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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 18, 2022

Clear roadmap needed for Hong Kong's revival amid COVID wave, experts say

Deaths have skyrocketed, the health system is swamped, morgues are overflowing and public confidence in the city government is at an all-time low.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 17, 2022

European leaders' risky Kyiv mission took even close family by surprise

The trip to a city under siege, where Ukraine's military is fighting invading Russian forces just a few kilometers from the periphery, was hastily arranged and known only to a few people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2022

Ukraine now using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology during war

Ukraine is receiving free access to Clearview AI's powerful search engine for faces, letting authorities potentially vet people of interest at checkpoints, among other uses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2022

The Russians might have expected a warm welcome. Instead the mayor labeled them ‘occupiers.’

On Friday evening, invading Russian soldiers threw a bag over the mayor of Melitopol's head and dragged him from his government office.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2022

Top China COVID fighter is woman who hit party’s glass ceiling

Sun Chunlan is the only female vice premier in China's entrenched patriarchy, the sole woman on its powerful 25-member Politburo and the top official overseeing pandemic control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s goodbye will be a long one

Russia's president is in a tight spot, isolated, with his economy crumbling. But this is only the beginning of the end.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 9, 2022

Sanctions and sanctuary: Japan responds to Russia's war in Ukraine

As Vladimir Putin's grim war in Ukraine escalates, The Economist's Tokyo bureau chief, Noah Sneider, joins to discuss the reasons for the conflict, the lengths to which Japan is supporting Ukraine, and how the war will redefine relationships between Japan and its northern neighbor, Russia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2022

High school newspapers are a thrifty way to teach civics

Supporting news outlets at schools in low-income communities would have the added benefit of creating a pipeline for minority journalists who have long been underrepresented in the media.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2022

The letter ‘Z’ has become a symbol for Russians who support the invasion of Ukraine

The letter's ubiquity has led many to conclude that its adoption is an orchestrated Kremlin effort to drum up support for the war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 8, 2022

China's health care system isn't ready for a shift from 'COVID zero'

China's vast yet patchy hospital network — hobbled by lopsided distribution of resources and underinvestment — has been shown to be vulnerable to the virus.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 6, 2022

Shocked Australia mourns cricketing great Shane Warne

One of the finest bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended cricket, Warne died at 52 on Friday, shortly after arriving on the island of Koh Samui for a vacation.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2022

Rory McIlroy says Phil Mickelson deserving of chance for forgiveness

'Hopefully, he comes back at some stage, and he will, and people will welcome him back and be glad that he is back.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 1, 2022

The Beijing Games — the start of the end of China’s ‘COVID zero’ policy?

With its strict restrictions on people's movements, the country has faced a critical test in staging the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022

EU sanctions Russians linked to Putin but holds back on deploying full sanctions 'arsenal'

Member states of the bloc adopted sanctions Wednesday against 23 high-ranking individuals including banking executives, military chiefs, media figures and a top Kremlin official.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Longform
Feb 21, 2022

After Beijing 2022, uncertainty clouds the future of the Olympics

The Olympic flame flickers amid faltering reforms and fading interest as the pandemic exposes shortcomings in the commercial goals of the Summer and Winter Games.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2022

How to stop a Ukraine war before it starts

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently told the U.N. that the U.S. is releasing its information on a possible Russian invasion “not to start a war but to prevent one.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2022

‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity. There’s practically no way to stop them.

Once the preserve of a few intelligence agencies, the technology needed for zero-click hacks is now being sold to governments by a select group of companies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2022

What Africa is doing to tackle its coronavirus vaccination gap

The reasons for the slow takeup range from a dearth of shots, vaccination sites, health personnel and syringes to hesitancy and complacency.
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2022

Former Olympian accuses U.S. coach of sexual misconduct

A former Olympic snowboarder has accused U.S. snowboarding coach Peter Foley of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior in a series of Instagram posts.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2022

Fate of star skater Kamila Valieva in limbo after doping allegation emerges

Russian figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva shows up for practice at Beijing Olympics on Thursday, following reports that she had tested positive for a banned drug.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 8, 2022

WTA calls for private meeting with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai

Peng told the sports daily L'Equipe over the weekend that her November post about Zhang Gaoli had caused a misunderstanding and that she didn't disappear after writing it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2022

U.S. exposes what it says is Russian effort to fabricate pretext for invasion

The plan involves staging and filming a fabricated attack by the Ukrainian military either on Russian territory or against Russian-speaking people in eastern Ukraine.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2022

North Korea ups ante with most powerful missile test since 2017

Sunday's launch, which experts said was likely an intermediate-range weapon, could effectively bring an end to leader Kim Jong Un's self-imposed moratorium of longer-range missile tests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2022

For Olympic sponsors, ‘China is an exception’

The U.S. and a handful of other nations may have declared a 'diplomatic boycott” of the Winter Games, but some of the world's most famous brands will still be there.
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
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
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2022

Xi Jinping’s COVID-19 defense gets weaker with every omicron case

Port disruptions and citywide shutdowns are increasingly common, and the central bank has had to cut its key interest rate.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 18, 2022

Yao Ming says he and Peng Shuai 'chatted merrily' at event last month

The former NBA star did not comment on the controversy that flared up last year after Peng appeared to allege that a former vice premier had sexually assaulted her in the past.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 15, 2022

Beijing setting up Olympic bubble featuring daily COVID-19 tests and robot chefs

Unlike last summer's Tokyo Games, which took place in a porous 'bubble,' the perimeters of Beijing's 'closed loop' are sealed and guarded.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 10, 2022

Kazakh president steps up purge of security agency after mass unrest

The fired officials were deputies to former intelligence chief Karim Massimov, who was arrested on suspicion of treason after violent protests swept the nation.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
Tokyo's Yamanote Line resumes suspended train operations
All services on East Japan Railway's Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for early Friday morning due to wire trouble.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
Not only is the drawing of each frame an important part of the manga-making process, translation has increasingly demanded more attention as the art form gains popularity overseas.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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