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Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 4, 2019

Nick Kyrgios shaking up tennis world

A few hours after Roger Federer collected the 100th ATP title of his career in Dubai, Nick Kyrgios was preparing for his Mexican Open final against Alexander Zverev — on a jet ski.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 4, 2019

U.S. and South Korea kick off smaller-scale military drills as Trump blasts costs

The U.S. and South Korea militaries began a new, smaller-scale joint exercise Monday after the Trump administration canceled large-scale drills just days after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi for their second summit that ended without any deal on denuclearizing...
WORLD
Mar 3, 2019

Saudi Cabinet gives green light for electronic tourism visas for foreign travelers

Saudi Arabia's Cabinet has approved electronic visas for foreign visitors to attend sporting events and concerts, local media reported, as the world's top oil exporter tries to diversify its economy and open up its society.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2019

Americans and their love of Fahrenheit

What's so great about Fahrenheit? Not much, but Americans are sticking with it. The global conversation about climate needs to adapt to that reality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 2, 2019

Australian defense chief Christopher Pyne latest to quit as election looms

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new Cabinet member on Saturday after a wave of high-profile ministerial resignations added to opinion polls that suggest the center-right government faces heavy defeat at elections due in May.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2019

As Joe Biden weighs 2020 bid, Democrats ask: 'Does he meet the moment?'

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said this week he was "very close" to deciding whether to make a 2020 White House bid and will run only if he thinks he can win the Democratic Party's nomination.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2019

Focus on North Korea's nuclear arsenal obscures threat posed by chemical and biological weapons

As U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held their summit in Vietnam, the narrow focus on nuclear weapons obscured a major danger: Kim holds the whip in a three-ring circus of weapons of mass destruction. The other two rings, adjacent and in many ways more frightening, feature...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2019

After months of setbacks, Theresa May's Brexit deal starts to fall into place

Wednesday night's votes in Parliament suggest that Prime Minister Theresa May is closer to leading Britain out of the European Union with a Brexit deal than at any other point since her negotiations with Brussels began. Instead of another humiliating defeat, Parliament told her to stay the course. Crucially,...
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2019

Can the U.S. avert an India-Pakistan war?

North Korea and Venezuela are getting the headlines, but the world's most dangerous crisis is taking place in South Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2019

A month ahead of election, Thailand's billionaire rising political star is energizing young voters

Young people line up to take selfies with him. His hashtags are trending. And when billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit promises an end to Thailand's military "dictatorship," supporters of his Future Forward Party roar their approval.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 26, 2019

The complicated perception of heroism

As the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art's final Heisei Era (1989-2019) exhibition, this ambitious and somewhat provocative show looks back on the socio-political roles art played in the midst of the past 90 or so years.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2019

How the Americans can escape the graveyard of empires

The key will be persuading both sides to accept a compromise that is far from perfect for either, but allows Afghanistan to move forward.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2019

All the American presidents' pronouns

U.S. leaders' rhetoric has grown less analytical over the past century and more confident. But Trump may be as far as that trend can go.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2019

Big teams rarely come up with innovations

Innovations are more likely to arise from lone researchers or very small groups.
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.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
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.
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.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
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.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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