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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 21, 2021

How Japan can help the U.K. meet its China challenge

With London and Tokyo sharing a view on the impact of Beijing's rise, now is the time for a bilateral policy dialogue to further align their diplomatic, economic and security interests.
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 20, 2021

Episode 78: Japan's foreign residents are trapped — Part 3

Japan Times reporter Magdalena Osumi provides an update on Japan's border situation.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jan 17, 2021

With an eye toward Japan, fans call on MLB to protect crowds from dangerous foul balls

One activist believes the methods used by NPB teams to prevent injuries in the stands could easily be applied to the majors.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 13, 2021

Episode 77: When will Japan get a vaccine for COVID-19?

Bloomberg reporter Lisa Du joins Deep Dive to discuss when Japan will start to distribute a vaccine for COVID-19, and why it has fallen so far behind other countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2021

Several Republicans join impeachment push; Pence won't move to expel Trump

The House is poised to vote as soon as Wednesday on a single article of impeachment accusing the president of inciting the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 6, 2021

Climate action is embedding into how the world works

Positive developments in 2020 are perhaps a strong sign that climate action is starting to be 'institutionalized.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 4, 2021

2020 just the start of a testing decade

The gap between Wall Street and Main Street has widened, reflecting a K-shaped recovery in the real economy. The pandemic is thus sowing the seeds for more social unrest in 2021.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 3, 2021

The pandemic season: How Japanese soccer survived the coronavirus

In an extensive interview with The Japan Times, J. League chairman Mitsuru looked back on how the league has navigated the turbulent 2020 campaign.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 30, 2020

Episode 76: So long, 2020

We hear from listeners of Deep Dive about what got them through 2020.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 24, 2020

How has COVID-19 changed Japan's pop culture? Episode 4: Rebuild

Two anime films — ”Demon Slayer” and “Violet Evergarden” — offer a dash of optimism to end 2020, as Japanese pop culture moves towards the beginning of a new era.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 23, 2020

How has COVID-19 changed Japan's pop culture? Episode 3: Adapt

Pop group NiziU's “Make You Happy” became the song of this very strange summer and the government changed its tone from stay home to Go To.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 22, 2020

How has COVID-19 changed Japan's pop culture? Episode 2: Isolate

When COVID-19 brought about a stay-at-home spring, Animal Crossing provided us with a digital island escape.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 21, 2020

How has COVID-19 changed Japan's pop culture? Episode 1: Collapse

In Episode 1 of Recultured, we look at how 2020 ground to a halt through the lens of "Terrace House," and hear from stars of the show about its dramatic ending amid the arrival of COVID-19.
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WORLD
Dec 14, 2020

Lofty climate goals get reality check at global summit

At the Climate Ambition Summit, one country after another failed to raise the bar, as leaders offered only incremental steps.
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 2, 2020

Episode 75: What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for Japan?

Sheila A. Smith joined us from Washington earlier this week to give her take on what a Biden presidency might mean for Japan going forward.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2020

Outbound travel from Sapporo and Osaka added to travel campaign curbs

Osaka Prefecture reported 383 new cases of the virus on Friday, a day after recording a high of 12 deaths, while Hokkaido recorded 252 and a record nine deaths.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 25, 2020

A festival of new Asian art, seeking a direction

You could find reasons for both enthusiasm and skepticism when Asia Society announced last year that it would present a triennial of contemporary art, centered on art from what the organizers called "Asia and the world.”
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PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 25, 2020

Reimagining Japan's post-pandemic tourism industry

International travelers to Japan increased from 8.6 million in 2010 to just shy of 32 million in 2019. Then came 2020. Now, with the pandemic reducing international tourism to near zero, what's next for Japan's travel industry?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2020

What COVID-19 is costing women?

The pandemic has compounded a longstanding problem for women around the world: large and persistent barriers to participating in the economy and public life on an equal basis with men.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 18, 2020

Episode 73: Japan's third wave of COVID-19

Gearoid Reidy, a senior editor at Bloomberg, joins us to discuss whether we might see a new state of emergency and the hope provided by the recent news about vaccines.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2020

Corporations and foreign nations pivot to lobby Biden

While Biden has taken steps to demonstrate his distance from lobbyists, his presidency is being welcomed in Washington's influence industry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 16, 2020

With progressive politics on march in New Zealand, Maori minister blazes new trails

Nanaia Mahuta's excitement reflects a global desire among progressives for a shift away from the chauvinist, right-wing populism that has shaped the past four years in some countries.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 11, 2020

Episode 72: Preserving the endangered Ainu language

The Ainu language has been declared critically endangered by UNESCO, with few people left alive today who speak it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2020

Microsoft sets sights on Sony’s home turf in console clash

As the Xbox has virtually zero presence in Japan, there is plenty of room for it to increase its share of the market.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 5, 2020

Episode 71: CBD — Japan's path to medical marijuana?

Japan Times contributor Dan Buyanovsky explores Japan's growing CBD industry and whether it offers a path to the legalization of medical marijuana.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 28, 2020

Episode 70: Japan's got ghosts

Author, Bram Stoker Award nominee and host of the podcast “Uncanny Japan,” Thersa Matsuura joins us to share her fascination with the Japanese supernatural.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 24, 2020

Hokkaido municipalities gamble on a nuclear future, but at what cost?

Nuclear waste site survey applications reflect muddled official policy about what to do with the country's spent nuclear fuel

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years