Search - about-us

 
 
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 30, 2021

The winners and losers in Japan's stock market, and what to watch in 2022

Shipping stocks topped advancers on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average this year, and commodities-related groups were among the best performers on the Topix.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 30, 2021

‘Red Post on Escher Street’: Sion Sono lets loose in his ode to cinema

Shot in eight days with students from his acting workshop, Sion Sono's madcap drama features standout performances by up-and-coming actors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 30, 2021

Start the new year off with a new furry friend

Take a look at the cats and dogs who are searching for a new home in 2022.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Dec 30, 2021

Preventing a U.S.-China nuclear arms race

Tensions in Asia are rising as Beijing rapidly expands its nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Dec 30, 2021

Post-peak China at a crossroads

Has Beijing squandered the years of power China had gained because of its economic strength and the problems faced by Western countries since the 2008 global financial crisis?
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 29, 2021

So long, 2021

We hear from listeners about their high points in 2021.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2021

How errors and inaction sent a deadly COVID-19 variant around the world

In early 2021, flare-ups in the Indian city of Amravati were the first visible warning that the delta variant was spreading. A devastating path across the world would soon follow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2021

America would be much happier with more people

Even measured in absolute terms, the increase in U.S. population growth was smaller than during the confluence of World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2021

Run, rebuild, repeat as floods eat away at India's indigenous land

With limited work options and a high dependence on natural resources, the Mising — like other indigenous communities around the world — often suffer the worst of the extreme weather.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2021

China vs. the British Commonwealth

A current situation within the Commonwealth can be summed up in four words, 'the Chinese have arrived,' to which the critic can add four more words, 'the British have departed.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2021

A diplomatic way out in Ukraine

With Russia facing such clear downsides if it opts for war, diplomacy has a reasonable chance of averting conflict.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2021

Mercedes-Benz swept up in latest China internet furor over model’s eyes

The episode, reported by a state media outlet, has made the maker of luxury cars the latest target of consumer nationalism in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2021

Mexico to stop exporting crude in 2023 in self-sufficiency quest

The ambitious endeavor is part of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's drive to expand homegrown production of gasoline and diesel that Mexico now mostly buys from U.S. refiners.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2021

'Just want to go home': Chinese city of Xian in COVID-19 lockdown for seventh day

While the outbreak is small compared to many other places, officials have imposed tough curbs on travel within and leaving the city, in line with Beijing's 'COVID-zero' strategy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2021

Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy media outlet and arrest six

The raid raises more concerns about freedom of speech in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with the promise that rights would be protected.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2021

How world leaders can make their COP26 deforestation pledge a reality

More than 100 leaders agreed to halt and reverse harm to forests and land by 2030, but similar zero-deforestation pledges had repeatedly been made and not met.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2021

'Erasing history': Russia closes top rights group, capping year of crackdowns

The closure of Memorial International bookmarks a year in which Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's top critic, was jailed, his movement banned and many of his allies forced to flee.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 29, 2021

John Madden, exuberant face and voice of the NFL, dies at 85

In his irrepressible way, and with his distinctive voice, Madden left an imprint on the sport on par with titans like George Halas, Paul Brown and his coaching idol, Vince Lombardi.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Dec 29, 2021

Shinzo Abe’s legacy reshapes the Asia-Pacific

The regional trade pact and security agreement that were championed by Japan's former prime minister look likely to shape Asia's geopolitical landscape for a long time to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2021

Developing young minds for a better future

Many academics and policy pros travel in their own bubbles, seeing only counterparts or folks who pay for the privilege. Who they don't mix with are tomorrow's future leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 28, 2021

Omicron offers stark reminder of human cost of Japan's border controls

The administration's response to the new variant has again shone a light on the impact of tough countermeasures, and demonstrated the country's continued willingness to pay the price.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2021

As miners chase clean-energy minerals, tribes fear a repeat of the past

Mining interests have long overrun tribal rights in Idaho, and as the Biden administration seeks to start a revolution in renewable energy, tribes worry about the past being repeated.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2021

Japan narrows definition of in-flight omicron close contacts

A policy that had considered all fellow passengers as close contacts was threatening to overwhelm quarantine facilities.
The student lounge in the senior school building at the GEMS World Academy in Dubai
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2024

Expats paying $33,000 school fees fuel rise of Dubai billionaire

Founded by Indian-born Sunny Varkey, GEMS Education caters to every price point, starting at as little as $3,900 a year.

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