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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 3, 2021

Has COVID-19 killed Asia’s growth miracle?

Although the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of global supply chains, pursuing a strategy of insourcing or localizing production would be devastating.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 3, 2021

Uncertainty hijacked media coverage in 2020

Sorting through the media highlights of a year overshadowed by a global pandemic
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 2, 2021

The shape of China’s recovery

Having matured and grown more patient, China is less impetuous about achieving short-term gains, and more invested in creating opportunities for its people over the long term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 1, 2021

Five cheers for 2021

But as 2021 nears, things look a lot better than they did just a few months ago. We now have at least five reasons to celebrate the New Year.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2020

COVID-19 exposes nation's shortcomings

Only by working together — as citizens and residents, politicians and medical health professionals — can we defeat COVID-19 and make 2021 the year of recovery and hope.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 29, 2020

The lessons from East Asia's coronavirus successes

Japan and its neighbors have largely fared better than the West during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now have a duty to pass on their knowledge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2020

Billionaires of South Korea's beauty industry see fortunes reverse

Changes to women's daily routines amid the pandemic have halted the rising wealth of those who tapped the popularity of South Korean beauty brands in a deal-making frenzy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 27, 2020

How might COVID-19 change the world?

No country will be safe from COVID-19 until all are. It's a global problem demanding a global solution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2020

With Biden, an opportunity to normalize relations with Cuba again

The certification by the Electoral College of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election is the final nail in the coffin of President Donald Trump and his supporters’ attempt to reverse the results of the vote. It is now time to move on and take necessary foreign policy steps to...
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2020

The blast that blew away Lebanon's faith in itself

The lack of answers over the catastrophe is making it difficult for an already crippled nation to rise from the ashes again.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2020

'Window of hope': Europe begins to launch COVID-19 vaccinations

Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID-19 on Saturday, a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries, including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 26, 2020

Top 5: Food trends our critics want to see Japan embrace in 2021

Eyes (and stomachs) are already turning to 2021. Five of The Japan Times' critics share the dining trends they'd like to see the country embrace.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2020

Trump leaves a mess behind at NASA

President-elect Joe Biden needs to focus on what has made the U.S. space program distinctive in recent years: the power of private competition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2020

Brexit deal done, Britain now scrambles to see how it will work

For many Christmas was only the beginning, Day 1 of a high-stakes and unpredictable experiment in how to unstitch a tight web of commercial relations across Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2020

BBC says obtained full copy of post-Brexit trade deal

The post-Brexit trade deal reached by the United Kingdom and the European Union goes beyond the EU's so-called "Canada-style" trade accord, the BBC said on Friday, citing what it said was a full copy of the accord.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 25, 2020

NHL plans to have Canadian teams play in home venues

The NHL anticipates the league's Canadian teams will be able to play games in their home venues when the season starts on Jan. 13.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 25, 2020

Japan retail sales drop as Tokyo prices fall most since 2010

Slumping energy costs and record virus cases that kept shoppers home darkened the recovery outlook, delivering sales declines that doubled analysts' forecasts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2020

'Parting is such sweet sorrow': EU and U.K. clinch narrow Brexit accord

The deal offers a way out of a chaotic finale to a divorce that has shaken the 70-year project to forge European unity after World War II.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2020

China targets Jack Ma’s Alibaba empire in monopoly probe

China has begun an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and summoned affiliate Ant Group Co. to a high-level meeting over financial regulations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020

2020 in hindsight: Asia’s bad to good in the year that was

The Asian Development Bank projects COVID-19 could push 160 million more into poverty in Asia. The region's poverty rate will increase for the first time in 20 years, says the World Bank.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020

These two jailed Canadians deserve your Christmas wishes

Hopefully, the buildup of publicity of people sending Christmas cards to the imprisoned Canadians will put moral pressure on China, causing it to abandon its practice of hostage diplomacy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 23, 2020

How vaccine-makers are preparing for mutant coronavirus strains

Drugmakers have said they could reset the COVID-19 shot to counter a new strain within just six weeks.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Ireland report 2020
Dec 23, 2020

Arran Chemical Co.: Forming bonds with Japan

Located in central Ireland, Arran Chemical Co. (Arran) has been manufacturing up to several hundred tons of high-quality chemicals for a wide range of pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries for more than three decades.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 22, 2020

EU clears Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for first inoculations

Preparations for the vaccine roll-out come as the identification of a highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus in Britain caused chaos across the region.
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.
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.
Signs of change emerge in constitutional interpretation of same-sex marriage
Plaintiffs celebrate the Tokyo High Court's ruling in a same-sex marriage lawsuit in Tokyo on Oct. 30.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
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.

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