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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jan 7, 2023

Will Japan's pop culture and fashion spheres ever find common ground?

Japanese fashion and pop culture and both international forces, so why can't they seem to walk in step together?
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 3, 2022

To bestselling gaming franchises, what are voice actors worth?

When a voice actor took to Twitter to complain about low wages, it was only the beginning of a drawn-out controversy.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 15, 2022

Julio Rodriguez and Michael Harris II earn Rookie of the Year honors

Mariners star Rodriguez was a near-unanimous selection for the AL, while Harris beat out Braves teammate Spencer Strider in the NL.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2022

The funerals for former prime ministers that were attended by U.S. presidents

Current U.S. President Joe Biden skipped the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, and Vice President Kamala Harris attended the event instead.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2022

Lessons for the LDP from Okinawa's gubernatorial election

The LDP had better get its house in order if it wants to even begin to reverse the trend of opposition-supported candidates winning office in Okinawa.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 4, 2022

Foreign films, English titles and the dilemma distributors face

Leave as is? Translate? Change altogether? A movie's success doesn't depend entirely on what we call it, but it can have a big effect.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 16, 2022

Troops, noodles and familial love: China lays out its ideal Taiwan

Alongside its flashy display of power, China has been laying out its most forceful vision — political, economic, cultural — of a unified future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 15, 2022

Japanese photographer blows whistle on treatment of ‘comfort women’

The 51-year-old photographer from Japan finds himself at the center of a current scandal about the treatment of the women, more than three-quarters of a century after the end of WWII.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 13, 2022

China's sharper focus on military option for Taiwan raises risks with U.S.

Security analysts expect Chinese forces, particularly the navy, to maintain extensive patrols around Taiwan, pushing over the median line.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2022

Germany looks like it is ready to begin a fourth nuclear exit

A wrongheaded phase-out of nuclear power plus a wrongheaded reliance on Putin's natural gas means Germany needs another U-turn.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 1, 2022

Tokyo Metropolitan Government to mandate solar panels for new homes

To implement the mandate, the first of its kind in Japan, the metropolitan government hopes to revise a related ordinance by the end of the current fiscal year to March 2023.
British singer-songwriter Sam Fender performs at the BRIT Awards in 2022. Fender won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, "People Watching."
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 18, 2025

Indie singer Sam Fender wins U.K. Mercury Prize

The British singer-songwriter won for his album "People Watching," as the awards moved out of London for the first time.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the winners of the 2025 Nobel economics prize at a news conference in Stockholm on Oct. 13. The prize was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work on innovation-driven economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2025

This year’s economics Nobel holds a warning for the U.S

Between 1875 and 1926, 44% of the world’s breakthrough inventions took place in the U.S., with Britain, France and Germany hovering between 14% and 22%.
Peruvian law graduate Rosalinda, 26, shows the "One Piece" manga flag on her mobile phone during an interview in Lima on Sunday. A majority of Gen Z protesters, marked by the flag, are demanding deep reforms amid growing insecurity and a decade of political instability.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025

Peru's Gen Z leads movement against rampant crime and political paralysis

The country has suffered years of near-constant political crisis, corruption scandals, rising prices and deadly protests.
Then-Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a policy speech during an ordinary session at the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo in January. Sanae Takaichi’s victory may result in fewer proportional seats in parliament, a shift that could hurt smaller parties. Bloomberg
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2025

How the LDP-JIP coalition could hurt smaller parties

If the JIP’s proposal goes through unchanged, it would mean a reduction of 46 seats from the proportional representation districts.
The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani belted three home runs and struck out 10 batters last Friday, in what many describe as the greatest single performance in history.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 23, 2025

Dodgers hoping to 'ruin' baseball with victory over Blue Jays in World Series

The star-studded Dodgers start as the clear favorites to win a ninth World Series crown, and their third in five years.
New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to boost Japan’s defense and regional security amid waning U.S. influence and rising threats from China, North Korea and Russia.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 28, 2025

With new leadership, Japan has the chance to flex its defense muscles

New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is determined to convince Trump she’s serious about boosting the nation’s military capabilities.
The Baker test on July 25, 1946, the U.S.' second atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Oct 31, 2025

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

No nuclear power — other than North Korea most recently in 2017 — has carried out explosive nuclear testing in over 25 years.
A front page report from November 1950 indicated that the government was in talks with French and British companies about launching television for the first time ever in Japan.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Nov 1, 2025

Japan Times 1950: Negotiations under way to bring TV to Japan

In November 1950, British and French officials were offering their broadcasting technology to help Japan launch its first television channel, pending a permit from the government.
Forever Young trains with American Stage ahead of the 2025 Breeders Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Oct. 29.
MORE SPORTS / Horse Racing
Nov 2, 2025

Forever Young gives Japan first Breeders' Cup Classic triumph

The globe-trotting Forever Young got his nose in front coming off the final turn and had enough to hold off late closing Sierra Leone and Fierceness — last year's runner-up.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2025

Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller

Yoshinobu Yamamoto — who had started Friday's Game 6 victory — closed out the win by getting the final three outs and was named Most Valuable Player of the series.
Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko, acknowledge the crowd during the World Series championship parade at downtown Los Angeles.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 4, 2025

Ohtani teases 'three-peat' as Dodgers parade draws Los Angeles crowds

Blue and white confetti showered fans as players rode by atop double-decker buses.
The Cape Town International Convention Center in South Africa
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025

G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle ‘inequality emergency’

The taskforce established by South Africa’s president says that wealth disparities disrupt democracy and cause economic instability.
Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2025

Investigators find 'black boxes' from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12

The 34-year-old MD-11 freighter was bound for Honolulu with three crew members aboard when it crashed just after clearing a fence at the end of the runway during takeoff.
Modern farming and government support have dramatically increased crop productivity, especially in rice, helping the world avoid food shortages despite climate challenge and opposition to technology like GMOs.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2025

Rice can feed the world — even with fewer farmers

The world’s most important crop for food security recently reached its lowest price in 18 years.
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Nov 9, 2025

Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years

A surge in bear attacks in Japan may be nothing new, revealing a complex mix of ecology, policy and culture.
Tigers starter Tarik Skubal pitches against the Guardians at Comerica Park in Detroit on Sept. 18.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 13, 2025

Tarik Skubal wins second straight AL Cy Young as Paul Skenes takes NL honor

Skubal is the 12th pitcher — and fifth in the American League — to win in back- to-back years.
While Fan Bingbing brings emotional energy to the lead role in Chong Keat Aun’s “Mother Bhumi,” the film’s narrative layers don’t coalesce in a satisfying way and ultimately leave the viewer adrift.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 14, 2025

At TIFF, East Asia’s veteran stars tread new territory with mixed results

Fan Bingbing, Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro stepped into their darkest roles yet — but the stories didn’t rise to meet them.
Labor productivity per worker in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, rose 0.2% in real terms from the previous year, marking a fourth consecutive annual increase, according to Japan Productivity Center data.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2025

Japan labor productivity up 0.2% in FY 2024

Despite the good news, progress is still required to ensure that real wages keep rising by 1% as envisioned in a government target, according to the Japan Productivity Center.
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan’s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.

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

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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
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