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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Mar 7, 2020

Elizabeth Andoh: Writer, chef, world-renowned washoku expert

Elizabeth Andoh's decades-long passion for cooking and Japanese cuisine had an unlikely catalyst: A bowl of awful udon noodles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2020

The China factor behind Trump's India visit

The far-reaching shift that President Donald Trump has initiated in U.S. relations with China promises to reshape global geopolitics and trade.
Reader Mail
Mar 6, 2020

More assistance needed for non-Japanese

Regarding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's dramatic television broadcast on Feb. 29, in which he asked the public to help fight the spread of the new coronavirus, as a foreigner (I am an Ethiopian) living among the locals, I would like to point out two areas where the government needs to urgently work on...
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 6, 2020

Dishes prepared with local tastes for a cause

The date of the Great East Japan Earthquake, March 11, 2011, is very much etched into Japan's collective memory. Continuing its annual charity event, four hotels of the Royal Park Hotels and Resorts brand are presenting special dishes and course meals where 3 percent of proceeds is donated to Chance...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2020

New documents show Huawei's role in violating U.S. sanctions on Iran

China's Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone operator, internal company records show.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2020

U.N.'s nuclear chief to Iran: Cooperate or face new crisis

Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and denying it access to two of them, its chief said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Mar 2, 2020

Criminals are taking advantage of fear over COVID-19

Where some people see calamity, criminals see opportunity. As concern grows over the outbreak of COVID-19 in Japan, the denizens of the underworld haven't lost any time trying to find a way to profit from the situation. Crime, like the virus, never sleeps.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2020

China fails the leadership test for COVID-19

Global leaders must build a reputation for basic truthfulness, good faith and responsible stewardship.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 25, 2020

Can the U.S. and Japan handle cyberattacks?

The bilateral alliance faces several challenges in any joint response to a major cyberattack.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2020

Top Australian intelligence official warns of 'unprecedented' foreign espionage threat

Australia is under an "unprecedented" threat of foreign espionage and interference, one of the country's most senior intelligence chiefs said in a rare speech, citing the case of a "sleeper agent" who spent years building business links.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 25, 2020

Lawyer for U.S. says Julian Assange put lives at risk but his side claims he's target of Trump war on journalists

Julian Assange is wanted for crimes that put at risk the lives of people in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West, some of whom later disappeared, said a lawyer acting for the United States in its bid to extradite him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2020

Trump accuses Schiff of leaking intelligence about Russia to hurt Sanders

President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Rep. Adam Schiff of leaking classified information on Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. election to hurt Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2020

Spread of COVID-19 casts shadow over Japan's shuntō wage talks

The widening outbreak of the new coronavirus originating in China has started to affect annual shuntō wage negotiations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2020

ICC trial in The Hague one option for Sudan's al-Bashir, says minister

Sudan could send former leader Omar al-Bashir and other suspects to The Hague for trial before the International Criminal Court, but any decision would need approval from military and civilian rulers, the information minister said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2020

Nancy Pelosi warns Europe that Huawei represents Chinese state police

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped up U.S. warnings about Beijing's global telecommunications ambitions, saying Chinese operator Huawei Technologies Co. must be prevented from controlling the next generation of wireless networks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2020

Japan issues guidelines to prevent rush on hospitals as COVID-19 cases surge

The health ministry releases guidelines on how people should react if they fear infection with the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2020

Strong liberal arts education is key to success in Society 5.0

A liberal arts education is crucial to the development of the skills required for success in Society 5.0.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 17, 2020

Parts shortage has Sony struggling to price upcoming PlayStation 5

A shortage of components has pushed manufacturing costs for Sony Corp.'s next PlayStation to around $450 per unit, forcing a difficult price-setting decision in its battle with Microsoft Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 12, 2020

Taiwan says it didn't need China's permission for WHO meeting on COVID-19

Taiwan's presence at a World Health Organization meeting this week on the new coronavirus was the result of direct talks between the island and the body, and did not require China's permission, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2020

Trump presidency puts American democracy in peril

A determined president with a tight grip on his party and contempt for the rule of law can free himself from the U.S. Constitution's restraints.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2020

Discrimination in Japan on the rise as coronavirus fears grow

Verbal attacks against Chinese and Japanese alike are expected to climb during the epidemic if preventive action isn't taken.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Feb 8, 2020

For chef Yoko Higuchi, honesty is the best policy

Chef Yoko Higuchi knows what it takes to get Fukushima Prefecture's agricultural produce back on the map: honesty. "My customers trust me not only to give them good food, but that it contains what I say it contains, that it comes from where I say it does," she says. "If I lie, I harm them and the people...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2020

Naha goes on high alert, days after visit by virus-hit cruise ship

A Naha official said the municipal government was trying to verify whether any passengers who left the Diamond Princess had spread the virus while it was docked in the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020

WHO virus team may go to China this week and include U.S. experts

A WHO-led international team of experts could go to China as early as this week to investigate the coronavirus outbreak, as agreed between the WHO chief and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and could include U.S. experts, a WHO spokesman said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020

U.S. whipping up panic over virus, China says, as Pakistan resumes flights

China accused the United States on Monday of whipping up panic over a fast-spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and evacuations as Chinese stocks plunged on the first day back from the extended Lunar New Year holiday.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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