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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2023

Japan's law firms look overseas as competition heats up at home

Tokyo’s law firms have sought to tap into markets with a high volume of Japanese businesses, but competition and image issues remain a challenge.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 18, 2023

How Japan's top soccer league is striving to become a climate leader

As the league continues to grow, and as climate change wreaks havoc on operations, its quest to bring healthier lifestyles to the Japanese public has expanded into environmental issues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 17, 2023

Fender amps up Japan presence with high-end retail strategy

The guitar-maker is emphasizing its long-standing connections to Japan with a flagship store in Harajuku, its first ever, as it seeks to appeal to both trendy and monied consumers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2023

'A new starting point': EU and Chinese leaders meet in Beijing

French President Emmanuel Macron has said Europe must resist reducing ties with China and reject what some have cast as an 'inescapable spiral' of tension between China and the West.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2023

Shanghai expat exodus shows 'zero-COVID's' enduring scars

Shanghai has seen an exodus since the brutal two-month lockdown that crippled the city of 25 million from late last March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2023

Largest U.S. lenders toss First Republic Bank a lifeline

Over two days of frantic phone calls, meetings and some arm-twisting, the CEOs of 11 banks have agreed to chip in a total of $30 billion to save the troubled lender.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Mar 13, 2023

Japan’s mask rules end — with some caveats

The government started leaving the decision on masking largely up to individuals Monday. But that doesn’t mean that everyone can throw out their face coverings in all situations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Longform
Feb 20, 2023

Unpacking Japan’s great wage conundrum

With inflation running at a four-decade high, the world’s third-largest economy’s famously stagnant salaries are finally showing signs of rising. Can the momentum be sustained?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2023

FTX debacle the latest twist in Japanese unit’s tumultuous history

Liquid’s leadership regularly drew on their industry credentials to promote the company, but this coexisted with stories about hacks and poor internal security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 19, 2023

Where is China's foreign minister? Beijing's not saying.

Qin Gang, a seasoned and rapidly rising Chinese diplomatic star, has been absent from the public eye for more than three weeks despite a flurry of diplomatic activity in Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2023

China's Huawei poised to overcome U.S. ban with return to 5G phone market

A return to the 5G phone market would mark a victory for Huawei after almost three years of being in 'survival' mode.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023

With plenty of clean energy, Brazil aims for green hydrogen export market

The South American country is poised to take advantage of the moment as global demand for green hydrogen is on the verge of major growth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 8, 2023

China’s open borders mark end to 'zero-COVID,' sparking homecoming rush

Starting Sunday, China no longer requires quarantine for arrivals after authorities ditched the policy that was a major deterrent for travelers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2022

Anchovies and sardines are a climate solution in a can

Tinned fish are among the lowest-carbon animal protein available, with potential to curb the world's enormous emissions from food.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2022

U.S. blacklists more Chinese tech companies, escalating trade fight

The latest restrictions are part of the recent push to limit China's access to advanced chipmaking and artificial intelligence technology.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2022

Ambitious plans to build Indonesia a brand new capital city are falling apart

With his final term running out, President Joko Widodo is struggling to finance a project that could resettle millions of people and cement his own legacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2022

Asia's richest man challenges China in show of support for Modi

With Sri Lanka in the throes of its worst economic crisis since independence, India is re-engaging and attempting to tilt the balance in a strategic tussle with China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2022

From Russia with cash: Georgia booms as Russians flee Putin's war

Georgia is on course to become one of the world's fastest-growing economies this year following a dramatic influx of more than 100,000 Russians since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2022

From Russia with cash: Georgia booms as Russians flee Putin's war

Georgia's economic boom — whether short-lived or not — has confounded many experts who saw dire consequences from the war for the ex-Soviet republic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2022

Fate of Toshiba management causing friction for banks in buyout plan

There is concern preferred bidder JIP's plan to retain Toshiba CEO Taro Shimada and his team could impede the reorganization needed to put the firm on the road to recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 3, 2022

Hope fades for action by Big Finance on climate crisis

In interviews, more than a dozen U.S. and European finance leaders were pessimistic the COP27 climate conference in Egypt starting Nov. 6 can make clear progress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 31, 2022

Workers leave China's biggest iPhone plant to escape COVID-19 curbs

Emergence of COVID cases saw the plant adopt a closed loop system, triggering unrest when the company shut cafeterias at the manufacturing site.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 26, 2022

Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show

Heavy tweeters have been in 'absolute decline' since the pandemic began, a Twitter researcher wrote in an internal document titled 'Where did the Tweeters Go?”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2022

Moscow confirms Nissan will sell Russian assets to state

The company said it had decided to exit the Russian market and expected to incur an extraordinary loss of approximately u00a5100 billion from the asset transfer.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2022

The censor cannot hold: The pressure of controlling China's internet

'In China the line is blurred,' Zeng Jiajun said. 'You don't know specifically what will offend the government, so sometimes you will go beyond and censor more harshly.'
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members during the International Fleet Review to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the MSDF, at Sagami Bay, off Yokosuka, on Nov. 6, 2022.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2023

Weak yen forces Japan to cut back on historic military spending

Officials and industry sources said Japan will begin cutting back on aircraft purchases in 2024, the second year of the buildup plan, due to the weak yen.
U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Filoli estate in Woodside, California, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 16, 2023

Xi and Biden agree to restart high-level military-to-military talks

The leaders of the two superpowers looked to stabilize a relationship that has been in freefall amid fears it could devolve into outright conflict.
People read newspapers at a roadside tea stall in Patna, Bihar, India. Newsrooms are being reshaped, journalists say, by India’s richest press barons, many of whom are close to the ruling party and depend on millions of advertising dollars from the government.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2024

Billionaire press barons are squeezing media freedom in India

Many press barons are close to the ruling party and depend on millions of advertising dollars from the government.
Voters show their index fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their ballots at a polling station in Amritsar, India, on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2024

India keeps its glorious, messy tradition alive

"People were fed up with the BJP,” a local business leader said. "People will not always fall for the caste or temple-mosque politics."
Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis after they were ordered by the Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, ride on a vehicle loaded with belongings in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 3, 2024

Israel's next headache: Who will run postwar Gaza?

Fearing Hamas, powerful local families in Gaza are refusing to talk to Israel about any postwar plans.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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