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Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 17, 2022

Abuse of over-the-counter drugs surges among young people in Japan

As more people turn to addictive medications readily available at drugstores to ease their mental suffering, experts are sounding the alarm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2022

The fate of U.K.'s Boris Johnson now hinges on three factors

The U.K. prime minister is accused of whooping it up in a garden party at his No. 10 Downing St. office while the rest of the country was locked down.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 17, 2022

What you need to know about the omicron surge in Japan

The number of new COVID-19 cases is rising and while you're not as likely to be hospitalized, it doesn't hurt to be prepared.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 16, 2022

Kishida gears up for test of his mettle in parliament ahead of key election

Success for the prime minister depends on how well he oversees the passage of a record-breaking fiscal 2022 budget — all while tackling COVID-19 and fending off opposition challenges.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 16, 2022

The decades of discoveries before the ‘miraculous’ sprint to a vaccine

The breakthroughs behind the vaccines unfolded over decades, little by little, as scientists across the world pursued research in disparate areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2022

Artists put brush to ink at calligraphy show

The Dokuritsu Shojindan Foundation is holding its annual sho (Japanese calligraphy) exhibition, the 70th Dokuritsu Sho Exhibition, in the National Art Center, Tokyo in Minato Ward this month to celebrate the new year. The spacious venue is filled with thousands of expressive works consisting of stark...
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 15, 2022

Russia detains REvil ransomware hackers at request of U.S. 

The Biden administration praised the Kremlin for detaining members of the notorious REvil ransomware gang at the request of the U.S. in a sweeping operation across Russia.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 15, 2022

‘The Mating Game’: NHK's 8K nature series reveals all

The national broadcaster's 5-episode natural history series, which follows the courting rituals of 80 species in 22 different countries, is the first of its kind to be shot entirely in 8K.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2022

Cyberattack hits Ukraine government sites amid Russia tensions

All of the websites that went down had some of their content replaced for a time by messages in Russian, Polish and Ukrainian that made references to 'historic lands.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2022

North Korea launches two apparent ballistic missiles

The short-range launches came hours after Pyongyang vowed a “stronger and certain reaction” to U.S. sanctions over a recent spate of provocations.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 14, 2022

Australia cancels Novak Djokovic's visa again ahead of Australian Open

The Australian government says Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, may pose a risk to the community.
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
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
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 12, 2022

SOFA exempts U.S. forces from Japan’s laws, as it does its COVID safety measures

Beyond the issues associated with the U.S. military's lax COVID-19 containment measures, SOFA has a long history of incidents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2022

As costs soar, some Japanese companies do the unthinkable: raise prices

More Japanese firms are opting for price increases, led by market leaders often with speciality products, as commodities and transport costs soar due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2022

World’s worst-performing bank lent billions to China Evergrande

Battered by mounting losses on loans to developers including China Evergrande Group, China Minsheng Banking Corp. saw their stocks tumble 31% in the 12 months through last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2022

Amazon is focus of push to curb ‘rank-and-yank’ worker ratings

A proposed law in the e-commerce giant's home state of Washington could make it harder for companies to terminate workers without explaining why.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 11, 2022

Investing titans can no longer ignore Malaysia’s labor abuses

Concerns over labor abuse in Malaysia, long present in the Southeast Asian country, have escalated in the past three months.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Jan 10, 2022

Pandemic fatigue makes the case for boosters a harder sell

Disease experts say that rapidly shifting public health messaging in the face of a quickly mutating virus has bred confusion and mistrust over the benefit of boosters.
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2022

Despite COVID-19 impact, Coming of Age Day ceremonies go ahead in Japan

While many coming-of-age ceremonies were canceled or hosted online, tens of thousands of young men and women gathered in Yokohama to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime occasion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2022

China venture funding hits record $131 billion despite crackdown

Entrepreneurs and venture firms have turned away from softer internet businesses and toward hard-core technologies like semiconductors, robotics and enterprise software.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022

Baby lost in chaos of Afghanistan airlift found and returned to family after long ordeal

Sohail Ahmadi was just just 2 months old when he went missing as thousands of people rushed the Kabul airport as the country fell to the Taliban.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 9, 2022

Mike Faist tries to keep his cool as Riff in ‘West Side Story’

The actor, a star of Broadway musicals like “Dear Evan Hansen,” talks about playing the leader of the Jets in Steven Spielberg's remake.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 9, 2022

The lines blur at Hakone’s Bar Hotel

The Bar Hotel Hakone Kazan can be viewed as a bar-themed hotel or a hotel-themed bar. Staying there is a luxurious experience either way.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022

In Kazakhstan’s street battles, signs of elites fighting each other

The reasons for the bloody crisis in Central Asia remain murky, but experts say popular discontent could mask an old-fashioned power struggle within the ruling faction.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 8, 2022

Sidney Poitier, who paved the way for Black actors in film, dies at 94

Poitier, who established himself as Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, died Thursday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2022

China fines Seven & I Holdings for calling Taiwan a nation on map

Fines of about 150,000 yuan (u00a52.7 million) were imposed by the Beijing local authority against Seven & I, a spokesman for the Japanese retailer said.
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.

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

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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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