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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2020

Where's the sympathy for lonely young people?

With job losses and support networks having closed down, some are feeling the effects of the pandemic more acutely.
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 7, 2020

Japan institute struggling to preserve A-bomb autopsy materials

Specimens from victims were held by the U.S. for almost 30 years. Now returned and fading, the government has refused to fund their digitization.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 7, 2020

Takuma Sato 'excited' for delayed Indianapolis 500

The storied race's 2017 winner will be looking for his first victory of the season later this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 7, 2020

Canada's last intact Arctic ice shelf collapses, losing 40% of area in two days

Data shows that last month was the world's third-hottest July on record, heat that has also been linked to wildfires that have been scorching patches of Siberian forest.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2020

Initial investigations point to negligence as cause of Beirut blast, source says

Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 100 people, an official source familiar with the findings said.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2020

TikTok sparks national security concerns

Banning the app makes some sense but also risks promoting the internet censorship and segregation traditionally associated with authoritarian governments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 5, 2020

TikTok’s price is a giant question mark in an already complex deal

Analysts and bankers have pegged the value of the video-sharing app's U.S. business at anywhere from $20 billion to $50 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 4, 2020

Japan gives regional economies better grades after virus slump

The upward revision to the assessment, the first since October 2017, came despite uncertainty over the outlook amid the recent resurgence of the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2020

North Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles, U.N. says

North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles," according to a confidential U.N. report.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2020

Okinawa virus outbreaks ignite scrutiny of U.S. SOFA privileges

The Okinawa clusters have illustrated anew how Japan's authority as a host country is weaker than that of some peers in Europe and Asia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 3, 2020

Breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it needs to be done

Amy Chavez came to Japan in 1993 and, four years later, met her best friend. From there, things were a roller coaster.
JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2020

Is time running out to preserve Japan’s A-bomb legacy?

75 years on, Hiroshima and Nagasaki scramble to preserve the memories of those who survived the atomic bombings
JAPAN / History
Jul 31, 2020

Time fails to dim Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Peace Declarations

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have some effect on this year's ceremonies marking the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2020

A totally green electric grid will dramatically speed up climate action

Policy experts question the 15-year timetable for eliminating emissions from the U.S. electrical system, which would indeed be an immense challenge.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2020

EU sanctions North Korean and Chinese firms and Russian intelligence over cyberattacks

The measures come in response to attacks on power grids, banks and a film studio.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2020

As Japan mulls missile defense, Raytheon lobbies for Lockheed’s radar deal

Under Abe, the nation has strengthened its military to deter threats from neighbors, including North Korea and China.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 30, 2020

Good time for a 'workation' but is Japan Inc. ready?

Are the nation's employers ready to let workers telecommute from hotels, resorts and other destinations where they can escape the mundane reality of life?
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 30, 2020

A new nuclear model could upend how countries count bombs

Nuclear analysts from the U.S. and Russia settled on a new method to account for atomic weapons that may shrink estimates on the size of North Korea’s arsenal and could be used to aid future disarmament.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 30, 2020

Musician Marihiko Hara delivers 'Passion' project drawing on the sacred and unfamiliar

Marihiko Hara creates a sense of coexistence with the piano and electronic sounds on his new album, “Passion.”
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 30, 2020

‘Labyrinth of Cinema’: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s final film is a colorful antiwar fantasy

“Labyrinth of Cinema” bursts with energy, passion and dreamlike invention that immerses the audience in a world that is uniquely Obayashi's.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2020

U.S.-China reconciliation is drifting further away

A recent speech by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deepens the view that peaceful coexistence with an authoritarian and increasingly powerful China isn't possible.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2020

China wants to do business, not conquer

Pompeo's warnings of a facing a “maritime empire” miss the point.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2020

China hawks gain ground among Japan's conservatives, long divided on Beijing

In March, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to postpone plans to greet Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a state guest. Months later, the topic is still making waves.
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.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
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.
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.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
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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