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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021

A mining startup’s rush for underwater metals comes with deep risks

DeepGreen Metals has successfully sold itself to investors as a game-changing source of minerals to make electric car batteries that can be obtained in abundance-and at great profit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021

Tesla’s solar roof rollout is a bust — and a fixation for Elon Musk

The product is essential to Musk's vision for the company to become a one-stop shop for a household's clean energy needs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021

Big Tech’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road

What's at stake, essentially, is something even more valuable than profitability: The last unclaimed corner of consumers' attention during their waking hours.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 24, 2021

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says new rules taking game in 'right direction'

The league's enhanced enforcement of foreign-substance usage by pitchers has made mandatory umpire checks a strange new sight in every game.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2021

Iranian, Israeli and U.S. hard-liners muddle nuclear deal prospects

The optimists say the coming few weeks could be critical for both the Biden and Rouhani administrations to revive the nuclear deal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021

Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China

The United States and its Pacific allies have concerns that cables laid by China could compromise regional security.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Jun 24, 2021

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株式会社ジャパンタイムズ出版（本社：東京都千代田区、取締役社長：伊藤秀樹）は、週刊英語学習紙『The Japan Times Alpha』の創刊70周年を記念して、2021年 7 月 1 日より特設サイトを公開します。当Webサイトでは、70年の歩みと創刊号からの紙面アーカイブを掲載し、日頃のご愛顧に感謝の気持ちを込めて豪華賞品の当たる参加型のキャンペーンなどを複数開催いたします。...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2021

‘Ito’: Ren Komai strums the right notes

Satoko Yokohama's drama, set in the director's native Aomori Prefecture, features a troubled teen whose talent for playing the shamisen is hindered by grief.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2021

The end of Iran's Islamic republic

It was less an election than a chronicle of a death foretold — the death of what little remained of the constitution's republican principles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2021

Europe is finally hitting Google where it hurts most

Forget the $9 billion of fines that came before. They barely scratched the surface. For Google, this is the big one.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2021

Can Japan fix the gender gap in its politics?

Currently, only 10% of Diet members in the House of Representatives and around 20% in the House of Councilors are female.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2021

China’s 'guochao' nationalism

In China, a boycott of leading global brands that have announced they will not use cotton produced using the forced labor of Muslims in Xinjiang province continues. Among the targets of this boycott are Swedish apparel manufacturer H&M and American and German sportswear manufacturers Nike and Adidas....
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2021

Carlos Ghosn looms over Nissan annual meeting years after arrest

Shareholders at the automaker's annual meeting Tuesday repeatedly questioned executives about the events surrounding Ghosn's 2018 arrest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 22, 2021

North Korea ridicules U.S. hopes for talks as allies rethink approach

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said the United States appears to be interpreting signals from Pyongyang in a way that would lead to disappointment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2021

Philippines' Duterte threatens those who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine with jail

If implemented, Duterte's threat could be among the severest measures to boost inoculations in a nation where majority are unsure of or reject vaccines.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 21, 2021

New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard to become first transgender Olympian

'I am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many New Zealanders,” Hubbard said in a statement Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 21, 2021

Pandemic magnifies household gender roles in Japan

Latest figures show that women earn on average 44% less than men while also spending five times more time on housework and child care.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 20, 2021

Taiwan recalls seven officials from its office in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has been requesting since July 2018 that Taiwan's representatives sign a 'one China principle” commitment letter as part of visa requirements.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2021

Iran elects hard-liner as nuclear talks enter critical phase

Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi swept to a landslide win in Iran's presidential election, potentially setting Tehran on a more hostile course toward the West.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 20, 2021

Polly Barton's 'Fifty Sounds' is an excavation of language through onomatopoeia

Many readers may know Polly Barton better as the translator behind Aoko Matsuda’s “Where the Wild Ladies Are,” which won an English PEN award last year; and Kikuko Tsumura’s “There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job,” released in November 2020. But if her latest individual work, “Fifty Sounds,”...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2021

Britain turns into test case for COVID-19 endgame

After inoculating a larger proportion of people than any other major economy, Britain is emerging as a test case in Europe as it attempts to draw a line under COVID-19.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants 2021
Jun 19, 2021

Pesceco: ‘Satohama gastronomy’ rooted in local soil and sea

Creative, seafood-based cuisine inspired by the vista and bounty of Shimabara.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 18, 2021

Nadeshiko Japan squad for Tokyo Olympics announced as Mana Iwabuchi inherits No. 10

Head coach Asako Takakura has chosen five overseas-based players to join 13 WE Leaguers at Japan's first Summer Games since London 2012.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 18, 2021

Dominic Thiem withdraws from Tokyo Olympics to focus on defending U.S. Open title

Austria's Dominic Thiem withdrew from the Olympics on Thursday, saying he did not feel ready to give his best in Tokyo but was looking forward to competing at Wimbledon this month and defending his U.S. Open title later this year.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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