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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 28, 2021

Germany wants its Russian pipeline. German allies aren’t sure it’s a good idea.

With thousands of Russian troops massing on the border with Ukraine and a threat of possible U.S. sanctions against the pipeline, the future of Nord Stream 2 remains anything but certain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2021

Taxing economic credibility

All political leaders feel pressure to try to circumvent the laws of economics or even the laws of arithmetic — as Biden has done by claiming that his Build Back Better bill costs nothing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2021

As omicron surges, officials shorten isolation times for many Americans

By shortening the recommended isolation period, federal health officials hope to minimize disruptions to the economy and everyday life.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2021

Moscow and NATO may hold talks on Ukraine tensions, Russian media reports

Having unnerved the West with a troop buildup near Ukraine, Russia unveiled last week a wish list of security proposals it wants to negotiate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2021

Expect more shipping chaos as omicron forces transport workers to quit

The transport industry is bracing for another roller coaster year of supply-chain disruptions as seafarers refuse to get back on ships and truck drivers quit over COVID-19 concerns.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2021

U.S.-Russia alliance in space shaken by events on planet Earth

For decades, the space station has been a symbol of diplomatic triumph between the U.S. and Russian space agencies, NASA and Roscosmos, and the two countries.
Japan Times
Dec 28, 2021

Kotozna’s CES Exhibit to Showcase Concierge Platforms that Let Speakers of 109 Different Languages Talk with Each Other in Their Native Tongues

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 27, 2021) – At CES® 2022 (Jan. 5-8) and ShowStoppers® (Jan. 5), Kotozna, Inc., a Tokyo-based communication tech startup, will demonstrate its digital concierge platforms for the travel and lodging industries that enable speakers of 109 different languages to talk with one another...
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 28, 2021

Ralf Rangnick annoyed by passive Manchester United display

Newcastle missed a number of good chances and only a majestic performance by goalkeeper David De Gea spared Rangnick his first defeat as Manchester United's boss.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 28, 2021

Daiwa prepares to boost base pay by 3% or more for first raise in four years

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called on firms to agree raises exceeding 3% at Japan's annual labor-management wage negotiations in the spring.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 28, 2021

Kim Jong Un joins meeting to chart nuclear strategy toward U.S.

North Korea's ruling party is expected to discuss how to respond to the Biden administration's invitation to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Dec 28, 2021

Ahead of a permanent return, Fukushima evacuees spend first night in homes since 2011 disaster

The village of Katsurao remains part of an exclusion zone due to high levels of radiation emitted during the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2021

Iran seeks to cool tensions in Iraq

Iran is intervening in Iraq to quell destabilizing internal unrest stirred up by Iranian-backed militias as Tehran seeks to preserve its deep influence in the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Dec 28, 2021

Hiroshima groups press for ordinance banning hate speech

Some experts are cautious about the legal restrictions because of potential conflict with the right to freedom of expression as stipulated in the Constitution.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 28, 2021

Images of 2021: 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics

While public opposition, media scandals and a new coronavirus variant obstructed the the road to the 2020 Tokyo Games, the nation rose to the occasion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 28, 2021

How Japan should approach military tech competition

It is vital for the nation to grasp the trends in national security and game-changing military technologies that are at the core of economic security.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Dec 28, 2021

The alchemy of angst

How can we decrease the amount of information we deal with on a daily basis, but increase our knowledge and ultimately our wisdom?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2021

Tardy COVID-19 vaccine makers under fire for trials in developing nations

Vaccine developers at the testing phase now are seeking developing countries where vaccination rates remain low and the virus is still active.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2021

Japan joins coordinated oil sales with tiny initial offering

A government tender offered Oman crude from the strategic reserves in Shibushi for delivery between March and June.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2021

Harvard’s conservatives shouldn't have to hide behind pseudonyms

Fearing the wrath of cancel culture, conservative writers at Harvard are reluctant put their names on student publications.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2021

Australia puts website accused of fake journalists on register for payment by Facebook and Google

Until recently, the News Cop site credited reporters with accompanying pictures that appear to have been faked, according to two experts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2021

Australia records first omicron death, but authorities stick to reopening plan

The reported death concerns a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 27, 2021

Xenophobia spills into Japan’s COVID-era debate on immigration

Recent events raise concerns that the country is souring on immigration as it enters a third year of border closures and economic upheaval.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2021

U.S. holiday flight cuts top 2,800 on crew shortages

Flight cancellations exceeded 2,800 for the Christmas weekend, disrupting travel on one of the busiest periods of the year as the omicron-fueled COVID-19 wave triggered aircrew shortages.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of an indiscriminate fatal attack on a street of Tokyo's Akihabara area on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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