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Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 2, 2022

Hey Japan, are you happy?

Deep Dive explores whether the Japanese are content or not with the help of Alex K.T. Marin, who has written several features on the polls and surveys of happiness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 30, 2022

Is the Taiwan Policy Act good for Taipei?

The contentious legislation will bring the island and the U.S. closer together than ever — a necessary evolution in their relationship, given the rising threat from China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2022

Russia crisis heralds turning point for global energy, IEA says

Demand for all fossil fuels is set to hit a plateau as governments seek to shield themselves from the crisis by diversifying toward clean energy, the Paris-based agency said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2022

Greening global economy brings dependence on critical minerals

Control over most of the essential elements for low-carbon technologies is concentrated in a handful of countries, none more than China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 24, 2022

China’s leader now wields formidable power. Who will say no to him?

Xi Jinping has created a new ruling elite packed with loyalist officials primed to elevate his agenda of bolstering national security and of turning China into a technological great power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2022

Australia joins pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030

Announcing the decision to sign the methane pledge on Sunday, Australia's climate and energy minister, Chris Bowen, said meeting the 2030 target could help avoid 2C of warming.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2022

Renewables have saved EU $11 billion in gas imports since Ukraine war

Clean power covered 24% of the EU's energy needs between March and September this year, the highest ever for this six-month period.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 16, 2022

‘We’re all over this place’: Building a fortress for Beijing’s moment

The mission of security forces is straightforward: make sure nothing disrupts the Chinese Communist Party congress, where Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as leader.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2022

Musk’s Starlink isn’t only option for Ukraine, Pentagon says

Musk, the world's richest person, has threatened to cut financial support for the high-speed broadband system that has become an essential communications tool for Kyiv.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2022

Japan keeps up yen warnings, declines to say if intervened

The currency fell to u00a5147.67 per dollar, the weakest since August 1990, before bouncing back in choppy trading.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 12, 2022

IMF warns ‘worst is yet to come’ as steps to slow inflation raise risks

The IMF cut its forecast for global growth next year to 2.7%, from the 2.9% seen in July and 3.8% in January.
The remains of the music festival near Israel's border with Gaza where Hamas militants opened fire on civilians.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2023

How the Hamas carnage unfolded on Israel's 'Black Shabbat'

The attack was meticulously planned for months right under the nose of Israel's vaunted military intelligence services.
People attend the launch ceremony of China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, at a shipyard in Shanghai in 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2023

Biggest Chinese Antarctic fleet sets off to build research station

The vessels — the largest flotilla deployed by Beijing to the Antarctic — will focus on building China's fifth station on the continent.
Treated water diluted with seawater flows to a downstream water tank at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant during a second release in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 2, 2023

Japan begins third release of treated Fukushima wastewater

The amount of water to be released in the latest round will be similar to the first and second, in which 7,810 tons of water was discharged.
A sculpture of Confucius at the Temple of Confucius in Beijing. A new report has found that almost all of the China-funded Confucius Institutes in the U.S. have closed, showing how far ties between Beijing and Washington have soured.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 3, 2023

China’s Confucius Institutes are disappearing from U.S. campuses

All but five of the institutes, which were created in 2004 to promote Chinese language, are now closed,
Uruguay forward Luis Suarez celebrates a win after a World Cup match in 2018 in Sochi, Russia.
SOCCER
Nov 4, 2023

Luis Suarez reportedly set to join Inter Miami

Inter Miami are continuing with their Barcelona reunion plan, as Suarez is set to join Lionel Messi with the MLS club.
Demonstrators gather in Freedom Plaza during a rally in support of Palestinians in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2023

Protesters march in major cities to demand Gaza cease-fire

Demonstrators protested in London, Berlin, Paris, Ankara, Istanbul and Washington on Saturday as the U.S. and Arab nations remained divided over Gaza.
JAPAN / Explainer
Nov 6, 2023

What to know about the Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan

The project is controversial due to the potential felling of thousands of trees, loss of green space and threat to historic gingko trees.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa speak during G7 foreign ministers' meetings in Tokyo on Wednesday. Blinken plans to fly to Seoul after the meetings conclude.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2023

U.S. top envoy to visit Seoul as North Korea and Russia draw closer

The United States, South Korea and Japan have condemned what they say is the supply of military equipment by North Korea to Russia.
Buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. China's yuan weakened past the closely watched 7.2-per-dollar level as investor sentiment soured on a lack of aggressive stimulus and Beijing signaled a level of comfort about the declines.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 9, 2023

China is struggling woo back foreign investors

The lack of investment among global firms in China may have far reaching effects on the world’s second-largest economy.
Palestinian families fleeing Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza toward southern areas, walk along a highway on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2023

Israel commits to more limited pauses in Gaza Strip fighting

Israel will enact "tactical local pauses for humanitarian aid, which are limited in time and area,” an Israeli army spokesperson said.
A JD.com advertisement in Beijing promoting the Singles Day shopping festival
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2023

China’s Singles Day downbeat amid slumping consumer confidence

Shoppers are increasingly seeking value, looking for cheaper brands amid an overall mood of restraint.
A wounded Palestinian woman from the Baraka family is surrounded by her children upon their arrival at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes that hit their building on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 14, 2023

Israeli tanks outside Gaza's main hospital amid no let-up in fighting

The advance came as U.S. leader Joe Biden said hospitals in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip must be protected and he hoped for less intrusive Israeli action.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2023

Japan’s Tsuruha weighs sale after proxy battle with Oasis

The company is working with an adviser on the potential transaction and has reached out to some private equity firms to gauge their interest.
The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington. While the ongoing stasis in Congress has yet to do any serious damage to the buoyant U.S. economy, the regular budget standoffs are already having an impact.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2023

America's budget dysfunction poses long-term economic risks

Two out of the three major American ratings agencies have cut their credit rating for U.S. government debt, and the third recently downgraded its outlook.
An offshore wind turbine, operated by Swancor Holding stands in the Taiwan Strait off the coast of Miaoli County, Taiwan, in 2018.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2023

Japan firms exit Taiwan offshore wind projects amid industry woes

Shikoku Electric Power decided to pull out of the Yunlin Offshore Wind Project in the Taiwan Strait due to delays threatening its profitability.
OpenAI said it fired chairman Sam Altman after it concluded that he was not candid with the company's board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2023

Profit, not progress, animates the tech world

Reliable sources said Altman's firing came amid difference in views about the speed at which OpenAI should push its artificial intelligence.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping in Riyadh on Dec. 8, 2022.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2023

Mideast wealth funds draw greater U.S. scrutiny over China ties

A U.S. committee is reviewing several multibillion dollar deals this year on concerns they could pose national security risks.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2023

Japan to tighten Pacific bluefin tuna catch management

Under the plan, operators will have to report the weight and number of Pacific bluefin tuna weighing at least 30 kilograms.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

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

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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