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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2020

JP The Wavy: 'The culture of hip-hop unites us'

The prevalence of hip-hop on social media has thrust rapper JP The Wavy at the forefront of Asia's changing millennial culture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 24, 2020

New York’s sweltering heat is the new normal for climate change

New Yorkers sweating through this month’s heat wave can blame the oceans — a cool patch of water off the Pacific coast of Peru, more than 3,500 miles away (5,632 kilometers), and near-record warmth offshore in the Atlantic. The cause and effect is a reminder that climate change’s toll is coming...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2020

Unilever’s ice cream deliveries show anything can be sold online

Just-in-time gains a new meaning when you’re rushing online orders of frozen treats like almond-coated Magnum ice cream bars to consumers before they melt.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 23, 2020

NPB to keep current restrictions on fan attendance in place through August

Nippon Professional Baseball announced Thursday that restrictions on the number of fans who can attend games will remain in place through the end of August as Japan experiences a rising number of COVID-19 infections.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 23, 2020

Hiroshima diaries: My grandmother-in-law’s survival story

Michiko Yoshitsuka was working in a munitions factory when the city was bombed in 1945.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 23, 2020

Chinese Consulate fight shows Trump’s hard-liners are in charge

U.S. President Donald Trump spent the first three years of his presidency balancing the demands of hard-liners who wanted a crackdown on China against his own desire to pursue a trade deal and cultivate a stronger relationship with Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2020

Top scientists have ruled out best-case global warming scenarios

A group of 25 leading scientists now conclude that catastrophic warming is almost inevitable if emissions continue at their current rate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2020

South Korea's trade fight threatens serious long-term harm to Japan

Businesses in South Korea may someday thank Shinzo Abe for forcing them to develop their own ways to get strategic supplies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2020

Asymptomatic spread has become bizarrely controversial

Political spinmeisters are making it hard to draw the fine distinctions needed to keep COVID-19 in check.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2020

Toward a less crowded planet

There is reason to hope that the global population could drop to 4 or 5 billion by 2200.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 22, 2020

Summer music festival adapts classical music program with stage and livestream performances

The annual Festa Summer Muza Kawasaki is going ahead with its 2020 edition by holding 17 concerts in front of limited audiences alongside livestream performances.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 22, 2020

‘#Handball Strive’: The team may be fake, but the film is a winner

Daigo Matsui's comedy about a sham high school handball team feels more like the real deal thanks to a younger cast.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Jul 22, 2020

Prored boasts innovative vision for consulting

Susumu Satani, CEO of Tokyo-based consulting firm Prored Partners Co., is somewhat of an outlier in his field; he is convinced performance-based consultation is the best approach to tackling client needs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 22, 2020

Sign of the times: Helping deaf people get by in Japan

Attempts are being made to enhance the visibility and availability of sign language across the nation.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jul 21, 2020

Debate over Japan's virus testing resurfaces amid nationwide outbreak

While the country is conducting more tests now than it was during the first outbreak, it's still lagging far behind most nations still ensnared in the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2020

'We are a battleground now': In Southeast Asia, U.S.-China tensions flare on social media

Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media, in what analysts see as a change in U.S. strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 21, 2020

Nomura launches drive to tempt retail customers from commission to fees

'A lot of people say we could face resistance in Japan because many may prefer transaction-based payment,” said Chie Toriumi, a senior managing director.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 20, 2020

China expands amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. beyond Asia

New ships and specially trained marines will boost Beijing's firepower and political influence far from its shores, according to military analysts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2020

This grading algorithm is failing students

Schools around the world are trying to figure out what education in the time of COVID-19 will look like — and specifically how, where personal contact isn’t possible, to monitor and assess students’ progress. The experience of Hadrien Pellous, a high school senior in London, offers a caution: Don’t...
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 20, 2020

U.K. fight with China gets ugly over Hong Kong extradition pact

If the U.K. suspends its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, it would mark a further escalation in a fray already strained by the 5G exclusion of Huawei Technologies Co.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Jul 19, 2020

Rural communities look to urban populations for growth

Engagement of nonresidents can be effective in revitalizing rural communities and their industries. At the same time, there are certain things that are only possible through utilizing existing regional resources of rural, mountain and seaside areas that people, especially nonresidents, find valuable....
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 19, 2020

Managing eating disorders and mental health during COVID-19

As COVID-19 continues to disrupt daily life, stressors and anxiety persist and, in some cases, manifest in damaging eating habits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2020

COVID-19 tests nations' communitarian values

The world's most communitarian countries are handling the pandemic well. The most individualistic countries are doing the worst.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2020

‘Ugly face’: U.S. and China trade barbs in Myanmar as South China Sea rift deepens

China's Embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of "outrageously smearing” the country and driving a wedge with its Southeast Asian neighbors over the contested South China Sea and Hong Kong, as tensions mount between the superpowers.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 18, 2020

Pandemic negates Japan’s bid to reduce plastic waste

Plastic is one of the cheapest, most effective materials for preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 18, 2020

Overindulging at home and playing the online ratings game amid a pandemic

One man reportedly left as many as 18 empty wine bottles and four large empty sake bottles out to be recycled each week during the pandemic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 17, 2020

‘The Keeper of the Dragonflies’: The essence of cross-cultural relationships, warts and all

Thomas Noah Wood is the pseudonym for the American writer Thomas Dillon, whose name may be familiar to readers of The Japan Times. Dillon wrote about daily life in Japan through the lens of international marriage in “When East Marries West,” a column which ran from 1998 to 2015. Unlike the good-natured...
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
Hakuho’s departure highlights worrying sumo trend
Former <i>yokozuna</i> Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
Trump and Musk trade barbs on social media as alliance crumbles
The trouble between U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk started brewing days ago, when Musk denounced Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Six months into 2025, J-pop is having a full-on identity crisis (and a great time)
The year so far is only proving that Mrs. Green Apple is the biggest band in Japan. Their success also seems to be hinting at a change in the musical landscape more broadly.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 console is finally here
The Switch 2 is Nintendo's first new gaming console in eight years.
Hakuho’s departure highlights worrying sumo trend
Former <i>yokozuna</i> Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.

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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
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