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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2023

China’s video game creators come in from the cold as crackdown eases

Beijing’s tough curbs in 2021 laid waste to the once-booming industry, shaving over half of the market value of sector leaders like Tencent Holdings and NetEase.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 21, 2023

Japanese designers begin the year with responsible and eco-friendly products

This month: a breathing pillow, a hard hat made from scallops and chairs from master architect, Kengo Kuma.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2023

Europe is winning the winter war by sheer luck

Gas supplies are ample even if cold weather returns in force. The bad news is that it means climate change is still happening.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2023

Germany's new defense minister faces pressure on tanks and army upgrade

Taking over just a day before a major arms conference, Boris Pistorius succeeds Christine Lambrecht, who quit following a series of blunders.
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BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2023

Climate activists say Big Oil is taking cycling fans for a ride

Sports sponsorships have emerged as a major battleground in the push to ban fossil fuel companies from advertising their brands.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 17, 2023

Japan’s largest trade union head says 2023 is pivotal for wages

Trade union leader has stressed the importance of moving toward continued wage growth in the face of rapid inflation and economic stagnation.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2023

The Group of 20 could use a 'G Minor' grouping to represent emerging economies

While the G20 represents the world's largest economies, it's time to think of a group that could represent the needs of emerging and developing countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2023

China’s population falls, heralding a demographic crisis

Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 17, 2023

Business chiefs and economists brace for recession as Davos begins

A separate survey of chief economists, released by the World Economic Forum, found two-thirds expect a worldwide recession in 2023 as businesses cut costs.
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BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2023

Traders eye chance of further BOJ tweaks with ‘Pandora’s box open’

Another increase in the key 10-year yield's permitted trading ceiling is seen as the most likely course of action, should the BOJ act.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 16, 2023

Putin buys off the poor and writes off middle class with war budget

Moscow is creating incentives for people to join the military at a time when it's having to use convicts and mercenaries to make up for its severe manpower shortages in Ukraine.
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WORLD
Jan 16, 2023

EU parliament chief to unveil reforms amid graft scandal

Many MEPs and observers believe the changes to be presented by Roberta Metsola don't go far enough to be able to restore credibility in the institution.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2023

Russia and a return to Soviet-style central planning

With Russia's economy crumbling, some of the country's leading economists are advocating for a return to Soviet-style central planning.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2023

Efforts to commercialize carbon capture tech accelerating in Japan

The industry ministry is set to draw up a road map including measures to help promote the use of such tech, believing that it is essential for realizing net-zero emissions by 2050.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2023

BOJ surprise can’t be ruled out in first move of 2023

Uncertainty remains due in part to unclear messaging after the doubling of a cap on 10-year bond yields.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 15, 2023

Britain says it will give Ukraine tanks, breaching a Western restriction

The U.K.'s Challenger 2 will be the first Western-made battle tank to be sent to Ukraine since Russia invaded last February.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 15, 2023

Electronic music pioneer Yukihiro Takahashi of YMO dies at 70

Yukihiro Takahashi's output for Yellow Magic Orchestra would go on to influence early New York rappers and techno acts from Detroit and the U.K.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2023

Russian oil delivered to Asia in Chinese supertankers amid ship shortage

At least four Chinese-owned supertankers are shipping Russian Urals crude to China as Moscow seeks vessels for exports after the G7 enacted a price cap on the country's oil.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2023

How Western goods reach Russia: a long line of trucks through Georgia

With Western sanctions barring many imports, a lot of what Russia needs now travels a slow, crowded truck route through the Caucasus Mountains from Georgia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 14, 2023

Fed chief urges debt limit hike, warning of U.S. default risk by early June

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the country will likely hit the $31.4 trillion statutory debt limit next Thursday, forcing the Treasury to launch extraordinary measures.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2023

Brushstrokes bring black and white to life

To celebrate the beginning of 2023, the Dokuritsu Shojindan Foundation is holding its annual sho (Japanese calligraphy) exhibition in the National Art Center, Tokyo, in Minato Ward this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2023

Japan beer sales grew for the first time in 18 years in 2022

But total sales were still down around 10% compared with 2019 despite a recovery in sales to restaurants and bars as COVID-19 restrictions eased.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 13, 2023

Cowboys' path through playoffs must go through Tom Brady

Advancing to the NFC divisional playoffs will require the Dallas Cowboys to deliver a franchise first: a win against Tom Brady.
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TENNIS
Jan 13, 2023

Rafael Nadal's struggles in spotlight before Australian Open

Some observers feel Rafael Nadal looks vulnerable ahead of the Australian Open.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 13, 2023

Unpacking the limits to Japan’s military awakening

Japan must find ways to frustrate China's furtive efforts to alter the regional status quo while avoiding the risk of open combat.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 13, 2023

Alex Ramirez and Randy Bass voted into Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Two of the most celebrated foreign-born players in NPB history took their place among the greats on Friday afternoon as Alex Ramirez and Randy Bass were voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
Shintaro Awa is the new head chef of L'Ambroisie in Paris, replacing the legendary Bernard Pacaud, who helmed the restaurant for more than four decades.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 5, 2025

Shintaro Awa appointed to head the kitchen of L’Ambroisie in Paris

The Japanese chef takes over the role of Bernard Pacaud, who helmed the renowned restaurant for nearly 45 years.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. enters the ring before his fight against Jake Paul in Anaheim, California, on June 28.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jul 4, 2025

Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. arrested by U.S. immigration officers

U.S. authorities informed Mexico that they have begun the procedure to send him home.

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