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Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2023

A bittersweet first year for Germany’s new chancellor

Entering office with a progressive agenda while offering Germans an air of stability, Olaf Scholz has instead been thrust into the role of a crisis chancellor.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 2, 2023

Days of wins and roses: Covering Pele’s Cosmos

Pele remained humble while turning the Cosmos into one of the hottest tickets in New York.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 2, 2023

‘OK, Mexico, save me’: After China, this is where globalization may lead

As American companies seek to limit their exposure to the pitfalls of making goods in China, some are moving production to Mexico.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2023

In the South Pacific, outcry over Japan’s plan to release Fukushima wastewater

It seems increasingly likely that solving the issue will jeopardize Japan's efforts to build closer bonds with its Pacific neighbors and exert greater influence in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 1, 2023

The year the long stock market rally ended

The past 12 months have marked a generational shift for financial markets as the U.S. Federal Reserve, racing to contain the worst inflation in decades, repeatedly jacked up interest rates.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2022

Lawyers exit Hong Kong as they face campaign of intimidation

Since a national security law was imposed in June 2020, Hong Kong lawyers have endured severe harassment, pushing many to leave the city.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022

In battered Ukrainian city, the latest battle is against winter

On the heels of Russian occupation in the spring and summer and Ukrainian liberation in the fall, emergency crews in Lyman are slowly getting reacquainted with a radically different city.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022

A town-by-town battle to sell Americans on renewable energy

In the fight against global warming, the U.S. is pumping a record $370 billion into clean energy, but the future of the American power grid is being determined by rural communities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022

Moscow on the Med: A faraway war transforms a Turkish resort town

Tens of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have settled in Antalya, on Turkey's southern coast, hoping to avoid the fallout of Russia's war in Ukraine and start new lives.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2022

How bad is China’s COVID outbreak? It’s a scientific guessing game.

In the absence of credible information from the Chinese government, researchers around the world are looking for any clues to determine the size and severity of the COVID-19 surge.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 30, 2022

Legendary Pele was Brazil’s ambassador to the world

Former Brazil star Pele was a man who moved in the company of celebrities and presidents and a player who could pause a civil war and then shake hands with a queen.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 30, 2022

Arata Isozaki, prolific Japanese architect, dies at 91

In major structures in a dozen countries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Isozaki absorbed and reinterpreted Eastern and Western traditions.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2022

Rising online crackdowns across Asia target citizens and Big Tech

During the COVID-19 lockdowns in Vietnam last year, blogger Bui Van Thuan took to Facebook to criticize a government's response. Days later, he was arrested.
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WORLD / Society
Dec 29, 2022

Remote workers descend on Mexico City and housing prices surge

The city has become a global hub for foreigners unshackled from their offices by work-from-home policies and drawn to the comforts a salary paid in dollars or euros can afford.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 28, 2022

J.J. Watt, quarterbacks’ nightmare, is retiring from the NFL

For his career, Watt has started all 149 games he appeared in, accumulated 580 tackles — 191 for loss — 313 quarterback hits and 111.5 sacks.
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WORLD
Dec 28, 2022

Ukrainian forces battling to regain strategic gateway city in east

Recapturing Kreminna, in eastern Ukraine, would be a step further in Ukraine's campaign to retake major cities that Russia seized after it invaded.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2022

Japan's reconstruction minister resigns following funding scandal

Kenya Akiba has admitted to having two political groups affiliated with him pay u00a514 million to his mother and his wife as “rent” between 2011 and 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Dec 27, 2022

Battling the odds to rise to the top: One woman's career in the IT sector

Yuki Shingu found taking a career break to help nurse her ailing father gave her a broader perspective on her rise through company ranks.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 27, 2022

China to drop COVID-19 quarantine for incoming travelers

From Jan. 8, visitors will be required to show only a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2022

India chases clean energy, but economic goals put coal first

India is in the crosshairs of a global challenge: How to bring power to the world's poor and fight climate change at the same time.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 26, 2022

Child care facilities struggle amid worker shortage and high staff turnover

In some cases, distressed child care centers have turned to private placement agencies, and have to pay high fees to secure workers.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Dec 26, 2022

Supplies of used cooking oil run short for makers of sustainable aviation fuel

If waste cooking oil is shipped overseas it will become difficult to supply the low carbon fuel in Japan, which could lead to some foreign airlines avoiding flying into the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2022

Charles charts a path as a king for all holiday seasons

Adding a Hanukkah party and Diwali treats to the traditional Christmas address, King Charles III is publicly embracing a more inclusive monarchy in his first months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022

In Ukraine, Christmas lights defy darkness of war, and children ask for peace

It was no accident that the wave of attacks came before the holidays and in the darkest and coldest time of year.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 25, 2022

Pragmatic realism and Japan’s new security strategy

The end of Japanese idealism and pacifism: Tokyo needs a new defensive strategy in order to preserve security within its backyard.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022

Putin wants fealty, and he’s found it in Africa

With his invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia unleashed a new disorder on the world. And in the Central African Republic, Moscow already has its way.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022

At least 10 killed in Kherson shelling, fueling anger over Christmas strikes

The attack came hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that another wave of Russian strikes could mar the Christmas holidays.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 24, 2022

The supply chain that keeps tech flowing to Russia

At least $2.6 billion of computer and other electronic components flowed into Russia in the seven months to Oct. 31 despite Western sanctions.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 24, 2022

Alex Ovechkin has 802 goals. Wayne Gretzky is next in his sights.

Alex Ovechkin on Friday surpassed Gordie Howe for second place on the NHL's career goal-scoring list. With 802 goals, he now trails only the Great One.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 24, 2022

Nuggets' Nikola Jokic still getting better

Jokic is bolstering his case to become the first NBA player to win three straight MVP Awards since Larry Bird, who won from 1984 to 1986.

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