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Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 21, 2022

Culture in 2022: Good books, outdoor art and 'Tokyo Vice'

Culture editor Alyssa I. Smith talks to culture critic Thu-Huong Ha about the books they read, the festivals they went to and how Japanese stories are currently capturing Hollywood's attention.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 21, 2022

Why the BOJ chose the final weeks of the year to shift policy

The BOJ has apparently been keen to shore up its easing policy's side effects, but such a shift needed to catch market participants off guard to prevent speculative moves.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2022

Afghan women defy Taliban gym ban with secret fitness clubs

The Taliban banned women from gyms and parks last month, another clampdown amid a progressive erosion of their freedoms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2022

Number of tourists visiting Japan jumps for second straight month

Japan's visitor numbers are still well below the 2.6 million-plus people who came, on average, each month during the peak of a tourism boom in 2019.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 21, 2022

High energy costs in Finland put hockey training on ice

The average cost of electricity in the third quarter was 40 to 60% higher than last year, according to Finland's national statistics office.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2022

The hard-won benefits of Indonesia's soft diplomacy

The rest of the world would benefit by learning a lesson or two from Indonesian President Joko Widodo's success at the recent G20 summit in Bali.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2022

Why rebel farmers are pushing back on climate action

While it's one of the biggestu00a0victims of more extreme weather, agriculture is also a majoru00a0climate offender.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2022

Can China win its ‘people’s war’ against the pandemic without 'zero-COVID'?

Easing COVID-19 restrictions and shifting messaging are the easy part for China. Preventing a public health disaster will be harder.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 21, 2022

Master of surprise Kuroda does it one more time

An unexpected BOJ policy tweak stunned markets. Expect central banking's biggest outlier to keep confounding investors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2022

10 years after Sandy Hook, a mother's grief and healing

The massacre shocked America and the world, sparked heightened security measures at schools and renewed a contentious fight for gun control laws that continues a decade later.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2022

Another Crispr first: New treatment wipes out teen's cancer

Next-generation Crispr gene-editing was used to create a therapy that attacked a 13-year-old's stubborn leukemia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2022

Is there too much economic gloom and doom?

Souring macroeconomic conditions and monetary-policy tightening have led some commentators to warn of an impending mega-crisis. Yet there is ample evidence to suggest otherwise.
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2022

Japan's dairy farming industry struggling amid rising costs and production cuts

Government support measures are failing to stem the loss of farmers from the sector, which sees the number of dairy producers nationwide fall by around 4% annually.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 21, 2022

Philippine corpse-whisperer seeks justice for drug war victims

A forensic pathologists is helping rights groups gather evidence that one day could be used in court against police accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2022

China accused of new territorial grab in South China Sea

Tensions between China and other claimants in the South China Sea — the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brunei — have been rising for years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2022

Landmark U.N. deal on biodiversity gets finance and business thumbs up

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, agreed to at recent U.N. talks, is expected to create some red tape but also new opportunities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2022

Hyundai, the world's third-largest carmaker, takes aim at Toyota and Volkswagen

The world's third-largest carmaker isn't from the U.S., Japan or Europe, at least not anymore. It's South Korea's Hyundai.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Dec 21, 2022

World economy bets on China learning to live with COVID

Those who believe the world economy can avoid the hardest of landings next year are watching China closely.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 21, 2022

Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO ... in due time

In a tweet, billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to retain control over the company's engineering teams.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2022

Bans on TikTok gain momentum in Washington and states

In the past several weeks, at least 14 states have banned TikTok on government-issued devices.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2022

Two killed, thousands without power after strong quake jolts northern California

At least 11 people were injured, and two others died from 'medical emergencies' that occurred during or just after the magnitude 6.4 quake.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2022

Trump’s tax records poised for release as Democrats vote

Tuesday's action by the Ways and Means Committee comes one day after Trump was referred for criminal prosecution by another House panel.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2022

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy plans in-person address to U.S. Congress

Zelenskyy's visit would be his first trip outside his country since Russia invaded on Feb. 24.
Japan Times
Czech Republic report 2022
Dec 21, 2022

Sumi Agro Czech: A strong link in securing the food chain

Food security is a vital aspect of national security. The ability of a nation to feed its population is not only necessary for its survival and strength, but also to bolster its standard of living. Thus, farmers and growers strive to maximize food production as safely and sustainably as possible, all...
A makeshift memorial in Moscow for Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin who is presumed to have died in private plane crash earlier in the week
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2023

If Prigozhin is gone, where does that leave Wagner?

What’s been said about President Vladimir Putin’s reign can also be applied to Prigozhin’s Wagner Group: "Nothing is true and everything is possible.”
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Closing the gap between what you learn and what you say in Japanese
A few tweaks to the conversations you learn in your Japanese class will help you sound like a native when you step out the door.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

Podcast

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

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

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