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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional voices: Chubu
May 10, 2021

Fraudulent signatures in recall petition rattle Aichi's political world

The names were gathered in an effort to have Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura resign over his handling of a 2019 exhibition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2021

Is the G7 foreign ministers’ joint communique worth reading?

Although China was singled out in the foreign ministers' communique this year, the matter of China was just one of many important issues also mentioned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2021

India’s COVID-19 crisis threatens a global oil recovery

Stay-at-home advisories are likely to hit motor fuels, which until now had been supported by a mass switch from public transport to private cars and motorbikes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 29, 2021

Tokyo to push Olympic sponsors on gender parity following gaffes

A pledge to advance equality and inclusion is also expected to come next month from the games' organizing committee.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2021

Her prophecy of an Australian inferno was proven right

Climate change is a politically charged issue in much of the world. But the debate is especially heated in Australia.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 28, 2021

Why it’s so difficult to compare nations’ climate goals

There is no common accounting for what nations in the Paris Agreement are doing to fight climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 27, 2021

Economic issues, once divisive, now bind Japan and the U.S.

The two governments' discussion of economic issues is a path to mobilization and cooperation, not contestation (at least between themselves).
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2021

Hong Kong activists retreat as China-style justice comes to their city

On March 23, a Hong Kong High Court judge denied former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan’s bail appeal and sent him back to Lai Chi Kok prison.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 18, 2021

In Ethiopia's Tigray region, reports of sexual slavery and violent rape

Descriptions from doctors and women paint a detailed picture of the sexual violence against women in Tigray and the military's alleged involvement in it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2021

After outcry, Biden confirms U.S. will raise Trump refugee cap

Biden on Friday signed an order intended to accelerate processing of refugees while keeping former President Donald Trump's 15,000-person cap in place.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 15, 2021

Tepco lapse a wake-up call for Japan's nuclear security protocols, expert says

The incident in Niigata is “of particular concern” because the potential security breaches lasted for months, a top expert in the field said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2021

Japan's ticket to zero carbon could be century-old technology

Some of the biggest industrial companies in Japan are working on a project that could trigger a wave of investment into one of the most controversial forms of carbon capture: methanation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2021

With its economy in free fall, Myanmar braces for the worst

Small businesses are on the front lines of an economy now facing crisis after a group of generals seized power on Feb. 1.
Workers at the Cosco Shipping Holding shipyard in Qidong, Jiangsu province, China, on Oct. 8, 2024
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 24, 2025

Billion-dollar U.S. levies on Chinese ships risk ‘trade apocalypse’

The levies could theoretically generate between $40 billion and $52 billion for U.S. coffers.
William Lu, president and partner of Xiaomi, presents the new Xiaomi 15 series ahead of the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 2.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2025

Xiaomi raises $5.5 billion in upsized Hong Kong share sale

Xiaomi has been investing aggressively in its nascent EV business to drive growth and recently increased its 2025 delivery target.
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2025

Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs

The meeting came ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of a new round of tariffs on Wednesday.
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2025

Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says

A tsunami of over 20 meters would likely be observed in a total of 23 municipalities in Tokyo and seven other prefectures.
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Apr 2, 2025

A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers

Syndicates are increasingly targeting middle- to upper-class individuals from across the world through something as harmless as online video games.
Containers stacked up at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Phnom Penh on Thursday. Southeast Asian countries with a significant trade surplus with the U.S. came in for harsh treatment from Trump's stinging tariffs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2025

Trump tariffs are a ‘disaster’ for world’s poorest countries

Poor nations' labor-intensive export industries face new risk in trade war.
A screenshot taken from a video published by the Palestinian Red Crescent and obtained from cellphone of a dead paramedic shows the last moments during the incident in which aid workers were killed in Israeli fire, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23.
WORLD
Apr 6, 2025

Video shows last minutes before Gaza aid workers' deaths, Red Crescent says

The aid worker was among 15 humanitarian personnel killed on March 23 in an attack by Israeli forces, according to the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Wall Street banks, under political pressure and tempted by short-term gains, are abandoning climate commitments and pouring billions into fossil fuels, risking both environmental catastrophe and massive future economic losses.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2025

Wall Street will regret helping the world burn

For an industry in the business of money, it sure has a funny way of ensuring its destruction. 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Japan does not intend to seek direct confrontation with the U.S. over the newly levied tariffs, during a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2025

Japan to avoid direct confrontation with the U.S. over Trump tariffs

The Japanese prime minister is calling for a more diplomatic and fact-based approach, in part by examining U.S. allegations about trade barriers.
Japan posted a surplus in the current account balance for the first time in two months, mainly as the trade balance turned into a surplus.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2025

Japan's current account surplus hits record high in February

The country posted a surplus in the current account balance, mainly as the trade balance turned into a surplus.
Jon Rahm hits a shot during a practice round ahead of the Masters on Wednesday. Rahm is one of 12 players from LIV Golf in the 95-player field.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 10, 2025

Masters not planning to create exemption for LIV Golf players

Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Fred Ridley pointed out that the Masters is an invitational tournament, and Augusta National can extend special invitations to anyone.
Environmental, social and governance funds are increasingly looking to Japan, as efforts to boost diversity are coming amid a regulatory and government push for better corporate governance.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2025

Trump’s DEI rollback gives Japan a chance to draw ESG inflows

Japanese firms have long lagged behind their Western peers on gender equality, but the U.S. crackdown on diversity may give them a chance to shine.
People visit the Osaka Expo on the first day it opened to the public, in the city of Osaka on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2025

Osaka Expo throws open its doors as mega-event kicks off

A steady rain failed to dampen the spirits of organizers and expo early-birds as 160 countries, regions and organizations showed off their best tech and culture.
Demonstrators rally during a protest to call on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Harvard hit with $2.3 billion funding freeze after rejecting Trump demands

The Trump administration announced the freeze within hours of Harvard taking its stand.
Nomura Orient International Securities has trimmed staffing by about two-thirds in its China wealth business over the past two years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2025

Nomura scaling back China wealth unit, shifting focus to brokerage and assets

Japan's biggest brokerage is currently seeking a new CEO for the securities business on the mainland.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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