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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 23, 2021

Gizem Sakamaki: 'I’m finding a lot of joy in sharing Japan and its hidden gems with a global audience'

A self-described 'multipassionate' entrepreneur, Gizem Sakamaki's main source of joy is a sustainable food culture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 23, 2021

Wisdom often fails the test of time

One generation's knowledge is the next generation's folly.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 23, 2021

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes on track to play in AFC title game

Mahomes said Friday that he is out of concussion protocol and is ready to start the AFC Championship game.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2021

Biden and Trump deliver vastly different messages

Joe Biden’s inauguration last week was the most heavily guarded in memory: Washington’s entire National Mall was fenced off; numerous military checkpoints were set up; and 25,000 National Guard troops were deployed to prevent the public from entering the city center.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jan 22, 2021

Fukushima residents demand stricter decontamination to enable safe return

Remaining restrictions blocking people from living in the town of Tomioka are due to be lifted in 2023.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 22, 2021

Runner Hitomi Niiya named track association's top athlete of 2020

The Japan Association of Athletics Federations honored the 32-year-old after she set a national record in the 10,000 during last month's distance championships in Osaka.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2021

New panel to probe growing use of marijuana and stiffen draconian pot law

Under the Cannabis Control Law, owners and growers of the illicit plant already face up to seven years of imprisonment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 22, 2021

New China swine fever strains point to unlicensed vaccines

The variants of the disease cause a chronic condition that reduces the number of healthy piglets born.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2021

Navalny's return: But do most Russians even care about the attempt on his life?

In a recent survey, just 61% of Russians reported having heard about Navalny's poisoning and only 15% recognized it as an attempt by the authorities to eliminate a political opponent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2021

They’re breaking glass and criticizing Biden. From the left.

In the hours after Biden's inauguration, hundreds of people gathered for a series of events across the liberal city of Portland, Oregon — not to celebrate, but to protest.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 22, 2021

Radical recombinations: Capture the moment with created kanji

A yearly contest asks Japanese speakers to come up with new kanji to reflect modern times, providing a fun way to learn and understand the characters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 21, 2021

Race back to anime’s halcyon days with 'Redline'

The action-packed film about adrenaline-chasing racers in a distant galaxy draws fervent fans for its 10th anniversary.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 21, 2021

NPB lays out plans for 2021 season

Teams will begin their spring camps as scheduled on Feb. 1 in Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures, though they'll do so with no fans present.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2021

Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement

The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2021

Emerging coronavirus variants may pose challenges to vaccines

Experts said it was possible that people who had survived mild infections with the coronavirus may still be vulnerable to infection with a new variant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2021

Biden sworn in to lead U.S. burdened with historic challenges

Biden said that the 'world is watching,' and that the U.S. would work to 'repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,' following four years of Trump's 'America First' policy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2021

Brexit troubles aren’t all teething problems

It's not a great sign when a formerly pro-Brexit lobby is suddenly furious about a part of the deal that was billed as a triumph.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2021

Can ex-presidents be impeached? No. Convicted? Yes.

Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives is authorized to impeach a president, and then the Senate is authorized to convict him.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 20, 2021

Shocking concussion incident should be wake-up call for sumo

The indifference shown by referees to the head injury sustained by third-tier wrestler Shonannoumi on Tuesday drew criticism from fans and journalists alike.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2021

McConnell says Capitol mob were 'fed lies' and ‘provoked by the president’

Many Republican senators have been waiting for a sign from the Senate majority leader before deciding whether to convict Donald Trump for 'incitement of insurrection.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2021

Tech censorship is the real gift to Putin

Authoritarians these days have to pay lip service to freedom of speech; what the social media platforms have done takes that concern out of the equation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 18, 2021

Perhaps it's time to un-discover some of 2020

We discovered a vaccine for COVID-19 in record time, but there are a few things that writer William Lang would like to un-discover about the pandemic if possible.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Jan 17, 2021

How the napa cabbage became the king of leafy greens in Japan

The napa cabbage is key to both traditional washoku dishes as well as ones of Chinese origin. It's also one of the easiest vegetables to pickle at home.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 17, 2021

COVID-19 — and a dwindling support rate — top issues for Suga as Diet convenes

The prime minister will seek to pass key COVID-19 measures as he faces flak from opposition parties over his response to the deadly virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 17, 2021

Law enforcement scrutiny drives U.S. extremists into internet's dark corners

Officials warn that online chatter could include early warning signals of planned attacks around the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jan 16, 2021

Matsuo Taseko: A poet caught up in nationalist fervor

When nine swordsmen stormed a temple in 1863 they cut the heads of three statues, making a political statement that reverberates to this day.
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 16, 2021

The true cost of the climate crisis on Japan

The prime minister has called for Japan to be carbon neutral by 2050, but bolder measures look necessary to reduce the economic damage caused by global warming.
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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