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BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2022

With flights sharply reduced, COVID-19 absolutism isolates China from global travel

Flights between China and key destinations like Europe, Japan and North America are even lower now than they were a year ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2022

North Korea vows ‘stronger’ action in response to U.S. sanctions over tests

North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that the pursuit of an advanced hypersonic missiles system is the country's 'legitimate right,” and accused the U.S. of using 'gangster-like” logic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 14, 2022

Xi reshapes China property market, paving way for state dominance

While the endgame is still unclear, China watchers predict that the days of blistering home-price gains and debt-fueled building sprees by billionaire property tycoons are set to fade.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2022

U.K.'s Prince Andrew stripped of royal and military links

A statement from Buckingham Palace said the move had been given Queen Elizabeth's approval.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2022

Russia, at an impasse with the West, warns it is ready to abandon diplomacy

Hopes faded that negotiators could forge a path toward resolving the security crisis surrounding Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jan 14, 2022

The Tokyo Bar Association needs our help to understand racial profiling in Japan

The Tokyo Bar Association has put together a multilingual questionnaire to try and find answers on how suspected racial profiling affects the non-Japanese community.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 13, 2022

Climate fund aims to help Indigenous people protect world's forests

A global fund aims to boost climate financing to Indigenous communities to help them secure land rights and preserve forested areas.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 13, 2022

Chiefs ready to make run at third straight Super Bowl appearance

The Chiefs' loss in last season's Super Bowl remains a source of motivation for the defending AFC champions, but it's also a loss the team is content to leave in the past.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2022

Nepal's blossoming honey industry crushed by wild weather

Heavy rain, prolonged drought and harsher winters have thrown off flowering seasons and destroyed blossoms across Nepal over the past decade, decimating the country's honey supply.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2022

India's new COVID-19 rules aim to free up resources but come with risks

The moves will offer breathing space for health care facilities as they battle a thirty-threefold surge in infections over the past month.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2022

Beijing becomes a rising star in the global rule-maker race

In the coming decades, the biggest global threat will not be China the rule-breaker, but China the rule-maker.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 13, 2022

EU shipping plan leaves millions of tons of carbon dioxide unregulated, study says

With about 90% of world trade transported by sea, global shipping accounts for nearly 3% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 13, 2022

China steps up construction along disputed Bhutan border, satellite images show

Construction-related activity in some of the locations along Bhutan's western border has been underway since early 2020, with China initially building tracks and clearing out areas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2022

Boris Johnson buys time with apology but his party's rage simmers

Opposition politicians have repeatedly called on him to resign, but Tory benches were subdued, a sign that the PM's apology was just enough to stem the mutinous mood among his MPs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2022

China’s true unemployment pain masked by official numbers

The surveyed urban unemployment rate of 5% is expected to stay unchanged when the government publishes December data, but economists say the labor market is under considerable strain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2022

Indonesia relaxes export ban to allow 37 coal vessels to depart

The export ban, implemented on Jan. 1 amid concerns of power shortages, has been eased for miners that have met a requirement to sell a portion of their output for local power generation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 13, 2022

Why you should still try to avoid catching omicron

Despite omicron's reputation as a milder version of the coronavirus, it's not time to be complacent about the fast-spreading variant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2022

NATO and Russia talk frankly, but past one another for now

NATO leaders rejected outright Russian demands that the alliance stop enlargement, pull back its forces from member states bordering Russia and guarantee that Ukraine will never join.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 13, 2022

‘Noise’: A web of lies imbued with style and pathos

Ryuichi Hiroki's film about three men entangled in a web of lies and murder to protect their island community is a departure from the director's usual romantic dramas and indie fare.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE RECIPE BOX
Jan 13, 2022

Recipe: Okinawan-style sweet potato hash browns

Add an unusual splash of color to your breakfast with these hash browns made from purple sweet potatoes.
Japan Times
Qatar report 2022
Jan 13, 2022

A driving force in Qatar and the region

Bridges: How is QNB supporting Qatar’s development?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2022

Djokovic’s rare victory against Australia’s COVID-19 tyranny

The 'breathtaking arrogance' of the government's continued stance on Djokovic's COVID-19-detention is more frightening than the original blunder.
Rescue workers clear debris from a destroyed floor of a military academy struck by Russian missiles in Poltava, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2024

Russian missiles kill 50 in strike on Ukrainian military institute

Russia has been intensifying its missile and drone attacks on Ukraine 2½ years into the full-scale war.

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