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BUSINESS
May 19, 2023

Auto supplier Hitachi Astemo flags lapses in quality tests over decades

The misconduct affected 22 products for 69 customers, including rear shock absorbers and brake systems for cars, railcar dampers and connecting rods, the company said.
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BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2023

Germany retires last nuclear plants in hopes of greener pastures

In Germany, the decision to phase out nuclear power comes at a moment in which many countries are moving in the opposite direction.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 2, 2023

The importance of the Constitutional Democratic Party’s visit to Taiwan

Taiwan needs a broader base of supporters other than just conservatives in key partner countries to keep it safer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2023

Japan and EU agree to further deepen cooperation as strategic interests converge

Among the top deliverables was a decision to launch a strategic dialogue at the foreign ministerial level to ramp up security cooperation.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jul 5, 2023

Would you spend the night in a coffin … for art?

Want to know what it’s like to spend the night in a coffin? Culture critic Thu-Huong Ha joins us to discuss her night in artist Marina Abramovic’s nightmare-inducing Dream House.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jul 3, 2023

Criticism over expression on bathroom use prompts change of LGBTQ guidance

The move has been seen as a setback for the Iwate Prefectural Government’s consideration for LGBTQ people.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jul 3, 2023

Nagasaki island divided over survey on hosting nuclear waste disposal site

Some residents are expressing hopes for regional development — mindful that the city will receive a large subsidy if it proceeds with the move.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2023

Power conservation may lead to higher mortality risk, study claims

Researchers estimated that about 7,710 people died prematurely in Japan each year during energy savings campaigns in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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WORLD
Jan 16, 2023

The German town at the heart of a debate over coal and climate

German officials have said the revival of coal-burning is an emergency measure to weather the energy crisis, but climate activists are resisting.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 9, 2023

How researchers in disaster-prone Japan and the Pacific are rethinking city design

In the years following the 2011 megaquake and tsunami, seawalls have proliferated along northeastern Japan's Pacific coast. Some researchers are pushing for an alternative approach.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 9, 2023

Don’t pay people to leave Tokyo. Make more Tokyos.

Trying to arrest rural depopulation, Japan wants people to quit Tokyo, its greatest metropolis. How about creating new ones instead?
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2023

Assets of Japan's new Upper House members average ¥25.67 million

The figure is 38% higher than the average for Upper House members who won seats in the 2019 election.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 2, 2023

Recruitment issues undermining Japan’s military buildup

The SDF faces an uphill battle as it struggles with a falling birthrate and increased competition with the private sector over a shrinking pool of applicants.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 14, 2022

25 years on from the protocol’s signing, did we ever 'Kyoto'?

Dec. 11 marked the 25th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, a landmark treaty that put the idea of global effort to save the planet on many national radars. To mark the event, The Japan Times has launched a new section, Our Planet, that will look at the climate crisis, earth science and disaster management...
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 5, 2022

Should I stay or should I go, now?

A sense of isolation and concerns over being able to communicate during the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred some people to make the move back to their home countries.
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 4, 2022

How Japanese soccer evolved to produce world-beating warriors

The Samurai Blue's upset wins over Germany and Spain at the 2022 FIFA World Cup are a result of decades of effort to expand the sport's footprint across the country.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 4, 2022

Japan Times 1997: 160 nations adopt Kyoto Protocol

Environmental concerns hit the front pages of newspapers in 1997, with the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, and 1922, when residents tried to appease an 'angry tree.'

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building