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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2022

They inhabited separate worlds in Taiwan. Decades later, they collided in a California church.

David Chou — armed with two guns, four Molotov cocktails and a deep-seated rage against Taiwanese people — opened fire inside the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Southern California.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 12, 2022

Director Werner Herzog finally finds his medium

The filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “Fitzcarraldo” makes a late-career foray into fiction with “The Twilight World,” a new book about a real-life Japanese intelligence officer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Jun 11, 2022

YouTuber PewDiePie's 'honeymoon phase' brings positive vibes to Japan content

The YouTuber's relocation heralds a shift toward content focused on newcomers enthusiastically exploring the country and living out their dreams after years of pandemic restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2022

Kishida outlines his vision for a more secure Indo-Pacific region

“I myself have a strong sense that Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” Kishida told the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue — a major international security summit.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

‘Dead cities’ become the flash point for the fierce war in the east

The Ukrainian military and government are now making no secret of the challenges they face in the east, 3u00bd months after Russia invaded.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

Trump is depicted as a would-be autocrat willing to hang onto power at all costs

Whether the Jan. 6 panel can change public views of the events of that day remains unclear, but many political strategists and analysts consider it unlikely.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

From Dhaka to Freetown, climate migration puts cities on alert

Climate change could prompt 216 million people to move within their countries by mid-century, including 86 million in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2022

Should the U.S. have a monarchy?

A U.S. monarchy is a terrible idea, but the very question says a lot about the current state of thinking on the American right.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2022

Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses

The surging costs of climate change-driven destruction have made vulnerable nations poorer by about one-fifth, 55 such countries said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 8, 2022

China fears wind is blowing COVID-19 virus in from North Korea

While there isn't any clear scientific evidence backing up the theory, the isolated nation's full-blown COVID-19 crisis is rousing suspicions of airborne transmission.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2022

Tokyo drops to fifth on list of world’s most expensive cities for expats

Japanese cities all fell down the ranks due to the yen's weakening, while Chinese cities rose on a stronger yuan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2022

Rich nations are ready to help Indonesia abandon coal, but is the country ready?

The fossil fuel generates about 60% of Indonesia's electricity, and has made fortunes for some of the nation's most powerful business elites.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2022

Three years out, the verdict is still out on ‘Peak Japan’

The real test is yet to come. In the most optimistic telling, Japan turns its liabilities — a declining population in particular — into assets.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2022

Five things to know about the LDP going into election

The LDP is enjoying a wide approval margin over the opposition, with nearly a 35-point lead over its nearest competitor, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2022

The (no longer) secret world of surf spots

Surfing has treated knowledge and waves, whether in San Diego or semirural Oregon, as things that are earned, not given — the way anglers hold dear the locations of secret fishing holes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2022

Proud Boys leader charged with sedition for role in U.S. Capitol attack

Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio and four associates are accused of plotting the attack in advance and encouraging Donald Trump supporters to prevent Congress from certifying his election defeat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 7, 2022

Biden’s trade plan to kickstart U.S. solar fails to win over industry

The president is facing challenges when it comes to supporting domestic manufacturers without alienating the companies that rely on low-cost imports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 7, 2022

Marxism makes a comeback in China’s crackdown on ‘disorderly capital’

Since the end of 2020, when China's Communist Party began vowing to rein in the 'disorderly expansion of capital,” a regulatory onslaught has swept through the economy and stock market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2022

Russia strikes Kyiv for first time in weeks as battle rages in east

Ukraine said the strike hit a rail car repair works, while Moscow said it had destroyed tanks sent by Eastern European countries to Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 5, 2022

‘No longer sure bets’: Tech giants are dropping bad news daily

A grim new reality is setting in across the tech landscape: A heady, decadeslong era of rapid sales gains, boundless jobs growth and ever-soaring stock prices is coming to an end.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
Jun 5, 2022

Against the elements, Kyushu wine beats the heat

Terroir has never been this balmy before, but that hasn't stopped the awards from finding this Kyushu winemaker.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2022

From the bones of victims, a doctor unearths the Philippine drug war’s true toll

Forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun is using her skills to show how other doctors falsely claimed some victims of the country's drug war had died natural deaths.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 4, 2022

Toshio Watanabe lifts the veil on the bureaucrats who developed Taiwan

Readers will get a clear understanding of what colonial administrators were trying to achieve, but are largely left in the dark as to what the local population thought.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2022

‘Not if but when’: More mass shootings add to weary nation’s grief

Some 20 shootings in which at least four people were hurt or killed have unfolded in a matter of nine days, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022

U.S. technology, a longtime tool for Russia, becomes a vulnerability

While the technology made by American and European companies has been turned against Ukraine, the situation has also given the U.S. and its allies a source of leverage against Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022

Biden says 'Enough!' on gun violence and urges Congress to act

The president called for a number of measures historically opposed by Republicans in Congress, including banning the sale of assault weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2022

China COVID victory claim undermined by arrests and sudden closures

Continued lockdowns for some Shanghai residents have resulted in conflicts with police, while a flash shutdown of a luxury shopping mall trapped shoppers and staff inside.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022

As war rages into its 100th day, Russia now controls a fifth of Ukraine

Though battered, depleted and repulsed from their initial drive to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Russian troops have used their superior artillery power to make new gains.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 2, 2022

Australia’s history-making top diplomat faces down rising China

Soon after being sworn in, Penny Wong rushed to Fiji to counter a rare trip to nearby Pacific island countries by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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