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Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022

Will ‘forever boosting’ beat the coronavirus?

Everyone should get a booster shot. In the long run, though, doses every few months aren't a viable public health strategy, scientists say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022

U.S. details costs of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Biden administration and its allies are developing new possible sanctions ahead of a series of meetings to defuse the crisis with Moscow.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2022

Mike Faist tries to keep his cool as Riff in ‘West Side Story’

The actor, a star of Broadway musicals like “Dear Evan Hansen,” talks about playing the leader of the Jets in Steven Spielberg's remake.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 9, 2022

The lines blur at Hakone’s Bar Hotel

The Bar Hotel Hakone Kazan can be viewed as a bar-themed hotel or a hotel-themed bar. Staying there is a luxurious experience either way.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 9, 2022

America’s killer capitalism

While many commentators with alternative calculations have questioned the extent of rising income inequality, none has succeeded in dismissing the trend.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022

U.S. hospitals struggle to match higher pay for nurses and doctors amid pandemic

U.S. hospitals are struggling to get the workers they need to treat patients through the winter's COVID-19 surge as the virus collides with a historically tight labor market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022

Vaccine skeptics slammed across Europe as omicron variant rages

Amid a seemingly unstoppable surge in infections, officials are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people rather than resorting to widespread clampdowns.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Case records fall in Okinawa and Hiroshima, while surge continues in Tokyo

In addition, the U.S. military also informed Okinawa authorities that 302 new cases had been confirmed among personnel at American bases in the prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022

In Kazakhstan’s street battles, signs of elites fighting each other

The reasons for the bloody crisis in Central Asia remain murky, but experts say popular discontent could mask an old-fashioned power struggle within the ruling faction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2022

Hong Kong faces worst of both worlds as omicron ruins 'COVID zero'

Hong Kong, the once-vibrant gateway to China, sacrificed its status as an international hub to 'COVID zero.” But as omicron spreads, the city finds itself at a tipping point.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2022

Putin sends message to the West as his troops turn tide in Kazakhstan

Ahead of high-stakes security talks with the U.S., it also sent a reminder of just how determined the Russian president is to defend what he sees as his own neighborhood.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 8, 2022

‘Aggretsuko’ digs into toxic work culture and self-worth

The newly released fourth season of 'Aggretsuko' digs into some truly bleak storylines about the realities of work, but still finds a way to humanize even its most unlikeable characters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2022

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers get life behind bars in racially charged U.S. case

The three white men convicted of murder in the shooting death of Arbery while he jogged through their quiet Georgia neighborhood were sentenced to life in prison.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 8, 2022

Sidney Poitier, who paved the way for Black actors in film, dies at 94

Poitier, who established himself as Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, died Thursday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2022

Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to put down uprising

What began as demonstrations against fuel prices grew into a protest against the government and the longest-serving ruler of any former Soviet state.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 7, 2022

China bets on a common prosperity

China's leaders believe their country is on the verge of a transformation into a truly “modern socialist economy.” They're not alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2022

The Jan. 6 riot and the possessive white male

In the grand scheme of things, it is tempting to interpret the far-right's rage now and on Jan. 6 as a sign that things ultimately are changing for the better as theirs is a losing battle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2022

McDonald's Japan again slices fries to small size amid shipping woes

From Sunday, the fast-food chain will sell only small-sized portions of fries for about a month.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 7, 2022

Japan’s largest opposition party faces crucial test in upcoming Upper House poll

For the CDP, success or failure in the vote scheduled to take place in the summer is likely to determine the post-election futures of not only its new leader but the party itself.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2022

Many retirees have a big problem. It isn’t what you think.

Financial advisers say too many of their clients don't actually spend enough of the money they have squirreled away, scrimping more than they need to.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2022

A year later, Capitol riot becomes just another wedge in a divided U.S.

In the 12 months since the riot, lies and disinformation spread by Donald Trump have so permeated politics that nearly universal outrage has reverted to separate blue and red realities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2022

China can have cheap coal or common prosperity. Not both.

Operating 24 hours a day, the only way coal mines can increase output in a hurry is to skimp on maintenance, making for a dangerous situation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2022

China fines Seven & I Holdings for calling Taiwan a nation on map

Fines of about 150,000 yuan (u00a52.7 million) were imposed by the Beijing local authority against Seven & I, a spokesman for the Japanese retailer said.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2022

Japan needs a real economic security strategy

Japan should make products that it and the rest of the world need so that the nation is considered an integral partner.

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