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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2022

Why might China avoid strong inflation?

The Chinese government knows an overly strong stimulus would entail excessive monetary expansion and a surge in inflation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2022

With renewables hit by tariffs and supply-chain woes, U.S. coal plants delay closures

Brochures showing beaches on Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, tend not to show a coal-fired power plant now set to remain open there for years longer than planned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 12, 2022

Climate change and scarcity chip away at de-growth taboo

De-growth — the idea that a finite planet cannot sustain ever-increasing consumption — is about the closest you can get to a heresy in economics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 11, 2022

Unification Church ties likely to weigh on Cabinet despite Kishida's bid for stability

The changes to the Cabinet lineup may do little for the Kishida administration's falling popularity ratings and could impact its efforts to deal with primary policy issues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2022

North Korea declares victory over COVID while revealing Kim suffered fever

Kim's sister has vowed 'deadly retaliation' against South Korea, which Pyongyang blames for causing the outbreak.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2022

What's behind the key appointments in Kishida’s new ‘unity Cabinet’

Selections have significant implications for what observers should expect from the government over the next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2022

Fed officials say rates likely to rise into next year to curb inflation

Two U.S. Federal Reserve officials have responded to softening inflation data by saying it doesn't change the U.S. central bank's path toward even higher interest rates this year and next.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2022

Three major takeaways from the FBI raid on Trump’s home

Don't assume that executing a search warrant means the federal government will prosecute Donald Trump. Getting a conviction would seem to be very tricky.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2022

Nancy Pelosi trip hinders Biden effort to galvanize Asia against China

The shockwaves from the highest-level U.S. visit to Taiwan in a quarter century are still reverberating around the region days after she flew back to Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2022

Trump search was unprecedented, but records case will be tough

While the raid is 'uncharted territory” for the U.S., it isn't a foregone conclusion that Trump is in serious legal jeopardy.
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Aug 9, 2022

Why the Unification Church has become a headache for Kishida

Support for Kishida's cabinet has fallen to the lowest since he took office in October at 46%, with many poll respondents saying they wanted an explanation about ties to the church.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2022

Europe is faking solidarity, and Putin knows it

As shown by a compromise on saving natural gas, the EU can't defend itself against its enemies yet.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 9, 2022

Real Madrid motivated ahead of Super Cup clash with Frankfurt

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti sees echoes of his team's fighting spirit in underdog opponent Frankfurt, and is aware that his players should not take last season's Europa League winner lightly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2022

More Chinese women delay or give up on having babies after 'COVID zero' ordeal

Strict controls on people's lives may have caused profound damage on their desire to have children, demographers say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2022

Biden and his party look for midterm boost from breakthrough bill

The president and his party finally scored the win they've been waiting for heading into the November congressional elections. But it's uncertain it will be enough to save them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
Aug 7, 2022

A new wine legend sprouts from the land of the gods

Chief vintner Norio Abe wasn't interested in wine — until an order he couldn't refuse and a few years in the fields convinced him he had much more than a spark of talent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2022

Jury awards $45.2 million in punitive damages in Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial

The U.S. conspiracy theorist was ordered to pay the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 massacre for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2022

Ukraine’s war viewed from China

Westerners regard Russia's war as an attack on the rules-based order, but Chinese scholars see it as another harbinger of the final curtain on U.S. and Western hegemony.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 4, 2022

Al-Qaida unlikely to be deterred by al-Zawahri loss, experts say

The group's far-flung branches are tactically independent and are expected to plot more attacks on local and Western targets.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 4, 2022

White House lobbies Democrats to halt bill upgrading Taiwan ties

The legislation would designate Taiwan as a major non-NATO ally, support its participation in international organizations and provide $4.5 billion in security aid.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 3, 2022

Lawyers decry ban on 'menacing' eyewear at Japan prison

The glasses risked 'intimidating and inviting derision from' other prisoners, the jail in Hokkaido has been quoted as saying.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 3, 2022

Former yokozuna Hakuho faces new challenges as Miyagino stablemaster

Sumo's greatest-ever grand champion is now in charge of his own beya, but whether he will be able to rise through the complicated hierarchy of the Japan Sumo Association is an open question.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 3, 2022

Nancy Pelosi meets Taiwan's Tsai, vowing that U.S. won't abandon Taipei

In a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, the U.S. House speaker said that Washington's solidarity with Taipei is “crucial” now more than ever.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 3, 2022

Biden's al-Qaida counterterrorism win masks some concerns with strategy

The CIA drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri relied on a perfect set of conditions, analysts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2022

Liquor tax revenue dives in Japan amid pandemic

Both the size of the fall and the rate of decrease were the largest in 31 years since the impact of a drastic revision of the Liquor Tax Law in fiscal 1989.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2022

Globalization is just getting started

Greater integration of the world's financial and political interests has improved our lives and will inevitably continue despite current discourse to the contrary.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 1, 2022

An economic lesson from Japan

How does Japan, which imports massive volumes of oil and with a weakening currency, keep inflation so low?
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
U.S. and Ukraine sign resources deal after fraught negotiations
The United States and Ukraine signed a minerals deal on Wednesday, offering a measure of assurance to officials in Kyiv.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
North Korea's Kim sets sights on nuclear-armed navy
An unidentified weapons system is fired from the deck of North Korea's latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon, during two days of tests on Monday and Tuesday in this undated photo released Wednesday.
Single, or not? Japanese dating app launches relationship verification system
Tapple, one of Japan's most popular dating apps, has launched the nation's first feature to verify a user's single status via their My Number card.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.

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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.
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