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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Oct 7, 2012

Shigesato Itoi shares lots of 'delicious life'

Shigesato Itoi is an established name in the Japanese cultural scene, but what he is known for may differ depending on who you ask.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2009

Wresting the press from pampered hacks

HONG KONG — Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was adamant that a free press is the most precious of all freedoms because it opens up or expands other freedoms. He famously wrote that given the choice of a government without a free press or a free press without a government,...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2023

Modi visits U.S. to deepen ties, saying there's no doubting India's position on Ukraine

Modi has been to the U.S. five times since becoming prime minister in 2014, but his visit until Saturday will be his first with the full diplomatic status of a state visit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2023

Japan's financial regulator sounds out top banks about China risks

The Financial Services Agency has asked whether they have plans in place if Sino-Western tensions escalate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2023

Inside the race to remake lithium extraction for EV batteries

The global battle to reshape the lithium industry is sucking in oil producers and tech startups, each jockeying to be the first to reinvent how the key metal is produced.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2023

Why East Asia’s stroller brands have started chasing fur babies too

As birthrates decline across much of the region, baby goods firms in these markets are increasingly turning their attention to the pet business.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 11, 2023

Manchester City is Europe’s champion, a title years and billions in the making

City is now only the second English team — and one of only a select handful of clubs across Europe — to have completed a domestic and European treble, soccer’s final challenge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2023

The Japanese firms and megabanks funding rainforest destruction

Comprehensive datasets reveal thousands of investments and loans made by Japan’s top lenders and investment funds that are impacting rainforests around the world.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
May 25, 2023

Why the G7 has significance as a collective economic defense mechanism

As the G7 chair and as a country taking economic security policy measures ahead of others, Japan is in a position to take a leadership role and help work against economic coercion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 10, 2023

Banking crisis concerns loom over G7 finance ministers meeting

As well as tackling the issue of crypto regulation, the ministers and central bank governors will be looking to strengthen the global financial system.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2023

Jarred by pandemic curbs, rich Chinese scour Thailand for second homes

Cooped up for three years under some of the world's toughest COVID-19 controls, a flood of mainland Chinese have been hunting for property buys overseas since Beijing opened its borders.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2023

Cybersecurity nightmare in Japan is everyone else’s problem, too

Within some Japanese companies, there is resistance to disclosing attacks and upgrading systems, which stems from societal norms around assigning blame, some analysts say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2023

The future of AI relies on a high school teacher’s free database

Working with volunteers, Christoph Schuhmann was both inspired and concerned that AI platforms could encourage big tech to make more data proprietary.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 6, 2023

New risks emerge as Xi administration moves ahead toward a dead end

China's leadership is not following existing rules in the global community as it tries to achieve the rejuvenation of its country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 27, 2023

Banking stress puts U.S. and Europe on lookout for credit crunch

Authorities around the world are on high alert for the fallout from recent turmoil at banks following the collapse of U.S lenders SVB and Signature and the rescue takeover of Credit Suisse.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 22, 2023

For Japan, the WBC isn't just meaningful — it's everything

There has been some conversation about whether or not the World Baseball Classic is a meaningful exercise in the wake of serious injuries to MLB stars Edwin Diaz and Jose Altuve.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 18, 2023

Can ChatGPT plan your next vacation?

Goodbye travel agents, hello AI-powered personalized itineraries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 17, 2023

Why Kishida and Yoon moved to improve frosty bilateral ties

Beyond good food and drinks, North Korea’s repeated missile launches and the need for the two countries to cooperate over economic security brought the two leaders together.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 13, 2023

'Everything Everywhere' dominates at Oscars, capping award-season sweep

The unconventional sci-fi drama won seven Academy Awards, including best picture, while Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian best actress winner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 11, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since financial crisis, leaving billions stranded

Some 89% of the bank's $175 billion in deposits were uninsured as the end of 2022, according to the FDIC, and their fate remains to be determined.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023

Nearly half of Japan's firms want BOJ to revise negative rate policy

In the next most common response, 28% said the central bank should revise its 2% inflation target.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2023

Moscow's gas ties with Europe, crafted over decades, lie in ruins

Russia's gas trade with Europe has been based on thousands of miles of pipes beginning in Siberia and stretching to Germany and beyond.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 8, 2023

Xi woos Taiwan opposition ahead of pivotal presidential vote

China's leader appears to be recalibrating his hard-line approach to Taiwan in the year before an election that his government’s preferred negotiating partner has a shot at winning.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2023

Asia is loosening rules on masks. Here’s why people still wear them.

Many other countries dropped pandemic mask requirements months ago. But in places like South Korea, which got rid of its rule this week, masks remain common.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023

Biotechnology startup Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the dodo

The billion-dollar startup has added the famous bird to its de-extinction agenda, alongside the woolly mammoth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2023

What has become of global carmakers' assets in Russia?

The foreign automakers that dominated Russia's car market left following the invasion of Ukraine, leaving a slumping production and sales in their wake.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 14, 2023

Aspartame ‘possibly’ carcinogenic, yet safe at common-use levels, WHO says

A chemical-based sweetener that is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, aspartame is packaged and sold under names such as Equal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2023

Google’s AI chatbot is trained by humans who say they’re overworked, underpaid and frustrated

Thousands of outside contractors work to make Google's Bard reliable, but its also becoming an increasingly thankless job.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2023

AI is making politics easier, cheaper and more dangerous

Deepfakes have plagued politics for years, but with AI, savvy editing skills are no longer required to create them.

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