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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2022

Trump flouted the U.S. presidential records law. Will he face consequences?

While he was U.S. president, Donald Trump was known to destroy, tear up, remove and even flush White House documents down the toilet. He often eschewed the White House switchboard, using his own cellphone or those of his aides to communicate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 12, 2022

The era of pandemic restrictions is fast coming to an end

While the world has changed since early 2020 and new approaches to restrictions are justified, health officials warn that the coronavirus remains part of our reality.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2022

Heavy snow a welcome 'problem' for venues at Beijing Games

While athletes have been competing on artificial snow throughout the Beijing Olympics, organizers are now dealing with the logistical challenge of clearing away the real thing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2022

Hyundai takes a second run at China market with luxury Genesis brand

The South Korean firm is far from the top car brand of choice in China but its luxury-car division is seeking to change all that with a direct-to-market strategy targeting young consumers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 12, 2022

World's damaged supply chains brace for painful recovery

Trade channels have become so clogged it could be into 2023 before the worst-hit industries see business remotely as usual — even without a turn in the pandemic.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2022

Failed test casts shadow over figure skating, the Olympics’ showcase event

'It's either an intentional delay to allow her to compete or gross incompetence and has resulted in mayhem,' the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2022

Kishida says Japan looking to ease entry restrictions on foreign workers and students

'We will take into account the scientific knowledge we've gained about the omicron variant and changes in the infection situation both at home and abroad,' the prime minister said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2022

Puzzle in Ukraine crisis: Where’s the U.S. ambassador?

Neither the Biden administration nor Ukraine's government is providing a clear explanation for a delay that career diplomats say would be baffling and inexcusable even in ordinary times
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 12, 2022

‘Don’t write it off’: Advice from brain injury experts after Bob Saget’s death

People who find themselves alone after a significant knock to the head are at higher risk of harm.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 11, 2022

Japan’s entry ban leaves students and universities counting the cost

Restrictions on new entries have seen projects disrupted, scholarships lost, international exchange undermined, career plans left in tatters and much more.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2022

‘Contactless’ humanitarian aid has its perks, and pitfalls

COVID-era travel restrictions have mostly prevented expatriate aid workers from flying into Pacific island nations after natural disasters. The results have been mixed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2022

Myanmar army defector recounts heavy losses inflicted by Chin rebels

Kaung Thu Win, a captain who defected in December, offered a rare firsthand account of intensified fighting in Chin, where the military junta has faced some of its fiercest armed resistance.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 11, 2022

Olympics venues slowly add spectators — and a bit of buzz

Organizers are not selling tickets to the general public, instead distributing them to selected groups of coronavirus-screened attendees.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 11, 2022

Ado brings a flair for the dramatic to ‘Kyogen’

The rebellious teenage J-pop singer brings the sonic palette of the Japanese Vocaloid community to the mainstream and shows off her vocal versatility on her debut album, “Kyogen.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2022

‘Sapiens’? Humans aren’t wise, just too smart for our own good.

Perhaps that's what defines our species — neither wisdom nor folly, but the ability, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still function.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2022

Putin faces insurgency nightmare if Ukraine is invaded

The Ukrainians suffered greatly and at the hands of Russians over the past century. They can and will fight, and the Western democracies can help.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2022

Biden aims for Supreme Court pick who isn’t ‘ideological choice’

Following through on a promise made in 2020, Biden has committed to nominate the first Black woman to the high court.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2022

As automakers add technology to cars, software bugs follow

Today's automakers must design entertainment systems for their cars that will work with software and devices that haven't been invented yet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 11, 2022

Singapore’s clean energy dilemma is a warning for small nations

The city-state doesn't have enough space for large solar installations, there are no major rivers for hydropower and the wind isn't sufficient to push a turbine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2022

‘Come out to fight’: Asia’s truckers feel strain of diesel surge

The diesel market in Asia has tightened as reduced supplies from China coincided with production disruptions and surging demand in economies rebounding from the pandemic.
CULTURE / Film
Feb 11, 2022

Oscars nod launches director Ryusuke Hamaguchi into the global spotlight

Ryusuke Hamaguchi landed four major Oscar nominations this week, a phenomenal achievement for a filmmaker who is still really just hitting his stride.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Feb 11, 2022

Recipe: Chicken and shrimp doria with mushrooms and broccoli

This comforting winter dish is relatively easy to make if you have some leftover rice.
An unemployed man (Eita Okuno) whose community was decimated by the Great East Japan Earthquake grapples with rebuilding his life in “Shinpei.”
CULTURE / Film
Aug 8, 2024

‘Shinpei’ takes on 3/11 disaster with a fresh angle

Tatsuro Yamashiro infuses his drama centered on a complex protagonist struggling with the Great East Japan Earthquake’s aftermath with humor and visual beauty.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

Podcast

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

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

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