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Japan Times
TENNIS
Dec 8, 2021

Serena Williams out of Australian Open; Novak Djokovic on entry list

Williams, who won the last of her seven Australian Open titles in 2017, had an injury-disrupted season and has not played since she limped out of her first-round match at Wimbledon in June.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2021

China-ASEAN ties: Are they stronger and healthier?

Beijing's practice of divisionism fractures ASEAN unity, making it difficult for its members to form a common approach to China's territorial claims.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2021

In parliamentary debut, new CDP leader tries policy-focused approach

Conscious of criticisms that the CDP only attacks the LDP, Kenta Izumi followed up on his questions to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with policy proposals of his own.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2021

Japan faces delicate balance over Beijing Olympics boycott

Tokyo is reportedly looking to send lower-level officials to the Winter Olympics, a far cry from when then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traveled to the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2021

Shadow payment system on the rise among European people-smugglers

The 'hawala' system relies on a trusted network of transfer agents to make payments outside the banking system and operates largely without leaving a paper trail.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2021

How the U.S. can rein in skyrocketing drug prices

Negotiated prices on many medications would introduce an important new form of cost control in uncompetitive corners of the U.S. prescription-drug market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 8, 2021

Chinese sighting of 'cube' on moon rouses speculation and inspires memes

The Yutu-2 caught an image of what seems like a large cubic object on the horizon about 80 meters from its location.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2021

Confronting the Kremlin’s new hybrid war in Europe

Russia's recent aggressive moves have multiple objectives. But the Kremlin's greatest desire is to divide and weaken the European Union.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2021

Why any war with Taiwan is a huge gamble for China’s Xi

For all the talk of Chinese President Xi Jinping's desire to invade Taiwan, one counterpoint is often overlooked: The domestic risks involved in starting a potentially devastating war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2021

Amazon says it resolved network device issue that caused outage

Beginning around 10 a.m. Eastern time, the outage affected the online presence of various industries, as well as Amazon's own services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2021

SoftBank wants to sell a quarter of the $2.2 billion WeWork rescue debt

WeWork continues to be unprofitable, and the omicron variant of the coronavirus could further weigh on its future results.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2021

Evergrande restructuring puts onus on China's Xi to limit contagion

For now, Chinese authorities plan to ring-fence Evergrande and limit contagion rather than orchestrate a rescue as they've done during past crises.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2021

South Korea 'webtoon' firms leverage low-cost stories with potential huge upside

The 'webtoon' format, which began in Korea two decades ago, has shaken up content creation for the movie industry around the globe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2021

New video embarrasses Boris Johnson on alleged illegal party

The episode casts further doubt over government integrity, while fueling a view that there is one rule for the government and another for the governed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2021

Japan's GDP shrank more than initial estimates during summer COVID-19 crisis

The deeper-than-expected contraction of 3.6% suggests the economy may have been weaker than first thought before the summer's state of emergency was lifted at the start of October.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 8, 2021

Before Biden’s democracy summit, China says: We’re also a democracy

Beijing argues that its system represents a distinctive form of democracy, one that has dealt better than the West with challenges like the pandemic.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 8, 2021

MLS boss calls Las Vegas the 'frontrunner' for expansion

The support the city has shown for expansion teams in other leagues is a big reason why MLS Commissioner Don Garber is optimistic about Sin City's prospects.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2021

Pfizer shot provides partial omicron shield, study finds

Researchers in South Africa found omicron reduces virus-blocking antibodies by 40-fold in people who have received two doses of the shot.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 8, 2021

Biden is left guessing over Putin’s ultimate aim against Ukraine

The video call between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin lasted about two hours. It will take months to figure out if the two sides managed to defuse the crisis over Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2021

Evergrande's debt deadline passes as Kaisa adds to China's property crisis

With $300 billion of liabilities, Evergrande is at the heart of a property crisis in China that has crushed almost a dozen smaller firms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Dec 7, 2021

Japan’s first escort of Australian frigate highlights deepening defense ties

The two nations are working toward a new bilateral defense pact and have recently conducted joint naval drills.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2021

Transgender people waiting years for gender health care as demand surges

Defenders of systems that require transgender people to wait claim it reduces later regrets, but many transgender advocates criticize it as 'gatekeeping.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2021

What it will take to make the world’s ships run on time

Part of the problem has to do with how we think of supply chains. They are not really chain-like in the sense of linear pathways. If they were, the problems would be easier to fix.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 7, 2021

'National interests' first: Japan weighs stance as U.S. plans Beijing Olympic boycott

Washington cited Beijing's human rights 'atrocities' in its planned diplomatic boycott, while Tokyo said its own 'national interests' would be key in determining whether to follow suit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 7, 2021

New COVID-19 pills offer hope as omicron looms

Two new antiviral pills are coming soon, and are expected to work against all versions of the virus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2021

Pentagon fields long-range radar in Alaska for missile threats

The radar is part of a U.S. missile defense system that can track intercontinental ballistic missiles as well as next generation threats such as hypersonic weapons, the Pentagon said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2021

Nomura Real Estate tries to attract EV drivers with new condo

With Japan's pledge to go carbon neutral by 2050, some developers hope housing developments like this become the norm.
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 a stabbing rampage on a street in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
‘Kokuho’ finds riveting drama on and off the kabuki stage
Lee Sang-il’s "Kokuho" stars Ryo Yoshizawa as an orphan from a yakuza clan who rises through the world of kabuki to become a star performer.
Junto Nakatani remains on collision course with Naoya Inoue after latest win
Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida to unify the WBC and IBF bantamweight titles at Ariake Coliseum on Sunday.
At a mountainside shrine, yuzu candy made by imperial decree
Descendents of the original "Gonin Byakushō" families are the only vendors allowed inside the gates of Kotohira Shrine, where they sell "kamiyoame," a golden-hued, yuzu-flavored candy meant for good fortune.
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.

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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