missing from COP26 phase-out deal

Some of the biggest coal-dependent nations were notable in their absence from the pledge to consign the most polluting fossil fuel to history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2021

Climate change is a global health crisis in the making

The COP26 climate summit is the perfect chance to showcase the health challenges caused by global warming.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2021

LDP backs Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi for party’s No. 2 role

The choice of Motegi as secretary-general underscores Kishida's desire to stabilize his power base within the party, as the appointee is close to LDP power brokers Shinzo Abe and Taro Aso.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2021

Unpacking Japan’s post-election narratives

Though the LDP maintained a stable majority, Osaka-based Nippon Ishin no Kai was the biggest winner in the election, securing 41 seats — 31 more than its previous 10.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2021

China's wind giants hatch plans to muscle in on U.S. and Europe

Chinese companies have typically made only small inroads into overseas markets, but they now plan to invest in factories abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2021

Shutting down historical debate, China makes it a crime to mock heroes

Under a new law, China has zealously prosecuted even the perceived slander of communist figures, broadening Xi Jinping's campaign to dominate party orthodoxy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2021

Post-pandemic recovery must include the unpaid care economy

The unpaid care sector for the most part remains unaccounted for in standard government policy tools and its work is primarily performed by women.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Nov 3, 2021

One big name notably absent in November ranking of sumo wrestlers

For the first time in 14 years, the name of legend Hakuho Sho doesn't head up one side or the other of the banzuke's top row.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 2, 2021

Nippon Ishin faces fundamental hurdles to further electoral success

Experts say it's likely that the party will remain official outsiders but mostly align with the ruling coalition's policies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2021

Leaders warn of climate ‘doomsday’ as old rifts divide summit’s first day

Long-running fault lines in the global debate over who should be the most responsible for cutting emissions emerged in the opening speeches of the assembled heads of state.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 2, 2021

What to make of Japan’s prediction-defying election

When the counting stopped, the ruling coalition defied expectations — only losing a net total of 12 seats.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2021

U.S. Nuclear Posture Review poses basic questions for Biden and allies

Modernizing U.S. nuclear policy demands the development of new ways to deter by working creatively with allies to reapportion roles and responsibilities.
Parents walk their children to school in Guanghzou, China, on Sept. 4, 2019
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2024

China's private tutoring firms emerge from the shadows after crackdown

There is now tacit consent from policymakers in China to allow the tutoring industry to grow.
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda. In addition to the financial penalties for market manipulation, Nomura is suffering a fresh blow to its reputation following various scandals over recent years including several data leaks.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2024

Trader's $10,000 spoofing profit haunts Nomura as the fallout widens

The firm’s problems are deepening as Nomura's rivals double down on efforts to poach clients.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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