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Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 23, 2021

Mariners CEO resigns over offensive remarks toward Hisashi Iwakuma

Minority owner Kevin Mather stepped down just days after comments belittling the English ability of Iwakuma and other players were made public.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 22, 2021

Rockies' Ian Desmond becomes first player to opt out of 2021 MLB season

Two-time All-Star Ian Desmond of the Colorado Rockies has opted out of the upcoming 2021 season, the outfielder said on Sunday, citing current playing circumstances.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2021

Alibaba and Pinduoduo join fight against looming China food crisis

The battle to supply 1.4 billion people with fresh fruit and vegetables is taking China's e-commerce companies into the country's hinterlands.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2021

How the big COVID-19 rebound keeps getting delayed, a bit

The next couple of months are going to be tough. The rosy prognosis for things to really get better has been shunted to the middle of the year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2021

Strike grips Myanmar as anti-coup protesters defy junta's lethal warning

Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop daily protests and a civil disobedience movement calling for the reversal of the Feb. 1 coup.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2021

As suicides rise amid the pandemic, Japan takes steps to tackle loneliness

What constitutes loneliness is a trickier question in Japan, where the overarching term 'kodoku' has been used to describe both loneliness and solitude, essentially lumping them together.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2021

India’s farm laws are a global problem

Agriculture is an intricate issue that raises important questions not just for India but for all economies struggling to strike a balance between the market and the state.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Feb 20, 2021

Take your pasta up a notch with Niigata’s kanzuri chili paste

Fans of yuzu kosho will love kanzuri's complex heat and citrus undertones — use it in place of harissa or to give dishes an extra kick.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 20, 2021

Japan’s media join forces in rare show of solidarity to attack Mori over sexist remarks

Domestic reporters don't pull any punches in the fallout from the former Tokyo Olympic chief's cluelessness.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / The World of Translators
Feb 20, 2021

Stephen Snyder: Distilling the essence of a literary work

In recent years, Japanese literature has earned a reputation abroad for its edgy, socially-conscious fiction, which translator Stephen Snyder, 63, has had a hand in encouraging. Snyder has translated titles like “Coin Locker Babies” by Ryu Murakami, “Out” by Natsuo Kirino and last year’s finalist...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 20, 2021

White Smoke: Upping the game for Japanese barbecue

Opportunity, preparedness and luck took entrepreneur Craig White from a single restaurant in Tokyo to a growing barbecue empire in Japan.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 20, 2021

Daniil Medvedev: Pressure all on Novak Djokovic in Australian Open final

After giving Stefanos Tsitsipas a semifinal bruising on Friday, Daniil Medvedev fired a mental barb at Novak Djokovic ahead of their Australian Open final, declaring the pressure was all on the Serbian champion's shoulders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2021

With one number, Biden reverses Trump’s way of valuing climate

The president has reactivated the Obama-era approach to estimating the cost of climate change, a move that establishes a much higher dollar value for greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 18, 2021

'Under the Open Sky' depicts what lies between good and evil

Director Miwa Nishikawa's latest film stars Koji Yakusho as a hardened ex-con trying to restart his life after spending 13 years behind bars.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2021

Biden downgrades Saudi crown prince to ‘recalibrate’ ties

U.S. President Joe Biden intends to "recalibrate” Washington's relationship with Saudi Arabia and will emphasize outreach to King Salman, in a move that signals a downgrade in ties with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the country’s de facto ruler.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2021

Spin doctors target Hong Kongers seeking U.K. visas

The U.K. is being portrayed in China-friendly Hong Kong newspaper editorials and online chat rooms as an undesirable place to live.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 17, 2021

‘The Murders of Oiso’: A whodunnit in search of a crime

Takuya Misawa's stylish and enigmatic murder mystery centers on a quartet of friends thrown into disarray after a sudden death in their town.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2021

A strong Japan-U.K. alliance needed to counter China

The U.K. should focus on cooperation with like-minded states like Japan to handle what could be shaping up to be this century's biggest security challenge — China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 17, 2021

This is what you need to know to get a coronavirus vaccine in Japan

More than two months after the U.K. and the U.S., Japan finally embarked on an unprecedented coronavirus vaccination blitz Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2021

After four years of Trump, some scientists are treading into politics

Among the things that most inflamed scientists was Trump's rejection of the wide body of research establishing climate change, which he has called a hoax.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2021

Japan’s double-digit expansion signals resilience in economy

Gross domestic product grew an annualized 12.7% from the prior quarter in the three months through December, the Cabinet Office reported Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2021

Trump is acquitted for second time even as seven Republicans vote to impeach

With most of Trump's party coalescing around him, the 57-43 tally fell 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Feb 13, 2021

Japan’s fashion scene gets smaller in more ways than one

Boutique shops and small brands face closure, while beauty influencer Akiico steps up to promote petite sizes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 13, 2021

MLB devises new rules to combat COVID-19 during 2021 season

A notable addition to the 2021 manual is the league-wide code of conduct detailing acceptable behavior for players and key staff members away from the field.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2021

Noah Lyles would rather run in empty stadium than have fans stay silent at Tokyo Games

'No chanting, no cheering — that kind of sucks,' said Lyles, when learning of the protocols during a video conference ahead of Saturday's meet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2021

Myanmar faces wider business fallout after Kirin retreat

Companies and investors are weighing the impact of a military coup that has thrust the once-thriving nation into a state of emergency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2021

A giant of Europe prepares to head Italy’s new unity government

Mario Draghi presented his Cabinet to Italy's president on Friday, all but assuring that he will become prime minister at a precarious moment for the country and the European Union.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2021

Mori resigns as Tokyo 2020 hopes to move on from sexism outrage

The 83-year-old former prime minister finally succumbed to an onslaught of criticism triggered by comments he made about women earlier this month.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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