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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2021

In backing Fumio Kishida, LDP opts for 'stable realist'

Criticized as bland and indecisive following his loss in the September 2020 LDP presidential race, Kishida is seen as having grown tougher and more passionate this time round.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2021

Taro Kono faces intractable opposition — from his own party

Vicious infighting from the far-right of the LDP could destabilize the next administration, rendering even a popular prime minister practically a lame duck upon election.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 28, 2021

Global vaccine access body to revamp rules after giving U.K. more than Botswana

The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) has largely allocated doses among its members according to population size — regardless of their vaccination coverage.
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BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2021

Ties strained for Evergrande founder as poker pal he relied on reduces stake

Whenever trouble struck, Hui Ka Yan could count on the deep pockets of a small group of property billionaires who regularly played card games together — but not this time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2021

U.S. murders soar nearly 30% in 2020, FBI reports

Homicides from guns are on the rise — 76% in 2020 versus 73% in 2019 — with Houston seeing a 55% jump in gun deaths.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2021

Was Angela Merkel really Germany's climate chancellor?

Merkel implicitly admitted that her green policies had moved too slowly in one of her last news conferences, after floods in July killed more than 180 people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 27, 2021

Fukushima towns see hope in resumption of suspended train services

The opening of the Tadami Line 50 years ago was crucial to improving the region's connectivity, and now residents hope resumed operations will help draw in tourists.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2021

Myanmar airstrikes reported as internet is cut in more areas

Myanmar's military launched airstrikes over the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, as phone lines and the internet were also severed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2021

Fuel shortages pile pressure on Johnson as U.K. crisis escalates

The food and fuel shortages add to a pile of daunting challenges for Johnson, with Britons facing a surge in electricity and gas prices.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 27, 2021

You can’t feign ignorance in a connected world

The lecture circuit is its own thing, but you can give your own presentations on a smaller scale and still have an impact.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2021

Japan, the U.S. and Vietnam not on same page with China

Vietnam knows that the unpredictable giant China will always be there, while the U.S. and its allies' presence in the region is fickle and fleeting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 26, 2021

World’s top shale oil field is still spewing methane by the ton

Methane is the chief component of natural gas and packs more than 80 times the planet-warming power of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.
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BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2021

Deserted factories in Nanjing show how China's electric car boom went too far

Scores of firms have fallen by the wayside, unable to raise the crazy amounts of capital needed to make automobiles at scale.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 26, 2021

How to recognize and manage seasonal affective disorder

For some, the shift from summer to winter can herald a period of depression known as seasonal affective disorder. Be sure to take proactive steps to maintain your mental health.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2021

More ‘murder hornets’ are on the loose in Washington state

Entomologists in Washington state have so far this year destroyed two nests of the Asian giant hornet — nicknamed the "murder hornet” — and are planning to eradicate another nest as they try to wipe out the insects, an invasive species that can massacre honeybees and that first appeared in the...
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BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2021

Energy crisis puts world’s most ambitious climate plan to test

The energy crisis is threatening double-digit increases in consumer electricity bills months before the winter freeze and it's also squeezing industrial giants.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2021

China frees two Canadians after Huawei CFO flies home, ending crisis

The seemingly intractable impasse came to a rapid resolution Friday after Huawei's Meng Wanzhou struck a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. authorities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2021

U.S. nearing methane crackdown dreaded by industry

Curbing methane — blamed by scientists for more than a quarter of the global warming happening today — has acquired new urgency.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 25, 2021

All aboard the media hype for this Kamakura taco bar

Remember when a man on a bicycle photobombed a group of tetsu-ota (“train geeks”) attempting to take a picture of the Enoden? Turns out he owns a taco bar, and now business is booming.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2021

Taiwan’s trade deal application sets up showdown with China

Taiwan's request to join the TPP, coming just days after China's submitted its own bid, presents the member nations with a difficult choice: admit one, both or neither?
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2021

AUKUS shakes up the region, but that is a good thing

Chinese concerns are valid. AUKUS seeks to better deter, and if need be, defend against revisionist powers in this region. If that describes Chinese behavior, then it is a target.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2021

North Korea says call to declare end of Korean War is premature

The two Koreas are still technically at war after their 1950-1953 conflict ended in a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2021

China and U.S. climate pledges give COP26 boost but 'extra mile' sought

Analysts say the two superpowers' funding pledges to tackle planetary warming lacked detail and far more is needed to meet global goals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2021

India's palm oil campaign faces hurdles with water and seedlings scarce

Record prices for palm, and new government promises of payouts even if prices slump, are driving an effort to boost output in India.

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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