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BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2021

Japan exports grow by double digits for first time since 2018

The value of overseas shipments jumped 16.1% from a year ago, for the biggest increase since November 2017.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 17, 2021

Keep calm and tuck in: Tokyo discovers British cuisine isn’t just pie in the sky

Critics have missed, or chosen to stubbornly ignore, Britain's glorious culinary renaissance. Here are some of Tokyo's latest openings where you can get a taste of good ol' British grub.
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EDITORIALS
Apr 17, 2021

In Hideki Matsuyama, Japan gets its long-sought Masters champion

His victory was the first ever for a Japanese man in a major golf championship, and with it Matsuyama claimed his place in the pantheon of Japanese sports heroes.
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OLYMPICS
Apr 16, 2021

Shauna Coxsey heading to Tokyo Olympics with newfound need for speed

Coxsey says the one-year delay the Olympics has made her even more excited, even if the games will be muted by strict COVID-19 protocols.
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WORLD
Apr 15, 2021

Climate scientists swap fieldwork for high-paid finance jobs

Banks, asset managers and private equity firms, faced with tough regulations to decarbonize portfolios and loan books, are competing to grab the people with the right green expertise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 15, 2021

Coinbase’s public listing is a cryptocurrency coming-out party

Digital currency, once mocked as a tool for criminals and reckless speculators, is sliding into the mainstream.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2021

UAE partners with Japan's ispace to send rover to the moon in 2022

The UAE is using its space program to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2021

Yemen faces public health catastrophe from war and pandemic

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted that the conflict in the country has claimed some 233,000 lives over a six year period.
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Rugby
Apr 14, 2021

New Zealand gives Pacific teams green light for Super Rugby

Pacific islands teams Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua have been granted conditional licences to join a proposed Super Rugby competition next year, New Zealand Rugby said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2021

COVID-19 widens the cracks in a fragmented, contested world

Insight, however, no matter how good, is wasted when policymakers aren't paying attention — a lesson that the Global Trends report makes painfully clear.
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BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2021

Even Tesla can’t overcome Australia's 'uniquely hostile market' for electric cars

Tesla Inc. and the electric-car industry generally thrive in the world's richest nations. Not so in Australia, where even tractors outsell EVs two to one.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 13, 2021

Barcelona reaches top of Forbes' most valuable club list

Barcelona has leapfrogged Spanish rival Real Madrid to become the world's most valuable soccer club with a valuation of $4.76 billion, according to a list published by business magazine Forbes on Monday.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2021

Masters champ Matsuyama open to lighting Tokyo Olympic cauldron

'If the schedule works out and I am in Japan when that happens and they ask me, what an honor that would be,' he said.
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BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2021

With its economy in free fall, Myanmar braces for the worst

Small businesses are on the front lines of an economy now facing crisis after a group of generals seized power on Feb. 1.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2021

A new Syria process cuts out Iran to bring in Gulf Arabs

The goal, it would appear, is to pave the way for broader Gulf Arab re-engagement with Syria, and a concomitant marginalization of Iranian influence.
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TENNIS
Apr 12, 2021

Rafael Nadal shrugs off fitness concerns ahead of return at Monte Carlo Masters

World No. 3 Rafael Nadal says he is fully fit and confident about his preparations as he begins his claycourt season at the Monte Carlo Masters with an eye on his pursuit of a 14th French Open crown.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 10, 2021

Rapper and actor DMX, five-time Billboard chart topper, dead at 50

American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, died on Friday, his record label said, after he suffered a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug overdose. He was 50 years old.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2021

Biden forms panel to study possible U.S. Supreme Court expansion

The a bipartisan commission will study potential U.S. Supreme Court changes including expanding the number of justices beyond the current nine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2021

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99

Prince Philip, who was Queen Elizabeth's husband for more than seven decades and helped to modernize the British monarchy and steer the royal family through repeated crises, died on Friday. He was 99.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 9, 2021

India's top court paves way for Rohingya deportations to Myanmar

'We have to state that we cannot comment upon something happening in another country,' the judge said in his order.
PRESS / Events
Apr 9, 2021

2050年ゼロエミッションの実現に向けて

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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2021

Baseball deserves to lose its antitrust immunity

It never truly had any legitimate usefulness; the antitrust exemption, which no other professional sport enjoys, is as nonsensical a thing as exists in the law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 8, 2021

Moon and his party suffer big election losses in Seoul and Busan

A key issue in the races was anger over housing prices in major metropolitan areas that have soared under Moon.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2021

China’s Taiwan conundrum: Will use of force to unite be followed by new division?

If Taiwan doesn't agree to be absorbed peacefully, it will be forced to do so. Beijing now feels that there is little likelihood of peaceful unification.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 7, 2021

Toshiba shares surge on possible buyout by CVC Capital

The bid comes as Toshiba faces scrutiny from activists following a series of scandals, including a record fine for faulty accounting and billions of dollars in writedowns.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami