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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 5, 2022

Mavericks to honor Dirk Nowitzki prior to hosting Warriors

Nowitzki retired in 2019 as the Mavericks' all-time leader in most categories, including points and rebounds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 5, 2022

London’s fintech boom opens the door for dirty money

A fast-growing breed of startups present themselves as alternatives to old-fashioned banking, but critics say they're an easy conduit for financial crime.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 4, 2022

Former All-Star Hammon 'couldn't be prouder' to rejoin WNBA as a coach

Hammon signed a five-year deal that makes her the highest-paid coach in the league, with an enviable Aces squad that reached their third straight postseason last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 4, 2022

Shopping through social-media platforms expected to hit $1.2 trillion by 2025: study

More than half of so-called social buyers surveyed said they are likely to support small businesses over larger retailers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 3, 2022

America’s struggle at home

America's politics have become an insider's game to favor the super-rich and corporate lobbies at the expense of the overwhelming majority of citizens.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 2, 2022

‘Don’t Look Up’: Tick, tick, kablooey

Adam McKay wants you to know that it's the end of the world and you should absolutely, unequivocally not feel fine. (But do laugh.)
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

What inflation in 2022 will teach us about capitalism

Since the 1980s, capitalism has evolved to keep inflation under control. The risk now is that capitalism has embarked on a regime change.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2021

2022 will be a critical year for Japan’s security

In recent years, new dangers have emerged such as pandemics, the threat to vulnerable supply chains, cyber attacks and the undermining of democracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2021

Hong Kong leader says Stand News arrests not aimed at media industry

The raid was the latest crackdown on media and dissent since China imposed a tough new national security law aimed at ending pro-democracy protests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2021

South Korea presidential candidate pushes for nuclear-powered submarines

Lee Jae-myung also pledged to put aside 'strategic ambiguity' in the face of an intensifying Sino-U.S. rivalry, vowing pragmatic diplomacy instead.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2021

Young talent isn’t following the money to Wall Street

The talent pool is being drawn elsewhere. Traditional investment banks can't win them back just by upping starting salaries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell convicted for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teens

The British socialite faces up to 65 years in prison at her yet-to-be-scheduled sentencing proceeding.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 30, 2021

Aaron Rodgers says league has 'two-class' system based on COVID vaccine status

Rodgers, who has not been vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19 in November and received widespread criticism for telling reporters in August that he was 'immunized.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 30, 2021

New Xinjiang chief expected to maintain policies while boosting economic focus

Ma Xingrui's stewardship of Guangdong, China's largest provincial economy, may point to why he was chosen to replace Chen Quanguo, who oversaw a heavy handed security campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2021

From Kabul to Kentucky: Afghans put down roots in refugee haven

The city of Bowling Green has welcomed waves of refugees over four decades, beginning with the Cambodians in the 1980s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 30, 2021

The winners and losers in Japan's stock market, and what to watch in 2022

Shipping stocks topped advancers on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average this year, and commodities-related groups were among the best performers on the Topix.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2021

Mercedes-Benz swept up in latest China internet furor over model’s eyes

The episode, reported by a state media outlet, has made the maker of luxury cars the latest target of consumer nationalism in China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2021

'Erasing history': Russia closes top rights group, capping year of crackdowns

The closure of Memorial International bookmarks a year in which Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's top critic, was jailed, his movement banned and many of his allies forced to flee.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2021

Taxing economic credibility

All political leaders feel pressure to try to circumvent the laws of economics or even the laws of arithmetic — as Biden has done by claiming that his Build Back Better bill costs nothing.
Japan Times
Dec 28, 2021

Kotozna’s CES Exhibit to Showcase Concierge Platforms that Let Speakers of 109 Different Languages Talk with Each Other in Their Native Tongues

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 27, 2021) – At CES® 2022 (Jan. 5-8) and ShowStoppers® (Jan. 5), Kotozna, Inc., a Tokyo-based communication tech startup, will demonstrate its digital concierge platforms for the travel and lodging industries that enable speakers of 109 different languages to talk with one another...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 28, 2021

Kim Jong Un joins meeting to chart nuclear strategy toward U.S.

North Korea's ruling party is expected to discuss how to respond to the Biden administration's invitation to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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