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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2022

Free trading isn't free, but we're still better off

A new study estimates that “hidden” execution fees cost retail investors $34 billion a year. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually very little.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2022

Sanna Marin, from youngest elected leader to 'partying PM'

The 36-year-old's reputation as a firm crisis leader has been challenged in the last few days.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2022

U.S. warships sail through Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi visit

The Chinese military slammed the U.S. for hyping the warships' sailing, saying that the entire operation had been monitored.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2022

Indonesian knights keep medieval sword fighting alive

Inspired by fantasy series such as 'the Lord of the Rings' and 'Game of Thrones,' participation in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) has increased around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 27, 2022

Forget showering, it's eat or heat for shocked Europeans hit by energy crisis

As wholesale gas and electricity prices surge, millions of people in Europe are now spending a record amount of their income on energy, data show.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2022

Solomon Islands refuses to allow U.S. ship to make port call

The move was seen as another sign of deteriorating relations between Washington and the Pacific nation, which is pursuing deeper ties with China.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Aug 27, 2022

Online discourse sends netizens into a tizzy over Summer Sonic controversies

Two Japanese groups came under criticism online for seemingly mocking foreign acts during the music festival, even though many of the commentators were nowhere near the real-life scene.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 27, 2022

Texans great Whitney Mercilus making easy transition into retired life

Whitney Mercilus has always spent this time of the year on the field. He was either sweating through practices in grueling heat or getting into collisions that rival car crashes while banging heads against massive linemen and trying to bring down NFL running backs like Adrian Peterson and Maurice Jones-Drew...
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2022

Yasuhiro Tsuyuki named new Japan police chief

The police leadership shakeup comes before Japan holds a state funeral for Abe in September and hosts a summit of the Group of Seven advanced nations next year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2022

Malaysia’s king is facing pressure over possible Najib pardon

For the king, giving such a pardon poses a conundrum since it risks angering a wide segment of the population.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Japan-led conference aims to reignite Africa’s recovery

The worsening effects of climate change, the socioeconomic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and the food security crises exacerbated by the Ukraine war are just some of the challenges facing African countries. To discuss solutions to these and other pressing issues, dozens of African leaders — as...
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Sysmex diagnostics bring hope in fight against malaria

Malaria has plagued mankind for thousands of years and remains a global health problem with billions of people at risk of contracting the disease. Children under the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa bear the brunt. Substantial gains in decreasing the global malaria burden over the past decade have recently...
Japan Times
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Angola report 2022
Aug 26, 2022

Economic diversification creates exciting openings

The Angolan economy is opening up to international investors like never before, with the recent acceleration of its diversification drive attracting interest from foreign companies active in a broad range of industries and sectors. Long reliant on oil revenues to fund socioeconomic development projects...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2022

Australia digging deep to reshape itself as green energy superpower

Everyone from oil majors to billionaire mining magnates is looking for a way to capitalize on the fossil-fuel giant's transformation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2022

Nidec’s COO to resign after being sidelined by founder Shigenobu Nagamori

The move underscores the Japanese company's struggles to put a succession plan for its aging founder in place.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2022

Japan eyes increased support and investment in Africa amid food crisis

High-ranking officials from more than a dozen African states are set to attend the summit, which will focus on sustainability, both in terms of economic development and human resilience.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2022

South Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate

South Korea is the world's fastest-aging nation among economies with GDP per capita of at least $30,000.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2022

China's fragile economy is being hammered by driest riverbeds since 1865

The Yangtze River's retreating water levels have snarled electricity generation at many key hydropower plants, sparking energy chaos across many parts of the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2022

Hong Kong sees surge in charges under colonial sedition law

Since expanding the scope of China's national security law last December, authorities have increasingly been prosecuting unfavorable speech under a British law not used for decades.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2022

China reopens to foreign students after more than two years

Foreign nationals holding a valid Chinese residence permit for study or an APEC business travel card will be allowed to enter China.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 24, 2022

Nets and Kevin Durant agree to 'move forward' together

The superstar's repeated trade demands this offseason are officially old news, according to a statement released Tuesday by Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2022

Discouraging dissent makes for bad decision-making

Neither the Russian nor Chinese leadership encourage dissent or even invite challenges, which according to real-world experience suggests a virtual guarantee they will experience failure in their decision-making.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
Takaichi rejects China's demand to retract Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rejected China's demands for her to retract her comments on Taiwan, saying Tokyo's stance on a major regional security crisis remains unchanged.
¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet is expected to submit an extra budget bill to finance the package to parliament, which is in session until Dec. 17.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

Podcast

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

Longform

Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
By Weiwen Lin

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