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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2023

Three cheers for hybrid work

The remote revolution in work is one consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic that the world should welcome.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2023

U.S. supports allowing Russian athletes to compete at 2024 Olympics as neutrals

The IOC's willingness to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes in Paris has divided the sporting and diplomatic world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2023

EU-Ukraine wartime summit to deliver on some issues, disappoint on others

Zelenskyy has called for more punitive measures against Russia by the EU, but new sanctions the bloc is preparing are set to fall short of the Kyiv government's demands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2023

Seeing is believing? A global scramble to tackle deepfakes

Most countries appear to be struggling to keep up with the fast-evolving technology amid concerns that regulation could stymie innovation or curtail free speech.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 2, 2023

Japan agricultural bank Nochu readies global return after U.K. selloff

The agricultural bank was once one of the biggest buyers of collateralized loan obligations in the world, and is looking at resuming purchases in the coming months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2023

Canada commits to taking in 10,000 Uyghur refugees from 2024

Rights groups believe at least 1 million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in internment camps in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 2, 2023

‘From this day forward, I will always be "Oscar-nominated actor Ke Huy Quan”!’

After mounting a major career comeback and losing his health insurance, the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” actor says the news was surreal.
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023

The British offshore wind firm hoping to win big on Japan’s 'trump card'

As more overseas companies arrive in the Asia Pacific in search of opportunities in the renewables industry, one U.K. firm sees Japan as the ideal base for regional growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023

Biotechnology startup Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the dodo

The billion-dollar startup has added the famous bird to its de-extinction agenda, alongside the woolly mammoth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2023

U.S. and allies mark anniversary of Myanmar coup with more sanctions

Washington imposed sanctions on the Union Election Commission, mining enterprises and energy officials, among others.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2023

Sony slashes PlayStation VR2 headset output after pre-orders disappoint

The company halved its forecast for shipments of the PSVR2, which is set for a Feb. 22 release, this quarter to about a million units.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jan 31, 2023

Jones returns to his roots to issue clarion call for Australian game

In a message delivered at the school where he was once a pupil and teacher, Jones said the team would do its part by winning the World Cup in France later this year.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2023

Ukraine's Usyk motivated by boxing and memory of friend lost to war

Usyk said a unification title fight with British fighter Fury could possibly take place 'at the end of April.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,818 new coronavirus cases

The seven-day average of cases came to 4,622.6, down 34% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 30, 2023

North Korea could get a vital lifeline from arms sales to Russia

While Washington said the weapons won’t do much to alter the battlefield, the sales would open a new stream of revenue to a country isolated from much of world trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jan 30, 2023

The 2% target: Central banks' inflation touchstone faces post-pandemic reckoning

By announcing an inflation goal, central bankers feel they build credibility for themselves and focus the planning of households and firms in ways that help keep inflation controlled.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2023

The mouse that roared: New Zealand and the world's 2% inflation target

Since it's arrival in 1990, the 2% inflation target phenomenon has sailed from Wellington around the globe to become the accepted norm among central banks, large and small.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 3,427 new cases

The number represents a drop from the previous week's total of 1,683 cases.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 29, 2023

In Texas oil country, an unfamiliar threat: earthquakes

A pair of recent strong earthquakes were part of a surge in seismic activity in the state related to oil and gas production.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Jan 29, 2023

Angela Jeffs: The Japan Times columnist who taught us to ‘write the mind alive’

Angela Jeffs helped the international community make sense of Japan and our place in it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2023

Disappearing barbecues show global beef demand is under pressure

Even as inflation cools, all signs point to continued pressure this year, especially in some of the world’s most carnivorous nations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 28, 2023

Biden wins deal with Japan and Netherlands on China chip export limit

The agreement, aimed at undercutting Beijing’s ambitions to build its own domestic chip capabilities, would extend some U.S. export controls to Nikon and Tokyo Electron.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2023

Memphis releases deadly police beating video

Footage of the violent encounter between Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and the five police officers charged with murder in his beating death has sent shock waves through the U.S.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 28, 2023

Translations and books about Japan for your 2023 reading list

From Osamu Dazai to Yu Miri, the year ahead promises of trove of books about Japan and newly translated literature.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jan 28, 2023

Across China, folk remedies remain a popular, if unproven, COVID cure

A combination of shortages of Western medicines and long-standing traditions has kept these homespun treatments in the spotlight.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Vietnamese technical intern arrested over Saga murder
Saga Prefectural Police officials speak during a news conference held in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, early Monday following the arrest of a Vietnamese man a day earlier on suspicion of murder.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
How Japan made techno its own
Rural, a three-day techno festival, was held July 18 to 21 at Nowhere Camp in Fukushima Prefecture.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Traditional Japanese swordsmanship — with modern matches
This year marked the eighth annual championship put on by the Hogyokukai school of traditional Japanese swordsmanship.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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