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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 21, 2023

Half-farming, half-anything: Japan’s rural lifestyle revolution

Leaving Japan's suffocating metropolises behind is as simple as a passion, a modest profit and plot of land.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2023

China’s population falls, heralding a demographic crisis

Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 15, 2023

Russian strikes hit targets across Ukraine, leaving at least 14 dead in Dnipro

Rescue teams toiled through the night in freezing temperatures in the aftermath of the Dnipro attack, with officials saying people were still alive underneath the massive pile of wreckage.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 14, 2023

The Setouchi islands eager to get stuck between a rock and a hard place

Locals hope the boulders and cliff faces overlooking the Seto Inland Sea can bring a breath of fresh air to struggling rural towns.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Davos special 2023
Jan 14, 2023

Hiroshima’s rebound from atomic bomb to prosperous regional hub

The G7 summit will take place from May 19 to 21 in Hiroshima — the first city in the world to have suffered the catastrophic consequences of a nuclear bomb during war.
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 / Music
Jan 14, 2023

Superorganism’s Orono Noguchi: 'I've chilled out on my stubbornness about hating Japan'

The Japanese vocalist has strong opinions about her home country. Meanwhile, she and her pop band get intergalactic on their second album, 'World Wide Pop.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2023

'A person has a limit': Elderly languish in war-hit east Ukraine

Those who stay cite various reasons for doing so: from simple defiance to the need to care for sick relatives — or just a lack of better options.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2023

In defense of the art-targeting climate activists

The eco-activists targeting masterpieces can claim that civil disobedience is justified by the failure of our democracies to show sufficient concern about future generations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 7, 2023

The U.S. keeps offering China its COVID vaccines. China keeps saying no.

China has rebuffed repeated offers to share advanced vaccines as it battles a COVID-19 wave, a rejection that's frustrated American officials concerned about a resurgence of the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 5, 2023

China COVID data shows no new variant but underreports deaths, WHO says

Global unease has grown about the accuracy of China's reporting of an outbreak that has filled hospitals and overwhelmed some funeral homes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2023

Cancer vaccine hunt finally makes progress

A small study shows promise in deploying mRNA technology against melanoma — but fighting tumors is vastly more complex than tackling COVID-19.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 2, 2023

Recruitment issues undermining Japan’s military buildup

The SDF faces an uphill battle as it struggles with a falling birthrate and increased competition with the private sector over a shrinking pool of applicants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 2, 2023

War-themed video game fuels wave of Ukraine conflict misinformation

Footage from Arma 3, often marked 'live' or 'breaking news,' has been used repeatedly in recent months in fake videos about the Russian offensive.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 2, 2023

Xi warns of tough COVID fight and acknowledges divisions in China

In a New Year's address on Saturday, Xi said the country is in a new phase of COVID-19 control and has adapted after following a science-based and targeted approach.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022

In battered Ukrainian city, the latest battle is against winter

On the heels of Russian occupation in the spring and summer and Ukrainian liberation in the fall, emergency crews in Lyman are slowly getting reacquainted with a radically different city.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 29, 2022

Answers in 2022 encouraged activism, recommended books and provided advice

The 20 Questions section discusses people's experiences of Japan in their own words. As we emerge from the pandemic, an underlying theme in 2022 was fighting for change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2022

'Once-in-a-lifetime' blizzard kills at least 27 in western New York

Fatalities included cases of people found in snow banks and in cars or who had died from cardiac events while plowing or blowing snow.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 26, 2022

Child care facilities struggle amid worker shortage and high staff turnover

In some cases, distressed child care centers have turned to private placement agencies, and have to pay high fees to secure workers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022

In Ukraine, Christmas lights defy darkness of war, and children ask for peace

It was no accident that the wave of attacks came before the holidays and in the darkest and coldest time of year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022

At least 10 killed in Kherson shelling, fueling anger over Christmas strikes

The attack came hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that another wave of Russian strikes could mar the Christmas holidays.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2022

Australia's housing crisis, largely hidden, is getting worse

Relentlessly rising rents, eight consecutive interest rate hikes and surging living costs have inflamed what was already among the world's least affordable rental markets.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 23, 2022

Momoko Nojo: ‘Our society is looking for someone who can fix everything, a hero. That is a delusion.’

Momoko Nojo had a study abroad experience that changed her life. When she returned to Japan, her newfound purpose in life led to her being named to Time magazine's 100 Next list.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2022

'I don't trust it:' Vaccine hesitancy lingers in China even as COVID cases surge

China's overall vaccination rate is above 90%, but the rate for boosted adults drops to 57.9%, and to 42.3% for people age 80 and above.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 19, 2022

Survey finds over 5% face COVID-19 aftereffects for one month

The survey found that 47.7% of the respondents suffered aftereffects, 5.2% saw those linger for at least 30 days and 3.7% continued to experience them for 60 days or more.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Dec 19, 2022

Tsukuba’s outlying R8 districts realize and promote their charms

“There is nothing in this town” — this is a phrase you too often hear when asking a resident of a rural area in Japan about places to go and things to see. And it was exactly what many participants said in 2018 at the first residents’ workshop for the promotion of the area surrounding the central...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2022

Was Trump or Brexit the bigger mistake? The answer is clear.

As Americans and Britons are discovering, nations can recover from bad elections far more easily than from bad referendums.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 17, 2022

Emergency blackouts ensue in Ukraine after major Russian missile strike

Kyiv introduces emergency blackouts across the country as a result of an attack believed to be one of the largest missile barrages since Russia invaded in February.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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