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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2023

Quakes are inevitable. Huge death tolls are not.

Better building standards mean earthquakes need not turn into the devastation seen in Turkey and Syria. The world should pay attention.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2023

Rust belt province got old before it got rich, as much of China will

As China's 1.4 billion population declines and ages, in part because of a policy that limited couples to one child from 1980 to 2015, pressure on pension budgets is soaring.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2023

New U.S. committee on China warns of 'existential struggle' in first hearing

The committee of 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats used the hearing to discuss a number of issues, from alleged Chinese human rights violations to Beijing’s designs on Taiwan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2023

Nippon Ham's plant-based seafood is first for major Japanese food manufacturer

Amid growing demand for marine resources, the company has developed a fried fish product resembling whitefish and a popcorn shrimp product mimicking real shrimp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2023

New generation revives Okinawa's once-banned Indigenous body art

The traditionally hand-poked markings were once common on women of the Ryukyu, who lived throughout the southern islands of what is now Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2023

Japan's Indigenous peoples fight stigma to reclaim identities

Many people feel Japan's government has not done enough to support the Ainu and Ryukyu groups.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2023

Hong Kong to scrap COVID mask mandate from March 1

Hong Kong and Macao both followed China's 'zero-COVID' policy for much of the past three years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Feb 28, 2023

Celebrated chef Natsuko Shoji's vie en rose

Fresh from the achievement of being named Asia’s best female chef last year, Natsuko Shoji wows diners with an adventure into the world of Dom Perignon Rose.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southeastern USA report 2023
Feb 28, 2023

Forging the future of green energy in the U.S.

As countries around the world reduce their hydrocarbon consumption, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has opened its Center of Excellence for Energy Transition Solutions at Mitsubishi Power Americas, headquartered in the United States. Market analysis indicates that the U.S. is currently poised to lead...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southeastern USA report 2023
Feb 28, 2023

Kuraoka Clinic: Providing complete care for everyone

After many years practicing internal medicine in the United States, Maki Kuraoka Rheaume fulfilled a long-held ambition to start her own clinic in 2010, starting in Atlanta, Georgia, before expanding to Dublin, Ohio, and Dallas, Texas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2023

China’s censors could shape the future of AI-generated content

When the Chinese regime’s information controls intersect with artificial intelligence, they can distort the global information landscape.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2023

Carbon credits are a contested tool to fight deforestation

Major corporations are accused of purchasing carbon credits from forest protection projects in areas that are not actually at risk.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 26, 2023

Kanazawa sets an example for badly needed biodiversity policy in Japan

Japan’s cities may be typically clad in concrete, but there is one reliable source of verdant life: shrines and temples.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2023

Tempered in a crucible of violence, Zelenskyy rises to the moment

In much of the world, the Ukrainian leader has become a household name, representing his country's tenacity and underdog victories against Russia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2023

In graying Japan, local governments look to enact bold child-rearing support measures

While the local government moves might appear to be an encouraging step toward improvement, they are also giving rise to concerns about regional gaps in support measures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2023

CPR and defibrillators: What you need to know

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2023

Ukrainians mourn and vow to fight on a year after Russia invaded

At a ceremony in Kyiv's St. Sophia Square, a visibly emotional President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bestowed medals on soldiers, one on crutches, and the mother of one killed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2023

Taiwan and lessons that can be learned from the Ukraine conflict

The events unfolding in the Ukraine war demonstrate that the response by Taiwan and the United States to Chinese aggression will be a very important factor in determining the end result.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2023

Bone study transforms understanding of dinosaur growth

Tyrannosaurus, topping 12 meters long, was an example of a large and fast-growing theropod, with a large growth spurt in its teenage years. Other theropods grew at a slower rate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 24, 2023

South Korea inches toward same-sex equality, but broader bill is stalled

As long as the conservative People Power Party — and opposition from the country's Christian population —remains strong, the bill is unlikely to reach a vote.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 23, 2023

Ukrainian racer grapples with guilt amid quest to reach Olympics

Some Ukrainian athletes question why they are competing in their sports instead of fighting alongside their friends.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 23, 2023

A life dedicated to learning, conserving water resources

Emperor Naruhito, who was born 63 years ago today as the eldest son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, is known as the first Japanese emperor to have studied abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 23, 2023

For tech giants, AI such as Bing and Bard poses billion-dollar search problem

Executives across the technology sector are talking about how to operate AI such as ChatGPT while accounting for the high expense.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2023

The dark side of neutrality in times of conflict

As with Western “pacifists,” the nonalignment of Brazil, India, South Africa and other countries amounts to a tacit support for imperialism.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2023

Scientists newly confirm 1,350 km metallic structure at heart of Earth's inner core

The research studied waves from 200 earthquakes with magnitudes above 6.0 ricocheting like ping pong balls up to five times within the planet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Philippine lawmakers ratify entry to world's largest trade pact

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership includes 10 Southeast Asian economies along with China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

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

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
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