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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2021

China targets Evergrande risks with $1.55 billion bank deal

The bank stake transaction underscores the mounting pressure on billionaire Hui Ka Yan to spin off and sell assets to pay down a mountain of debt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2021

The right war for the U.S. and China

Unlike the U.S., China is not initiating futile arms races, which will increase environmental damage and divert funding away from climate change mitigation efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2021

Was Angela Merkel really Germany's climate chancellor?

Merkel implicitly admitted that her green policies had moved too slowly in one of her last news conferences, after floods in July killed more than 180 people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2021

Myanmar airstrikes reported as internet is cut in more areas

Myanmar's military launched airstrikes over the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, as phone lines and the internet were also severed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 27, 2021

China’s humbled tech tycoons pledge allegiance to Xi’s vision

The top tech bosses vowed to support the leader's 'common prosperity” policy and market-roiling regulatory onslaught on the digital sector, at the country's annual internet conference.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2021

Taiwan says it needs long-range weapons to deter China

Taiwan needs to have long-range, accurate weapons in order to properly deter a China that is rapidly developing its systems to attack the island, Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2021

Who the opposition wants to win the LDP presidential race

The opposition are strategizing on how to erode the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition's Lower House majority, a task all the more difficult without knowing who their principal opponent will be.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2021

Fuel shortages pile pressure on Johnson as U.K. crisis escalates

The food and fuel shortages add to a pile of daunting challenges for Johnson, with Britons facing a surge in electricity and gas prices.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Sep 27, 2021

Nishi the cat is not clowning around when it comes to being a cutie

Nishi is an example of a harlequin cat, thanks to his distinctive markings. There's nothing funny about being stuck in a shelter, though!
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2021

Tapering doesn’t mean tightening for central bank money printers

In recent weeks, the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it will start paring its massive bond-buying as soon as November and the Bank of England hinted that it may raise interest rates this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2021

Can Xi end China’s 'Gilded Age'?

High-stakes graft has exploded in China as politically connected capitalists ply politicians with lavish bribes in exchange for lucrative privileges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2021

Energy crisis puts world’s most ambitious climate plan to test

The energy crisis is threatening double-digit increases in consumer electricity bills months before the winter freeze and it's also squeezing industrial giants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2021

Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites

The driver shortage has been caused partly by Brexit and COVID-19, and the loss of about a year of driver training and testing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2021

China frees two Canadians after Huawei CFO flies home, ending crisis

The seemingly intractable impasse came to a rapid resolution Friday after Huawei's Meng Wanzhou struck a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. authorities.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 25, 2021

Asia's fastest man sees bright future for Chinese sprinting

Su led the United team — essentially China's national squad — to gold in the 4x100 meters relay at the National Games on Friday
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2021

U.S. nearing methane crackdown dreaded by industry

Curbing methane — blamed by scientists for more than a quarter of the global warming happening today — has acquired new urgency.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 25, 2021

All aboard the media hype for this Kamakura taco bar

Remember when a man on a bicycle photobombed a group of tetsu-ota (“train geeks”) attempting to take a picture of the Enoden? Turns out he owns a taco bar, and now business is booming.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 25, 2021

Sanae Takaichi asserts her independence with the media

Sanae Takaichi is pushing back against assertions in the press that she is a right-wing figure. What stands out more is that none of her views are that new.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 25, 2021

Four essential ways to brew the perfect cup of coffee at home

From set-it-and-forget-it cold brew to the meticulous V60 pour over, here's how to take your home-brewed coffee to the next level.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2021

Balance of nuclear and renewables looms large in LDP presidential race

While all candidates see some future for nuclear energy, they are divided on whether to increase its share of electricity generation and how to handle renewables.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 24, 2021

NHL expects full capacity in 30 of 32 arenas

According to an internal document shared with NHL teams earlier this week, the league believes that 30 of its 32 teams will have full-capacity crowds during the 2021-22 season, multiple outlets reported Thursday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 24, 2021

U.S. and Europe powered by different motivations at Ryder Cup

When the Ryder Cup gets underway on Friday, the United States team members will be playing for their country and the Europeans will be playing for respect.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 24, 2021

Nets' Kyrie Irving could miss home games due to being unvaccinated

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving remains unvaccinated, a situation that could prohibit him from playing in home games, Fox Sports reported Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2021

Trump allies Bannon and Meadows subpoenaed in probe of Capitol riot

The chairman of the House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot said Meadows was reportedly in communication with organizers of the riot.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / Vocabulary Boost
Sep 24, 2021

Heading into fall with politically themed Japanese vocabulary

Load up on some election vocabulary for the upcoming polls, as well as some new coronavirus jargon.
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’

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The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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