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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2022

Asia’s $350 billion gas build-out stirs energy debate

That boom is aimed at allowing economies including China, the Philippines and Vietnam to avoid burning more coal, although it still risks locking in the use of fossil fuels for decades.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2022

China's balancing act over Ukraine offers Washington a subtle 'win'

U.S.-led pressure on China, including the specter of sanctions should it provide material support for Russia's war, appears to be helping keep Beijing on the fence over the conflict.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 7, 2022

Soul searching ahead for Lakers after missing playoffs

What was supposed to be a heart-warming coming home story for the Long Beach native and former league MVP Westbrook quickly turned nightmarish amid injuries to James and Davis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2022

Could North Korea mark key anniversary with a nuclear test?

The U.S. special envoy has said that North Korea may conduct its seventh nuclear test on the 110th anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2022

Scientists consider how to make ever-longer IPCC climate science reports an easier read

The initial report series by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in 1990, totaled a relatively modest 1,000 pages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2022

Amid deepening yen weakness, a mixed blessing sours for Japan

What had long been considered a boon for Japan's economy is increasingly in question as the yen's recent plunge aggravates the impact of surging commodity prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 7, 2022

U.S. manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

Facing a global shortage of commercial fertilizers, more U.S. growers are turning to old-fashioned animal manure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2022

Global energy upheaval threatens years of natural gas shortages

The natural gas market's delicate balance is crumbling, putting the global economy under further strain as nations struggle to secure enough fuel.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2022

With easy Russia sanctions used up, West faces tough economic choices

As the world's wealthy democratic powers roll out new sanctions against Russia, it has become clear that the easiest options are now exhausted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Apr 7, 2022

AI is explaining itself to humans. And it's paying off.

The emerging field of explainable AI has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 7, 2022

‘Odd Taxi: In the Woods’: Tokyo joyride runs out of steam

Baku Kinoshita's theatrical version of an anime series about animal urbanites is leaner than the original but loses much of its charm.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 7, 2022

‘Kingdom of the Apes’: Corporate power games leave a bloody mess

Shugo Fujii tackles a familiar story line in his new film “Kingdom of the Apes”: An intrepid journalist investigates a coverup, incurring the wrath of the powers-that-be. It is a narrative that was injected with topical relevance in the 2019 hit “The Journalist,” directed by Michihito Fujii (no...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 7, 2022

Helping Hollywood avoid claims of bias is now a growing business

Studios are signing up consultants to help make sure their movies or shows don't raise any cultural red flags.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2022

Ukraine seeks ruinous sanctions on Russia amid European hesitancy

The democratic world must reject Russian oil and completely block Russian banks from the international finance system, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022

EU’s top envoy calls summit with China’s Xi a ‘deaf dialogue’

China has come under pressure from the U.S. and others to take a clear line against the invasion, as its diplomats and state media play down civilian casualties.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 6, 2022

Tokyo's energy crisis — a decade in the making

Bloomberg energy reporter Shoko Oda joins Deep Dive to explain why the energy crisis was a decade in the making.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022

Taiwan’s fatal attractions

By eagerly embracing foreign politicians who “stand with Taiwan,” even as they undermine democracy elsewhere, the island's leaders are flirting with disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022

How America watches for a nuclear strike

Hundreds of imaging satellites, as well as other private and federal spacecraft, have been looking for signs of heightened activity among Russia's nuclear forces.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2022

As Japan's politicians call for big spending amid price hikes, some question the timing

With an Upper House election approaching in July, economists have pointed out that the move appears to be politically motivated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s war will destroy his beloved country

For Vladimir Putin, the Ukraine war is about an imaginary struggle for the Russian soul against a West that would destroy it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2022

China’s U.N. envoy calls violence in Ukraine's Bucha ‘deeply disturbing’

China's envoy to the United Nations stopped short of condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin over the killing of unarmed civilians in Bucha.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2022

With Japan still shut to travelers, it is out of sight and out of mind

Once a tourist hot spot before the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan should join Asian neighbors in relaxing its border entry rules, lest it fade even further from global consciousness.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter investment could be bad news for free speech

Musk posted on Twitter, 'Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. What should be done?”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2022

U.S., U.K. and Australia to develop hypersonic weapons after China and Russia advances

The move by the AUKUS alliance also left the door open for other partner nations, such as Japan, to potentially work together on defense issues in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022

Ex-oligarch says Putin sees war with the West already underway

Western arguments drawing a line between conflict in Ukraine and the spread of war into NATO territory are a nuance that means little to Putin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky said.
The energy transition in coal-dependent emerging nations like the Philippines will determine the success of global efforts to hit net zero targets and curb the worst impacts of climate change.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 22, 2024

Philippines emerges as Southeast Asia renewable power pacesetter

The energy transition in coal-dependent emerging nations like the Philippines will determine the success of global efforts to hit net zero targets.
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
Japan Post launches 'digital address' system
Under the "digital address" system launched by Japan Post, users can input seven-digit combinations of numbers and letters on online shopping and other websites, and their addresses will automatically appear on the sites.
U.S. trade court blocks Trump's global tariffs, dealing major blow to agenda
Global markets have fluctuated wildly since U.S. President Donald Trump announced so-called reciprocal levies in a sweeping executive order on April 2.
Chinese parents are fueling Tokyo’s education race
More Chinese families are clustering in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, a district renowned for having the finest educational environment in Japan.
Japanese universities urged to open doors to students blocked from Harvard
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in support of international students at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Tuesday.
Hegseth to face questions on U.S. commitment at top Asian defense conference
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers remarks at the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday.
Songs, stars and strategy: Japan debuts its newest awards ceremony
Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song “Darling” on the final night of the Music Awards Japan.
Eagle nest discovery sparks opposition to megasolar project
The white-tailed eagle's wintering grounds include Hokkaido, northern Honshu, the Russian coast, the southern Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.
Fighters already showing last season's playoff run was no fluke
Fighters starter Hiromi Ito pitches against the Hawks in Fukuoka on April 29.
A moving meditation: Finding serenity in tea ceremony across space and time
Drawn to tea ceremony while volunteering at a Japanese garden in Phoenix, Arizona, Michele Laudig (right) came to learn a “common language of movement and ritual” that brought her into new communities in New York City and Tokyo.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
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