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BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2022

Hedge fund bets next Korean pop culture hit will be webtoons

GVA Asset Management believes Americans and Europeans will soon catch onto Korea's online comics, following the lead of consumers at home and in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2022

From sex workers to bakers, Twitter business users fear losses

'Every day there's always something going on, and it looks like the site is falling apart,' a small business owner said of Twitter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2022

Teens turn to TikTok in search of a mental health diagnosis

While social media can help people feel less alone, using it to evaluate symptoms has several downsides.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 26, 2022

Japanese pop culture in China: It’s complicated.

Japan and China recently celebrated 50 years of relations and, since then, Japanese art, film and music has had a major impact on Chinese society. Recently, however, the Chinese market has become increasingly difficult to navigate.
JAPAN / Explainer
Oct 23, 2022

The government wants you to get a My Number card. Should you?

The cards offer more convenient access to government services, but many people have been hesitant to get them due to concerns over data leaks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Jul 25, 2022

Back in business? The key sector missing out on Japan's tourism reboot

Organizers of international conferences and exhibitions will need to wait a little longer before business travelers return to Japan in droves.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 22, 2022

Facebook's growth woes in India: Not enough women and too much nudity

In India, many women have shunned the male-dominated Facebook social network because they're worried about their safety and privacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2022

Hong Kong is unrecognizable after two years under new security law

The landscape for free expression in Hong Kong after Beijing enacted the National Security Law has become increasingly desolate, and conditions are set to worsen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022

A disturbing new pattern in mass shootings: Young assailants

Scientists have long known the teenage period is a critical time for brain development and a time, for most teenage boys, often characterized by aggressive and impulsive behavior.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 23, 2022

‘They’re just numbers,’ Indeed owner’s CEO says of record profit

Even as profit climbs, Recruit's embrace of human-resources technology has made it much more of a tech company, and exposed to the sector's corresponding gyrations in stock prices.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 18, 2022

Tokyo Rainbow Pride to hold a hybrid celebration this year

After two years of being entirely online, Tokyo Rainbow Pride is holding in-person gatherings in accordance with the city's COVID-prevention guidelines.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2022

How China embraces Russian propaganda and its version of the war

In much of the world, Russia is losing the information war over Ukraine. In China, though, it's winning big.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2022

COVID-stunted educations dim prospects for India’s economy and its youth

Hundreds of millions of students across India have received little to no in-person instruction with schools intermittently shut down since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Dec 4, 2021

‘Where is **?’: Fans in China elude censors to talk about Peng Shuai

Peng is not the first celebrity in China to be almost entirely erased by censors. The country's online propaganda machine can make just about any story — or person — vanish.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 26, 2021

How fake news on Facebook helped fuel a border crisis in Europe

Social media worsened a migrant crisis and helped smugglers profit off desperate people trying to reach Europe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2021

When Halloween met election night in Tokyo

Many revelers said they felt excluded from the political process, and that there was more chance of a zombie invasion than the LDP being ousted from power.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Oct 4, 2021

Tokyo Game Show returns with hybrid, scaled-down event

This year, with the event not even taking up half of a convention hall at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, the whole in-person experience could be had in less than 30 minutes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 12, 2021

How Vietnam's 'influencer' army wages information warfare on Facebook

Force 47 soldiers are tasked with setting up, moderating and posting on pro-state Facebook groups, to correct 'wrong views' online.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2021

Big Tech is gearing up for a massive fight with Modi’s India

India is growing more assertive in its efforts to control online communications, challenging Twitter and Facebook's practices and threatening to set a precedent that could extend worldwide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021

What else has Hong Kong lost, readers ask, as a paper is silenced

To many, Apple Daily was a symbol of the civil liberties that have been lost as Beijing has tightened its grip over the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021

Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily signs off in 'painful farewell'

The closure of the popular tabloid marks the end of an era for media freedom in the Chinese-ruled city.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Jun 22, 2021

Can we be friends? Dating apps say sex isn't everything in a post-pandemic world

Amorous entanglements aren't uppermost in the minds of many people emerging from long periods of pandemic isolation. Instead, they crave the friendships and social groups.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 22, 2021

Calling out the elephant in the blogosphere

Two Japanese blogs have made headlines recently for racist remarks against ethnic Koreans, while online discussion starts to ask what Japanese people should do in response.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 12, 2021

Celebrating Ramadan during a pandemic: ‘As Muslims in Japan, we have to make the vibes by ourselves’

This year, iftar meals were again a homebound affair for many Muslims in Japan, and what used to be grand, communal gatherings changed into much smaller celebrations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 23, 2021

Retailer Rakuten beats Japanese lenders at digital banking game

New digital bank accounts with the internet conglomerate better known for its online shopping services expanded by 20% last year, and recently topped 10 million.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2021

Myanmar citizens use protester toolkit to skirt internet ban

The moves follow the lead of protesters in Hong Kong, Belarus and elsewhere who have found creative ways around government internet restrictions.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Japan in Action
Mar 22, 2021

Japan’s GIGA School Program equips students for digital society

This is the third article in a Japan in Action series, showcasing key policies of the Suga administration.
A Tirtir store in Seoul on May 23
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2025

South Korean beauty brands bet boom in U.S. demand outlasts tariff pain

The startups are expanding their bricks-and-mortar presence in the world's biggest consumer market, confident their mass appeal will offset tariff costs.

Longform

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