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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
May 28, 2023

Deep in the weeds: Why Nora-Kura's wines grow as wild as can be

The untrained eye may find Ken and Kazuko Sasaki's vineyard unkempt, but appearances can be deceiving at this Hakodate winery.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Apr 24, 2023

Black people of Japan, we need to talk.

A mental health and wellness event aims to support Black residents of Japan and it's looking to expand in the coming months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2023

World leaders emboldened Sudan's warring generals, analysts say

'It was their poorly thought out political process which really ratcheted up tensions,' one analyst said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 7, 2023

China’s COVID surge threatens villages as Lunar New Year approaches

China is bracing for an onslaught of infections in its fragile countryside as millions of people crowd onto trains and buses to return to their rural homes for the Lunar New Year holiday.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2022

From Kyoto Protocol to ‘fossil’ awards: Japan’s climate image stained by inaction

A quarter century after Japan hosted the COP3 climate talks where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the country's record at the national level is a study in contrasts.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Nov 26, 2022

Leg booty? Panoramic? How TikTok is changing language

A new vocabulary — a little fun, a little dystopian — has emerged on the social video platform, as creators try to get around algorithms and strict content moderation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2022

How to move on from the debate over the origins of the pandemic

Nearly three years since the beginning of the outbreak, and after endless debate about COVID-19's origins, the answers we're getting aren't pat, definitive or satisfying.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2022

Canadian village razed by wildfire wrestles with climate-proofing its future

A year after a wildfire destroyed the western Canadian village of Lytton, residents, municipal leaders, and the British Columbia government are grappling with the slow and costly reality of future-proofing a community against climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 27, 2022

How 'adopting' trees helps boost forests and incomes in Kenya

A national tree-planting drive was started in 2018 with the aim of having 10% of the country covered in natural forest by the end of 2022.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2022

Hong Kong's future uncertain as consequences of Xi's tightening grip take hold

As the city loses its edge, many among its political and business elite who supported Beijing's crackdown are now looking to see how far they can veer from its rigid policies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2022

Shanghai slowly emerges from lockdown as virus flares elsewhere

In the northern port city of Tianjin, a new flareup has emerged, likely set off by an infection from a worker at a cold-storage facility, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2022

Mumbai heat wave leaves fewer fish in the sea for female sellers

Located on the Arabian Sea, a particularly fast-warming part of the Indian Ocean, Mumbai has experienced unseasonal rains, cyclones and extreme heat in the past five years.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 9, 2022

Sanctions and sanctuary: Japan responds to Russia's war in Ukraine

As Vladimir Putin's grim war in Ukraine escalates, The Economist's Tokyo bureau chief, Noah Sneider, joins to discuss the reasons for the conflict, the lengths to which Japan is supporting Ukraine, and how the war will redefine relationships between Japan and its northern neighbor, Russia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 8, 2022

Asian farmers turn to drones and apps for labor amid climate challenges

While agricultural technology 'help farmers produce more with less water, land, inputs, energy and labor,' it also poses risks from job losses to social inequities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Mar 7, 2022

Municipal assemblies in Japan face shortage of candidates

Younger generations are seen to be shunning local assemblies because of members' precarity and low remuneration.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Ainu language special
Feb 21, 2022

Efforts underway to save Ainu language and culture

Chances are you haven’t met an Ainu speaker in Japan. After all, Google’s Endangered Languages Project puts the number of native speakers at fewer than five. But the Ainu people once populated a wide swath of northern Japan, stretching from Tohoku to Hokkaido, the Chishima islands, and the southern...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2022

Fixing Afghanistan, an American imperative

To prevent Afghanistan from becoming a failed state, the U.S. must end its economic isolation of the country and jumpstart international efforts to resuscitate its collapsing economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2022

How to prevent famine in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has faded from global view. And now almost 9 million Afghans are at risk of famine, and a further 14 million are facing acute hunger.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 19, 2022

Fix structural problems now or face SOFA revision later

The bottom line, however, is that without transparency, accountability and trust, the U.S.-Japan alliance will not enjoy the full support of the public.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 4, 2021

Creativity and collaboration flourish at the Japan Writers Conference

Being held online for its second year, the Japan Writers Conference helps budding artists with the practicalities of the creative process.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2021

Bajrasudha Gajanurak: A royal elixir to strengthen wild elephants

The Bajrasudha Gajanurak Project originated from a concern shared by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Majesty Queen Suthida, having learned of the conflict between local communities and wild elephants as the animals encroached upon farmland and houses to forage for food that was otherwise...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2021

Afghan resistance in desperate need of world’s support

The anti-Taliban cause is both just and necessary as a dizzying array of terrorist organizations are already gathering in Afghanistan after the government's fall.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2021

Sydney readies for the army as lockdown fails to squash delta outbreak

Sydney's poorest neighborhoods on Friday braced for military enforcement of the city's toughest and longest lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 27, 2021

Ishinomaki Laboratory celebrates 10 years of DIY design

Ishinomaki Laboratory remains rooted in community empowerment, fusing quality design with social impact — locally as well as globally.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2021

Facebook's Neighborhoods feature faces crowded niche market and profiling concerns

Facebook, which is rolling out the feature in four U.S. cities, is already playing catch-up in the red-hot market for local social apps.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 26, 2021

Can this U.S. city heal racial wounds by busting up its freeway?

New York State wants to replace an elevated stretch of freeway with a street-level boulevard to knit the city's urban grid back together.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Trump arrives in Japan for security and trade talks in test for Takaichi
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Emperor Naruhito upon his arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday evening.
Japanese firms keep expanding in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia
A Nishiyama Seimen employee works at its factory in Sapporo.
Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks
Police investigate the scene of a bear attack that killed one person and injured three others on Friday in the village of Higashinaruse in Akita Prefecture.
Hawks aim to bring energy from Japan Series blowout to Koshien
Hawks players celebrate victory over the Tigers at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka on Sunday.
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.
Loss to Wallabies doesn't dampen Japan’s optimism
Japan's Michael Leitch controls the ball during the match against Australia on Saturday.
Stars align for Kim-Trump meeting — but any talks will be on N.K. leader’s terms
A South Korean soldier stands next to a TV broadcasting a news report about a possible summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, at the main railway station in Seoul on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
By Alex K.T. Martin

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