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Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 3, 2023

Japan Times 1923: Doubtful news agency claims Tokyo English dailies favor cause of Japanese war office

With a change of editors at the top of The Japan Times, other publications call out a newly detected 'pro military' stance from the newspaper — and the paper responds on the front page.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 3, 2023

With Beijing trip, Blinken aims to set guardrails as China-U.S. ties worsen

The key question is whether the visit shows moves toward improving ties are temporary or instead marks the beginning of a sustained effort on cooperation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 3, 2023

Renault and Nissan plan India reboot in test of reshaped alliance

In India, the world's fastest-growing car market, a new investment will be led by Nissan, and the companies are evaluating vehicles they could launch from 2025.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Feb 3, 2023

One of Asia’s top chefs brings flavors to Tokyo

The Hilton Tokyo’s Metropolitan Grill welcomes the owner-chef of Michelin-starred Burnt Ends in Singapore Dave Pynt, who is having his first pop-up appearance in Japan from Feb. 22 to 24. This is a rare chance to experience the menu of the legendary restaurant, which is known as one of the most hard-to-reserve...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 3, 2023

Can Pakistan break the cycle of destruction in flood rebuilding?

More than 1,700 people were killed and 8 million were displaced by recent flooding, which also destroyed about a million homes and businesses across the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 2, 2023

Superheroes need not apply for the BOJ’s top job

The challenges facing Kuroda’s BOJ successor look almost conventional. There’s no sense of national peril this time.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 2, 2023

The Buddhist terms that find their way into everyday conversation

Just as Christian terminology has had an effect on English turns of phrase, Buddhism is the source of a lot of Japanese terms and phrases.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 2, 2023

Premier League January spending spree sends records tumbling

Big-spending Chelsea set a new British record in signing Argentina's World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez from Benfica for €121 million.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023

The British offshore wind firm hoping to win big on Japan’s 'trump card'

As more overseas companies arrive in the Asia Pacific in search of opportunities in the renewables industry, one U.K. firm sees Japan as the ideal base for regional growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2023

ChatGPT sounds exactly like us. How is that a good thing?

For 70 years, programmers have tried to make computers more like people. Now they’ve succeeded — sort of.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2023

Saving the planet and picking fights in the process

The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act’s climate change provisions are a game changer for a cleaner environment but are also antagonizing America's allies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2023

Russia can’t replace the energy market Putin broke

Russia's European network of gas fields and pipelines developed at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars has been effectively thrown away due to the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023

Norway's Arctic temperatures 'no sweat' for electric cars

Despite biting cold, rugged terrain and long stretches of remote roads, the Scandinavian country is the undisputed world champion when it comes to the zero-emission vehicles.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 31, 2023

Australian Open sets Grand Slam attendance record

A record 839,192 fans flocked to Melbourne Park from Jan. 16 to 29 for the first tournament in two years free of COVID-19 restrictions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 31, 2023

Why the semiconductor competition between the U.S. and China is significant

Washington is trying to strengthen the superiority of the U.S. and other Western countries in areas of technology so that it becomes difficult for China to catch up.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2023

Ukraine's Usyk motivated by boxing and memory of friend lost to war

Usyk said a unification title fight with British fighter Fury could possibly take place 'at the end of April.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2023

U.S. to end COVID emergency declarations in May

The U.S. response has gradually shifted to the background, though the uptake of the latest booster shot remains modest and about 500 people are dying each day from COVID-19 in the nation.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2023

Trump courses will host three tournaments for Saudi-backed LIV Golf

The tour's schedule shows the Saudi-backed startup will remain allied with, and beneficial to, one of its foremost defenders and political patrons as he seeks a return to power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2023

Bangladesh develops green economic zones, but will locals benefit?

Activists are concerned about how enough land will be found for the zones without compromising agricultural production or infringing residents' rights.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 30, 2023

Stefanos Tsitsipas keeps head held high after falling in Australian Open final

Stefanos Tsitsipas dreamed of holding the Australian Open trophy aloft after nodding off on the eve of Sunday's final but Novak Djokovic ended up giving the confident Greek a rude awakening.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2023

The assassinated are the peacemakers

Just as the Ukraine war carries a high price, so would peace with Russia — not least for whomever negotiates it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jan 30, 2023

The 2% target: Central banks' inflation touchstone faces post-pandemic reckoning

By announcing an inflation goal, central bankers feel they build credibility for themselves and focus the planning of households and firms in ways that help keep inflation controlled.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2023

Germany's Olaf Scholz visits South America in race with China for lithium

Nations like Germany are competing fiercely for increasingly scarce resources, and access to metals and rare earths is crucial for the transition to cleaner and more advanced economies.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 29, 2023

Jubilant Aryna Sabalenka celebrates Grand Slam breakthrough

The powerful Belarusian, who will become world No. 2 on Monday, showed a new side to her personality, posing effortlessly in front of the cameras.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 29, 2023

Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi switch another symbol of Chinese decline

Tianjin Quanjian, which as recently as 2018 had been linked to the Portuguese star, was among the first of a raft of CSL clubs to close due to financial or legal issues.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE RECIPE BOX
Jan 29, 2023

Recipe: Yuzu-sanshō sidecar

This cocktail has enough bright citrus and tongue-tingling spice to jolt you out of the midwinter doldrums.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 29, 2023

Drinking with purpose at Bar Nayuta, a covert Osaka speakeasy

No sign, no menu and a trick room for an entrance — if you can find this bar, you’ve earned every sip.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2023

India's embrace of electric vehicles spurs expectations of earlier fuel-demand peak

EV sales are picking up and investment in the production of new autos and energy infrastructure is accelerating in the nation.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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