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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2023

Ending deforestation likely to cost at least $130 billion a year

Putting an end to deforestation would be a major step to preserving nature and limiting the increase in global temperatures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2023

With eye on growth and sustainability targets, Uniqlo rethinks retail spaces

Uniqlo plans on cutting 90% of greenhouse gas emissions from its stores and offices by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2023

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s idea of a new world order

To present a compelling alternative to China's vision of world order, the West should stop asking others to defend the existing one and start recruiting partners to build on a new vision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2023

Ukraine’s spring offensive just got harder

The bad news for Ukraine is that U.S. spies doubt Kyiv’s military and the Western alliance is fractious. The good news is that Ukrainians have the stomach to fight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2023

The dollar remains the coin of the realm — and then some

The Chinese yuan’s role is growing, but it won’t replace the dollar without U.S. mistakes.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 18, 2023

Why left-wing parties in Japan are failing to attract young voters

While liberal youths overseas have been able to find their way into politics, in Japan, forces on the left like the Japanese Communist Party have largely been unable to garner support.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 18, 2023

‘The Great Reclamation’ details the horrors of the foreign occupation in Singapore

Rachel Heng’s dazzling coming-of-age novel, set before the island country’s independence in the 1960s, chronicles the tragedy of progress with a vivid cast of characters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2023

Accounting for casino capitalism

Mark-to-market accounting standards turned the banking system into a playground for gamblers, fueling instability while adding little economic value.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2023

An island under threat asks when to share and when to fight

Guam’s original inhabitants, the Chamorro, again are being tested amid another round of encroachment by the U.S. military as it tries to thwart China's expansionist ambitions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 16, 2023

In Mikhail Shishkin’s Russia, 'hate is a disease, culture is the treatment'

The Russian author's book provides a sweep through the nooks and crannies of Russian history, while delivering a forceful defense of literature as the weapon to overcome past wrongs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2023

Offshore wind sends some North Sea birds fleeing, study finds

Using data collected from ships, aircraft and digital aerial surveys each year during March and April, researchers recorded a downward pattern in the numbers of some birds from 2010 to 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 13, 2023

Study finds potential 'game-changer' in diagnosing Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's and affects more than 8.5 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2023

Europe’s China confusion does the world a disservice

European incoherence on China policy is worrying for the world and for Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2023

The ups and downs of the global nuclear industry

As Germany prepares to shut its last nuclear reactors for good, other countries are turning to nuclear as a means of boosting their energy independence and cutting fossil fuel emissions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2023

Whatever happened to the metaverse?

Following a great deal of hype last year, companies now seem to be reining back their investments in the metaverse.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 11, 2023

A punch in the face for Xi caricature: Taiwan air force badge goes viral

Chinese censors have long targeted representations of Winnie the Pooh over internet memes that compare the fictional bear to China's president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2023

The idiocy that will come with a reliance on AI

The real danger with AI is not that people will mistake a chatbot for a real person, it is that communicating with them will make real persons talk like chatbots.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2023

Whales help store carbon. Scientists are trying to figure out just how much.

The giant creatures have a role to play in the fight against warming, and that all comes down to how they can help keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in both direct and indirect ways.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2023

Ueda takes over top BOJ job with a long to-do list

There will be little time to celebrate for Ueda, an academic, author and former BOJ board member who will be under the microscope as he leads the central bank through a crucial period.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2023

Disasters can be deadly, but the aftermaths can be deadlier

Largely forgotten, more people died in the days, weeks and months after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes due to illness and depression than in the quakes themselves.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2023

The Japan-Philippine-U.S. trilateral alliance in the making

The emergence of new trilateral security groupings in the Indo-Pacific region has been driven by a combination of factors including an aggressive China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2023

U.S. gets new levers from Japan to curb China’s chip ambitions

Japanese companies control key steps in the semiconductor supply chain, which could be used as potential chokepoints against China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2023

'October surprise’ fears bring out the worst in U.S. politicians

Donald Trump isn’t alone or the first politician to attempt to do whatever it took to ensure his campaign survived or secured an election victory.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2023

Untamed global warming risks soaring death toll in Middle East

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa are warming about twice as fast as the global average, which may potentially render some areas unlivable in future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2023

Elon Musk wants to pause AI? It’s too late for that

A petition on OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology calling for a pause on further development ignores the risk already unleashed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 3, 2023

In rural America, big solar projects often get a frosty welcome

Huge solar farms are being planned in a corner of Missouri, and as in other rural areas of the United States, residents sometimes are yanking the welcome mat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2023

Xi makes it clear to Putin who is really in charge

Chinese President Xi Jinping likely visited Vladimir Putin in Moscow recently to show the West he is in charge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2023

Trump’s not just testing the law. He’s testing us.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has challenged our political, academic and civic institutions, and now it’s the justice system's turn.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Commentary
Apr 2, 2023

Landmark U.N. deals highlight need to see ties between climate and biodiversity

If you look behind the headlines on recent climate and biodiversity progress, there is growing recognition that how these efforts interact is critical.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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