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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022

Japan's place in Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

Canada's position in regards to the rules that govern global trade, human rights and navigation should resonate with Japan given its deep concerns about China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 7, 2022

Japan needs billionaires like Jack Ma, not just more tourists

Japan has much to offer the ultrarich — it now needs to figure how to attract more of them given how much more money they spend than the average tourist.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2022

Will Russians choose truth or lies? Ukraine’s fate depends on them

How ordinary Russians deal with their government's propaganda has become a matter of war and peace.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 7, 2022

The Church, the State and Kishida's headache

Kanako Takahara joins this week's Deep Dive to discuss what's behind a new bill regulating faith-driven donations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2022

Microsoft and Nintendo agree on 10-year Call of Duty deal

The agreement depends on Microsoft closing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022

People with disabilities abused by staff members at Hokkaido support center

The abuse included leaving them naked, manhandling them and holding them down by grabbing them by the neck from behind.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 7, 2022

Ruthless England sacks Eddie Jones nine months from Rugby World Cup

Jones' future was in the balance following a recent Autumn series where a lone win over Japan and fortunate draw with New Zealand were bookended by defeats.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2022

Trump companies are convicted in NY criminal tax fraud trial

It is the first time a Trump business has been convicted of criminal conduct and comes as the former president is running for a second term.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2022

A bad month for Trump: Three takeaways from Raphael Warnock's win in Georgia

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock beat Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election that fortified the Democrats' Senate majority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 7, 2022

China's aviation comeback stokes tensions over access to Russian airspace

Western carriers haven't had access to Russia's air corridors since the Ukraine invasion triggered Western sanctions and retaliatory bans by Moscow.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022

Japan to raise childbirth allowance to ¥500,000 amid rising costs

Costs for childbirth have been rising in Japan in recent years, with the average total now exceeding the allowance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 7, 2022

China eases COVID restrictions in major shift in virus policy

By jettisoning key tenets of the virus elimination strategy, China's switch in COVID-19 policy is suddenly moving faster than expected.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022

U.S. and Australia invite Japan to step up troop rotations

Japan, a treaty-bound ally of the U.S., has in recent years sought growing diplomatic cooperation with Australia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2022

EV battery-makers face emissions challenge, Panasonic unit head says

Customers are now adding carbon footprints as a measurement when assessing batteries, the senior executive said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2022

South Korea debt crisis is a cautionary tale as era of easy money ends

Even relatively safer financial systems like South Korea's face threats of contagion.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 7, 2022

G7's Russian oil price cap evolves from revenue squeeze to market anchor

Analysts said the cap will have little immediate impact on the oil revenues that Moscow is currently earning to fund its war machine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2022

Sony says it has technology for humanoid robots, needs to find usage

Honda and Hyundai have been developing humanoid robots for decades, while Tesla showed off its prototype in September.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2022

Court ruling over hate crime in Kyoto highlights calls for anti-discrimination law

In the trial, the accused, Shogo Arimoto, admitted that he had hostile feelings toward South Koreans and intended to scare them out of Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2022

U.S. answers North Korea missile barrage with vow to stay the course

North Korea has fired off a record number of missiles this year as the U.S. and its allies continue to pursue a policy that is aimed at the full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 7, 2022

Wall Street chorus grows louder, warning that 2023 will be ugly

From Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, the messages have become increasingly dire.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 7, 2022

Morocco shocks Spain on penalties to reach World Cup quarterfinals

Morocco is just the fourth African team in history to reach the last eight of the FIFA World Cup.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2022

From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing

Amid deforestation, pollution and climate change, bugs are struggling — along with the crops, flowers and animals that rely on them to survive.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2022

Japan, U.S. and Philippines align to combat China’s reach

If concerned nations can't rally behind Manila in its troubles with Beijing, then there is little chance of success in the fight against aggressive moves elsewhere in the region.
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 6, 2022

As Japan exits the World Cup, eyes turn to the team's future

Veterans are set to step back, head coach Hajime Moriyasu's future is uncertain and the country waits to see if the next star player is waiting in the ranks of the J. League.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2022

Japan should hold talks with North Korea to ease tensions, expert says

Korean Peninsula specialist Tadashi Kimiya says Tokyo should approach Pyongyang without demanding that the issue of abductions will be discussed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 15,501 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases came to 11,805.6, compared with 10,827.0 a week earlier.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2022

Drone strikes show Putin his homeland isn’t safe

Ukrainians aren't openly taking credit for the attacks on Russian air bases, but the message was clear: They are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.
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.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
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.
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

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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