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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2019

With changes to phone sales in Japan threatening its bottom line, Apple hits out at 'unfair' rules

Government-mandated changes to the discounts mobile carriers can offer on handset devices starting in October could put an end to Apple's dominant market share.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2019

Will we love or loathe the robots that come for our jobs?

A study suggests workers would rather be replaced by a robot than by a human
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2019

Conspiracy theories risk becoming new currency of post-truth politics

Spreading conspiracy theories for political ends is hardly new, but the last decade has seen an explosion of such activity and it is continuing to intensify.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2019

China's lame Twitter meddling in Hong Kong

Beijing's efforts to manipulate online opinion in Hong Kong and abroad have a long way to go.
Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2019

U.S. should live up to its responsibility

There is much valuable information about the U.S. immigration crisis in Cesar Chelala's opinion piece "Why the U.S. owes Central America" in the Aug. 10 edition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019

After Twitter and Facebook, YouTube uncovers influence campaign against Hong Kong protests

Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced on Thursday that its YouTube streaming video service disabled 210 channels appearing to engage in a coordinated influence operation around the Hong Kong protests, days after Twitter and Facebook said they dismantled a similar campaign originating in mainland China.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 22, 2019

NBA program helps foster young Asian talent

With scorching heat enveloping Tokyo last week, the Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp provided heated competition inside the air-conditioned facilities at Mizumoto General Sports Center.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 21, 2019

Winter is coming; Japan should turn up the 'air-con'

Frosty dispute with South Korea requires an unlikely alternative to home kerosene heaters.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 21, 2019

Meet the women reframing black femininity in Japanese spaces

Ebony Bowens and Tynelle Pozdnyakov dip into Japanese fashion subcultures in an effort to challenge stereotypes and have a little fun while doing it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2019

U.S. House panel says 'time is of the essence' in Trump tax return fight

A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday urged a federal judge to quickly resolve its bid to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns, which the Trump administration has refused to turn over.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2019

What if everyone's wrong about China?

Most predictions about China fail to account for the human capacity to shape events.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2019

Mail-order DNA tests can be fun, but they aren't medical advice

Dr. Theodora Ross, a cancer geneticist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, says that to Silicon Valley types, she is like a taxi driver competing against the more convenient, Uber-like direct-to-consumer companies such as 23andMe. "They think we don't need to exist," she said. The...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2019

Don't let giant clams start World War III

These shells are worth a fortune, but the price in environmental damage and heightened military tensions in the South China Sea is vastly higher.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2019

Trump's appeals to white racist fears may be a tougher sell in 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and focus on the grievances of white voters helped him win the 2016 election. But a Reuters analysis of public opinion over the last four years suggests that Trump's brand of white identity politics may be less effective in the 2020 election campaign....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2019

You're better at choosing a pet than a spouse

Don't overthink it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2019

When Leninists overreach

Russia and China now appear increasingly isolated on the world stage and the question now is whether they have gone too far.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2019

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke back on campaign trail as rival John Hickenlooper drops out

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said on Thursday he was resuming his campaign with a new sense of focus after a mass shooting in his Texas hometown, while rival John Hickenlooper ended his bid to take on President Donald Trump.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2019

Outside Hong Kong, the silence is deafening

Why hasn't the rest of the world rallied more in support and defense of the protesters?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2019

Greenland's rapid melting is a hugely underplayed story

It's officially time to panic — or at least pay more attention.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2019

In generational shift, Japan stands firm in feud with South Korea

When Yohei Kono made a landmark 1993 apology to the wartime "comfort women," the chief Cabinet secretary was speaking for a moderate conservative mainstream seeking to reconcile with its Asian neighbors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2019

China paid for positive news coverage, using Taiwan media to win hearts and minds on island

The articles on the website of the leading Taiwan newspaper were gushing about a new Chinese government program to lure Taiwanese entrepreneurs to the mainland.
Reader Mail
Aug 9, 2019

The folly of holding the Olympics in July and August

Now that the rainy season is finally over and we are being bombarded with nonstop media reports of heat waves and heatstroke, it is surely time to reflect once again on the lunacy of holding next year's Olympics in July and August.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2019

Italy's Matteo Salvini says government is finished and he wants elections

The leader of Italy's ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, said on Thursday the governing coalition had broken down and the only way forward was to hold new elections.
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
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