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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2022

Russia has unleashed a new age of nuclear proliferation

Even if Vladimir Putin is bluffing on using nuclear weapons, his threat is more frightening than anything since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Mar 6, 2022

China’s ambitious growth target puts focus back on fiscal plans

Economists said the country's 5.5% target implies Beijing will increase infrastructure spending, cut interest rates further and do more to stabilize housing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants 2021
Mar 6, 2022

Etat d'esprit: A modern take on Okinawan cuisine

Drawing on his French training but inspired by local tradition, Yasuhiro Tomari has developed a uniquely creative approach to fine dining at Etat d'esprit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2022

A deal with a Putin ally leaves automaker Renault trapped in Russia

The French company has lost nearly 30% of its market value in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and ensuing economic sanctions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 5, 2022

The murky metaphors of 'Drive My Car' are a good way to venture into reading Japanese

Metaphors and similes are an important part of any language, but they're also a huge part of “Drive My Car.” Here's a look at how to break them down in Japanese.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 4, 2022

How Germany’s historic shift on military spending could affect Japan’s defense plans

Berlin's about-face on its modest defense budget, which immediately followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has already begun to re-energize the issue of spending in Tokyo.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2022

Putin's propaganda machine undercut by social media blackout

In the five years since Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, Facebook and Twitter have built systems to ensure they wouldn't be blindsided the next time.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 4, 2022

Chelsea's N'Golo Kante urges teammates to maintain focus amid upheaval

'Playing football is the best for us, for the club and for the fans ... it's the only thing that we control and we want to do that.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2022

Washington’s newest worry: The dangers of cornering Putin

Putin's reaction to the initial wave of sanctions has provoked a range of concerns that one senior official called the 'Cornered Putin Problem.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2022

Japan's rigid COVID-19 border controls hurt foreign students, but also the country’s future

Japan's closed borders over the past two years have created difficult obstacles and deflected students to other countries, including South Korea.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2022

Biden demonstrates true leadership in the Ukraine crisis

The West, and the world, has united to oppose the invasion of Ukraine. While many leaders deserve credit for helping to forge this coalition, Biden deserves a good deal of the credit.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 4, 2022

Hundreds of students are stranded at a university in Ukraine

Medical students at a university in Sumy, Ukraine, saw their school become a war zone overnight. They have no way to travel home and are stranded near the fighting.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 4, 2022

‘There will be a battle’: A family prepares for war in Kyiv

As the war in Ukraine moves closer to the capital, some families are facing a difficult choice: Stay home or take up arms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2022

COVID deaths among Hong Kong’s young children alarm parents

Children have had less exposure to coronaviruses — including those that cause the common cold — due to school closures, and their immune systems may be less equipped to fight an infection.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2022

Japanese food continues to gain popularity overseas

“There’s just so much cooking going on in the Japanese home that could be part of people’s lives, and what they’re looking for — the health benefits, the clean taste,” said famed New York French fusion chef David Bouley during a recent interview with The Japan Times. One of the first non-Japanese...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2022

Russia-Ukraine conflict highlights wheat supply vulnerability

There are concerns the crisis may prevent farmers in Russia and Ukraine from planting grain crops this spring, putting further strain on global supplies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2022

How the coronavirus steals our sense of smell

As well as explaining the abrupt loss of smell that has become a well-known hallmark of COVID-19, new research could shed new light on conditions like 'brain fog.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2022

Five ways to look at Biden’s State of the Union speech

Biden's first formal State of the Union checked off all the required boxes. It was fine, most of it wasn't memorable and It will neither help him nor hurt him politically.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 3, 2022

Yoon Seok-youl gets a boost as conservatives unite in South Korean election

Polls have offered varying assessments of who is leading the contest, but one prominent poll has Yoon favored by 46.3% of respondents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 3, 2022

War in Ukraine raises specter of Russia's first external-debt default

Foreign investors are effectively stuck with holdings of ruble bonds after the central bank halted coupon payments and the settlement system stopped accepting Russian assets.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 3, 2022

Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea as UK officials continue to call for sanctions

The Russian businessman promised to donate money from the sale to help victims of the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2022

Ukraine's tech diaspora races to mobilize Silicon Valley in war with Russia

Ukrainians working at Western tech companies are banding together to help their besieged homeland and are calling on firms to do more to counter Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2022

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny calls Putin insane and urges anti-war protests

Navalny called for protests across the country and abroad to signal that not all Russians support the war and show solidarity with the thousands detained in anti-war protests in Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2022

Afghans face starvation as economic crisis worsens and Taliban struggles

Millions are jobless and facing starvation, a problem compounded by the difficulty of supplying humanitarian aid due to sanctions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022

The solution to the Ukraine crisis lies in Asia

Sanctions and embargoes from the West against Russia over the Ukraine invasion will count for nothing if they are offset by business as usual in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 2, 2022

U.S. stands firm behind commitment to Taiwan, delegation says

Taiwan's government is juggling competing high-profile visits from the U.S. in a busy week of diplomacy as former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2022

Unity in a foreign policy crisis, but questions still to be answered

U.S. President Joe Biden emphasized allies' resolve in his State of the Union address, but acknowledged Russia may not be deterred from further efforts to reconstitute the Soviet bloc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2022

Vaccine protection against moderate illness waned among adolescents, new CDC data suggests

The vaccine does protect against severe illness, and booster shots increase the protection.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2022

The new global Cold War clouds India’s tightrope walk

India's solo struggle to rein in an expansionist China in the icy Himalayan region has helped influence its measured response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China’s unbeatable new production model export
China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient production model powered by automation, AI and state-guided industrial optimization.
Trump: The $550 billion pledged by Japan is 'our money'
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. He told CNBC that investment pledges are like signing bonuses.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Japan swelters as previous heat record melts
A worker tries to cool down a street in central Tokyo Tuesday as wide swaths of the Kanto region sweltered under intense heat. In Gunma Prefecture, the temperature rose 41.8 degrees Celsius, the highest ever recorded in Japan.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.

Podcast

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

Longform

A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped
By Elizabeth Beattie

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