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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2020

Trump, trying to cling to power, fans unrest and conspiracies

More than a week after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner, Trump continues to block his successor's transition.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 14, 2020

‘Japanese Design Since 1945’ is all about the craftsperson’s mindset

American architect and writer Naomi Pollock focuses on the creators behind the products in her thoughtfully curated compendium of Japanese design.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 13, 2020

How one firm drove influence campaigns for big oil across the U.S.

In early 2017 the Texans for Natural Gas website went live, urging voters to "thank a roughneck” and support fracking. Around the same time, the Arctic Energy Center ramped up its advocacy for drilling in Alaskan waters and in a vast Arctic wildlife refuge. The next year, the Main Street Investors...
OLYMPICS
Nov 12, 2020

Hope rises for Tokyo Games after gymnastics event sticks the landing

Tuesday also brought a small ray of hope for Olympic organizers, as drugmaker Pfizer Inc. announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was 90% effective per initial trial results.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 11, 2020

Brazil halts trial of Chinese vaccine. But was science or politics to blame?

Brazil's health regulator provided little information on its decision to suspend the trial, including whether a reported adverse reaction was related to the vaccine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 9, 2020

Trump’s final days ripe for settling scores and pardoning allies

Trump's final two months in office could see a whirlwind of actions to make governing more difficult for President-elect Joe Biden.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2020

Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has COVID-19

Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff who abided by U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to play down the coronavirus throughout the summer, has contracted the virus himself, a senior administration official said Friday night.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020

Trump allies coin ‘legal vote’ media mantra to question election

U.S. President Donald Trump’s allies including some of his children are amplifying the president’s attacks on the election system’s integrity with online claims that test the rules set by social media companies against disinformation about the vote.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2020

China gained ground on India during bloody summer in Himalayas

The last six months have drawn new battle lines across a freezing high-altitude desert, raising tensions to their highest since war six decades ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 30, 2020

Filmmaker Eiji Han Shimizu finds his 'True North' in animated film about North Korea

Eiji Han Shimizu seeks to accurately reflect the experiences of prisoners in North Korean camps with his animated film.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2020

Too hard to vote? Fired-up Black Americans are doing it anyway.

In the historically Black neighborhoods of Waco, Texas, the usual get-out-the-vote activities in this U.S. presidential election year were upended by the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2020

U.S. diplomats and spies battle Trump administration over suspected attacks

What began as strange symptoms has turned into a diplomatic mystery spanning multiple countries and involving speculation about secret high-tech weapons and attacks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2020

SpaceX to launch satellite tracking rising sea levels

The mission will be to track how the accelerating rise of sea levels is changing coastlines, threatening the habitat of more than a third of the world's population.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 14, 2020

‘Wife of a Spy’: Gripping drama lays bare wartime atrocities

Fresh off a win for best director at the Venice International Film Festival, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's masterful look at war heroes is out in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 14, 2020

Understanding Japan’s future security relationships

Could the world be seeing the underpinnings of a new NATO-like alliance in Asia with the Quad? What would Japan's role even be in such a security arrangement?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2020

Japan may need to consider compiling third extra budget, senior LDP lawmaker says

Japan may need to consider compiling another extra budget to help its economy if the current reserve fund is not enough to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2020

Who’s still working at home? The affluent is who

Many of the U.S. ZIP codes hit hardest by the pandemic's economic fallout are those where affluent stay-at-home workers have stopped spending money on local services.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Top Global Universities in Japan
Oct 5, 2020

Top Global University Project for a brighter future

Japan has long had a reputation for impenetrability and separation from the outside world. However, this is changing rapidly in a number of ways. One example is the university system, which is quickly shifting to a globalized footing, becoming home to emerging international powerhouses in academia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2020

Secrecy and speed: Inside Ant Group’s unusual IPO process

The fintech giant is following a highly unusual process that draws on some of the tactics its former parent and affiliate Alibaba Group has previously used.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2020

U.S. military patch depicting drone and China stirs anger in Beijing

Chinese media reacts furiously after U.S. airmen show off patch of an MQ-9 Reaper drone superimposed over a red silhouette of China during an island assault exercise.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.

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

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