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JAPAN
Jan 17, 2023

Environment education that connects all the dots

Currently, students in Japan are taught the facts, but not necessarily how they are linked to political and social changes around the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2023

At least 68 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in 30 years

A Nepalese police official said rescue workers were having difficulty reaching the site of the plane crash in a gorge between two hills near a tourist town's airport.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2023

Efforts to commercialize carbon capture tech accelerating in Japan

The industry ministry is set to draw up a road map including measures to help promote the use of such tech, believing that it is essential for realizing net-zero emissions by 2050.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Davos special 2023
Jan 14, 2023

Japan’s greatest export today: Stability

As nations navigate chaotic global affairs, Japan stands out for its economic and social stability. As a reliable trading partner with a steady political system, its value as a dependable player will increase as fragmentation intensifies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 12, 2023

As anime continues its rise, animators eye opportunities afield in 2023

How big will Japanese animation be in 2023?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2023

China says military flights are a response to U.S.-Taiwan ‘collusion’

The claim comes after U.S. lawmakers last month agreed to a spending bill that included $2 billion in weapons funding for Taiwan next year and as much as $10 billion through 2027.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2023

Looking for the endgame to Sino-U.S. competition

The question asked by some in the West is not “Do we want China to succeed or fail?” but rather, “How do we manage China's continuing rise?”
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 10, 2023

Noma, rated the world’s best restaurant, is closing its doors

Is the end of Rene Redzepi's acclaimed restaurant the canary in fine dining's coal mine?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 9, 2023

Economists fret over perils ahead for global growth

The world economy may be shifting to a more difficult era where interest rates will be higher, geopolitical tensions greater and uncertainties more pronounced.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2023

Police prepare for spring elections six months after Abe was killed on the campaign trail

The National Police Agency has conducted a drastic review of its protection for dignitaries and introduced a plan to check the protection plans of prefectural police in advance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 5, 2023

China and Philippines vow 'friendly' handling of maritime spats

China and the Philippines are at odds over the South China Sea, with Beijing claiming sovereignty over almost the entire area.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2025

On anniversary of WWII's end, China urges Japan to make the 'right choice'

"Only by remembering the past can straying onto the wrong path again be avoided," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted as saying.
Agricultural workers harvest jasmine flowers at sunrise at a field in the village of Shubra Balula in Egypt's northern Nile delta province of Gharbiya on July 7.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2025

Egyptian farmers behind world's perfumes face climate fight alone

Jasmine has sustained thousands of Egyptian farmers for generations, but rising temperatures, prolonged dry spells and climate-driven pests are putting that legacy at risk.
A malnourished Palestinian child gets a checkup at a medical point run by a local nongovernmental organization affiliated with the primary health care of the Palestinian health ministry in al-Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Younis, on Aug. 13.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2025

Starving Gaza children too weak to cry, Save the Children head says

The United Nations officially declared famine in the Gaza Strip on Friday, blaming what it called Israel's systematic obstruction of aid during more than 22 months of war.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief negotiator, said he will be watching legal developments in the United States as tariff cases there move forward.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2025

Hope in Tokyo as Trump tariffs declared illegal

The decision is seen as potentially having some significance.
Students hold candles at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, West Java on Tuesday, as they pay tribute to victims killed during a clash between police and demonstrators demanding police reform and the dissolution of parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2025

Rights group says 10 killed in Indonesia protests

The disturbances that rocked the country last week were sparked by discontent over economic inequality and lavish perks for lawmakers.
People receive aid distributed by the Aga Khan Development Network in the Dewa Gul Valley of Sawkay district in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Friday.
WORLD
Sep 6, 2025

U.S. yet to approve any help following Afghanistan earthquake, sources say

The lack of response underscores how President Donald Trump has forfeited decades of U.S. leadership of global disaster relief.
Chinese DF-61 intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles are displayed during a military parade in Beijing, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sept. 3. 
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2025

The global nuclear picture grows darker and darker

It’s hard, if not impossible, to escape the conclusion that the world is in a grim place when measured by nuclear metrics.
Migrants gather outside an office of Mexico's Refugee Aid Commission to obtain a humanitarian visa that allows them safe passage to continue their journey to Mexico's northern border to seek asylum in the U.S., in Tapachula, Mexico, in September 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2025

Trump administration plans push at U.N. to restrict global asylum rights

Under the proposed framework, asylum seekers would be required to claim protection in the first country they enter, not a nation of their choosing.
Despite centuries of overfishing and ecological collapse, the recovery of tuna stocks shows that strong regulation and economic self-interest can make once-endangered species sustainably abundant again.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 16, 2025

Tuna sushi is safe from extinction, for now

With the exception of Mediterranean albacore (a favorite of Spanish canneries) and bigeye in the Indian Ocean, every population is now being fished within sustainable levels.
In Japan, 35% of students graduate with a degree in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — compared with 38% in the U.S., 42% in South Korea and Germany and 45% in Britain.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 21, 2023

Japan to give ¥300 billion to universities expanding science education

As the country's R&D status continues to drop, the ministry’s new program aims to fund schools pivoting toward STEM subjects.
A group of individuals that allege sexual abuse by Johnny Kitagawa was first established on June 26.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2023

U.N. experts to probe Johnny Kitagawa's alleged abuse in Japan

The group will gather its findings and present a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in June next year.
Many obstacles stand in the way of effectively combating corruption globally. Reaching an agreement on international regulations would be a good starting point.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2023

A world engulfed in corruption and cronyism

In today’s interconnected world, the consequences of cronyism and corruption often extend beyond national borders.
Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan, speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2023

BOJ to allow ‘greater flexibility’ with yield curve control policy

The bank also raised its inflation forecast in the quarterly outlook, projecting that consumer prices for fiscal 2023 will be 2.5%.
The batsman’s place can be a lonely one — in the center of the field, surrounded by the opposition — but you can always look back to your pavilion for support.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / Longform
Jul 31, 2023

Sweat, stumps and solidarity on the cricket pitch

It's a hot day and the Yokohama Alpha Quashers are about to take on the Chiba Sharks, fighting for a chance to move higher in the Japan Cricket League.
Signs hang on a gate as people hike in the Pen y Pass at the foot of Mount Snowdon near Llanberis, Wales, in 2020. For residents of deprived urban areas, going to natural green spaces can be prohibitively expensive.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2023

Isolated from nature, U.K.'s ethnic minorities hit harder by heat

Experts say ethnic minorities will be affected most as they often live in dense, poorly insulated households near fewer parks and less vegetation.
A camp of informal gold miners in Los Amigos, in the Madre de Dios region, Peru. The Peruvian government estimates that illegal miners dump about 180 metric tons of mercury in Madre de Dios annually.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2023

Gold mining in the Amazon poisoning scores of threatened species

Miners in southeast Peru use mercury to find gold — inadvertently contaminating hundreds of species native to the area.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2023

China’s rebuke of Russia over border tussle doesn't signal shift

The rare admonition took place Friday over an incident involving Chinese citizens denied entry from Kazakhstan into Russia at a border checkpoint.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’