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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2021

Chinese province targets journalists and foreign students with planned new surveillance system

While it is unclear if the surveillance system is currently operating, security officials in China plan to use it to track 'suspicious people.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2021

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey steps down from CEO role

Dorsey's exit marks a significant shift at the company, which has navigated years of pressure from investors who thought it did not make enough money and criticism from Washington.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 30, 2021

FIFA to trial semi-automated offside technology at Arab Cup

The technology is based on limb tracking and provides the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) with information before the on-field official takes a final call.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 30, 2021

Tiger Woods hopes to return to golf, won’t be full-time

The 14-time major champion has not played since the Feb. 23 crash in Southern California, which he said left him wondering if he'd need the leg amputated.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2021

Singapore’s long-awaited reopening fell flat even before omicron

It's not just the expense of travel during a pandemic but the uncertainty that's putting people off.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Nov 30, 2021

Endo Manufacturing forges ahead in Japan’s golf world and beyond

Masaki Sukegawa has been crafting golf clubs for more than 18 years in his workshop at Endo Manufacturing Co. It’s his job to turn lumps of metal into master models for clubheads used by some of the world’s top professional golfers, as well as weekend duffers. 
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Nov 30, 2021

Traditional metalworking center stays on the cutting edge

Tsubame-Sanjo, which is centered on the cities of Tsubame and Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, is a fertile, rice-producing region on the Sea of Japan coast. But the area is also well known as a metalworking powerhouse that has carried on for over 400 years since the Edo Period (1603 to 1868).
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 30, 2021

Japan factory production edges up as Asia’s supply snags ease

October's production gain came as parts shortages from Asia began to ease and car output increased for the first time in four months, a ministry official said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2021

Europe's gas firms prime pipelines for hydrogen highway

Natural gas companies believe that the global shift away from fossil fuels does not necessarily mean the infrastructure already in place needs to be scrapped.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2021

Japan to bar all new foreign visitors as omicron fears grow

The measures close the border to business travelers, foreign students and foreign interns starting Tuesday but it does not affect re-entry for Japanese nationals and foreign residents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2021

Economists wargame how omicron variant will impact global recovery

The new COVID-19 variant has dealt a blow to optimistic hopes of a global economic recovery, but what comes next will be dictated by scientific research.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Nov 29, 2021

Yamaguchi city of Ube ratifies rights for LGBTQ couples

Experts claim that companies in rural areas must create a welcoming environment for sexual minorities in order to attract new hires.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Nov 29, 2021

As COVID infections fall, Aizuwakamatsu welcomes more late-autumn school trips

Forty-five schools plan to send their students for school trips to the city in December, a period when few schools normally plan trips, the tourism bureau said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Regional Voices: Chubu
Nov 29, 2021

Indoor slope in Gifu to close down as popularity of winter sports declines

Snova Hashima has seen a significant drop in the number of skiers and snowboarders since it opened following in 1998 at the time of the Nagano Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2021

Deep underground, a Chinese miner discovered poetry in the toil

More than three decades after scribbling his first poem as a teenager in the mountains of northern China, Chen Nianxi is living a literary dream.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Nov 29, 2021

On shaky ground: Is Tokyo prepared for the ‘Big One’?

A powerful earthquake that shook the capital in October has fueled fresh fears of an impending temblor that could devastate the world's largest city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2021

'Like the Stasi': Online volunteers in India silence critical voices

The suspension of dozens of social media accounts deemed to be critical of the government came shortly after the launch of a cybercrime volunteers program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2021

Taiwan and Europe must defend democracy together, Tsai Ing-wen says

Taiwan and Europe must work together to defend against authoritarianism and disinformation, President Tsai Ing-wen told visiting lawmakers from the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 29, 2021

World scrambles to gauge omicron threat after reports symptoms ‘mild’

Health experts in South Africa, where the new variant was first detected, said it appeared to cause only mild symptoms, but others warned that more data is needed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2021

Nissan unveils ¥2 trillion long-term electric vehicle strategy

Nissan, on track to return to annual profit for the first time in three years, is seeking to use know-how it amassed as an early entrant into the EV market as a foundation for growth.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Japan Series
Nov 29, 2021

Yoshinobu Yamamoto shows the Buffaloes' potential

Yamamoto's Game 6 will be remembered as one of the most stirring performances in defeat in the Japan Series.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2021

COVID-19 has changed socialized medicine in Britain forever

How did the U.K. make it through the past 20 months of COVID-19? The private sector's role in delivering publicly funded care needs to be acknowledged.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2021

Even in tech hub Shenzhen, China's property market succumbs to chills

The lack of turnover in the property market and the fallout on the city's real estate brokers stems in part from policy efforts by local authorities to make apartment prices more affordable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2021

Japan labor boss finds widespread resistance to female leaders

Tomoko Yoshino is considering ways to provide practical training for women in presentation and persuasion skills to help them advance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2021

Indian farmers pressure Modi for more after forcing his retreat

The administration has previously said it will find it difficult to adopt a minimum support price for farm crops as it involves huge budgetary expenditure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 29, 2021

Will the vaccines stop omicron? Scientists are racing to find out.

A “Frankenstein mix” of mutations raises concerns, but the variant may remain vulnerable to current vaccines. If not, revisions will be necessary.

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