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Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021

Why shortages of a $1 chip sparked crisis in the global economy

The trouble for the chip industry — and increasingly companies beyond tech, like automakers — is that there aren't enough display drivers to go around.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021

Accounts differ after three brothers killed by Indonesian soldiers at Papuan health clinic

The United Nations and rights advocates say Indonesia's security forces are carrying out grave abuses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

Myanmar protesters defy military as regional nations prepare to discuss crisis

At least 564 people, including 47 children, have been killed by security forces during protests against the Feb. 1 coup, an activist group has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

Taiwan crash investigators focus on how truck fell in train’s path

Some family members said they did not want to assign responsibility for the disaster before the government had finished its investigation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 5, 2021

Japan Times 1946: Women of Japan make first visit to polls

'Wednesday was a red-letter day for me. With a thrill and also a feeling of antipathy, I left home early to go to the polls.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2021

Myanmar protesters take up Easter eggs as symbol

Despite killings, protesters are coming out every day to reject the return of military rule after a decade of tentative steps toward democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Perspectives
Apr 4, 2021

China sets sights on a digital currency to challenge the U.S. dollar

China has taken the lead in becoming a cashless society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2021

Seduced by Archegos' growth, Nomura took a chance on Sung Kook Hwang comeback

Hwang's appetite for huge bets on technology, media and other company stocks in the United States and Asia proved too lucrative for Nomura to resist.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2021

Beauty queen takes Myanmar's democratic fight to international stage

The 22-year-old made heads turn in Thailand during an emotive speech where she pleaded for 'urgent international help' for her country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 2, 2021

Train crash kills 48 in Taiwan's deadliest rail tragedy for decades

The train was carrying many tourists and people heading home at the start of a long weekend traditional holiday to tend to family tombs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2021

Kioxia is said to focus on IPO in next few months

Kioxia could be valued at u00a53.32 trillion in the current market, said Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace Research Institute.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 1, 2021

'Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction' shows the gory details of modern-day publishing

Director Daihachi Yoshida brings a sympathetic lens to an industry in trouble in his film “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction.”
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 1, 2021

Keep the pressure on the junta in Myanmar

If the geopolitical logic for support has crumbled, the moral and humanitarian rationale for opposition remains strong. The junta in Myanmar must go.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2021

Biden tells migrants to stay put. Central Americans hear a different message.

Disinformation suggesting that the U.S. border is now wide open has rocketed across social media and by word of mouth.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2021

Experts fear the Olympics could trigger a global superspreader event

While those involved in the games will be somewhat isolated from the Japanese public, Tokyo has ruled out using two core tenets of containment: quarantines and vaccinations.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2021

Will data handling setback damage Line’s dominance in Japan?

A scandal over a Chinese firm's access to user data could derail Z Holdings' plan to facilitate the digital transformation of the public sector.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 30, 2021

National consensus needed on the role of Self-Defense Forces in emergencies

While the SDF provide invaluable assistance in times of natural disaster, their potential role in large-scale international crises still needs to be examined.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2021

Myanmar civil war fears growing after airstrikes on ethnic army

The prospect of a wider fight with potentially dozens of armed militias risks even more bloodshed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2021

Japan's health ministry publishes translated COVID-19 vaccination form

The document has so far been translated into 12 languages: English, Arabic, French, Indonesian, Korean, Myanmar, Nepalese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Thai.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 29, 2021

The push to find real solutions to sexual harassment is ongoing, even in ‘safe’ Japan

Experts believe that many victims of sexual harassment in Japan aren't aware that what their harassers are doing is wrong. That is changing, however.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 29, 2021

Suu Kyi ally wants equal rights for persecuted Myanmar Muslims

Under the previous government led by Suu Kyi, who is now detained, Myanmar defended the military against accusations of perpetrating genocide on the Rohingya.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2021

When a desert wind blew $10 billion of global trade off course

The grounding highlighted the fragility of a global network of markets and economies that takes for granted the flow of goods through it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2021

In 2020 the ultrarich got richer. Now they're bracing for the backlash.

The plans being discussed by the ultrarich range from philanthropy to shifting money and businesses into trust funds, and relocating to other countries or states with favorable tax regimes.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear