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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2022

U.S. monkeypox response repeats COVID-19 mistakes

Health officials, with the monkeypox outbreak, are again failing to understand that a new epidemic may not take the same course as the last one.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 20, 2022

A Somali boy's mission to find food as climate change takes its toll

Millions in Somalia are in the crosshairs of what some aid workers are calling the 'The Three Cs': climate change, costs and conflict.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2022

The world can stave off Putin’s food fight

Wealthy countries should support Ukraine's efforts to export grain and make sure poorer countries can afford to buy it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 20, 2022

New brand of activist takes aim at Ukraine war and climate crisis, together

Led by young women from Eastern Europe, they are cornering Europe's leaders and pressing them for a total energy embargo on Russia — to end the fighting and to save the planet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 20, 2022

Hong Kong lawyers are the next target of Xi’s national security law

There is growing concern that Hong Kong's rule of law, for decades a foundational pillar of its standing as an international financial center, is becoming more influenced by the mainland.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2022

Relax, Japanese tourism is not becoming like North Korea

It's easy to be frustrated with Japan's slow reopening, but the country needs to learn to let down its guard first.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 17, 2022

Shin-hanga and one man's vision to rejuvenate ukiyo-e traditions

A sweeping show containing works by 25 artists who formed the core of the last significant woodblock print movement, championed by one savvy businessman, is currently touring Europe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2022

Tokyo passes ordinance to recognize same-sex partnerships

Tokyo's metropolitan assembly passed a bill Wednesday to introduce a same-sex partnership system throughout the capital.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 16, 2022

‘Soup and Ideology’: A touching family portrait that feeds the soul

Director Yang Yonghi comes to terms with her mother's past trauma and animosity toward South Korea in the moving final chapter of her documentary trilogy on familial ties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 15, 2022

Net-zero Picasso: Museums rethink art shows to cut climate impact

While there is little museums can do to reduce the carbon footprint made by the air travel of tourists, they can cut back on the flights a Warhol or Picasso makes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2022

In hottest city on Earth, mothers bear brunt of climate change

Pregnant women exposed to heat for prolonged periods of time have a higher risk of suffering complications, an analysis of 70 studies conducted since the mid-1990s on the issue found.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 14, 2022

As North Korean missiles fly, Seoul signals need to revitalize intel pact with Tokyo

Pyongyang's record-breaking number of launches this year continues to push Seoul and Tokyo closer after years of soured ties, including on the contentious GSOMIA pact.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Jun 14, 2022

Bringing a mother's wisdom to the world of the entrepreneur

Ayako Sonoda has been keen to ensure she is helping others through her startups and other ventures.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Jun 13, 2022

As COVID-19 fears subside, Japan debates the future of masks

How much longer before the nation reaches a tipping point when people start ditching their masks en masse?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2022

For Tesla, Facebook and others, AI’s flaws are getting harder to ignore

Investors are pouring money into artificial intelligence, despite clear setbacks in self-driving cars, social media and even health care.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 12, 2022

China’s defense minister blasts U.S. ‘meddling’ in regional affairs

China's defense chief reiterates Beijing's opposition to so-called U.S. meddling in regional affairs at Shangri-La Dialogue and urges the U.S. not to let competition define Sino-U.S. ties.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jun 11, 2022

YouTuber PewDiePie's 'honeymoon phase' brings positive vibes to Japan content

The YouTuber's relocation heralds a shift toward content focused on newcomers enthusiastically exploring the country and living out their dreams after years of pandemic restrictions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 11, 2022

A new way to choose your next book

'There's Netflix for movies. There's Spotify for music. But there really wasn't an equivalent discovery experience for books.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2022

Kishida outlines his vision for a more secure Indo-Pacific region

“I myself have a strong sense that Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” Kishida told the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue — a major international security summit.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 9, 2022

'Emergent Tokyo' digs into an urban sprawl borne from chaos and order

Architect Jorge Almazan and Studiolab, his research laboratory at Keio University, take an innovative approach to exploring the historical conditions that shaped Tokyo's eclectic cityscape.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 9, 2022

Sebastian Vettel says F1 would welcome gay driver

'Perhaps it wouldn't have been the case in the past, but now I think a gay Formula One driver would be welcomed, and rightly so.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2022

Russian army base sees scramble for Ukraine war supplies, sources say

Previously unreported issues linked to the town of Valuyki provide a rare window into operations at a strategically important base as Russia scrambles to maintain its offensive in Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2022

How a global food crises will unfold

The disruption to this year's harvest because of the Ukraine conflict means that the global food crisis will become even more acute in the fall and winter.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2022

South Korea and U.S. fire off missiles in response to North Korean tests

The two countries' militaries conducted the joint live-fire exercise early Monday, firing off eight surface-to-surface missiles into the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jun 6, 2022

Bento-maker sets example with language lessons for Vietnamese trainees

Asahikawa Ekitachiuri Shokai in Hokkaido says the classes make communication and work easier, and that trainees will have more job options after they return to Vietnam.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 6, 2022

Same-sex couples in Japan navigate the joys and challenges of parenthood

LGBTQ couples barred from accessing assisted reproductive procedures in Japan are embarking on their own journey as they attempt to raise children of their own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2022

From the bones of victims, a doctor unearths the Philippine drug war’s true toll

Forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun is using her skills to show how other doctors falsely claimed some victims of the country's drug war had died natural deaths.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2022

Japan allows visits by extended family, fiances and common-law partners

Those in a relationship with a resident of Japan equivalent to a relative, such as a fiance, will be required to provide proof of their relationship, such as an engagement certificate.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight