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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 8, 2021

Superpower rivalry and vaccine envy set stage for climate talks

U.S.-China tensions loom over COP26, as does the inequality between rich and poor countries in both COVID-19 response and climate finance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2021

China orders immediate jump in coal output to fight power crunch

Facing high prices and power shortages, authorities see power rationing, lagging industrial output and threats to economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2021

New Japanese finance chief faces dilemma: Spend more or repair fiscal health

Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki will be forced to balance Kishida's spending plans with the nation's poor fiscal health.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2021

Pandora Papers show the rich will always find a way

For all the revelations about the shadow global financial system for the wealthy since the ICIJ's first revelations in 2013, it's striking how little has changed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2021

Japan's household spending falls as COVID-19 curbs sap economic recovery

The latest data bodes ill for new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's efforts to revitalize the pandemic-hit economy and distribute more wealth to households through higher wages.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 8, 2021

Biden's CIA director creates unit focusing on China

The new China Mission Center has been compared the agency's tight focus on Russia during the Cold War and its concentration on counter-terrorism following the 9/11 attacks
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 8, 2021

Pandemic or no pandemic, I need to get out of my house

A lot of people have had to spend more time at home during the pandemic and that has led to some getting stir-crazy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 7, 2021

French director Arthur Harari delves into the paranoid mind in 'Onoda'

French director Arthur Harari's biopic delves deep into the inner life of the Japanese soldier who refused to surrender for decades after the war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2021

Will mixed expectations on Kishida affect economic security?

Kishida's approval ratings seem to reflect the current mood of the nation's pandemic-frustrated public.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Oct 7, 2021

Photography, exercise and mental health awareness come together at Photohope

Yuko Yoshikawa of Photohoku believes that photos have the power to heal. This makes the group's latest charitable effort, in support of TELL Japan, all the more special.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2021

The Prius-hacking Silicon Valley star shaping Toyota’s future

The jeans-loving, patent-wielding executive co-founded Google's robotics division and helped develop the tech company's self-driving car project.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Oct 7, 2021

A Chilean tree holds hope for new vaccines — if supplies last

Quillay trees, technically known as Quillaja saponaria, are rare evergreens native to Chile that have long been used by the indigenous Mapuche people to make soap and medicine.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 7, 2021

‘In the Wake’: The trauma of 3/11 lingers, 10 years on

Takahisa Zeze's murder drama focuses on the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the survivors who have been neglected by the social welfare system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2021

India’s Taliban problem

With the Taliban government desperately in need of patronage, China seems ideally suited to fill the breach.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 6, 2021

Salt Lake City ready to bid for Winter Games, but which one a mystery

The 2002 host has secured venue and hotel contracts, but has not decided if it will pursue the 2030 or 2034 edition of the Winter Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021

Airlines warn erratic global COVID-19 rules could delay recovery

Airlines called for an end to restrictions on vaccinated travelers and for common health protocols at borders, though global coordination in aviation tends to move at a deliberate pace.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2021

Biden says he and Xi agree to abide by Taiwan agreement

Biden appeared to be referring to Washington's long-standing 'one-China policy' under which it officially recognizes Beijing rather than Taipei, and the Taiwan Relations Act.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2021

Japan's new economic security minister sets out agenda amid global supply chain woes

One of the major tasks for Takayuki Kobayashi, a Finance Ministry bureaucrat-turned-politician, is to create a new legal framework to support the implementation of related policies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2021

Japan's dip in COVID-19 cases baffles experts as winter 'nightmare' remains a risk

Japan's COVID-19 case numbers have plummeted to the lowest in nearly a year just as other parts of Asia are struggling with surging infections, leaving health experts perplexed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 5, 2021

The intentions behind China’s ‘friendly’ policy toward the Taliban

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Beijing has taken a lead in involving the region in the group's future.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2021

Bubba Wallace becomes first Black driver to win NASCAR race since 1963

The 27-year-old's achievement came after the race was called following a weather delay, with 117 of 188 scheduled laps having been completed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2021

North Korea trades scorn for flattery to win benefits from Moon

While North Korea has frequently shifted between provocations and diplomatic overtures, Kim now appears to be trying to do both at the same time.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 5, 2021

Former Manchester United star Park Ji-sung condemns racist fan song

The retired South Korea star says that while he understands the song is intended to praise him, he now finds the lyrics 'uncomfortable' and hopes fans will stop singing it at Old Trafford.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2021

Biden shifts to a more conciliatory approach toward China

Biden's actions appear out of step with reality given that an ambitious China is actively working to supplant the U.S. as the world's preeminent power while waging a cold war against it.
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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