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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2022

Kishida voices 'serious concern' over Russian nuclear threat in visit to Hiroshima with U.S. envoy

The prime minister and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel also reaffirmed that they would continue to work toward a world without nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2022

U.S. assesses up to 60% failure rate for some Russian missiles, officials say

The disclosure could help explain why Russia has failed to achieve what most could consider basic objectives since its invasion a month ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 26, 2022

‘Mlabri in the Woods’ offers a rare look at former hunter-gatherers

Director Yu Kaneko's documentary about an ethnic group living in the hills of Laos and northern Thailand began with an encounter with a Japanese linguist fluent in the Mlabri language.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2022

Microplastics found in blood for the first time, study says

Scientists found 17 out of the 22 healthy people they took samples from had quantifiable amounts of plastic particles in their blood.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2022

Amazon fired and disparaged him. Then he started a labor union.

Christian Smalls, an upstart labor leader hoping to unionize Amazon facilities in Staten Island, New York, has taken on an aggressive strategy against the e-commerce giant.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 25, 2022

Are your Japanese translations sounding robotic? Opt for the human touch.

Too many companies see machine translation as their ticket to being understood in foreign countries. It can be a costly move in the long-run.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2022

Myanmar 'special command' authorized lethal attacks on civilians, report finds

The investigation will add to global pressure on the military to halt its crackdown on opponents and the use of air strikes and shelling in civilian areas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

Zelenskyy’s virtual world tour proves a new weapon in Russia war

Badly out-gunned by Russia on land, in the air and at sea, the information war is the one arena in which Ukraine is clearly winning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

Madeleine Albright, first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84

A child of Czech refugees who fled from Nazi invaders and Communist oppressors, Albright flourished as a diplomat and the first woman to serve as secretary of state.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

On invasion milestone, Ukraine urges solidarity as Western leaders gather

In response the sanctions already imposed on Russia, President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to switch gas sales made to 'unfriendly' nations to rubles, alarming international markets.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 23, 2022

One month into war, a Ukrainian family reunites in Japan

Kanako Takahara explains Japan's efforts to help these refugees, and why the government here isn't calling them by that name.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

Can Japan become a multicultural country?

The demographic evolution of big-scale labor immigration that many Western countries went through after World War II, pivoting to multiculturalism, is now taking place in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2022

Disruption to rail routes due to war in Ukraine poses latest hitch for supply chains

Exporters and logistics firms transporting auto parts, cars, laptops and smartphones are now looking to avoid land routes that pass through Russia or the combat zone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2022

Tokyo prosecutors to indict SMBC Nikko for alleged market manipulation: report

The move against the unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., the country's No. 2 lender, will be a blow to one of Japan's biggest brokerages and its second-largest megabank.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2022

Ukraine is changing the world order, just not how Putin hoped

From Berlin to London and Baltic capitals like Tallinn, the metrics of defending Europe have been torn up.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2022

China searches for victims from plane crash with cause still unclear

About 600 soldiers, firefighters and police have been dispatched to the crash site, a patch of about 1 square kilometer in a location hemmed in by mountains on three sides.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2022

China Eastern crash could set back Boeing's China recovery and return of MAX

A 737 MAX built for a China Eastern subsidiary took off from Seattle bound for Boeing's completion plant in Zhoushan last week, in a sign the model's return to service in China was close.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022

Fatal nosedive by China Eastern jet baffles crash specialists

Few past incidents fit the extreme profile of the jet's descent Monday, in which it pointed steeply toward the ground before impact.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022

The smaller bombs that could turn Ukraine into a nuclear war zone

Fears are growing that if Vladimir Putin feels cornered, he might choose to detonate one of his smaller weapons — breaking the taboo set 76 years ago after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Mar 21, 2022

Okinawa firms raising productivity to give workers ‘earning power’

The prefecture's economy has grown significantly in the past 50 years, but it still lags behind the rest of the nation with low per-capita income and high child poverty rates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Mar 21, 2022

'Deipnophobia' — understanding the fear of dining with others

While many people feel they are missing out amid COVID-19 restrictions imposed on group dining, some feel relieved by the current situation.
JAPAN / Explainer
Mar 21, 2022

Japan is set to lower the legal age of adulthood. How will young people be affected?

From April, those age 18 and 19 in Japan will be legal adults and will be given more freedom in making life choices without parental consent — but not without criminal responsibilities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 20, 2022

Unlike Trump, Biden has stock market far down his priority list

There's no getting around the disparity between the styles of Joe Biden and Donald Trump when it comes to the intersection of markets and politics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Mar 19, 2022

Inside Russia’s 96-hour cliffhanger to sidestep bond default

A lull in processing a key coupon payment heaped global attention on a part of banking rarely in the spotlight: The staid back-office mechanisms that handle trillions of dollars daily.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2022

Why Vladimir Putin invokes Nazis to justify his invasion of Ukraine

The 'Nazi” slur's sudden emergence shows how Putin is trying to use stereotypes, distorted reality and his country's lingering World War II trauma to justify his invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
Mar 18, 2022

Go Circular! Vol.2 Plowing with Horses to Make Sustainable Sake

Tsunan sake brewery and Sanbarikisha Co., Ltd have agreed to embark on comprehensive collaboration in the beverage sustainability domain, with the aim of realizing a sustainable society.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Perspectives
Mar 18, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — a cautionary tale for Beijing?

With staunch Ukrainian resistance keeping Russian forces at bay in Europe, what lessons can China learn when weighing possible military options against Taiwan?
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

Podcast

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

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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