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Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2023

Sunak strikes post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal with EU

The deal seeks to resolve the tensions caused by the Northern Ireland protocol, a complex agreement which set the trading rules for the British-ruled region.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southeastern USA report 2023
Feb 28, 2023

Fort Lauderdale: A growing community for everyone

Over the last few years, residents of Fort Lauderdale welcomed the improvements happening in their communities. The call for continuity, according to the mayor, beckoned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 27, 2023

Japan needs more than just new visa options to attract highly skilled workers

Better wages, improved incentives and overhauled working styles are seen as bigger factors in drawing top foreign talent.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2023

Yamaguchi by-election puts spotlight on dynastic politics

Nobuchiyo Kishi thought reminding voters of his politician relatives was a good move, but he has been accused of just taking over the family business and not caring about voters' problems.
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 / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Feb 27, 2023

‘Made in Japan’ jeans from Okayama still evolving, 50 years on

Fully domestic-made jeans were first manufactured in Okayama Prefecture to imitate American clothing, but have developed into unique, luxury products that sell at high prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2023

Mistrust of Xi endangers one of Wall Street’s favorite trades

Money managers looking for China to rebuild trust are getting mixed regulatory messages from Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 27, 2023

Supply chains have healed, yet their mark on inflation will endure

Short-term prices for containers from Europe to the U.S. East Coast are still more than double what they were in late 2019, according to data from Freightos.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2023

Their hair long and flowing or in ponytails, women in Iran flaunt their locks

After the death of a women held by the morality police, women have been at the center of a nationwide uprising, demanding an end to hijab requirements and the Islamic Republic itself.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 26, 2023

CFL deepens links with Japanese football in combine's fourth year

The international combines and draft are a part of a global outreach program, dubbed CFL 2.0, that was initiated by CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie in 2018.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2023

China to welcome Belarusian leader, raising concerns over Ukraine

A state visit this week by Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus comes as the U.S. has accused China of preparing to send lethal aid to Russia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2023

Japanese power company's crypto plan highlights challenge of storing renewable energy

The recent decision to divert excess renewable energy to crypto operations highlights a broader issue amid the nation's green shift: How to store surplus energy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 26, 2023

Nobuhiro Tamura: 'Those who need spirituality will find it themselves'

A fan of 1990s hip-hop and electronic music, former Buddhist monk Nobuhiro Tamura has opened a bar on Mount Koya to talk to people about good tunes, spirituality and whatever else they like.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 25, 2023

ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon

ChatGPT appears ready to upend the staid book industry as would-be novelists and self-help gurus looking to make a quick buck are turning to the software to help create bot-made e-books
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023

Nearly half of Japan's firms want BOJ to revise negative rate policy

In the next most common response, 28% said the central bank should revise its 2% inflation target.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023

Activists blast Biden’s pick of a Wall Street insider for World Bank president

However, some supporters have said that Ajay Banga, who was raised in India, brings a different perspective to an institution whose leaders typically have been deeply embedded in the U.S.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Feb 23, 2023

Tokyo’s luxury sushi restaurants go casual with budget spinoffs

Don't feel like shelling out ¥50,000 for a dinner? You're not the only one. High-end sushi restaurants are offering more affordable options at satellite spots.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 23, 2023

Wetter storms and deforestation: Manila faces worsening floods

Slash-and-burn farming, illegal logging, open-pit mining and development fueled by population growth have stripped the once-densely forested Philippines of much of its trees.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2023

Clean-energy goals and technological optimism

Speeding up the adoption of already proven and scalable technologies and exposing the many hidden costs associated with fossil fuels is a necessary clean-energy goal.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023

Investors watch Japan’s spring wage talks for clues on BOJ moves

This year, the outcome of annual wage negotiations matters to bond investors, stock traders and anyone, really, with anything at stake in the country.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2023

Defending Japan with better Pacific Island diplomacy

By improving its diplomatic efforts and listening to the Pacific Islanders, Japan will spend less money and achieve more security.
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
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 21, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court to hear case that targets a legal shield of tech giants

Critics of Section 230 say it lets tech companies avoid responsibility for harms on their watch, while supporters say that without the shield the firms will stifle free expression.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 21, 2023

Tech layoffs cause havoc for Indian workers in the United States

Under the terms of their visas, workers who are laid off face the prospect of having to leave the country in 60 days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2023

Anti-harassment website set up to help women running for office in Japan

A group of volunteers has created the website to offer free consultations on how to deal with harassment for female candidates in April’s local elections.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2023

In Biden’s unannounced visit to Kyiv, a preview of an increasingly direct contest with Putin

The vastly different world views of U.S. President Biden and President Vladimir Putin of Russia will become vividly apparent in a rare split-screen moment on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023

Erdogan's hasty rebuild plan could leave Turkey at risk of more earthquake agony

Experts believe seismic-safety standards must be carefully enforced and safer structure built in the southern disaster zone that straddles one of three fault lines crisscrossing Turkey.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2023

Good financial advice hasn't changed in 300 years

With so much published on making money, and it all seemingly straightforward, why aren’t we all rich?
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Japan ranks 66th in press freedom, lowest among G7
Japan climbed four positions from last year, with Reporters Without Borders noting that "the principles of media freedom and pluralism are generally respected" in the country.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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