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OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Japan confident heading into Olympic soccer semifinal against Spain

After squeaking past New Zealand, the team appeared unfazed by the down-to-the-wire drama, because, at the end of the day, winning was the ultimate goal in the knockout stage.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021

Door slams and idle chatter fill out Games’ new soundtrack

An unusual Olympics is missing the atmosphere fans bring to events. What is left is not silence, but something else.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2021

China move to fight sanctions gives Hong Kong banks new worry

The move that could create complications for multinationals caught in rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 28, 2021

Rugby's missed opportunity in Tokyo: From a packed house in 2019 to empty stands in 2021

Almost two years and a pandemic later, Tokyo Stadium sat empty for the finals of the OIympic rugby sevens match between New Zealand and defending champions Fiji.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 28, 2021

As athletics records tumble, new shoe technology puts comparisons in question

Since the arrival of thick-soled, carbon-plated road shoes and now their track spike equivalent, long-standing records set by the sport's all-time greats are being obliterated.
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2021

At long last, the Tokyo Olympics have begun

After a tumultuous year, an unprecedented Olympics got underway in Tokyo in the age of the new normal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2021

China cities warn of new power outages as heat strains grids

Populous centers including Beijing and Xi'an have alerted electricity users there will be scheduled disruptions as grid operators struggle to maintain overloaded networks.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 16, 2021

EU challenges partners to keep up with new ambitious climate measures

The question now is whether the EU gambit becomes an established benchmark upon which investors and sectors set transition strategies, and how big emitters respond.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE RECIPE BOX
Jul 3, 2021

Bring back the baking boom with these sourdough crumpets

Use up your surplus sourdough starter to make these addictive crumpets u2026 and then go one step further and make breakfast dorayaki.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 21, 2021

Pandemic magnifies household gender roles in Japan

Latest figures show that women earn on average 44% less than men while also spending five times more time on housework and child care.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2021

Apple's new 'private relay' feature will not be available in China

Apple's decision to withhold the feature in China is the latest in a string of compromises the company has made on privacy in a country that accounts for nearly 15% of its revenue.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2021

New coral reef restoration technology aims to reverse climate change damage

The technology mimics the design and shape of natural reefs to provide opportunities for colonization by corals and other marine life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2021

For some of Japan's lonely workers, COVID-19 brings a homecoming

Workers assigned to far-flung locations are seeing their employers bringing them back to their homes and families.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 28, 2021

Female team ready to usher in new era at Indy 500

'Women didn't know it was for them and the few who did didn't have a lot of opportunity,' Paretta Autosport team owner Beth Paretta said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
May 20, 2021

Yankees' Corey Kluber stops Rangers to join no-hit parade

It was the second no-no in two days after the Detroit Tigers' Spencer Turnbull accomplished the feat against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 18, 2021

Fujifilm says it can make detection kits for new COVID-19 variants in a month

The Japanese firm has developed a kit that can identify the L452R variant, first identified in India and California and recently found in Tokyo.

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic