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JAPAN
Aug 30, 2022

Number of children on nursery waiting lists below 3,000 for first time

The figure was only 11.3% of the record high of 26,081, set in 2017, and marked a record low for the fourth consecutive year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2022

Can the Japanese learn to love nuclear power again?

The Japanese government is backing the construction of new reactors for the first time since Fukushima. It will have to convince a skeptical public first.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 15, 2022

At a time of political transition, Nippon Ishin ponders its next leader

The Osaka-based party could become more prominent on the national stage by aligning itself more closely with the LDP, but the risk of a split looms too.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2022

Ripples from Pelosi's Taiwan visit may take time to impact global markets

The developments are fanning fresh jitters in markets already spooked by the threat of a global slowdown amid surging inflation.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 23, 2022

Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine: time

Nearly five months since the invasion began, Russia is hoping that Western resolve will be sapped by alarm over surging global energy and food prices that the war has helped to stoke.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2022

U.K. breaches 40 C for first time as heat records tumble in France

Experts have blamed climate change for the soaring temperatures — and warned that worse is yet to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2022

A visit that could soothe Tokyo’s suspicions of Seoul

The visit to Japan by South Korea's foreign minister, Park Jin, could be the most consequential of the Yoon presidency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2022

What the world got wrong about Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe's time in power was often tainted by an undeserved distrust. But all he sought to do was to make Japan a normal country
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2022

U.S. Navy sends warship near disputed South China Sea islands for second time in a week

The U.S. destroyer sailed near the contested Spratly Islands, days after China claimed to have expelled the same vessel from waters near the disputed Paracel islets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 12, 2022

Now is not the time to intervene over yen, Japan's former forex chief says

The recent moves in the yen don't reach the level of excessive and disorderly moves that are warned against in existing G7 currency agreements, Mitsuhiro Furusawa said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 5, 2022

Bitcoin hints at a bottom, but it may be different this time

Analysts are seeing that many bitcoin gauges are all flashing in similar fashion, something that rarely happens.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2022

For Tesla, Facebook and others, AI’s flaws are getting harder to ignore

Investors are pouring money into artificial intelligence, despite clear setbacks in self-driving cars, social media and even health care.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 4, 2022

A race against time to save Japan’s traditional homes

It takes a village to save the dwindling expressions of Japan's quintessential folk architecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2022

Japan drops time frame for budget balancing target in draft economic roadmap

The absence of the target in the midyear policy roadmap could raise questions about Japan's resolve to fix its tattered public finances.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
May 25, 2022

Terunofuji making most of what may be limited time as yokozuna

The 30-year-old's expected brief span as grand champion won't detract from what he has achieved to date, and purely in terms of silverware he has already outclassed many of his predecessors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2022

North Korea’s missile frenzy must have consequences

After multiple missile launches, it's time for the U.S. and its allies in Asia to turn up the heat on Kim Jong Un's dictatorship.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2022

One village at a time: The grinding artillery war in Ukraine

Over the past several days, Ukrainian forces have advanced outward from Kharkiv, launching a concerted offensive to the north and east.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 7, 2022

Biden should give ASEAN leaders face time to improve ties, says Cambodian minister

No individual meetings are currently planned between the U.S. President and Southeast Asian leaders when they gather in Washington for talks on May 12 and 13.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022

Third time’s the charm? Kei Komuro fails to pass New York bar for second time

Komuro, who aims to take the exam again in July, has said he was five points short of passing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2022

Majority in Japan backs nuclear power for first time since Fukushima

For the first time in more than a decade, a narrow majority in Japan now supports restarting idled nuclear reactors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2022

Russia says it used hypersonic missiles for first time in Ukraine

The 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missile system, which can carry conventional or nuclear warheads, flies 10 times faster than the speed of sound.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 17, 2022

Paris mayor will discuss Russia's participation at 2024 Games at appropriate time

'Vladimir Putin is breaching international law, he does not recognize the existence of international law. We will have to take that into account.'
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 8, 2022

Construction spotted at North Korean nuclear test site for first time since 2018

In the latest sign that Pyongyang may be preparing to resume major weapons tests, construction has been observed at its Punggye-ri facility.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past