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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2021

Everyone’s a rising star when debt is cheap

Companies are getting upgraded rapidly this year, but the logic underpinning the rise relies on ultraeasy financing that can't go on forever.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 30, 2021

Is there such a thing as too much Shohei Ohtani?

The Angels' two-way star has leapt into this year's MVP conversation, but in order to prove himself a winner he will have to balance his workload on the mound and in the batter's box.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2021

Senior Japanese defense official says democracies must back up Taiwan and stand up to China

The state minister of defense has suggested that Japan, the U.S. and other countries re-examine their decisions to follow the “One China” policy that recognizes Beijing instead of Taipei.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2021

Will geopolitics pick the green tech winners?

If the goal is net-zero globally by 2050, then mineral inputs would be six times greater in 2040 than they are today.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2021

In a scarred Hong Kong, 'beautiful things are gone'

People who want a democratic future are regrouping behind an invisible front line: The memory of what happened in 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 29, 2021

SoftBank pulls the plug on its flagship Pepper 'humanoid' robot

The u00a5198,000 robot was a project Masayoshi Son once personally championed as a symbol of his conglomerate's ambitions in AI and technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 29, 2021

Beware of ‘ESG bubble,’ says ex-chair of world’s biggest pension fund

Eiji Hirano says the Government Pension Investment Fund needs to 'think about how to analyze if ESG is really profitable, as well as how to evaluate and standardize ESG.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 29, 2021

Gary Bettman says time running out on NHL participation at Beijing Games

The NHL hopes to settle the matter of whether or not its players will participate in the Olympics before the league's 2021-22 schedule is finalized and announced prior to next month's draft.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2021

North Korea highlights Kim’s weight loss as food shortage builds

By allowing comment on Kim's weight, the country's propaganda apparatus supported a familiar theme in the myth-making of regime leaders.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 28, 2021

Streaking Giants set sights on first place

Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.
Japan Times
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Jun 27, 2021

St. Petersburg to host Russian Grand Prix from 2023

Formula One hopes to make the race more accessible to Russian and international fans by relocating it from Sochi's Olympic Park.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 27, 2021

Khamida Malianchinova: 'We couldn’t judge if it was Tokyo or us who chose to stay isolated'

After arriving from Kyrgyzstan on a scholarship, Khamida Malianchinova got into aikido and podcasting —u00a0both of which helped her be part of a community.
CULTURE / Books
Jun 26, 2021

Mapping the cyber-activism of Japanese rightists

Jeffrey J. Hall's 'Japan's Nationalist Right in the Internet Age' brings academic rigor to exploring how neo-nationalist groups use the internet to bypass the mainstream media.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2021

In surprise decision, Toshiba shareholders vote to oust board chairman Nagayama

The move, a victory for activist investors, comes after corporate governance issues at the industrial conglomerate were brought to the fore by a government collusion scandal.
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Jun 25, 2021

Confident Lizette Salas grabs lead at Women's PGA Championship

Lizette Salas shot a 5-under-par 67 to take sole possession of the lead after the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2021

New Panasonic CEO says efficiency to fuel Tesla business and spur growth

What's now critical to Panasonic's future growth is its relationship with the world's biggest maker of electric cars and ability to claim a share of the global market for EV batteries.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 24, 2021

Corporate governance issues haunt troubled Toshiba as it faces off with investors

Amid scandal, a shareholders meeting on Friday is set to be a showdown between Toshiba's board, who are pushing to retain Chairman Osamu Nagayama, and investors who want him out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021

Benigno Aquino III, who led Philippine growth spurt, dies at 61

Aquino, who served as the nation's president from 2010 to 2016, was rushed to a hospital in Quezon City where he died after heart failure, the Manila Bulletin reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2021

‘The Door into Summer’: Some doors are best left closed

An orphaned genius travels to the future and back in Takahiro Miki's treacly sci-fi, “The Door Into Summer,” based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein.
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Jun 22, 2021

Raiders' Carl Nassib becomes first active NFL player to come out as gay

His announcement, which comes during Pride month, was greeted with support from the league and his team, which praised his courage.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 21, 2021

Justin Smoak's departure puts family issues in spotlight in NPB

Family was the dominant theme in NPB last week.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Jun 21, 2021

「ないものはない」から始まった海士町の地方創生の奇跡
〜Iターン人材との官民連携の姿〜

Japan Times Satoyama推進コンソーシアム(代表:末松弥奈子 株式会社ジャパンタイムズ 代表取締役会長兼社長)は、2021年7月9日に「第17回 Satoyamaカフェ」をオンラインで開催いたします。
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2021

Putin's right. There is no escaping the dollar.

China's campaign to internationalize the yuan, which received backing from the International Monetary Fund in 2016, is going nowhere fast.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 18, 2021

Nadeshiko Japan squad for Tokyo Olympics announced as Mana Iwabuchi inherits No. 10

Head coach Asako Takakura has chosen five overseas-based players to join 13 WE Leaguers at Japan's first Summer Games since London 2012.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 18, 2021

Israel Galvan renews the passion of a long love affair

Flamenco — the exuberant dance form originating from Andalusia in southern Spain — has long thrived in Japan, with many of the greats traveling here to perform. There is even a popular claim that Japan has more flamenco academies than Spain.

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