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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2021

The era of the Japan-Australia alliance is here

It seems likely that the Japan-Australia relationship will develop into an alliance in substance if not in name.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 20, 2021

Reality check: ‘We’re in a tunnel with no exit in sight’

Buddhist priest Myoyu Tamaoki describes the world in terms hard to argue with. “Calm,” she says, “is elusive.” Disaster, ruin and upheaval, if not hitting you personally at any given moment, may strike the next, as a glance at news of them hyperactive elsewhere cannot fail to remind you. “Everyone,”...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 20, 2021

The ex-Pfizer scientist who became an anti-vaccination hero

In recent months, Michael Yeadon has emerged as an unlikely hero of the so-called anti-vaxxers, whose adherents question the safety of many vaccines, including for the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2021

Seoul ends mandatory coronavirus testing for foreign nationals after outcry

The reversal came as the National Human Rights Commission confirmed it was probing if the policies of several local governments for all foreign workers to be tested were discriminatory.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2021

Tesla cars banned from China's military complexes over security concerns

Security concerns over vehicles' cameras cited in a move that resembles the United States' own measures against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 19, 2021

Side jobs offer career development for some but overwork hazards for others

While the government and Keidanren hope more flexible working will vitalize firms and improve job satisfaction, data shows most with side jobs are lower earners trying to survive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 19, 2021

ANA sees global chip shortage as good cargo opportunity in 2021

The expects its cargo unit to receive a boost this year as planes loaded with semiconductors help accelerate deliveries to automakers and consumer-electronics manufacturers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 19, 2021

Biden’s solar dreams collide with outrage over China’s ‘genocide’

Factories in Xinjiang, home to the oppressed Uyghur minority, produce half the global supply of polysilicon, a metal critical for the panels that turn sunlight into electricity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2021

China catalyzes the consolidation of the 'Quad'

The surprise from the March 12 summit was that — unlike the past Quad foreign ministers' meetings — it yielded a joint statement, which articulated a clear-eyed vision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021

The future of money is digital, but is it Bitcoin?

The Bank of Japan has no immediate plans, but it acknowledges the possibility 'of a surge in public demand” for official digital cash going forward.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2021

Hong Kong's tough COVID-19 rules see babies isolated and families cramped in tiny spaces

Hong Kong authorities have ordered that anyone testing positive for the virus must go to a hospital, including babies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2021

From stage to cemetery: Europe's workers retrain for post-pandemic jobs

The coronavirus reshaping Europe's labor markets has spurred some workers to seek new career paths as old jobs disappear or remain beset with uncertainty about any return to normal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2021

Rakuten sees biggest surge in 18 years after Tencent and Japan Post invest

The e-commerce pioneer is looking to expand its capabilities in artificial intelligence, financial technology and mobile networks.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 14, 2021

As vaccine nationalism deepens, governments pay to bring production home

Governments across the globe are rushing to access fragmented vaccine production after manufacturing setbacks deprived European Union members of drugs made on their own soil this year.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 13, 2021

Understanding why Japan's prime ministers tend to avoid staying in the official residency

The four-story structure has a somewhat dark history, with former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reportedly arranging for a Shinto priest to come to the residence and perform an exorcism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 13, 2021

'Climate ninjas' overlooked as little finance reaches women

Officials, climate and gender experts, and activists say not enough climate finance is going to the work of women and other individuals taking action on the ground.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2021

A slow return to agriculture in Fukushima’s evacuated areas

Ten years on from the triple disaster of 2011, farming in the region is tentatively getting back on its feet. But can this growth be sustained?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2021

Inflation is already creeping into some corners of the world

Prices have risen for commodities and in industries for reasons directly tied to the disruptions of COVID-19, the policy response or the surge in demand that comes with hopes of recovery.
OLYMPICS
Mar 12, 2021

Olympic minister says Japan's athletes won't take Chinese vaccine

The announcement by IOC President Thomas Bach that the organization will purchase coronavirus vaccines from China appears to have taken Japan's Olympic officials by surprise.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 11, 2021

Thomas Bach reelected as IOC president

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach won an unopposed second term on Wednesday that will keep him in the post until 2025, following a vote on the first day of a virtual IOC session.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 11, 2021

First meeting of 'Quad' leaders highlights Biden’s push for united front against China

The Quad meeting will be the first of many challenges for the Biden administration as it seeks to demonstrate leadership in navigating Indo-Pacific affairs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2021

Moon must stop daydreaming about North Korea

The Biden administration should not, and most likely will not, repeat the same mistakes the Trump administration made vis-a-vis North Korea.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
Osaka Expo ticket sales exceed break-even point
Visitors to the Osaka Expo line up for pavilions on Friday.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japan's Nikkei 225 hits record high on tariff and rate optimism
Stocks in Tokyo rallied on Tuesday despite months of uncertainty and general economic concerns.
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.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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