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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 23, 2021

The ultimate colors to illuminate your 2021

“On Design” looks at a few recent product releases that highlight Pantone's newest color(s) of the year.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2021

A year later, the first post-pandemic city

The long months of harsh lockdown have faded from view in Wuhan, the first city in the world devastated by the new coronavirus.
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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.
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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 17, 2021

Why a new Asia policy is needed under Biden

During the four years of the Trump administration, the U.S. has been left behind in efforts to construct a new regional architecture in the Asia-Pacific.
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.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2021

In Hong Kong, a new party calls for stability — and raises suspicions

The party, led by business executives who moved to Hong Kong from the mainland, is entering the fray amid forceful moves by Beijing to quash dissent.
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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.
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.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 16, 2021

Popular pub chain shuts 20% of its Tokyo locations due to pandemic

The owner of several popular pub chains said it was shutting down 20% of its bars in Tokyo, saying the latest lockdown measures made it difficult to keep them open.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2021

Bezos-Buffett-Dimon dream team couldn’t fix health care

The dissolution of the Haven accord is emblematic of the profound challenge that haunts business leaders and politicians alike.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2021

Send the right message: Remove Trump now

The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, incited by Trump, represents something new and profane in American history.
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JAPAN
Jan 7, 2021

Kitchen equipment piles up as pandemic shutters Japan's restaurants

With businesses closing, recycling shops are buying up equipment to repair, clean and resell.
Japan Times
Jan 7, 2021

Creating sustainable access to healthcare with data and technology -Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury -

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
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PRESS / Events
Jan 7, 2021

Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
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PRESS / Events
Jan 7, 2021

第5回Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ(代表取締役:末松弥奈子)は、英語で日本を発信するトークイベント「第5回 Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury」を開催します。
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 6, 2021

China’s dreams of self-reliance still depend on Japan Inc.

For signs of how China’s ambitions to become a self-made, high-tech industrial powerhouse are faring, look to Japan Inc.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2021

Why China is sentencing a tycoon to death

At first glance, the sentence may be meant as a reminder to naughty business tycoons of Beijing's lethal legal arsenal.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2021

It doesn’t take a dictatorship to defeat COVID-19

We mustn't be seduced by the authoritarian temptation. Defeating COVID-19 will take a collective effort, one that demands leadership and individual responsibility.
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COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 5, 2021

A post-COVID labor revival?

As millions of people actively seek work in 2021, many will find that employers increasingly have the upper hand, particularly in the United States.
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COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 5, 2021

A new ‘Year Zero’

While COVID-19 delivered the final blow, it has been clear for at least two decades that the postwar model is no longer sustainable, environmentally or socially.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jan 3, 2021

German ambassador lives out childhood dream

Name: Ina Lepel
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COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 3, 2021

Has COVID-19 killed Asia’s growth miracle?

Although the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of global supply chains, pursuing a strategy of insourcing or localizing production would be devastating.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb