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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2022

Boris Johnson leaves behind a sterling mess

Investors appear to view the British pound more like the currency of a troubled emerging market than of a stable advanced economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2022

Biden heads to Middle East on oil mission amid concerns at home

The U.S. leader risks political embarrassment unless near-record U.S. gasoline prices reverse course, and must avoid a backtrack on human rights that would deepen discontent among his base.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2022

China makes muted protest after Taiwan VP’s visit to Japan

Beijing generally lashes out at nations over their interactions with Taiwan's officials, saying they amount to interference in its internal affairs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 12, 2022

What Shinzo Abe meant to the younger generation

For Japanese of Generation Z, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was an embodiment of both stability and reform and really the only leader they ever knew.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 12, 2022

Smart countryside: How tech can help revive Japan’s rural regions

Changes in work patterns wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are already drawing some remote workers to the countryside.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2022

For climate researchers, tiny sounds of melting glaciers haunting music to the ears

While young, the study of global warming through sound has boomed in recent years — and is advancing what scientists know about our rapidly changing world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2022

Constitutional revision inches closer in Japan, but actual change still far off

Divisions over what aspects to revise and more pressing political issues for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida could delay change to the top law.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 11, 2022

Charles Leclerc wins Austrian GP to spoil Max Verstappen's 'homecoming'

Charles Leclerc survived a late throttle scare to win the Austrian Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday as he roared into the championship picture behind leader Max Verstappen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2022

Why Russia drives European and British gas prices

If countries that rely on Russia for gas receive less, they must fill the gap from elsewhere. This has knock-on effects and can lead to gas price volatility.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2022

U.K.'s chief envoy Liz Truss latest to announce bid in race to replace Boris Johnson

Eleven candidates have now entered the leadership contest, which is already becoming a battle over cash for households, with limited interest in fiscal restraint.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2022

Musk’s about-face on Twitter shifts takeover saga to Delaware

The billionaire co-founder of Tesla will need to make his case before a judge in Delaware that Twitter failed to uphold its side of a merger deal reached in April.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2022

How Boris Johnson helped Ukraine with its weapons shopping

Britain's leadership will be at a point of transition as Russia is steadily gaining ground in what Moscow calls a 'special operation.'
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 10, 2022

Moscow-born Elena Rybakina powers past Ons Jabeur to Wimbledon title

The 23-year-old rallied from one set down to become the fifth different women's champion in as many editions and the first Grand Slam winner from Kazakhstan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 10, 2022

The oddities and pleasures of a bygone Japan come to life in 'Kyoto Stories'

Author Steve Alpert mines his personal experiences in his novel about the escapades of a young American student in the old capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 9,716 new cases as upward trend continues

According to the metropolitan government, the seven-day average of new infections in the capital stood at 6,746.4, up 129% from a week before.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2022

Inside the week of Boris Johnson’s downfall

The populist and chaotic leader was a hero for millions of Brexit voters but he ultimately succumbed to a deluge of scandals of his own creation as his most senior ministers turned on him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 9, 2022

Musk backs out of $44 billion Twitter deal over bot accounts

Twitter has made 'misleading representations” over the number of spam bots on the social network, and hasn't 'complied with its contractual obligations,' Musk's representatives said.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2022

Shock, anger and grief reverberate across world after Abe’s assassination

Japanese politicians and foreign leaders reacted with shock, condemnation, prayers and an outpouring of support in the wake of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's killing.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2022

A despicable attack on Shinzo Abe — and a nation

Japan is a democracy, so the attack on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara on Friday is an attack on us all.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2022

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated

A suspect was arrested after Abe, one of the most consequential leaders in Japan's postwar history, was shot while campaigning in the city of Nara on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2022

Will Taiwan be the next Ukraine?

It may take a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before the world finds out if the U.S. will defend the island.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2022

Plastic-munching bacteria offer hope for recycling

Offering a ray of hope, plastic has become so enmeshed in our ecosystem that bacteria have evolved to digest it and scientists are trying to take advantage of that fact.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2022

Putin says Ukraine is heading for 'tragedy' as Kramatorsk prepares defense

The mayor of the Donetsk city of Kramatorsk said Russian forces had fired missiles at the city center in an air strike on Thursday and that at least one person was killed and six wounded.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2022

Hong Kong’s hotel quarantine system buckles under China demand

Monthly mainland Chinese arrivals at Hong Kong airport jumped nearly 11,000% between April and June to 30,222 — accounting for one-third of airport passengers last month.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2022

Scandal-tainted Ichikawa mayor's furniture auctioned off for ¥3 million

The desk and chair of the former mayor of the city in Chiba Prefecture sold for about 1.5 times its original price.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2022

Japanese space startups forced to manage without Russian Soyuz rockets

Sanctions over Russia's aggression have effectively made it impossible to utilize the rockets, which were used for 22 of the 136 successful rocket launches worldwide in 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 7, 2022

Strong support validates Kishida's world-defying inflation policy ahead of vote

The prime minister has endorsed the Bank of Japan's unorthodox stance of keeping borrowing costs at rock-bottom levels even as inflation heats up.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2022

EU parliament backs labeling gas and nuclear investments as green

The move paves the way for the European Union proposal to pass into law, unless 20 of the bloc's 27 member states decide to oppose it, which is seen as very unlikely.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 6, 2022

Harassment of female candidates a growing issue in Japanese politics

Despite moves to draw more women to public office, Japan remains far behind other developed countries, in part due to abuse on the campaign trail.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China and Russia start joint military drills in Sea of Japan
Russian and Chinese naval officers take part in a ceremony Thursday ahead of the start of joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, following the arrival of Chinese military vessels in Vladivostok, Russia.
Kamchatka quake may have awakened volcano dormant for 600 years, Russia says
Kamchatka. Krasheninnikov Bay
Italy's fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield
Signs for fast-fashion factories in Prato, Italy, on Friday. Chinese crime groups in the district thrive on the "Prato system" rife with corruption in the fast-fashion sector.
Extreme heat in Japan set to peak this week
People shield their eyes from the sun as they walk through a street on a hot day in Tokyo on July 26.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
From Osaka to the NHL: Jordan Spence hopes to inspire young Japanese hockey players
Ottawa Senators defenseman Jordan Spence helps lead the Dreamskate Japan hockey camp in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on July 5.

Podcast

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

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
By Jason Coskrey

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