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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2023

How Trump’s indictment compares to other Espionage Act cases

The former president's defenders are right that his federal indictment is unusual, but his behavior helps distinguish it from most of the precedents.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2023

Russia has a new Rasputin

The Wagner mercenary chief has been attacking Russia's top military brass and warning that ordinary Russians, increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress in the Ukraine war, could revolt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2023

With Trump's federal prosecution, timing is everything

Much hinges on whether former U.S. President Trump, and the current Republican front-runner, is tried and convicted before or after his election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2023

The race to win the AI competition could doom us all

Some of the downsides of Silicon Valley are a readiness to ignore dangers and seek immediate returns, especially as it pertains to AI.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Jun 13, 2023

From Japan to the U.S. and back: Thriving as a woman in international finance

Chikako Matsumoto achieved her dream of joining the World Bank, and later returned to her home country and executive roles there.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2023

Speed demons: the 'uriko' beer vendors of Japanese baseball

At Tokyo Dome, vendors sell an average of about 20,000 glasses of beer at a night game.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 12, 2023

Despite lofty hopes, global spending on nukes continues to surge

The alarming development — 2022 was the third year in a row that spending rose — deals a serious blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 10, 2023

Ao Omae confronts identities and alienation of modern youth

The author deftly explores the struggles Japan’s young people face today with subtlety and incisive criticism in his English-language debut, “People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2023

Can the world’s democracies survive the ‘polycrisis’?

Artificial intelligence, climate change, and Russia's war in Ukraine are causing global angst — each of which demands urgent attention from policymakers and political leaders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2023

Mushrooms could play a key role in solving the climate crisis

An underground system of “living machines” can show how to better capture and store excess carbon from the atmosphere.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2023

How Japan ensures you gamble exactly when and where it wants you to

Laws on gambling mean that the activity is prohibited in general, except for betting on something that is legally defined as “momentary amusement,” or on government-sanctioned events.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2023

The ups and downs of the Modi decade

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nine years in office have included plenty of worthy achievements, but unfortunately, they have also featured flawed policies in a wide range of areas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2023

AI alarmists are dragging us all down a rabbit hole

An AI apocalypse, which was once relegated to the realm of fringe theory, is now getting much more attention than it should.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2023

Russia’s dam-busting is another war crime

Are dams fair game in warfare? Nuclear power plants? It’s not as if Vladimir Putin would care.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2023

PGA Tour and LIV announce shock merger to end bitter split

No details were given as to how the agreement will impact the current competitive golf landscape.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2023

Saudi Arabia's solo oil production cut is a risky strategy

By implementing a unilateral output reduction, Riyadh is hoping to boost crude prices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2023

Debt debacle confirms what many thought of the U.S.

China is the chief beneficiary of the U.S. debt ceiling nonsense. Doubts about U.S. trustworthiness spur governments to look elsewhere for leadership and stability.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2023

Robert Hanssen, FBI agent exposed as spy for Moscow, dies at 79

Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison in 2002, bringing to a close one of the most lurid and damaging espionage cases in American history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2023

Flight of affluent taxpayers catches up with New York

The latest personal income tax data from New York shows the state bringing in less revenue than it did before the pandemic, which could hamper its ability to pay its bills.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2023

War of words that rocked U.S.-Saudi ties cools as oil steadies

The Biden administration has expressed eagerness to repair ties with Riyadh, once one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2023

Putin’s war ignites backlash against dollar across the world

All around the world, a backlash is brewing against the hegemony of the U.S. dollar.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2023

China and India have fewer people than the U.N. thinks

The U.N.'s premature declaration that India has surpassed China as the world’s most populous country highlights the diminishing reliability of its population statistics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2023

The existential question about Putin’s mercenary boss

Why does Russian President Vladimir Putin tolerate Yevgeny Prigozhin, the uppity boss of the private army called Wagner?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 3, 2023

Breast cancer drug shown to reduce recurrence risk

Even when the disease is caught early, breast cancer recurrence is relatively common — and for survivors, the prospect can be daunting.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2023

Your first robot butler will need human eyes

Automatons that clean your house are getting closer to reality, but they’ll still need people to steer them for several years
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2023

Antisemitism and intersectionality

The European Jewish Association’s conceptual framework on antisemitism could all too easily reproduce the very bigotry it seeks to oppose.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2023

Contaminated drugs, shredded papers: U.S. FDA uncovers failures in India pharma factories

Authorities have suspended the licenses of more than a dozen unlisted drugmakers in the wake of dozens of cough syrup deaths.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 1, 2023

Humans have blown past key limits for Earth’s stability, scientists say

A new analysis also includes criteria for justice for the many millions of people at risk today and the billions coming in the future.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 1, 2023

Paul Jacoulet: The vibrant worldview of an eccentric expatriate

Raised in Tokyo from a young age, the French artist embraced the life of a Japanese creative and sought to reflect the world as he saw it — in all its colorful glory.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight