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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 11, 2020

'Not seeing the urgency': Communications failure blamed for climate inaction

Experts warn that people are not seeing rising threats as urgent, leading to a lack of adequate responses.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2019

Full text of the G20 Osaka leaders' declaration

Preamble
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 8, 2015

Hedge funds seek returns in Japan as China bubble concerns mount

While China's world-beating stock market rally is generating headlines, some of the biggest Asia-focused hedge funds are looking further east for profits.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2013

'Crossing' Beijing has lasting consequences

The sad irony is that, since the early 1990s, people like Liu Binyan, Su Xiaokang, Chen Yizi, Su Shaozhi and others who know the elite communist culture well, who have lived in the United States and remain willing to cross the dangerous line into complete truth-telling, have never had much of a hearing in Washington.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 23, 2013

American teacher's spin on Japan's racism riles Net nationalists

Japan's informal army of young, hyper-nationalist Web users puts U.S. citizen Miki Dezaki in its cross hairs for uploading a video titled 'Racism in Japan' on YouTube.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 17, 2006

England pulls out victory

NUREMBERG, Germany -- Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard spared England's blushes with two late goals in a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to ensure qualification for the second round.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2000

HIV case judgment is a warning

The Osaka District Court on Thursday marked a historic and welcome first for this country. Three former presidents of the defunct Osaka-based pharmaceutical company Green Cross Corp. were found guilty of professional negligence and sentenced to prison in the case of a hospital patient who died of AIDS-related...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 5, 2023

As Taiwan gears up for 2024 presidential poll, who are the top candidates?

The result will have profound global ramifications as Beijing continues to step up military activity and diplomatic pressure on the island.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2022

Will China use force to unite with Taiwan?

The results of China's 20th Party Congress suggest that Xi Jinping and his government are determined to annex Taiwan, but remain flexible about how to achieve that goal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 26, 2022

Smuggling migrants at the U.S. border now a billion-dollar business

Title 42, introduced under the Trump administration, has authorized immediate expulsion of migrants caught crossing the border illegally, which has led to a substantial escalation in incursions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 25, 2021

At least 27 dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel

The dead, including five women and a little girl, were part of a group whose inflatable boat was found completely deflated by rescuers
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 13, 2021

U.S. eyes potential threat from China’s digital yuan

Some officials are concerned China's moves could kick off a long-term bid to topple the dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2020

Tsai's challenges will intensify in her second term

The DPP victory in Taiwan's presidential election was just just a defeat for the opposition Kuomintang, but also for Beijing.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2019

Corporate governance is improving, but not by enough

Poorly run companies are under international and domestic pressure to adopt global standards of capitalism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2017

Big South Korean firms keeping low profile ahead of Moon's reform quest

A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2016

Renewing Taiwan's 'pivot' to Southeast Asia

The success of Taiwan's effort to boost its ties with ASEAN nations will depend on the condition of cross-strait relations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2015

Border-free Europe unravels after record day of migrant influx

Two decades of frontier-free travel across Europe unraveled Monday as countries re-established border controls in the face of an unprecedented influx of migrants.
Reader Mail
Jun 9, 2011

Embarrassing delay of relief aid

Regarding the June 6 Kyodo article "Relief donations languishing": I can't believe a country of so many highly educated people has such a problem distributing emergency aid money donated by people around the world. I understand that determining how much local offices should get from the total donation...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2008

Taiwan politics: Back to the good old days under the KMT

HONOLULU — Surprises and exciting finishes are the rule in Taiwan's elections. In the months before the presidential election on March 22, Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Ma Ying-jeou led Democratic Progress Party (DPP) candidate Frank Hsieh Chang-ting in public opinion polls by as much as 20 percent,...
COMMENTARY
Mar 17, 2004

A wise China would offer an olive branch

KYOTO -- The outcome of the March 20 presidential election in Taiwan will have a profound impact on cross-strait relations. Much will depend, of course, on who wins. But equally important will be how Beijing responds. Will Beijing let the next Taiwan leader -- be it incumbent President Chen Shui-bian...
LIFE / Travel
Sep 17, 2002

Breaking down the barriers

SEOUL -- A merican presidents, soccer stars, paying tourists and the occasional squad of Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders airlifted in to boost U.S. troop morale regularly bus through select checkpoints in the Korean demilitarized zone, but otherwise this 246-km-long, 4 km-wide strip of land is one desolate...
COMMENTARY
Mar 19, 2000

Traveling for business or for pleasure?

MYANMAR -- As the nurse expounded on the risks of dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis and malaria, I realized it was going to be an unusual trip. No five-star hotel this time.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2000

Japan seeks progress in alleged abduction cases

Japan will seek to make progress on the question of the alleged abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents when the Red Cross societies of the two nations meet in Beijing on Monday, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 1999

Maritime cargo carriers sail abroad for more lucrative waters

Staff writer
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2022

Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 13 in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accused the Iraq-based Kurdish groups of 'attacking and infiltrating Iran ... to sow insecurity and riots and spread unrest.'
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te and his running mate, Hsiao Bi-khim, attend a rally outside the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei on Saturday night after winning the presidential election.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 14, 2024

Taiwan chooses continuity in pivotal presidential election

Lai's Democratic Progressive Party party won more than 40% of the roughly 14 million votes cast, but lost its majority in Taiwan’s parliament.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard at his position in a trench at a front line on the border with Russia, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy region, Ukraine, on Jan. 20.
WORLD
Apr 30, 2024

Thirty men have died trying to leave Ukraine to avoid fighting since war started

Nearly 20,000 men have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted, according to BBC reports.
Toyota has been looking to cash in on stakes in affiliates as it steps up development and production of battery-powered vehicles.
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2024

Toyota and affiliates to offload some $1 billion in Aisin shares

Toyota Motor and two affiliates will divest at least 12.5% of supplier Aisin
A man with a whip tries to control a crowd of Sudanese refugees waiting to receive food at an impromptu aid distribution on the outskirts of a refugee camp in Adre, Chad, on July 8. As starvation spreads in Sudan, its military is blocking the United Nations from bringing food into the country via the most straightforward route.
WORLD
Jul 29, 2024

As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border

Distrust and the loss of border control is hindering delivery of food by the United Nations via the most straightforward route.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
Driver arrested at scene of Yokosuka crash that injured eight
A 31-year-old man was taken into custody on Monday on suspicion of drunken driving after he caused a multivehicle crash in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Emperor emeritus is hospitalized for a heart exam
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko stroll in the garden of Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park in the city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 28, 2024.
Former sekiwake Toyonoshima is new head coach at innovative women’s club
Former sekiwake Toyonoshima and Airi Hisano train at Tachihi Sumo Club on May 1.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.
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.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
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.

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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