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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2022

Low food self-sufficiency could cripple Japan in Taiwan crisis

Any major blockade or disruption to sea lanes around China and the Taiwan Strait could have bigger implications than just price inflation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2022

U.S. warships sail through Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi visit

The Chinese military slammed the U.S. for hyping the warships' sailing, saying that the entire operation had been monitored.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2022

Taiwan opposition defends 'brave' China outreach after controversial visit

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said the visit was wrong and that opposition parties should recognize that China is 'the instigator of the destruction of peace in the Taiwan Strait.'
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 28, 2022

Rafael Nadal eyes 23rd major as Novak Djokovic gives up on U.S. Open

The Spaniard has had to sit out the U.S. Open four times in his career, and there are once again fresh doubts over his physical ability to survive a grueling two weeks at Flushing Meadows.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2022

Inside the 20-month fight to get Trump to return presidential material

The government tried repeatedly for more than a year and a half to get the former president to give back documents from his time in office. Finally, it resorted to a search of his property.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2022

World can remain a bystander no more

A disturbing trend is becoming evident: Governments of affluent countries are giving less foreign aid to help the world's poor and hungry.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2022

Isolation ends: Japan reopens its borders to the world

The coronavirus will not be going away and Japan must adapt to it. Isolation may be a temptation but it is a false hope.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2022

In isolated Russia, a tale of two economies

Russia's record employment signals a surprisingly smooth decoupling from the West, yet pressures are building inside its economic machine.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Prospects bright as investment climbs

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe effect on the global economy, but the economy in sub-Saharan Africa made a surprising rebound in 2021. Though this growth is expected to slow this year amid the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund still forecasts growth of 3.8% in 2022 and 4.0% in 2023....
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

A new development path for Africa

Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Yokohama: Integral partner in contributing to Africa’s growth

Thanks to plentiful and abundant natural resources and significant population increases, Africa has enjoyed a period of dynamic growth in recent years. Yokohama served as the host city for the three Tokyo International Conferences on African Development in 2008, 2013 and 2019, which were the fourth,...
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Ownership and partnership growing rapidly in ‘last frontier’

The Japan Times recently interviewed the Ambassador for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Jun Shinmi, prior to TICAD 8, which is to be held in Tunisia on Aug. 27 and 28.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 26, 2022

Serena Williams to face Danka Kovinic in first match at U.S. Open

Things could get tough quickly for the 23-time Grand Slam champion with No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit possibly waiting in the second round.
Japan Times
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Mauritius report 2022
Aug 26, 2022

Robust regulatory climate offers African platform

For a small island nation in the Southern Indian Ocean, Mauritius is certainly making a major impression on the global stage courtesy of a world-class international financial center (IFC) that provides a robust and reliable backbone for an attractive, safe and well-regulated financial services sector,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 25, 2022

The composer who turns Hayao Miyazaki’s humane touch into music

Joe Hisaishi's scores have helped make Studio Ghibli films indelible. But in concert, the works stand on their own. That's because “it's about emotion,” he says.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2022

What does India want from Russia?

As the Ukraine war continues, India's quest for self-reliance increasingly entails multidimensional international engagement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2022

Australia digging deep to reshape itself as green energy superpower

Everyone from oil majors to billionaire mining magnates is looking for a way to capitalize on the fossil-fuel giant's transformation.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 25, 2022

Nidec’s COO to resign after being sidelined by founder Shigenobu Nagamori

The move underscores the Japanese company's struggles to put a succession plan for its aging founder in place.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2022

Biden’s student-loan relief adds new wrinkle to inflation debate

In announcing the plan Wednesday, the White House flagged that the move would have competing impacts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 25, 2022

Eiji Uchida loses the rhythm with ‘Offbeat Cops’

Director Eiji Uchida's musical police procedural, starring Hiroshi Abe as a detective who is relegated to play the drums in the force's band, is corny and predictable pro-cop propaganda.
Japan Times
Aug 24, 2022

Tsunan Sake Brewery from Niigata Wins Silver Medal at the The Milano Sake Challenge (MSC)

Tsunan, Niigata (July 4th, 2022) — Tsunan sake brewery, the maker of the “郷 (GO) DOLCE” was awarded a silver medal at The 2022 MIlano Sake Challenge (MSC) competition. Tsunan sake brewery has continually demarked itself by the technique of its Niigata sake making. First global launched in April,...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2022

South Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate

South Korea is the world's fastest-aging nation among economies with GDP per capita of at least $30,000.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 24, 2022

Saudi Arabia's 'surveillance city': Would you sell your data to The Line?

The country's poor human rights record does not bode well for responsible data usage or the safeguarding of individual privacy, digital rights experts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2022

China reopens to foreign students after more than two years

Foreign nationals holding a valid Chinese residence permit for study or an APEC business travel card will be allowed to enter China.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Wakatakakage bring balance to the banzuke?
Wakatakakage during a ring entering ceremony in February 2020
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Ukraine war has transformed North Korean military: Kyiv’s military intel chief
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike, on July 30. Moscow has dispatched military specialists to train the Korean People’s Army on how to use combat drones and air-defense systems.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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