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Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2022

Finns don’t wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine — or anyone

Invoked by some as a solution to the Ukraine standoff, the term reminds many of a time when smaller nations were mere pawns in a game they didn't control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2022

Microsoft lays out new app store rules as it seeks approval of its Activision deal

Microsoft said it wouldn't require developers to use its payment system for in-app purchases, although that stipulation and a few others won't initially apply to the Xbox store.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2022

Canada protest starts to bite as Ford is forced to close engine plant

The blockade of the Ambassador Bridge between the U.S. and Canada by protesters angry over COVID-19 restrictions is in its third day, with no end in sight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 10, 2022

Western Digital and Kioxia say contamination at Japan plants hurt chip output

The two companies, whose partnership is one of the largest producers of flash memory, said they're working to get the plants back to normal operations as quickly as possible.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2022

Mikaela Shiffrin under same spotlight Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles faced at Tokyo Games

'It's been an OK couple of days but still tough because you feel like this moment is building and building and building and you feel a bit weighed down by it but I'm OK to feel that way.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 10, 2022

‘What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?’: Satoshi Miki’s inverted monster movie bites off more than it can chew

Satoshi Miki's disaster film about what happens after a monster attack sounds good on paper, but it's an almighty mess.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 10, 2022

‘Just Remembering’: Bittersweet romance rings true

Daigo Matsui's romantic drama seems to draw inspiration from a segment from 'Night on Earth,' the 1991 cult classic by Jim Jarmusch and starring Winona Ryder.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2022

America’s frackers are back, and they’re looking leaner

Oil production this month will rise to 8.54 million barrels a day — just 730,000 barrels below the record in November 2019.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 9, 2022

The rise and fall of Japan's ski industry

Japan Times contributor Francesco Basetti joins Deep Dive to discuss the rise and fall of the Japanese ski industry, and how resorts are faring with so few people able to enjoy them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Feb 9, 2022

Why Japan's wages aren't rising

Initially triggered by financial crises in the 1990s, economists today point to other factors affecting stagnant wage growth.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2022

Japan to send LNG to Europe amid Ukraine tensions

Following a request from the U.S., the government has said that it will offer surplus supplies to Europe.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2022

Japan's women's hockey team sets sights on podium ahead of quarterfinal clash

For Japan, advancing to the knockout tournament is nothing short of a historic achievement in just its fourth Olympic appearance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2022

COVID-19 submerges emerging markets

One reason to be skeptical of the rosy consensus on emerging markets is that COVID-19 has spurred accelerated automation in advanced economies, making them less attractive for manufacturers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2022

Is Britain really the world’s least racist country?

This new U.K. report on racism is different, as the reactions show. It was commissioned with a clear objective to 'change the narrative” and 'stop the sense of victimization.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 9, 2022

Chip-sector sentiment mixed as unpopular Nvidia deal to buy Arm from SoftBank collapses

While the industry is breathing a sigh of relief, the firms and their shareholders have been left with challenges the deal would have addressed.
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2022

Mitsuki Ono in the hunt after snowboard halfpipe qualifiers in Beijing

Mitsuki Ono led the way behind only American Chloe Kim, scoring 83.75 points in her second run which was four points short of Kim.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2022

Persuading markets the BOJ won't pivot is getting harder for its governor

Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda remains the last staunch dove at the world's biggest central banks outside of China as inflation gathers pace.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 9, 2022

How working from home will permanently change the way we travel

Remote work, which allows for the mixture of business and leisure, is changing the 'entire construct of travel' says Chris Lehane, global head of policy and communications for Airbnb Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2022

How blocking one bridge shut down a quarter of U.S.-Canada trade

The Ambassador Bridge carries about a quarter of the total goods going back and forth between the two countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2022

Top Hong Kong adviser ‘very optimistic’ city will reopen within year

With some of the world's strictest border controls, the Beijing-backed government is at risk of the city losing its edge as a financial hub.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 9, 2022

Europe calls for peace, but not at any price

More than a border dispute, the crisis poses the question of how European security will be assured for many years to come.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2022

How Olympians embraced mental health after Simone Biles showed the way

The American gymnast's public struggles gave other Olympians tacit permission to share their vulnerabilities. Some of them have.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 8, 2022

America's bitcoin miners have Georgia on their minds

Hundreds of thousands of mining machines worth billions of dollars are plugging into electrical grids across America, spawning an entirely new industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2022

Peter Thiel is now free to go all-in on far-right politics

For years, even as Facebook came under increasing scrutiny from Washington politicians and regulators, the controversial billionaire Peter Thiel kept his seat on the company's board.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2022

The contradictions of the authoritarian Olympic ceremony

Both Beijing and Moscow have sent a unified signal of dismissiveness and confidence to their domestic and international audiences and critics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2022

China goes for Olympic gold with its digital currency

China hoped to use the Games to showcase its financial innovations, cashless society and its ability to undermine the U.S. dollar's position as the global reserve currency.
A man makes his way along an earthquake-damaged street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in January. With last week's tremors in Kyushu and the nature of the Nankai Trough, some experts believe that the omens of a disaster can be seen.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2024

Japan is living in the shadow of the megaquake

People tend to view the quake threat in the abstract. It’s kind of like thinking about death — I know I’ll die someday, but I hope it won’t be today.
Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, says the sport has moved beyond Usain Bolt with a fresh crop of new stars.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 12, 2024

New athletes filling void left by Bolt, athletics chief Sebastian Coe says

Talk since Bolt's retirement has always been about who might step into his shoes, but Coe insisted the narrative wasn't just about one athlete alone to fill the void.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Bank of Japan to start unloading ETFs in surprise move that rattles market
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said it would take a century for the bank to sell all its ETFs at the pace proposed.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
JAL to punish president and 36 others over pilot drinking scandal
Japan Airlines Managing Executive Officer Yukio Nakagawa (center) and others apologize after one of the airline's pilots was found to have been drinking alcohol, during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4.
After seven decades, is it finally time for the LDP to split up?
Signage atop the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo. Japan’s ruling party faces a tough decision over its future as it searches for a new leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, reverse its waning popularity and reassure investors
World Athletics stars relish Tokyo atmosphere after COVID-hit Olympics
Organizers of the World Athletics Championships said over 500,000 tickets had been sold and that they are expecting to end the event in front of large crowds this weekend.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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