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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2022

Kishida Cabinet unpopular among young people, survey shows

Approval ratings for Kishida's Cabinet tend to drop as the ages of the respondents go down, according to the results of the opinion poll.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 22, 2022

Power cut as 7.0 quake hits Solomon Islands

A tsunami warning had been issued for an area of the Solomon Islands coast, but authorities later said the threat had passed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 1, 2022

Review: Is the new Ghibli Park worth all the hype?

The new theme park in Aichi Prefecture signals a change of direction for the legendary animation studio as it prepares for the next phase of Hayao Miyazaki's legacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2022

China’s chest-thumping nationalism now goes too far, movement’s godfather says

Wang Xiaodong, once called the standard-bearer of Chinese nationalism, now fends off criticisms of being too moderate, even a traitor. “They've forgotten,” he said, “I created them.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2022

U.K.'s first Hindu leader is symbol of both progress and privilege

Sunak attended the University of Oxford and before that the elite private school, Winchester, highlighting criticism that the country's leaders largely come from a narrow educational pool.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2022

Tesla’s big batteries aren’t the fire problem. Lithium is.

Investors need to look behind the headline data and realize the danger in the widespread use of this technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2022

Joe Biden’s climate bill has the U.S. battery industry revved up

Battery upstarts are salivating over goodies in a bill, particularly the tax credits for manufacturing components in the U.S.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2022

Recalling Shinzo Abe’s devotion to public service

Long-standing politician and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s funeral was held on July 12 at Zojoji temple in central Tokyo. The wake, held the previous night, was attended by around 2,500 people. Japanese and foreign dignitaries gathered to pay their final respects to Abe, who was killed in an attack...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2022

Embattled leaders in hiding, Sri Lankans ask: What’s next?

It is clear that whoever takes the reins of the Sri Lankan government will be walking into a crisis, inheriting a crashed economy and a public that is exhausted and furious.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2022

Flooding chaos in Yellowstone, a sign of crises to come

Scientists are raising the alarm that in the coming years, destruction related to climate change will reach nearly all 423 U.S. national parks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 4, 2022

Mario’s 9th: How video game scores landed a date at the Proms

Video game music takes one more step toward mainstream acceptance as a legitimate art form.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
May 14, 2022

Fashion’s retail revolution: What’s old is new again

As pandemic precautions appear to ease, retail fashion grapples with a return to business as usual.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 4, 2022

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could control hunt for family's wealth as Philippines president

If the front-runner triumphs in the May 9 election, he will wield broad powers over government agencies seeking to recover as much as $10 billion plundered by his namesake father.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2022

How Zelenskyy ended political discord and put Ukraine on a war footing

Ukrainian politics were known for sharp-elbowed infighting. But as he defends his country against the Russian invasion, Zelenskyy has his government presenting a unified front.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2022

China’s economic data hints at cost of 'COVID zero' strategy

The country's lockdowns have trapped truck drivers on highways, halted production lines and forced some importers to source goods from outside China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2022

The huge endeavor to produce a tiny microchip

Microchips are in many ways the lifeblood of the modern economy. They are also intensive to produce and made on gigantic, ultraclean factory room floors that can be seven stories tall.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2022

Bringing Japan's public services into the digital age needs a legal revolution

According to some estimates, as many as 60,000 national and local rules need to be revised to make online public services possible.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2021

Dubai can’t shake off the stain of smuggled African gold

The U.N. has found a discrepancy of at least $4 billion between the United Arab Emirates' declared gold imports from Africa and what African countries say they exported to the UAE.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 12, 2021

F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid ruler, dies age 85

Along with Nelson Mandela, de Klerk was awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for securing a smooth transition to democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 12, 2021

Kishida doubles down on economic security

The new government in Tokyo must fight the temptation to use “economic security” to justify protectionism or other expressions of economic nationalism.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 28, 2021

Top 5: The sweetest of Tokyo's wagashi offerings

A traditional confectionery, sweet Japanese 'wagashi' pair exquisitely with green tea and are definitely a sight to behold.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2021

More transparency needed in Japan's virus border controls, justice minister says

A government warning that foreign nationals who breach quarantine regulations on arrival may have visas revoked or face deportation has reignited concerns among the international community.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2020

Suga calm in face of Diet onslaught but leaves big question unanswered

The exchanges marked the first time the prime minister's endurance had been tested by criticism in a primary legislative debate session since he became the nation's leader.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 29, 2020

Designart Tokyo forges ahead with hybrid approach

Like many industries, design, art and fashion has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic — from major exhibitions and trade fair cancellations to drops in consumer sales.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2025

China hawks grow queasy over Trump’s push for deals with Beijing

As Trump pursues a trade pact with the U.S.’s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they’re being sidelined inside the administration.
French President Emmanuel Macron attends and event in Saarbruecken, Germany, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 7, 2025

Macron wanders alone by the Seine as grip on his future slips away

The resignation of his fifth prime minister in two years has raised the chances that he will not make it to the end of his term.
Authorities inspect a damaged wall and a car outside a mall in Butuan, Philippines, on Friday, after a major earthquake struck the area.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 10, 2025

Powerful earthquake strikes off southern Philippines

People in nearby coastal areas were urged to evacuate to higher ground.
President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sebastien Lecornu to be France’s prime minister, giving the centrist ally another shot at naming a new Cabinet and getting a budget through a fractious parliament.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Macron reappoints Sebastien Lecornu as France’s prime minister

The reappointment is a last-gasp attempt to find political balance to prevent the next government from collapsing.

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