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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2022

Training in Tokyo, but knowing the real work is 8,000 km away in Ukraine

A Juntendo University training program for Ukrainian health care workers offered Dr. Uliana Kashchii respite from the conflict, but now she is heading to the front line.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022

Schools in China face third year of disrupted schedules and demanding COVID controls

Schools in major cities and across the country have postponed classes in an effort to get virus flare-ups under control.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2022

Japan is seeking its biggest defense budget ever. This may not be as dramatic as it sounds.

The Defense Ministry is seeking u00a55.59 trillion for the next fiscal year — a figure that reflects an established trend rather than a break from the past, experts say.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2022

Border restrictions causing shift away from Japan studies, survey finds

According to the survey of about 300 foreign academics and students of Japanese studies, 186 respondents said there was less scholarly interest in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2022

COVID policy, political tensions dimming U.S. firms’ confidence in China, survey shows

Only 51% of respondents expressed some degree of optimism about their five-year business outlook in the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Aug 29, 2022

How faith and spirituality shape modern Japan

The religious movement behind the grudge held by the man charged with Abe's assassination has cast a fresh light on how religion is perceived and practiced in the nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2022

IAEA mission heads to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as Russia pounds Donbas

The nuclear plant has been a hot spot in a conflict that has settled into a war of attrition fought mainly in Ukraine's east and south six months after Russia launched its invasion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2022

Low food self-sufficiency could cripple Japan in Taiwan crisis

Any major blockade or disruption to sea lanes around China and the Taiwan Strait could have bigger implications than just price inflation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2022

Shelling near Ukraine nuclear plant strikes towns, heightening concern

As the power plant inches toward a possible crisis, both sides have acknowledged the risks of a potential nuclear accident.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2022

In Germany, the stuttering bid to jumpstart coal plants

Russia's curtailing of gas exports has forced Berlin to return to the dirty fuel, but logistical problems remain major obstacles.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 27, 2022

Texans great Whitney Mercilus making easy transition into retired life

Whitney Mercilus has always spent this time of the year on the field. He was either sweating through practices in grueling heat or getting into collisions that rival car crashes while banging heads against massive linemen and trying to bring down NFL running backs like Adrian Peterson and Maurice Jones-Drew...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Aug 26, 2022

Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal puts spotlight on money's influence

The scandal is also being watched closely in Sapporo, which is bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2022

Spike in China tensions won't change Washington's Taiwan weapons policy — for now

China's aggressive military drills around Taiwan have put Washington on edge, but not enough to spur an immediate sharp increase in weapons sales to the island.
Japan Times
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Mauritius report 2022
Aug 26, 2022

Robust regulatory climate offers African platform

For a small island nation in the Southern Indian Ocean, Mauritius is certainly making a major impression on the global stage courtesy of a world-class international financial center (IFC) that provides a robust and reliable backbone for an attractive, safe and well-regulated financial services sector,...
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 25, 2022

Rafael Nadal prepared to vie for U.S. Open title

While Nadal trains in New York, Djokovic remains in Europe hoping for a last-minute policy change by officials in the United States.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 24, 2022

Degeiko training endures despite rise in COVID-19 infections

The Japan Sumo Association's decision to allow joint training between stables is both a benefit for wrestlers and a positive sign of a return to pre-pandemic norms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2022

China-bound ex-Apple engineer admits to trade secrets theft

Zhang Xiaolang, who was arrested in July 2018 on his way to catch a one-way flight to China, admitted to a single count of trade-secret theft at a hearing on Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2022

Kishida working remotely after COVID-19 diagnosis

As a result of his infection, the prime minister will no longer travel to Tunisia for an African development conference and will instead attend online.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2022

Japan seeing no sign of monkeypox spreading

'As the number of infected people remains small (in Japan), there is no need to worry too much about the disease,' says one professor at Tokyo Medical University.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2022

The face of China: A globetrotting diplomat armed with U.S. admonitions

While Xi Jinping hasn't visited another country in the pandemic, his foreign minister, Wang Yi, has been to dozens, extolling Beijing's vision for the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2022

Russian crops and fertilizer must move 'unimpeded,' U.N. chief says

Guterres traveled this week to Ukraine, where he met the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the western city of Lviv on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 20, 2022

Sawanobori: The treacherous pursuit of waterfall climbing

Like many outdoor pursuits, “sawanobori” offers exhilarating thrills. Unlike most, those come alongside extreme risks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2022

Indonesian president says Xi and Putin will attend G20 summit

Putin's attendance could also bring him face to face with Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since Russia's invasion.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 17, 2022

New Zealand backs Ian Foster as All Blacks coach through to World Cup

Foster, appointed following the 2019 Rugby World Cup, has struggled to reproduce the same results as his predecessor Steve Hansen following the retirements of several world-class players.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Aug 16, 2022

Creating parity in the field of science in Japan

Noriko Osumi is one of the highest-ranking female scientists in Japan, and has worked to address the structural causes behind the severe lack of women within certain academic fields.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Hanako Lowry

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