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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 23, 2022

Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp

Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles charged on people blockading the seafront Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 21, 2022

Independent publisher gives short stories their due with 'Storybook ND' series

New Directions spotlights short fiction with a new translated series featuring Yoko Tawada and Osamu Dazai.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2022

Trying to salvage his climate agenda, Biden weighs remaining options

The U.S. president will not declare a national climate emergency, the White House confirmed, disappointing Democratic lawmakers and activists who had called on him to take the step.
Figure Skating
Jul 19, 2022

In pictures: The brilliant competitive career of Yuzuru Hanyu

Moments from the brilliant career of figure-skating superstar Yuzuru Hanyu.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2022

COVID-19 surges across U.S. amid muted warnings and murky data

Public health authorities are holding back this time around, with some characterizing the situation as concerning but not alarming.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2022

As Russia runs low on drones, Iran plans to step in, U.S. officials say

The potential delivery of hundreds of Iranian drones would help the Kremlin replenish a fleet that has suffered steep losses in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2022

As the planet cooks, climate stalls as a political issue

Climate change remains an issue with little political power as voters and politicians put a higher premium on immediate issues, such as inflation and the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 18, 2022

North Korea says it is nearing end of COVID crisis as Asian neighbors fight resurgence

Pyongyang is on the path to 'finally defuse' the crisis, the state news agency said Monday, while Asian neighbors battle a fresh wave of infections driven by omicron subvariants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2022

Moscow signals a shift to a more aggressive phase of Ukraine war

There were signs of new ground fighting in the hotly contested Donbas region, where Russian forces have taken one of its provinces, Luhansk.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2022

As Biden reaches out to Mideast dictators, his eyes are on China and Russia

Biden outlined a five-part 'new framework for the Middle East” that included supporting economic development, military security and democratic freedoms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2022

Japan logs record 110,000 COVID-19 cases as seventh wave grows

Several prefectures saw record-high case counts as infections continued to surge in major cities across the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2022

China’s surveillance state hits rare resistance from its own subjects

As China builds up its vast surveillance and security apparatus, it is running up against growing public unease about the lack of safeguards to prevent the theft or misuse of personal data.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 15, 2022

Biden’s Saudi lesson: The only path runs through MBS

As the de facto ruler of the oil-rich monarchy, the 36-year-old prince has cast himself as a reformer. But his rule has also been defined by his institutionalization of force.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

Biden, battered at home, basks in unvarnished praise in Israel

At a red-carpet airport ceremony flush with fawning on both sides, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called his U.S. counterpart 'our brother Joseph.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2022

In metropolis of 5.5 million, rainforest is a lifeline and a junkyard

After losing about 85% of its forest cover over the past 60 years, Ivory Coast has vowed to protect what remains and to reforest as much as it can.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Jul 11, 2022

Mazda’s decarbonization drive faces rough road ahead

Securing sufficient electricity supplies is complicating the firm's goal of achieving net-zero at its plants by 2035, while the carmaker is also not willing to let go of engines just yet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2022

Why China is unlikely to face an ‘Asian NATO’ anytime soon

Pyongyang and Beijing have warned about what they see as NATO's attempt to extend its geographical scope and assert military supremacy in Asia.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2022

With fresh mandate, Kishida set to have hands full in coming months

Fresh off his party's Upper House election victory, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to set his sights on a signature economic policy, Japan's COVID measures and a defense overhaul.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2022

Plastic-munching bacteria offer hope for recycling

Offering a ray of hope, plastic has become so enmeshed in our ecosystem that bacteria have evolved to digest it and scientists are trying to take advantage of that fact.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 8, 2022

What makes Taika Waititi run and run and run?

The “Thor: Love and Thunder” director can't say no — to starring in “Our Flag Means Death,” making a soccer movie, writing a “Star Wars” idea, adapting Roald Dahl. For starters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2022

Boris Johnson to quit as U.K. prime minister after months of scandals

He leaves a nation mired in political and economic uncertainty and still showing the strains of his singular though deeply divisive triumph — the U.K.'s exit from the European Union.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 6, 2022

Failed ‘Captain Tsubasa’ NFT offers window into the risks of crypto

While Japan has not yet experienced a large NFT boom, some of the country's most famous pop culture staples have been appropriated for dubious 'Web3' products.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2022

Reduced U.S. testing is blurring view of the pandemic

As public testing sites have winnowed, more states have also stopped giving daily data updates, creating a foggier look at the state of virus across the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2022

The downward spiral of the U.S.-China ‘tech cold war’

The difficult U.S.-China relationship may not be u2018a new Cold War,' but it sure looks familiar.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2022

Russia steps up pace of missile attacks on residential targets

Some of the deadliest strikes of the war have occurred in the past week, including at a shopping mall and a residential block.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 2, 2022

Labeled a ‘challenge’ by NATO, China signals its own hard-line worldview

The alliance's forceful declaration in its mission statement reinforced Beijing's belief that hostile powers are bent on hobbling the country's ascent.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 2, 2022

'Softly': Tatsuro Yamashita looks to the future with timeless optimism

Two Tatsuro Yamashitas exist in 2022. There's the patron saint of city pop and a musical symbol for all things bubble-era Japan, and then there's the 69-year-old pop tinkerer still exploring his craft on “Softly.”

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo