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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2021

China reins in tech giants’ finance arms after hobbling Ant Group

China has waged a campaign to rein in its internet titans, as the government has grown increasingly concerned over their growing influence over every aspect of Chinese life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 26, 2021

Toshiba investor 3D calls for strategic review after CVC bid

The investment firm said it was disappointed Toshiba's chairman didn't respond to a previous request to run a review.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 25, 2021

Your questions for how to socialize safely this Golden Week, answered

Now a year out from the pandemic, The Japan Times asked some experts to help us get to grips with the latest health guidance and to offer advice about how (or if) it's safe to socialize.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 24, 2021

Is the IOC putting a torch to ‘freedom of speech’?

Press outlets that are not affiliated with the Summer Games are calling foul on a number of directives issued by Olympics bodies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2021

Hackers target Tokyo-based glassmaker Hoya with ransomware

A group of hackers have executed a ransomware attack on Hoya Corp., marking the second successful attack on the Japanese firm in two years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 22, 2021

'Please help!': COVID-19 tragedy spills onto social media in India

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram are all inundated with messages from distraught family members and friends.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Apr 17, 2021

Cuisine régionale L'évo in Toyama Prefecture selected for Destination Restaurant of the Year 2021

Japan Times
Apr 17, 2021

Cuisine régionale L'évo in Toyama Prefecture selected for Destination Restaurant of the Year 2021

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Minako Suematsu) created a list of 10 restaurants from Hokkaido to Okinawa for its Destination Restaurants 2021. Among them, Cuisine régionale L’évo in Toyama Prefecture was selected as Destination Restaurant of the Year 2021.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2021

Myanmar’s young demand their future

In 1950, Myanmar's per capita income was higher than that of Malaysia or Thailand. Military rule turned it from one of the most promising economies in Asia into one of its worst performers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 10, 2021

Stronger social media push on vaccinations necessary as Japanese remain on the fence

Plenty of people are still anxious about the effectiveness of the vaccine, as well as any side effects it might have.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2021

Crimes against women spur more surveillance in South Asia

Use of these technologies with no evidence that they help reduce crime, and with no data protection laws, has raised alarm among privacy experts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2021

Japanese regulators heightening scrutiny over high-risk trades after Archegos collapse

The Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan will scrutinize how financial institutions that incurred losses had been managing transaction risks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2021

A fairer world requires fairer tech. Here’s why.

In the decade ahead, a wave of technological solutions will touch and transform every part of our lives. These new solutions could either tackle existing problems — or exacerbate them while creating others. As tech can scale both progress or harm, the time is now to shape the fair and responsible future...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2021

Myanmar protesters take up Easter eggs as symbol

Despite killings, protesters are coming out every day to reject the return of military rule after a decade of tentative steps toward democracy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 4, 2021

The possibilities (and perils) of Japan’s youth spending more time online

Even as most public schools struggle to embrace remote learning, the soaring amount of time kids spent on screens at home put many on alert.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2021

Biden tells migrants to stay put. Central Americans hear a different message.

Disinformation suggesting that the U.S. border is now wide open has rocketed across social media and by word of mouth.
Japan Times
Mar 31, 2021

Publication of the English Tottori Prefecture Digital Book

Introducing the attractions of Tottori Prefecture to foreigners in the Tokyo metropolitan area, mainly through photographs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2021

Investors press companies on human rights in Xinjiang

The moves highlight the challenges for brands trying to maintain their business ties amid rising tensions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 30, 2021

National consensus needed on the role of Self-Defense Forces in emergencies

While the SDF provide invaluable assistance in times of natural disaster, their potential role in large-scale international crises still needs to be examined.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 30, 2021

Stuck in the Suez, a warning to the world

The closure is not unprecedented. The Suez canal has been blocked five times: three times by accidents and twice because of regional politics.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2021

How Japan tracks arrivals from abroad to curb the spread of new virus strains

Despite stringent border controls, new variants have been found in the country, prompting the government to suspect that arrivals may not have been properly self-isolating.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2021

Japan's health ministry publishes translated COVID-19 vaccination form

The document has so far been translated into 12 languages: English, Arabic, French, Indonesian, Korean, Myanmar, Nepalese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Thai.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2021

Tackling the global learning crisis

School closures due to COVID-19 have disproportionately harmed students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and low-income countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2021

China’s go-it-alone five-year plan

To meet the challenges ahead, China is banking on its 14th Five-Year Plan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2021

Former CDC chief says he thinks coronavirus came from Wuhan lab

Robert Redfield said that he was 'not implying any intentionality,” or accusing China of purposefully releasing the virus.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 19, 2021

'Vaccine passports' could help global travel resume. But is Japan on board?

Japan has consistently been opposed to installing a system domestically out of concern that doing so would discriminate against those who cannot be inoculated.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
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