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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2022

Global energy upheaval threatens years of natural gas shortages

The natural gas market's delicate balance is crumbling, putting the global economy under further strain as nations struggle to secure enough fuel.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022

Taiwan’s fatal attractions

By eagerly embracing foreign politicians who “stand with Taiwan,” even as they undermine democracy elsewhere, the island's leaders are flirting with disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2022

Climate change is making Afghanistan’s hunger crisis worse

As the planet warms, the worst dry spell in two decades has coincided with Afghanistan's political and economic upheaval.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2022

The new art of economic warfare

The severe sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia may be justified to defeat Putin, but they have escalated economic warfare to an unprecedented level.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2022

Xi battling distrust among global investors burned in China before and eyeing political risk

The government in Beijing showed little regard for those same investors last year when it unleashed a series of crackdowns on the country's most profitable companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2022

As pandemic and war send prices soaring, people are changing how they eat

The cost of basics such as bread, meat and cooking oils have jumped across the world, sending shock waves through commodity markets and damaging the global food system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2022

Putin’s war has given birth to a geopolitical Europe

While some expected the European Union to dither, disagree and delay, it sprung into action at record speed to support Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 28, 2022

As key goods grow more expensive, 'demand destruction' threatens global recession

Prices for some of the world's most pivotal products — foods, fuels, plastics and metals — are rising beyond what many buyers can afford. That's forcing consumers to cut back.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 28, 2022

Initiating dialogue on universal values is essential for Japan and China

Fifty years after normalizing ties, the two nations are still only halfway down the road to improving their relationship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 26, 2022

The future of energy will require citizens to make sacrifices. Just ask Tokyo residents.

Not since the late 1970s have governments around the world been under so much pressure to ask their citizens to cut energy consumption for the greater good.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2022

Putin’s war and the mirage of the rules-based order

Rules-based order and economic interdependence has not stopped countries like Russia and China from engaging in relentless expansionism at the expense of their neighbors.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 25, 2022

Agon Shu festival focuses on wishes, hopes in difficult times

A man dressed as a yamabushi (mountain priest) picks up a wooden votive tablet that has fallen beside one of two huge bonfires. He makes a silent prayer as he holds it reverently in both hands before tossing it into the flames. The gomagi joins hundreds of other such tablets being cast into the bonfires...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 24, 2022

Eve's hourlong music video sums up J-pop in 2022

Billed as a 'live in animation,' 'Adam by Eve' reflects a trend among young artists using animation filled with references and in-jokes to enhance their music.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2022

Zelenskyy hails Japan's stand against Russia and warns of nuclear threat to Ukraine

The charismatic Ukrainian leader sought to appeal to his audience by alluding to key moments in Japan's modern history, such as the atomic bombings at the end of World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022

Walls, dreams and genocide: Zelenskyy invokes history to rally support

He told U.S. lawmakers that he had a dream. He said to the British Parliament that his country would fight until the end. To members of the German Parliament he spoke of a new wall dividing Europe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s oil-for-yuan bid won’t threaten the dollar

In an increasingly divided world, it makes sense to look for a good alternative to the greenback. Now is not that time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2022

A ‘killing stone’ broke in Japan. Is a demon on the loose?

The rock appears in a famous legend starring a nine-tailed fox spirit. The question now is whether the fracture was a good or bad omen.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 17, 2022

Beating Japan at its own (video) game: A smash hit from China

Genshin Impact, one of the world's hottest mobile games, has all the characteristics of a Japanese invention: giant robots and characters with huge eyes and spiky, rainbow-colored hair.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2022

China’s moment of decision

The world needs a country that remains relatively neutral, maintains communication with the Kremlin and has some leverage over Russia. At this time, that country is China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2022

As war rages, a struggle to balance energy crunch and climate crisis

Nations remain extraordinarily dependent on fossil fuels and are struggling to shore up supplies precisely at a moment when scientists say the world must slash its use.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2022

The disasters that never happened: How to soothe rising climate anxiety

From retrofitting schools to withstand earthquakes to installing irrigation that saves crops from drought, many effective early disaster interventions have gone largely unnoticed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 10, 2022

'Lost generation' feared as COVID school closures fuel inequality

Without urgent action, many countries around the world could end up without the skilled workers they need for their future development.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2022

Shoppers scramble for staples as food fallout from war spreads

Russia and Ukraine are vital suppliers of grains, vegetable oil and fertilizers, which means that supply disruptions will be felt all over the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2022

Ukraine decries 'immoral' stunt after Moscow says it will let civilians flee — to Russia

Kyiv immediately dismissed Russia's proposed new 'humanitarian corridors' that Moscow said would transport Ukrainians trapped under its bombardment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2022

Big Oil's plastic boom threatens U.N.'s 'historic' pollution pact

When the U.N. agreed on a deal to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty, every party was quick to claim victory, but that could spell trouble.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2022

Fire at Ukraine nuclear plant rattles nerves across the globe

Amid panic and disinformation, observers and experts have worked to ascertain the situation on the ground at the Zaporizhzhia plant, which was witness to a firefight Friday.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2022

Biden demonstrates true leadership in the Ukraine crisis

The West, and the world, has united to oppose the invasion of Ukraine. While many leaders deserve credit for helping to forge this coalition, Biden deserves a good deal of the credit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2022

It's not what Biden said in the State of the Union, but what he failed to say

Many people in Japan are still uneasy, if not disappointed, about Biden's lack of reference to China in his State of the Union.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022

Bashing Big Oil won't save the planet

Focusing on a handful of companies that pump about 10% of the crude oil produced on the planet every day isn't going to reverse the rise in global carbon dioxide emissions alone.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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