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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 22, 2022

An obscure corner of Wall Street is making billions trading inflation

Most of the world hates inflation, but for a small band of traders who can navigate its challenges, inflation has finally become a goldmine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2022

Future proofing the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing and Tokyo

The most obvious future-proofing strategy is to spread the Olympic Games in any one year to multiple venues, much as a company enhances resilience by diversifying markets or supply chains.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022

Competing in the Winter Games, without a snowball’s chance

Some competitors have been able to make it to the Olympics in part because of a change in qualifying criteria aimed at producing a more diverse field — a change that has garnered scrutiny.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2022

Breaking the coronavirus pandemic's grip

There is a significant risk that we will become trapped in an endless cycle of booster vaccinations, chasing the virus rather than getting ahead of it.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2022

How Olympians embraced mental health after Simone Biles showed the way

The American gymnast's public struggles gave other Olympians tacit permission to share their vulnerabilities. Some of them have.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2022

Counting on ‘endemic’: The travel industry readies for a potentially new phase

A growing chorus of voices are calling to accept COVID-19 as a part of life to be managed, not a deadly scourge requiring lockdowns.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 5, 2022

The dystopian society of ‘Monkey Man’ delivers a surreal sci-fi parable

Takuji Ichikawa's novella presents a fully realized world within its short span, with connections and contrasts to our world that are at turns bold and subtle.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2022

The South China Sea’s environmental crisis

China's expansive assertion of offshore sovereignty is not only challenging others' territorial rights, it is also threatening a central feature of the Southeast Asian ecosystem — fishing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 26, 2022

Slowdowns in U.S. and China will hold back global growth, report says

Higher inflation, supply chain chokepoints, and pandemic-related shutdowns and worker shortages continue to afflict rich and poor nations, the IMF said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2022

IMF chief urges debt-laden nations to act now to avoid problems

Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that her worry is greatest for low-income countries because 60% are in debt distress or in danger of reaching that point.
Japan Times
Morocco report 2021
Jan 19, 2022

‘Morocco Now’ is turning Japanese

In the bustling heart of Tokyo, the world’s largest city, the vibrant colors of the recently launched “Morocco Now” economic brand shine bright with hope and opportunity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2022

Xi Jinping’s COVID-19 defense gets weaker with every omicron case

Port disruptions and citywide shutdowns are increasingly common, and the central bank has had to cut its key interest rate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 16, 2022

The decades of discoveries before the ‘miraculous’ sprint to a vaccine

The breakthroughs behind the vaccines unfolded over decades, little by little, as scientists across the world pursued research in disparate areas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2022

The great COVID-19 coverup

COVID-19 deaths make all the headlines, but what flies under the radar are the increased rates of obesity, unemployment, depression, alcoholism and suicides.
Japan Times
Qatar report 2022
Jan 13, 2022

A driving force in Qatar and the region

Bridges: How is QNB supporting Qatar’s development?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2022

Hong Kong faces worst of both worlds as omicron ruins 'COVID zero'

Hong Kong, the once-vibrant gateway to China, sacrificed its status as an international hub to 'COVID zero.” But as omicron spreads, the city finds itself at a tipping point.
JAPAN / Outlook 2022
Dec 31, 2021

Could omicron be the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Experts say the omicron variant could accelerate the pandemic's transition toward becoming a disease that the world can manage more easily and learn to live with.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2021

Worldly, charming and quietly equipping a brutal military

An investigation of Myanmar's Kyaw Thaung family exposes a vast web of military procurement that was strategically hidden from the public.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2021

An existential threat to humanity: Democracy’s decline

Increased outsourcing of production has contributed to hypernationalism, which in turn is fueling the rise of anti-democratic leaders who exploit people's desperation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2021

Drones take center stage in U.S.-China war on data harvesting

A top Chinese drone manufacturer has become the poster child of a much wider national security threat: The Chinese government's ability to obtain sensitive data on millions of Americans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 18, 2021

Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm to win Beijing's favor

Amazon's compliance with a Chinese government edict is part of a deeper, decadelong effort by the company to protect and grow its business in one of the world's largest marketplaces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2021

It will take more than a summit to protect democracy

Democracy is slow and deliberative, process oriented and, as a result, capable of manipulation by special interests.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 9, 2021

Amarachi Nwosu tackles diversity issues with 'Women of Color in Japan'

Filmmaker Amarachi Nwosu's short film, which follows three women of different ethnicities who navigate their opportunities and challenges in Tokyo, seeks to dismantle stereotypes in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2021

China throws down the gauntlet on development aid

The West can't match China project for project. The fact that their resources are limited demands that Western governments be smarter and more efficient with development aid.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021
Dec 7, 2021

Japan helping Asian neighbors address nutrition problems

Global leaders have committed to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 as part of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs), but malnutrition still remains the biggest challenge in the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 4, 2021

Education ministry seeks to iron out wrinkles over school history syllabus

“Modern global history” is to be made a compulsory subject in senior high schools in Japan from 2022.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2021

China basks in 'COVID zero' vindication as omicron closes borders

While the verdict is still out on whether the startling genetic changes found in omicron justify the preemptive hunkering down, some analysts said China's approach may offer benefits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2021

Biden’s democracy summit: Just talk or can it effect change?

Biden's summit comes at a challenging time for democracy. The global monitoring organization Freedom House called this year's report on the state of global freedom “Democracy Under Siege.”
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 28, 2021

What temples and shrines mean to an outsider

Temples and shrines offer a closeness with nature that can provide spiritual comfort to those who are far from their own religious communities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021

The Fed has risen too far above political control

The problem with the Fed is that the need for stability — and for avoiding market shocks — cuts across the desire to exert more democratic control over the central bank.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan