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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2023

Survey finds 61% of firms in Japan are positive about generative AI use

The proportion of companies that have no plans to utilize generative AI stood at 17.7%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2023

Japan's financial regulator sounds out top banks about China risks

The Financial Services Agency has asked whether they have plans in place if Sino-Western tensions escalate.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Jun 19, 2023

What you need to know about the revision to Japan's sex crime law

Raising the age of sexual consent and an expansion of the definition of nonconsensual sex are among some of the major changes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2023

How to think about climate-tech solutions

To think that technology will save us from climate change invites the moral hazard. Whether new fixes create new problems has little to do with the fixes, and everything to do with us.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 15, 2023

Questions about potential LIV-PGA merger loom over U.S. Open

'We all want to know the why,” Colin Morikawa said. 'We’re so interested in the why. For us, for me right now, it’s just like what’s going to happen?'
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 15, 2023

Making a case for Japan’s right to brag about its four seasons

Sure, there are four seasons everywhere in the world. However, Japanese culture tends to treat them with a reverence that isn't observed elsewhere.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jun 12, 2023

What you need to know about the revision of Japan's asylum law

The law, which has prompted widespread debate, seeks to address perceived drawbacks of Japan’s existing legislation and standard handling of asylum matters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 12, 2023

Their reports about a woman’s death set off a revolt. Iran put them on trial.

Two female journalists covered some of the first reports of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, which ignited nationwide protests against Iran’s clerical rulers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2023

The existential question about Putin’s mercenary boss

Why does Russian President Vladimir Putin tolerate Yevgeny Prigozhin, the uppity boss of the private army called Wagner?
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 4, 2023

'Disrespectful' to talk about 'Iga bagel factory,' Swiatek says after third round win

The world No. 1, aiming to become the first woman to successfully defend the trophy at Roland Garros since 2007, won 6-0, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on Saturday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 4, 2023

Japan cancer center eager to raise awareness about cervical cancer

Some 11,000 people a year are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Japan, and about 3,000 die of the disease annually, according to a new report.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 2, 2023

Surging Nikkei offers hope for Japan

The surge of money into its stock markets is both a vote of confidence in Japan’s prospects as well as a reflection of concern about China’s future and other investor options.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2023

What Exxon won’t tell you about climate costs

Society might be willing to make sacrifices if it meant avoiding even worse damage from global warming.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2023

Worried about backdoor layoffs? Try career cushioning

Employees have a new vocabulary to talk about workplace gripes, and they’re using it to reevaluate assumptions about work and its role in their lives.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 24, 2023

The end for LeBron James? 'A lot to think about' after playoff exit

The NBA's all-time scoring leader has two years worth $97 million remaining on his contract, but the second year is voidable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2023

China’s $23 trillion local debt mess is about to get worse

The financial struggles of a remote coal town in China are the tip of the iceberg of a local government debt problem that threatens to be a drag on the economy for years to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2023

Bats, cheetahs and hippos unlock mysteries of the human genome

The decade-long Zoonomia project shows that animals have a lot to teach us about our health, disease, and potentially new ideas for medicines.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2023

Hong Kong libraries remove books about Tiananmen protest ahead of anniversary

Hong Kong, once a haven for information about taboo topics in mainland China, has removed books about the Tiananmen Square protest from its library shelves.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 18, 2023

R.F. Kuang wrote a blistering satire about publishing. The industry loves it.

The 'Yellowface' author draws on her own experiences in the publishing industry to tackle issues like cultural appropriation and representation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2023

North Korea is about to launch its first spy satellite

Leader Kim Jong Un has visited a facility assembling the country's first spy satellite, indicating it could soon conduct its first space rocket launch in about seven years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 16, 2023

New threat to privacy? Scientists sound alarm about DNA tool

The tool could lead to a range of scientific advances but it also poses a vast range of concerns around consent, privacy and surveillance.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2023

Trump jokes about sexual abuse verdict, repeats election falsehoods

An unrepentant Donald Trump held firm to past grievances at the first televised town hall of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2023

Don’t forget the conservative core that churns in Japan

The outside world should not be beguiled or misled by exaggerated claims about a “new Japan.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 7, 2023

When we were kings: What Shakespeare says about being No. 1

Charles’s crowning is religious pantomime, dramatizing the special relationship between the divine and the head of the royal family — and, by extension, with Britain itself.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 5, 2023

Cycling's governing body to have more talks about transgender policy after Austin Killips' win

The governing body of cycling (UCI) has agreed to "reopen consultation" around transgender women competing in elite female events.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2023

JPMorgan, First Republic and the curse of the second best

The solution to regional banks' problems such as the JPMorgan-First Republic deal raises more questions and concerns about the U.S. financial system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2023

China’s mixed economic data fuels concerns about recovery

Purchasing managers’ indexes released Sunday showed an unexpected decline in factory activity in April, weighed down by weaker global demand for Chinese exports.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2023

How Russians fight back amid an unpopular war

Despite the full force of the security state breathing down the necks of ordinary Russians, covert resistance to the Kremlin's narrative about the war can be found everywhere.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Apr 24, 2023

Black people of Japan, we need to talk.

A mental health and wellness event aims to support Black residents of Japan and it's looking to expand in the coming months.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2023

About 6% of children of foreign nationals may not be attending school in Japan

The ministry believes that foreign children not in school decreased as education boards stepped-up efforts to create lists of names of foreign children and their school enrollment statuses.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

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