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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2023

Has India’s time come or is this just another siren song?

The announcement that India will be the world’s most populous nation unleashes the economic bulls.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2023

Russia’s technocrats embraced the West, then enabled Putin’s war

The expertise of economic officials who continue to work in the government has helped President Vladimir Putin largely keep the economy afloat in the face of Western sanctions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2023

India's population surpasses China's, sights set on an economy to match

Economists says India needs to improve urbanization, infrastructure, labor force improvements and boosting manufacturing to cash in on its demographic dividend.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2023

India's population to surpass China's by end of June, U.N. predicts

China has generally been regarded as the world's most populous country since the fall of the Roman Empire but last year its population shrank for the first time since 1960.
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 5, 2023

What should you expect when you land a job in Japan?

What is it like to work in Japan? With the number of foreign residents slowly rising, we take a look at what they might be in for when it comes to the country’s corporate culture.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2023

Fears of societal collapse prompt new push for babies in Japan

Ideas like compulsory paternity leave, canceling student debt for people who have a baby, and ¥10 million ($76,445) payouts for a third child have been thrown around in recent weeks.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2023

Japan logs record cases of trade secret theft in 2022

The year saw 29 recorded cases of trade secret theft, an increase of six from the previous year and nearly six times the number of cases recorded in 2013, the year comparable records began.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Longform
Mar 11, 2023

Abandoned after 3/11, Fukushima starts attracting new residents

People are moving to areas near the crippled nuclear power plant in the prefecture lured by the promise of subsidies, discount housing and work opportunities. But will these migrants stay?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 10, 2023

Long COVID may be to blame for surge in women with disabilities

Women are disproportionately affected by long COVID, a health condition that is still little understood and can be debilitating.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 7, 2023

Japan's first AI manga has people asking: Is it machine magic or art menace?

The creator of 'Cyberpunk: Peach John' says he isn't good at drawing, but he didn't let that stop him from illustrating a manga.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2023

Nuclear power revival reaches Japan, home of the last meltdown

Faced with rising heating bills this winter after a sweltering summer spent worrying about blackouts, more people are now reappraising the benefits of cheaper and more stable energy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2023

Trying to replace China’s supply chains? Don’t bother

Vietnamese factories were supposed to save globalization. It doesn’t look like that’s happening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Airlines turn profitable amid travel surge after COVID cutbacks

'Aviation is investible again,” said a portfolio manager in Sydney. 'Asian airlines are going to go through the roof.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2023

China decoupling debate misses the most important point

The decoupling of China and Western economies will be very expensive, but there are other needs to be considered.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2023

Upbeat Biden urges U.S. unity and vows to restore blue-collar pride

Biden's address was a chance for the Democrat to pitch his centrist, populist vision of a country healing after COVID-19 and the turmoil of Donald Trump's presidency.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 1, 2023

The sword, the shield and the new face of Japan's military

As 2022 wrapped up, the Japanese government let forth a flurry of defense policy announcements. Those were followed by a five-nation tour by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and talk of a tax hike to pay for it all. Gabriel Dominguez joins the podcast this week to try to help us make sense of it all.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023

Police warnings of shady job posts linked to crimes jump in 2022

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department issued warnings for 3,480 offers of 'yami baito' — or shady part-time jobs — posted to Twitter in 2022, up nearly 1.5-times from the 2,246 in 2021.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 25, 2023

Japan tries to fix a child custody system under fire from all sides

In Japan, child welfare in divorce often turns on single-parent custody, where one parent can be largely excluded from a child’s life.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2023

China’s stunted transformation

China has run into major road blocks as it has attempted to implement its 'dual circulation' growth strategy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 28, 2023

Liverpool gets by with a little help from the Beatles

Music tourism is big business for some of the hometowns of famous artists. Now that the pandemic is over, those cities are ready to bring the beat back.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 26, 2023

Inside Japan’s oldest village

With a median age of 68.4, Nanmoku is at the forefront of the nation’s battle against the gray wave.
Rengo members cheer during their annual May Day rally to demand higher pay and better working conditions, in Tokyo on April 29.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2023

Japanese unions urge employers to continue wage hikes next year and beyond

Rengo made the demand as it reviewed the results of its annual spring wage talks that concluded earlier this month, which saw major companies agree to the largest raises in 30 years.
The No. 1 Poultry building, left, in the City of London
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2023

South Korean investors stung as bet on offices in financial centers turns sour

With a growing need for environmental credentials for corporate renters and downsizing due to the pandemic, office real-estate markets are seeing a "flight to quality" — leaving some exposed
Some economists hope the labor ministry panel will make an annual average minimum wage proposal of above ¥1,000 this week.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 23, 2023

The average minimum wage may top ¥1,000 this year. But is that enough?

Aside from the symbolic hurdle, a more substantial issue remains: Will momentum for wage hikes from this spring continue or will it be short-lived?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an event in Paris on July 14.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2023

Modi condemns Manipur sexual assault as 'shameful' after footage goes viral

The incident prompted India's prime minister to make his first comments on clashes in India's remote northeast that have killed at least 125 people.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Jul 18, 2023

ChatGPT, Bing, Bard and DeepL: Which one offers the best Japanese-to-English translation?

AI is revolutionizing the world of translation, but which tool reigns supreme? We staged a head-to-head battle between ChatGPT-4, Bing, Bard and DeepL … and the results are in.
Women and children fleeing Ukraine gather in Przemysl train station on March 2, 2022.
WORLD
Jul 24, 2023

Ukraine needs its women back for a shot at economic recovery

Failure to persuade any of the 2.8 million working-age women who have fled the country to return would cost Ukraine 10% of its annual prewar gross domestic product.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Kyoto University researchers find mechanism behind malignant pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan, has the lowest five-year survival rate of any cancer at just 8.5%.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.

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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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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