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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2022

Why China won’t end its 'COVID zero' policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping early on took ownership of the battle against the coronavirus — now his political legitimacy rests on the outcome.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 15, 2022

Tyson Fury says need to stay 'sane' behind retirement U-turn

The 34-year-old reversed his decision several times before confirming he would defend his title in an all-British bout against Derek Chisora in December.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 14, 2022

Tears flow as George Russell arrives as Brazilian Grand Prix winner

Sunday's well-deserved win at Interlagos, the penultimate race of the campaign, was a first of the season for Mercedes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 14, 2022

Deadly bombing in Istanbul is being investigated as a terrorist attack

The attack was the deadliest in Turkey in more than five years, and authorities offered few details in the hours afterward.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 13, 2022

Chef Kiyoki Umeda dreams of 'Pretty Good’ doughnuts

Don't let the humble name fool you — these doughnuts are serious business.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2022

Winter will be a major factor in the Ukraine war, U.S. officials say

Although Moscow is likely to continue to attack Ukrainian troops, bases and infrastructure, the coming winter is expected to bring a slowdown in military advances on both sides.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 11, 2022

Repeat COVID-19 is riskier than first infection, study finds

Reinfected patients had a more than doubled risk of death and a more than tripled risk of hospitalization compared with those who were infected with COVID-19 just once, the study showed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2022

Soon there will be 8 billion people on the planet

We live in a world where billions of people are struggling, hundreds of millions are facing hunger and famine and record numbers are on the move due to conflict and other hardships.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / EXPLAINER
Nov 10, 2022

How Binance-FTX deal rocked the crypto world and then collapsed

While crypto might seem like a niche corner of finance, the saga between two of its top players has upended the crypto ecosystem and is likely to have far-reaching repercussions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2022

Putin's elite tremble as hard-liners call for ‘Stalinist’ steps

One senior official likened the current situation to a military dictatorship but without the military coup that usually precedes it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 8, 2022

Even as Egypt hosts climate summit, selling fossil fuels is a priority

To the government in Cairo, a Europe in sudden need of natural gas is a very good thing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 8, 2022

Defiance by candlelight as Kyiv adapts to blackouts

For much of the past month, Russian strikes have heavily targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, severely damaging the electricity network.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 5, 2022

Russia sends ill-trained draftees into combat amid losses, analysts say

Ukraine's military and Western analysts say Russian forces are making fruitless attacks in eastern Ukraine and taking heavy losses after a hastily arranged draft added over 300,000 troops.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2022

Fifth court finds Upper House poll was held in state of unconstitutionality

The maximum gap of 3.03 times represented a 'striking inequality' serious enough to raise the issue of unconstitutionality, a Miyazaki court said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2022

Israel's Netanyahu on cusp of victory with far-right allies

With around 87% of the vote counted, initial results put Netanyahu's bloc ahead after the country's fifth election in four years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2022

Russian military leaders discussed use of nuclear weapons, U.S. officials say

American officials said they had seen no evidence that the Russians were moving nuclear weapons into place or taking other tactical measures to prepare for a strike, however.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter faces exodus of advertisers and executives

At least five Twitter executives have left in recent days, as one of the world's largest ad companies said clients should pause spending on the social media platform.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2022

Rishi Sunak must detoxify Brexit to save himself

A thaw in U.K.-EU relations is the U.K. prime minister's best hope of political survival.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moves toward ‘war of drones’ as winter looms

The war's different theaters — front line, long range and economic — are tightly interwoven. Taken together, they suggest Putin still has an ambitious strategy to control Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 1, 2022

Stealth yen intervention aims for maximum impact, says finance minister

Officials remain tight-lipped on exactly when they intervened in the market in October. Full details of their actions will not be available until quarterly intervention data is published.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2022

Taiwan tensions raise alarms over risks to world’s subsea cables

A disruption in a conflict with China could result in Taiwan getting cut off from the world, similar to what happened to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga earlier this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2022

South Korea's Yoon declares mourning period after Halloween crush kills 153

Social media footage showed hundreds of people packed in the narrow, sloped alley crushed and immobile as emergency officials and police tried to pull them free.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2022

Xi invokes Mao in visit to cradle of Communist revolution

Xi's choice to visit Yan'an — a site inextricably linked with Communist China's founder Mao Zedong — was an important, deliberate indication of the themes of his next five years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 27, 2022

Tech’s biggest companies are sending worrying signals about the U.S. economy

A series of quarterly earnings reports is showing that even Silicon Valley's most powerful companies are feeling the impact of inflation and rising interest rates.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2022

One missile shook Ukraine’s grain trade. Another might kill it.

If Russia doesn't renew a grain deal that allowed Ukraine back into global markets, it could send prices soaring again and savage Ukrainian farms.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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