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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2020

Crisis makes China's model look better

The democratic world survived 2008's crash, but it might not be so fortunate this time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2020

Classrooms become the latest COVID-19 casualty

Online learning — a wonderful workaround during a contagion — is an educational experiment in a world where teachers are no longer considered authority figures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2020

Abe seeks to calm a nervous nation, vowing new steps amid coronavirus outbreak

In a nationally televised news conference, Abe aimed to placate concerns about newly enshrined powers to declare a state of emergency.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 11, 2020

Fighting COVID-19: It's the story, stupid

The Japanese government is failing to effectively combat infections and unable to win the confidence of publics at home and abroad.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2020

Viewing history through the lens of gender

More women need to be visible in historical narratives, but equally more girls and women need to be empowered with the technical skills to write their own narratives in the digital age.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 7, 2020

From Tokyo teen rebel to New York designer

For wild-boy Jimi Yui, a stint in a U.S. monastic school was just what he needed to set him on the track toward becoming a New York kitchen designer.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 5, 2020

Legend Byamba deserves lot of credit for raising global profile of sumo

The sumo world lost a legend on Feb. 28 with the passing of Byambajav Ulambayaryn.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2020

The coronavirus end game

The disease will eventually become an endemic nuisance rather than a terror.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Mar 3, 2020

'United by Emotion' revealed as the motto for the Tokyo Games

An article reports the announcement of the new Olympic and Paralympic motto and gets a little emotional.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2020

A letter to Lionel Messi: Stop, please!

The great soccer player and humanitarian is making it hard on writers to come with new ways to compliment him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2020

60 years on, alliance with U.S. still Japan's best option

Japan has no other practical choice except to maintain the security alliance with the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020

Democratic candidates aim to change U.S. foreign policy

The Democratic presidential candidates have no shortage of issues on which to criticize Trump for his handling of foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 11, 2020

Communication apps and English are key to global reach

Communication apps can give Japanese firms global reach.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 6, 2020

Japan-U.K. ties will go from strength to strength as Britain leaves the EU

Britain playing an even more active role in the Indo-Pacific region, and Japan will continue to be a particularly important partner.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2020

The geopolitical consequences of the coronavirus outbreak

Will China be forced into 'hibernation' amid the epidemic?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 31, 2020

Bringing Haruki Murakami's 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' to Japan's stages

Murakami's enigmatic masterpiece has been adapted for Japanese stage for the first time, with Songha and Daichi Watanabe taking on the role of Toru Okada.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Davos Special 2020
Jan 20, 2020

WEF gathering in Davos strives for solutions amid global instability

In 1971, the inaugural European Management Symposium was held in Davos, a ski resort in the Swiss Alps, the event a precursor to what would later become the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Davos Special 2020
Jan 20, 2020

How Japan can leverage its long history of stakeholder capitalism

The concept of stakeholder capitalism has long been familiar in Japan. Businesses have been aware of the importance of engaging multiple stakeholders and acting for the good of society since the Edo Period (1603 to 1868) and the Meiji Era (1868 to 1912).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 17, 2020

To kill or not to kill: that is the question in 'Death Note: The Musical'

A new version of 'Death Note: The Musical' takes to the stage in Tokyo, with hopes of challenging people's perceptions of justice.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 13, 2020

Samurai Japan has chance to reach new audience at Tokyo Olympics

Samurai Japan manager Atsunori Inaba, during a lecture in Hokkaido last month, noted there was no parade after the national team's win in the Premier12 in November.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 13, 2020

We own the problems — and the solutions

Now is the time to take action to improve one's life instead of just discussing action.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 10, 2020

New milestone for Ted Barton with broadcasts from Russia

For the past several years, announcer Ted Barton's goal has been to help globalize figure skating by providing free video streams of the sport to skaters, fans and media.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 9, 2020

10 surprises for Japan in 2020

Japan's prospects for the new year appear stellar.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2020

After Indonesia's deadly floods, few hear climate 'wake-up call'

Floods that killed more than 60 people in Indonesia's capital after the biggest rainfall since records began should be a wake-up call to climate change in one of the world's biggest carbon emitters, environmental groups said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2020

The half-century miracle of Asian resurgence

To turn optimistic long-term forecasts into reality, Asian states will have to overcome the major challenges of mass poverty, jobless growth, rising inequality and the middle-income trap.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji