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Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 30, 2021

End of Suez snarl marks beginning of new stress on global trade

In its wake, the Ever Given leaves several weeks or months of disruptions across a world economy where the pandemic revealed both the sturdy backbone of global trade and an Achilles' heel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2021

Thai oil magnate bets billions on fueling stations of the future

The head of Thailand's biggest gas station network has $1.5 billion that says motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel — coffee.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2021

When a desert wind blew $10 billion of global trade off course

The grounding highlighted the fragility of a global network of markets and economies that takes for granted the flow of goods through it.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / Longform
Mar 27, 2021

Unearthing Japan’s home-grown solutions to urban greening

Urban greening not only boosts biodiversity and lowers air temperatures, it also provides a much-needed link to the natural world.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 27, 2021

What happened to Japan’s promised outdoor dining renaissance?

New rules were supposed to make it easier for shops to set up outdoor dining. But the regulations are so convoluted, few can take advantage of them.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 27, 2021

Dissecting payouts for decontamination work in Fukushima

Fukushima residents have been paid for their role in decontamination work in the prefecture since the 2011 accident.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 27, 2021

Universities allow students to celebrate start of a new academic year with a few conditions attached

Parents are poised to be excluded from official entrance ceremonies as COVID-19 risk still lingers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2021

The business case for vaccine passports

While several countries and regions are preparing to unveil systems of inoculation proof, vaccine passports have met resistance from some quarters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2021

Enduring casualty of pandemic in the U.S.: Care for the dying with a human touch

COVID-19 has disrupted almost every aspect of comforting the terminally ill at the end.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 26, 2021

Nagoya hospital with patients in final days works to bridge virus isolation

As many facilities restrict family visits amid the pandemic, Minami Seikyo Hospital has found ways for patients to spend time with family members.
SOCCER / From the Spot
Mar 26, 2021

Japan-South Korea rivalry lives on after Samurai Blue's emphatic win

Hajime Moriyasu's men impressed with a dominating attack in their first full-strength encounter against the Taeguk Warriors since August 2011.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2021

Elon Musk’s other, not-so-secret battery could help Texas

With the right chemistry and configuration, batteries can send power to the grid rapidly — which is relevant in light of February's debacle.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 26, 2021

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 award ceremony celebrates region’s culinary creativity (and resilience)

Nine restaurants from Japan made the 50 Best list, and another nine placed on the inaugural 51-100 ranking.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 26, 2021

Six players to watch in the Pacific League in 2021

Japanese baseball is back, which makes this a great time to single out a few players in the Pacific League who fans should keep an eye on this season.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2021

North Korea provokes in predictable ways

In many ways, North Korea is quite predictable. The government in Pyongyang was expected to try to provoke the Biden administration, and this week it did just that with a series of missile launches. International reaction has been muted — as it should be. Every challenge does not deserve a response....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 25, 2021

Hawks remain team to beat in Pacific League as new challengers emerge

The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview ending with the 2021 Pacific League.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2021

Massive ship blocking Suez Canal paralyzes trade for another day

The situation has gotten so desperate that an elite salvage squad is due to arrive Thursday to work on prising the Ever Given from the bank of the canal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2021

Bangladeshi returnees from jobs overseas sink into debt amid glut of workers

The novel coronavirus has devastated the South Asian nation, which is one of the world's largest exporters of workers and the world's second largest supplier of clothing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2021

Failure to communicate: Suga’s media messaging falls short

Putting his policies and statements aside, the prime minister is doing a poor job at conveying his message and convincing people of his leadership qualities, experts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2021

North Korean missile test: The start of a fresh cycle of provocations?

The fresh weapons test could put Washington in a tough spot as it prepares to brief allies in Tokyo and Seoul next week on a review of U.S. policy toward Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2021

In India's tea estates, next generation of pickers want land, not jobs

In the green, undulating hills of eastern India that supply the world with Darjeeling tea, revolution is brewing as a new generation dreams of life beyond the confines and hardship of plantation work.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2021

From pet food to video games: Inside Ryan Cohen's GameStop obsession

Cohen is pursuing an against-the-odds transformation of the brick-and-mortar retailer into an e-commerce firm that can take on big-box retailers.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2021

How the Tokyo Olympics became one big public relations quagmire

Japan's Olympic organizers have all but lost control of any messaging, with no real strategy to generate any momentum toward holding the fast-approaching games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2021

Japanese billionaire’s drab clothing firm becomes a sportswear sensation

Shares in Yoshio Tsuchiya's Workman Co. have more than quadrupled since the start of 2018.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2021

Vaccine techno-populism is how Europe loses

Even with four vaccines approved by EU regulators, governments are fumbling the logistics of getting needles in arms.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 23, 2021

Tight end Rob Gronkowski re-signs with Buccaneers

Tight end Rob Gronkowski is ready to run it back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
Luxury Tokyo penthouse sold for over $65 million in new record
Sales of luxury properties in Tokyo, like Azabudai Hills’ Aman Residences, have pushed up average real estate prices in the capital.
Golden share fix proposed for knotty Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal
Nippon Steel headquarters in Tokyo. The U.S. government is poised to receive a so-called golden share in U.S. Steel as a condition for approving Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of the American company.
Japan loses top creditor status for first time in 34 years
Japan lost its position as the world’s largest creditor nation for the first time in 34 years despite posting a record amount of overseas assets, with Germany overtaking the country.
Onosato locks in promotion to yokozuna
Onosato speaks to reporters after receiving a report from the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, on Monday in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture.
As ASEAN touts unity, Philippines seeks consensus on South China Sea
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (center), locks hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left) and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah during a group photo at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
Eagle nest discovery sparks opposition to megasolar project
The white-tailed eagle's wintering grounds include Hokkaido, northern Honshu, the Russian coast, the southern Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.
Fighters already showing last season's playoff run was no fluke
Fighters starter Hiromi Ito pitches against the Hawks in Fukuoka on April 29.
A moving meditation: Finding serenity in tea ceremony across space and time
Drawn to tea ceremony while volunteering at a Japanese garden in Phoenix, Arizona, Michele Laudig (right) came to learn a “common language of movement and ritual” that brought her into new communities in New York City and Tokyo.
Are microplastics hurting our fertility?
A worker sorts plastic waste for recycling at Minato Resource Recycle Center in Tokyo in 2019. Japan has been criticized by environmental groups for its strategy on plastics, which is heavily reliant on recycling instead of reduction.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
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