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Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Aug 31, 2020

Possible tech for more viable recycling

More than half of the total output of plastic waste in Japan is currently used for thermal recycling. A new joint venture company, R Plus Japan Ltd., consisted of 12 cross-industry companies within the plastic supply chain, aims to introduce a new and more sustainable way of recycling that makes it possible...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 31, 2020

A costly waiting game for inbound foreign workers

While some permanent residents and students are slowly trickling back into Japan, businesses are waiting to hear if new hires can join their ranks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 29, 2020

Elegies and excitement in Tokyo’s dining landscape

Tokyo Food File wraps up summer 2020 with a look at how Tokyo's dining scene is shaping up in Year One of COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2020

Navigating geopolitical uncertainty in a post-Abe world

Japan, under Abe's stewardship, proved to be a source of stability and balance. What's next?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2020

Trump heads into election he casts as a crusade for law and order

U.S. President Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term Thursday, joining a general-election contest against Joe Biden that he and his party cast this week as a crusade against left-wing ideology and violent social disorder, fought against the backdrop of a virus that...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2020

Did Europe make a mistake reopening its borders?

After a surge in new cases linked to travel within the continent, thorough testing is vital.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2020

China’s expansionism enters dangerous phase

From the East and South China seas to the Himalayas and Central Asia, the region is becoming more volatile and unstable.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 23, 2020

Reconsidering post-coronavirus China investment strategies

With China enjoying an ever-increasing position in the global market, Japan has the opportunity to benefit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2020

‘A bit surreal’: The lonely plight of the Great Barrier Reef

The pandemic has fast-forwarded a looming reckoning for the city of Cairns, the main gateway to the reef.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2020

Calorie counts on restaurant menus probably won’t stop COVID-19

Britain's effort sounds like a good idea, but the evidence suggests it won't protect people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 21, 2020

Virus grounding of Asia's private bankers erodes wealth management trade

Private bankers in Hong Kong and Singapore have had their wings clipped by the pandemic, thwarting their pursuit of millionaires scattered across a region where wealth is growing faster than anywhere else.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 17, 2020

Japan and the 'great power competition'

Return to first principles to get the region and the world right.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 17, 2020

Long arm of China's security law alarms Hong Kongers in Japan

While other countries have loosened visa restrictions, offered routes to refugee status or sanctioned Chinese officials, efforts by Japan have focused on economic gains.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 17, 2020

Coronavirus reignites push to levy congestion charges on drivers in more cities

Congestion pricing, which charges private vehicles entering a city's busiest areas, debuted in Singapore in 1975 and is also used in London, Milan, Oslo and Stockholm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2020

‘Collective resilience’ is the way to address China challenge

China has been quick to use its rising economic strength to punish countries that defy it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2020

Take a walk in the digital wilderness at teamLab Forest Fukuoka

The art collective teamLab, known for its dazzling immersive exhibitions, has opened a new museum of interactive digital installations in Fukuoka.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020

Media tycoon’s arrest sends warning to Hong Kong’s free press

Right before China retook control of Hong Kong in 1997, tycoon Jimmy Lai started Apple Daily in part to promote democracy in the city. For 25 years, the newspaper survived advertising boycotts and political pressure, but never backed off its tough coverage of the Chinese government and pro-Beijing lawmakers....
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 8, 2020

Japan’s traditional shopping arcades struggle to remain relevant

Already facing stiff competition in the retail sector, shu014dtengai nationwide are rallying together with their local communities to battle sluggish sales amid the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2020

NRA fraud case will hurt but won’t kill U.S. gun-rights behemoth

Though it ticks off detailed examples of wrongdoing, the New York lawsuit claiming donors to the National Rifle Association have been ripped off for years is likely to be settled without the gun-rights group being forced to dissolve, legal experts said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2020

COVID-19 long-term toll signals billions in health care costs ahead

Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when she became sick again.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2020

What Spain is telling us about the coronavirus' second wave

Europe's new COVID-19 flare-ups are a serious test of governments' pandemic strategies.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2020

China's 100-day push near Senkaku Islands comes at unsettling time for Sino-Japanese ties

Japan is being forced to rethink how it will approach an increasingly belligerent China after years of work trying to mend ties with Beijing.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Jul 26, 2020

Japan alliance hopes to recycle 100% of plastic products by 2050

With 2015 research led by University of Georgia professor Jenna Jambeck revealing that approximately 8 million tons of plastic waste flows into the ocean every year, combating marine plastic litter has emerged as a major global challenge.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Food Sustainability in Japan
Jul 25, 2020

Vegan bakeries are on the rise in Tokyo

A new generation of vegan bakeries and major chains with vegan menus have popped up around Japan's capital.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2020

Don’t get depressed over those COVID-19 antibody studies

A real solution to the pandemic won't be found overnight, so be prepared for good news and bad along the way.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 24, 2020

Tokyo faces another critical weekend as daily infection rate hits record high

Not only has the situation intensified dramatically, the countermeasures policymakers had at their disposal before might no longer be an option.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 19, 2020

Will North Korea's Kim deliver an 'October surprise' to Trump?

Nuclear-armed Pyongyang could be weighing a summit — or provocation — ahead of November's U.S. presidential election
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos 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.
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Kathryn Wortley

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