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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Feb 7, 2021

What is needed to bring back freedom of movement

As Japan struggles to find a way to resume normal life and international travel, a lesson could be learned from Taiwan's approach.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 24, 2021

Mass rallies sweep Russia in protests over Alexei Navalny’s arrest

The remarkable defiance displayed by many of the protesters signaled widespread fatigue with the stagnant, corruption-plagued political order under Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2021

China’s disputed virus theory has shoppers shunning foreign food

The consumer distrust is being fueled at least partly by statements from the government, which has taken increasingly drastic steps to curb the risk of the virus spreading via food imports.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 26, 2020

Why the West continues to get China’s future wrong

The country is in its third major stage of economic change, but Beijing's true intentions and plans must be closely watched.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2020

The mistakes that pushed an Australian city back into lockdown

All it took was missteps in the handling of travelers returning from overseas and complacency in a handful of neighborhoods to plunge Australia’s second-largest city into lockdown for the second time in four months.
SOCCER / Women's World Cup / From the Spot
Jun 23, 2020

Japan must build foundation for women's game after withdrawing bid

The Japan Football Association has lost its easy route to building momentum for the sport after dropping out of contention for the 2023 World Cup.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2020

Tencent targets Japanese anime and manga to jump-start global growth

The Chinese firm sees Japan's entertainment exports as being ripe for optimization, with better distribution and marketing generating vastly greater revenues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
May 21, 2020

Mitigating China's economic coercion

Japan and other like-minded states must build multilateral mechanisms to create greater resilience against punitive economic tactics.
JAPAN / Commentary
Apr 26, 2020

In the fight against COVID-19, neighborhood associations could be Japan's ace in the hole

For all their faults, Japan's neighborhood associations also help build community solidarity — a resource that will be sorely needed in the months to come.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 19, 2020

As China coronavirus cases near zero, experts warn of second wave

China's new infections of the coronavirus have slowed to a trickle and could soon reach zero for the first time in months. But what could be a sign the country has defeated the fatal pathogen is likely to just be a temporary reprieve.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2019

Looking overseas to solve Japan's labor shortage

Japan is running out of time. Where will migrants come from when the international competition for Asian workers heats up?
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2019

China calls 'foul' on the NBA

As the NBA has just learned, China is quick to punish businesses that cross it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2019

The Asianized world has arrived

By 2040, Asia is likely to generate more than 50 percent of world GDP, and could account for nearly 40 percent of global consumption.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 19, 2019

Cancer survivor completes 12,000-km cycle from U.K. to Japan for Rugby World Cup

On the rain-soaked shores of Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture, Patrick McIntosh, 63, looks relaxed, unperturbed by the inclement weather. In the context of his recent accomplishment, it's a very minor inconvenience.
Rugby
Sep 1, 2019

A guide to the 2019 Rugby World Cup and its host cities

What to do, see, drink and eat in each of the RWC cities as well as match dates and information on stadiums, transport and accommodation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2019

In first, Hong Kong judges call proposed extradition changes a stark challenge to its legal system

Some Hong Kong judges fear they are being put on a collision course with Beijing as the special administrative region's government pushes for sweeping legal changes that would for the first time allow fugitives captured in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China for trial.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2019

Russia objects as Trump calls U.S. military intervention in Venezuela 'an option'

U.S. President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was "an option" as Western nations boost pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down, while the troubled OPEC nation's ally Russia warned against "destructive meddling."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2019

India's electric vehicle goals being realized on two wheels, not four

Hurt by high fuel prices, Vinod Gore, a farmer in Gove village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, ditched his petrol scooter for an electric model, underlining how two-wheelers are driving the country's goal of electrification of its vehicles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2019

India risks becoming a Hindu Pakistan

A new law targeting Muslim migrants threatens India's identity as a land for all creeds.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 23, 2018

As attacks and rising rhetoric stoke concern in Malaysia's LGBT community, punk band Shh...Diam! uses music to fight bias

With songs like "I woke up gay" and "Lonely lesbian," LGBT punk band Shh...Diam! is making a rare splash in Malaysia, using music to fight long-running discrimination.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2018

The populist war against intelligence

Ominously for the health of the democracies of the West, other populists are following Donald Trump's example in attacking their own intelligence agencies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 21, 2018

As food crisis threatens, humanitarian aid for North Korea grinds to a halt

Humanitarian aid for North Korea has nearly ground to a halt this year as the United States steps up the enforcement of sanctions, despite warnings of a potential food crisis and improving relations with Pyongyang, aid groups say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2018

Economist who fled North Korea says South's plan falls short

South Korea's blueprint for railroad links through North Korea to China and Russia falls well short of Kim Jong Un's vision for developing his impoverished nation, according to a defector who provides economic research to the government in Seoul.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
May 19, 2018

SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son risks U.S. security shackles with T-Mobile

SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son has battled for years to merge T-Mobile U.S. Inc. with his Sprint Corp. Now that he finally has a deal, he risks having his hands tied by a secretive U.S. government panel.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2018

Inside the growing backlash against China

Chinese President Xi Jinping's increasingly aggressive and high-profile foreign policy is drawing fire from both Western and developing nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 23, 2017

Saudi-led coalition vows to ease crippling Yemen blockade to allow in aid

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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017

Late summer rains, private food supplies limit impact of North Korean drought

Late summer rains and the growing importance of privately produced crops mean North Korea will likely avoid acute food shortages this year despite earlier fears of drought and mounting international sanctions, defectors and experts say.
CULTURE / Film
Aug 2, 2017

Takeshi Fukunaga draws on his own past for film on the Liberian immigrant experience

Takeshi Fukunaga first came to international attention at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival, where his debut feature, "Out of My Hand," premiered. He is only now bringing the film to his homeland, and at a preview screening at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) last week an audience...
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2017

Egypt launches airstrikes in Libya after Christians killed

Egyptian fighter jets carried out strikes on Friday directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training militants who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
May 17, 2017

Thirty years of JET: countless treasured memories and priceless gaffes

Past participants in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme recall their most memorable experiences, from the inspiring to the excruciating.

Longform

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