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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2022

In fighting gun crime, Canada has an American problem

A recent case has highlighted the leading role Texas plays in the smuggling of guns used for violence in Canada, and how firearms tracing can help combat that trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2022

Assuming you'll retire healthy is an expensive mistake

Many people will face serious health conditions by the time they reach retirement age. It's wise to prepare for such unpleasantness now.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2022

Japanese schools cut back on science experiments due to COVID-19

The education ministry said that schools may have reduced how often they conduct experiments, which bring students physically closer together, to curb infection risk.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jul 27, 2022

Monkeypox emergency could last months, with window closing to stop spread, experts say

Making predictions are complex, scientists around the world said, but with cases doubling every two weeks, sustained transmission is likely to last several months and possibly longer.
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2022

Majority of technical trainees in debt before arriving in Japan

The average amount of debts stood at u00a5674,480 for trainees from Vietnam, the biggest amount by country. Cambodia came second at u00a5566,889, followed by China at u00a5528,847.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2022

Implementation, not innovation, is the key to economic success

Innovation has been the main driver of long-term economic growth since the Industrial Revolution. But in today's day and age, diffusion of new technologies separates winners from losers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2022

'Trace: Sound Design Works 1986​-​1989': Yutaka Hirose's soundscapes with a purpose

Each track featured on Yutaka Hirose's 'environmental music' album was commissioned by various public and private spaces and has been considered beyond simply being art for art's sake.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 23, 2022

A COVID tale of two presidents

The calmer outlook surrounding Joe Biden's case contrasts with the panic that accompanied Donald Trump's diagnosis — and serves as a reminder of progress made against the virus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2022

How Beijing’s unpopularity is undermining its global ambitions

Japan needs to team up with the U.S. and other allies to better understand and counter China's attempts to influence Southeast Asian nations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 21, 2022

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns after coalition falls apart

Italy's coalition crumbled on Wednesday when three of Draghi's main partners snubbed a confidence vote he had called to try to end divisions and renew their fractious alliance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2022

Putin’s war: The 'essence of miscalculation'

Russian President Vladimir Putin's disastrous Ukraine invasion is likely the result of the wrong lessons learned from his earlier and easier successful military ventures.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2022

South Korea to boost air power by expanding F-35 fighter fleet

Seoul will deploy an additional 20 F-35A stealth fighters by 2028 to further bolster its aerial strike capabilities amid concerns over Pyongyang's growing military prowess.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jul 18, 2022

As pandemic compounds summer heat, Okinawa students call for better cooling

A male student, who serves as the head of the student body association at a prefecture-run high school, had received 961 responses to questions on the issue between mid- and late-June.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2022

Moscow signals a shift to a more aggressive phase of Ukraine war

There were signs of new ground fighting in the hotly contested Donbas region, where Russian forces have taken one of its provinces, Luhansk.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 17, 2022

On Chiba's coast, a secret herb garden thrives

Hiromi Sasaki left her life in Osaka and Tokyo behind. Her new one? Grown straight from the soil of the Boso Peninsula.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2022

God's will or ecological disaster? Mexico takes aim at Mennonite deforestation

In Campeche, the Mennonites say that expanding farms to provide a simple life for their families is the will of God. In the eyes of ecologists, the farms are an environmental disaster.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 16, 2022

Drowning in plastic? Biodegradable materials could be a lifesaver.

It’s official: In March, the United Nations Environmental Assembly endorsed a global pact on the life cycle of plastic. It has been declared a seismic shift in the battle against marine pollution, but what will happen to the oceans before those potential positive effects come?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2022

China’s surveillance state hits rare resistance from its own subjects

As China builds up its vast surveillance and security apparatus, it is running up against growing public unease about the lack of safeguards to prevent the theft or misuse of personal data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2022

SoftBank-backed cancer detection startup may go public as soon as 2023

AI Medical Service Inc. develops software to scan endoscopy images and identify potential cancers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2022

Haven’t had COVID-19 yet? Maybe you’ve just been lucky

With highly contagious new variants in circulation, anyone who hasn't yet gotten sick can probably thank randomness or genetics more than behavior.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2022

Why the world's first malaria shot won't reach millions of children who need it

The world's inability to fund more Mosquirix shots dismays many in Africa. Children on the continent account for the vast majority of the roughly 600,000 global malaria deaths every year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 14, 2022

Hot U.S. inflation fuels bets on supersized Fed rate hike

A bevy of U.S. central bankers in recent weeks have signaled support for a second straight 75 basis points rate increase at their upcoming policy meeting on July 26 and 27.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

Last maternity clinic in Ukraine-controlled Donbas a lifeline as war closes in

The center, roughly 40 kilometers from the closest front line, gives a glimpse of the suffering the war is inflicting on pregnant women.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2022

Anti-American sentiment throws a long shadow over geopolitics

There is even a virulent strain of anti-American sentiment among countries with much to lose if they distance themselves from Washington and its policies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2022

Terror in Pakistan's north as melting glaciers cause severe floods

While responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the country's 220 million people are disproportionately impacted by climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2022

Siberia or Japan? Expert Google Maps players can tell at a glimpse.

In GeoGuessr, competitors can tell you what road in the Philippines a music video was filmed on and distinguish Latvia from Lithuania while blindfolded.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2022

What Shinzo Abe really thought

The late prime minister's speechwriter recounts the thought process behind the assassinated leader's determination to ensure a better future for Japan.

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