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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2020

Tokyo reports 286 new coronavirus cases, another record high

On Wednesday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced it would heed expert opinion and raise the alert status of its COVID-19 monitoring criteria to red.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2020

Good news: China is growing again; just don't ask how

Old drivers such as exports and infrastructure helped the recovery, but that challenges a long-sought shift toward consumers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2020

The upside of a new cold war with China

Competition with the Soviet Union brought out the best in American democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2020

Erdogan is erasing Ataturk’s stamp on Turkey

The conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is the culmination of the president's lifelong political project.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2020

COVID-19 fear will keep the world in a slump

As governments let up on stimulus measures, things stand to get worse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2020

America is being way too calm about COVID-19

This is a case where optimism may be an existential threat.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 13, 2020

Hong Kong pro-opposition primary voters defy threats with high turnout

More than half a million residents cast their ballots in the unofficial poll.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2020

A shot at hostage diplomacy with China backfires in Canada

The letter circulated by Huawei Technologies Co. was blunt. Canada was becoming dangerously entangled in the diplomatic feud between Washington and Beijing, it said, and there was only one answer: for Justin Trudeau’s government to free the state-championed tech giant’s chief financial officer and...
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2020

Nankai quake numbers skewed to prioritize budgets over science

When manipulated figures on the likelihood of a Nankai Trough quake were released, internal disagreements were kept hidden.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 10, 2020

Kim Jong Un’s sister rules out talks with Trump but has warm words for U.S.

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, dismissed the idea of a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this year, but did so with a warm tone that included an unusual mention of DVDs showing celebrations of the U.S. July 4th holiday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2020

Meet Trump's new political football: TikTok

The White House needs to show the evidence it has for being concerned about the Chinese-owned short-video app before banning it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 9, 2020

Why Singapore’s ruling party easily wins big in every election

If anyone is wondering which party will win Singapore’s election on Friday, just listen to the opposition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2020

Watch China’s unconventional levers of power in world affairs

Often overlooked practices form a key part of Beijing's international influence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2020

The fight over a coronavirus vaccine will get ugly

Once COVID-19 shots become available, there will be arguments about who gets them, and an even bigger battle with anti-vaxxers who refuse them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2020

Facebook and Zuckerberg disappoint once again

Facebook Inc. still doesn’t get it.
A front page report from November 1950 indicated that the government was in talks with French and British companies about launching television for the first time ever in Japan.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Nov 1, 2025

Japan Times 1950: Negotiations under way to bring TV to Japan

In November 1950, British and French officials were offering their broadcasting technology to help Japan launch its first television channel, pending a permit from the government.
The capital city's Harajuku district in December 2024. Tokyo’s “coolest” neighborhood is subjective and constantly shifting, as the city’s appeal lies in its diversity of areas, each offering a unique mix of trends, culture and hidden gems.
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2025

Tokyo’s coolest neighborhood? There isn’t one.

Tokyo can’t be reduced to a single trendy suburb: What’s appealing is precisely the incongruity of its locales.
Bill Gates speaks at a summit on climate and growth at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris in December 2023. Gates has recently shifted his stance on climate change, advocating for a focus on adapting to a warmer world rather than pursuing emissions reductions.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2025

Bill Gates is wrong to quiet-quit the climate fight

He says he’s still in it. But his heart no longer appears to be. Worse, he’s giving ammunition to those fighting against further progress.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping leave after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 4, 2025

The U.S. had the spotlight. China stole the show.

Xi’s diplomacy rests on the idea that China represents a "non-Western form of modernization.”
With new FAA rule changes allowing drone flights beyond visual line of sight, U.S. law enforcement agencies are expanding autonomous drone programs, raising both operational capabilities and privacy concerns.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2025

The future of drones is policing, not delivering packages

The ability to provide live, aerial views at the fraction of the cost of a helicopter also makes drones useful for law enforcement and firefighters.
Zohran Mamdani (center right) with Letitia James, New York's attorney general (second left) and Brad Lander, New York City comptroller (left), campaign across the Brooklyn Bridge on Nov. 3.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025

NYC to decide if a socialist will run the capital of capitalism

Who New Yorkers pick to be their mayor could shape Democrats’ 2026 midterm strategy to retake the U.S. House of Representatives.
A test launch of an upgraded Type 12 ground-launched antiship guided missile
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2025

Japan to deploy ground-based long-range missiles at four sites

The Defense Ministry plans to field ground-launched missiles in Hokkaido, as well as Shizuoka, Kumamoto and Miyazaki prefectures.
Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani waves to his supporters after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025

Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term

The new generation of leaders gives the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead of next year's congressional elections.
Aeon's My Basket chain is challenging Japan's traditional convenience store model by offering supermarket-level variety at lower costs.
COMMENTARY
Oct 28, 2025

The sleeping retail giant Aeon has a ‘konbini’ killer

Meet My Basket, the rapidly growing chain of outlets the size of a convenience store, but with the selection of a supermarket.
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2025

The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms

A letter signed by two dozen investors addressed "widespread concern” about the plan to buy out Toyota Industries Corp., also known as TICO.
New Jersey's new governor-elect, Mikie Sherrill, meets with supporters in the borough of Chatham on Tuesday. Democratic candidates this week not only won the mayoral race in New York with Zohran Mamdani's win, but their candidates and propositions were also successful in Virginia, New Jersey, and California.
COMMENTARY
Nov 6, 2025

Democrat election wins send an unmistakable warning to Republicans

Not only did Zohran Mamdani win in New York, but Democrats posted significant wins in Virginia and New Jersey, too.
The Pentagon in Washington
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2025

Resolution that would have kept Trump from striking Venezuela blocked

The Senate voted 51 to 49, largely along party lines, against a measure that would have brought the war powers resolution up for a vote.
The U.S. white-collar job market is increasingly split, with AI boosting pay for experienced workers while making it harder for young graduates to find jobs, fueling both optimism and fear about its long-term impact.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2025

Youth is losing to experience in this job market

For the 22 million people with jobs that are categorized as professional, wage growth has actually accelerated over the past year to levels solidly above pre-pandemic rates.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks after the October rate-setting meeting, where the policy rate was kept at 0.5%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2025

Bank of Japan signals it's inclined to increase rates, with the usual caveats

The central bank will make the move as long as wages keep moving up at a healthy pace, and there are no big surprises.
A preserved part of the border between Thuringia and Bavaria, close to the old border between East and West Germany, near the village of Modlareuth, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2020. Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2025

Why Germany is still divided when it comes to Russia

While most West Germans have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many East Germans have a nuanced view and are cautious on imposing sanctions on Moscow.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

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