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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2021

Japan to provide millions more vaccine doses to Taiwan and other Asian neighbors

Japan will ship out 1 million doses each to Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam on Thursday as part of bilateral deals with those governments, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2021

The U.S. military needs a lot more recruits

Defending against new threats will require the U.S. to replenish its all-volunteer force — a task made harder by the dwindling number of Americans willing and able to serve.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 12, 2021

South Korea’s youngest political boss pushes China on democracy

Harvard-educated Lee Jun-seok, the newly installed leader of the People Power Party, said in an interview that he aims to harness generational change.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2021

A deserted Akita town offers a glimpse of Japan's demographic future

A lack of jobs is causing younger people to move away, which results in stores and other industries losing business and leaves mainly the retired population.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2021

How to keep crypto from crashing the financial system

The volatility, transaction costs and carbon footprint of Bitcoin, for example, have made it largely useless for purposes other than speculation and ransomware (and even there it has flaws).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2021

It’s not only guns; it’s also the U.S.' violent culture

Gun violence, however, should be seen in the wider context of a culture of violence, which is not just the result of gun ownership.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 12, 2021

Australia's COVID-19 delta outbreak worsens despite Sydney lockdown

New South Wales state reported 112 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, almost all of them in Sydney.
Japan Times
LIFE / Longform
Jul 9, 2021

In search of Japan's lost wolves: Territorial threat

Industrialization and deforestation played a part in the Japanese wolf's supposed demise in the early 20th century. More than 100 years later, the ecological crisis is still with us.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2021

Building the inclusive, networked U.N. we need

The U.N. has never been more vital. But it needs renewed imagination, vigorous adaptation to changing global circumstances and emboldened advocates from within and outside governments.
Japan Times
LIFE / Longform
Jul 7, 2021

In search of Japan's lost wolves: Chance encounter

Hiroshi Yagi has devoted most of his life trying to prove the existence of the Japanese wolf, a saga that began with a series of piercing howls he heard more than half a century ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2021

After Afghanistan falls, what next?

Afghanistan's neighbors — Pakistan, Iran, China, India and the Central Asian countries — are wondering just how much it will cost them to maintain security after the United States is gone.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 7, 2021

Barcelona forwards apologize for video mocking hotel staff in Japan

Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele's comments during a 2019 preseason tour have sparked a growing backlash, including a protest from Barcelona sponsor Rakuten.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 7, 2021

China and U.S. can coexist in peace but challenge is enormous, White House Asia czar says

U.S. Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said there are likely to be 'periods of uncertainty, perhaps even periods of occasional raised tensions' between the two powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2021

No closer to knowing anything about UFOs

U.S. intelligence report concludes we need more data to confirm if UFOs are really out there
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2021

On liberty, conspiracy and vaccinations

Seeking to prevent false beliefs from being aired simply gives ammunition to those claiming that the state is out to get them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 6, 2021

When will China rule the world? Maybe never.

A combination of reform failure, international isolation and financial crisis could halt China before it reaches the top.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2021

Mass ransomware hack used IT software flaws, researchers say

The new details provided the latest sign of the skill and aggressiveness of the Russia-linked group believed responsible for the incidents, researchers said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 5, 2021

Duterte’s pivot to China yet to deliver promised billions

Most big-ticket projects funded by China have yet to break ground or haven't been approved, with only three under construction.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2021

Canada’s Hong Kong diaspora helps new arrivals with jobs, housing and psychotherapy

Hong Kongers in Canada are banding together to help the latest wave of immigrants fleeing Beijing's tightening grip on their city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2021

Joy and skepticism as Myanmar frees hundreds held since coup

More than 2,000 detainees were released on Wednesday, among them journalists and others who the ruling military said had been held on incitement charges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2021

Paid maternity leave saves lives

Without paid leave, mothers often return to work before they are healthy enough to do so, resulting in a ripple effect of postpartum health complications.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 30, 2021

Australia hit by new lockdown as slow vaccine rollout criticized

Since the weekend, more than 12 million Australians have been ordered to stay home in cities across the country, including the state capitals of Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2021

In Japan, anti-vaccine movement threatens to make widespread hesitancy worse

“Zero-risk worship” in Japan has made experts concerned about the impact that a fringe community of outspoken vaccine opponents could have on the public.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 29, 2021

Why Taiwan is more important than ever to the Japan-U.S. relationship

The first reference to Taiwan in a joint statement in half a century shows that Tokyo is under pressure to play an active role in diplomacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2021

China faces challenges as Communist Party turns 100

China's rapid militarization, its assertive behavior in the East and South China Seas and disregard for a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific have not won friends in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jun 28, 2021

Discrimination and inertia slow use of Ainu grants, two years after launch

The first law recognizing the Ainu ethnic minority as an Indigenous people took effect in May 2019, with that legislation designed to protect and promote their culture through subsidies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2021

Beware America’s soaring public debt

Though America's gross federal debt now stands at 107% of GDP — a post-WWII record — the Biden administration's 2022 budget will see the country's largest-ever peacetime deficits.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 28, 2021

Osaka: The world’s ‘second city’ … but by whose metrics?

The Economist Intelligence Unit has declared Osaka the second most livable city in the world. Does a former resident remember it being so wonderful?
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Vietnamese technical intern arrested over Saga murder
Saga Prefectural Police officials speak during a news conference held in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, early Monday following the arrest of a Vietnamese man a day earlier on suspicion of murder.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
How Japan made techno its own
Rural, a three-day techno festival, was held July 18 to 21 at Nowhere Camp in Fukushima Prefecture.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.

Podcast

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

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
By Jason Coskrey

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