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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jun 5, 2023

Petronas’ Japan chief Ezhar tells of net-zero path

Ezhar Yazid Jaafar join Petronas as a civil engineer in 1990 and became chief representative of the Japan office in 2020, right around the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 3, 2023

Australia’s Albanese calls for 'guardrails' and 'dialogue' to prevent U.S.-China conflict

Albanese pointed out that forums such as the Shangri-La Dialogue can help provide a communication platform and a new perspective, placing points of tension in the broader context.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2023

Sunak quietly tries to fix China ties without upsetting U.K. hawks

Despite ramping up dispatches of delegations to China, Sunak has so far stopped short of a personal show of engagement with Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2023

JPMorgan tries to deflect blame for long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

According to a deposition, Epstein was dismissed as a client in summer 2013 because of concerns about repeated large cash withdrawals from his many accounts with the bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2023

Nvidia’s CEO planning trip to meet China tech leaders despite U.S. curbs

Jensen Huang is set to join a growing list of corporate chiefs taking advantage of China’s reopening to visit the world’s No. 2 economy, including Apple’s Tim Cook and billionaire Elon Musk.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2023

North Korea's failed launch puts focus on U.S.-Japan-South Korea cooperation

The U.S. and Japanese defense chiefs met for talks in Tokyo a day after a failed North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite briefly triggered an emergency alert for Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 31, 2023

Paris Olympics torch relay will involve 10,000 runners

There will be 10,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame as it passes through some 60 French departments ahead of the 2024 Games, Paris Olympic organizers announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2023

China rejects U.S. claims over ‘de-risking’ not ‘decoupling’

Chinese state media, officials and academics have all publicly rejected the distinction in recent weeks, in a seemingly concerted effort to undermine the rhetorical shift.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 30, 2023

Yuki Miyazawa: 'Even if it’s something small, I should do what I can'

After spending much of her life abroad, Yuki Miyazawa returned to Japan determined to bring the best aspects of her international lifestyle with her.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 28, 2023

COVID is coming back in China. Lockdowns are not.

Authorities say that cases are up, and one doctor estimates that there could soon be 65 million cases a week. But China appears determined to move on.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 28, 2023

Recipe: Black sugar Anzac biscuits

Though these treats first gained popularity more than 100 years ago, they taste just as good today.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
May 28, 2023

Deep in the weeds: Why Nora-Kura's wines grow as wild as can be

The untrained eye may find Ken and Kazuko Sasaki's vineyard unkempt, but appearances can be deceiving at this Hakodate winery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 28, 2023

'Love at Six Thousand Degrees': Slow burn affair unfurls identity and trauma

Maki Kashimada's novel, which centers on two strangers whose sexual connection is complemented by their intimate conversations, is a fitting introduction to her work.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2023

Artificial intelligence, democracy and the global order

The sudden arrival of groundbreaking AI tools has created an urgent need for a more holistic and global approach to tech governance.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 25, 2023

Small measles outbreak in Japan raises alarm

The most recent infections appear to have happened to strangers riding the same shinkansen for less than three hours.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 25, 2023

Get in on the talk of the town when Roppongi Art Night begins

With the all-night art festival taking place this weekend, we look at ways to talk about art in Japanese.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 24, 2023

COVID kills one person every four minutes as vaccine rates fall

After more than three years, the global health emergency is officially over. Much of the world is keen to move on, but vulnerable people and undervaccinated countries remain at risk.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 24, 2023

World Health Organization working towards 'pandemic treaty' by May 2024

A new pact is a priority for agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has called it a 'generational commitment that we will not go back to the old cycle of panic and neglect.'
JAPAN
May 23, 2023

Emperor Naruhito inspects Arakawa River lock gate

The Arakawa Lock Gate was built to allow ships to travel between the Arakawa River and the old Naka River, which have different water levels.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 23, 2023

EU's temporary protection of Ukrainians offers lessons for managing asylum

The biggest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II sparked a wave of solidarity, as EU states offered rights and benefits akin to their own citizens.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 23, 2023

Japan's factory activity expands for first time in seven months, survey shows

Manufacturers in the survey suggested supply chain disruption brought by the pandemic, which battered the sector, showed 'signs of improvement.'
Japan Times
WORLD
May 23, 2023

In West Africa, a ‘bokashi revolution’ takes root

A Japanese fermentation-based fertilization method is helping the region’s farmers cope with the effects of the war in Ukraine.
JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2023

Zelenskyy meets Modi and G7 leaders after arriving in Hiroshima

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, German leader Olaf Scholz and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2023

'Quad' leaders to meet on sidelines of G7, White House says

The U.S. said the leaders would hold their summit in Hiroshima to ensure that the four leaders could come together to mark the Quad’s progress over the past year.
JAPAN
May 19, 2023

G7 tightens screws on Moscow as Zelenskyy set to visit Hiroshima

Measures include further restrictions on Russia’s access to G7 economies and the beefing up of export bans “across all our jurisdictions” on “all items critical to Russia’s aggression.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2023

New Caledonia lifts tsunami warning after 7.7-magnitude quake

The quake was detected some 340 kilometers east of Vao city in New Caledonia, a French Pacific territory, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

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

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

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