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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021

After a year without rowdy tourists, European cities want to keep it that way

Cities across Europe want to mold visits into shapes less onerous for residents, and perhaps more lucrative for business.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2021

Over 89,000 left Hong Kong in year after Beijing imposed far-reaching security law

The city's population shrank by 1.2% over the past 12 months, ending at least a decade of consistent growth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021

Bleak future feared for Asia's vulnerable poor after landmark climate report

Home to about 60% of the world's population, the region has borne the brunt of climate disasters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2021

Can Pax Sinica replace Pax Americana?

Now, China is one centennial down — and, according to President Xi, it has achieved its first goal. Is the 'China Dream' within reach?
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 9, 2021

Germany's flood recovery fund to top €20 billion

Germany's planned flood recovery fund will top u20ac20 billion ($23.5 billion), more than double an initial projection, two people familiar with the internal discussions said Monday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021

How we saw it: The Mental Health Olympics

Mental health awareness in sports did not begin at these Olympics, but they provided the platform for it to explode into public consciousness like never before.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021

How we saw it: The Japanese Women's Olympics

Japan collected 58 medals, its most at a Summer Olympics, and more than half of the honors involved female athletes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021

U.S. carmakers’ EV pledge gives burned environmentalists deja vu

President Joe Biden has set the goal of slashing U.S. emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieving a carbon-free economy by 2050.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021

A viral video and online furor: How Volkswagen stalled in China

After a clip showed the firm's flagship sedan doing poorly in an unofficial safety test, sales in the world's biggest car market began to take a hit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2021

Kim Jong Un’s head bandage is added to list of health mysteries

Images of the North Korean leader at events in late July showed a bandage and later a dark greenish spot on the back of his head.
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2021

World’s biggest pension fund makes record cut to U.S. bond weighting

The Government Pension Investment Fund made a record cut to its weighting of U.S. government bonds last fiscal year as it increased investments into European sovereign debt.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2021

North Korea threatens week-old detente over U.S.-led exercises

Kim Yo Jong, sister of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, said Sunday that the plan to hold annual allied exercises this month 'seriously undermines” efforts to restore ties with South Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Aug 2, 2021

Tokyo today: A city in a state of perpetual rebuilding

When you think of Tokyo, what do you think of? Is it the chaotic commercialism of Shibuya or the temples nestled in the city's backstreets?
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 1, 2021

Toshiba has a path to growth, but faces long road back to success

Despite having had to sell off core businesses in recent years, the firm still has a way back to prosperity through infrastructure services and renewables.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2021

Olympic COVID-19 fears give way to unseen mental injuries in sport

The measures to keep athletes and officials safe from COVID-19 have also heightened mental and emotional pressures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2021

Singapore’s angst over expats forces simmering political debate

The government is under pressure to explain its approach right as the country is trying to stoke post-pandemic growth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 29, 2021

'No safety nets': Debts weigh on grieving Indian families

Tens of thousands of Indians are facing the triple burden of bereavement, joblessness and debt after a brutal second wave of COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2021

Rails, nails and bails win over the Olympic spirit

The significance of Japan's Olympic gold-medal skateboarding wins is that they show there's a raft of sports that many don't take seriously but deserve credit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2021

Medics see complacency behind Taiwan's unusually deadly COVID-19 wave

The self-ruled island once went 200 days without a case in the community, but wasn't prepare for what came next.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 26, 2021

Five years after the 'Sagamihara stabbings,' what have we learned?

Thoughts on 'extreme bullying' as we mark the fifth anniversary of the Sagamihara stabbings. The conversation needs to continue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2021

The problem with Europe’s green unilateralism

Rarely, except in wartime, have market economies been subjected to the sort of rigid central planning that the European Commission now proposes in order to curb carbon dioxide emissions.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 24, 2021

The clear-cut actions that led to a disaster in Atami

News outlets are looking at the role companies played in exacerbating the mudslides that engulfed more than 130 homes in the city of Atami.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2021

The 'Recovery Olympics' take a back seat amid COVID-19 concerns

The Games were supposed to showcase Japan's recovery efforts following the devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. Such efforts have been thwarted by the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 21, 2021

Japan should reopen its doors to international students

The longer the ban goes on, the less likely talented students will want to travel to Japan and the progress it has made in internationalizing its universities will be quickly reversed.

Longform

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