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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2021

Climate extremes seen harming unborn babies in Brazil's Amazon

A new study that links extreme rains with lower birth weights in Brazil's Amazon region underscores the long-term health impacts of weather extremes connected to climate change, researchers said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2021

Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of corruption

The 66-year-old was sentenced to a one-year prison term, though under the French system he's unlikely to have to serve it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2021

This company helps roughnecks find renewable energy jobs

Alfred Burt grew up following his father across the oil patches of Texas. He carried on the family tradition, working on rigs for 26 years until the pandemic crashed oil prices in April and he lost a drilling job with Apache Corp. that paid $1,600 a day.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2021

Elite bureaucrat's resignation takes the wind out of Suga's sails

Makiko Yamada's scandal-linked resignation jeopardizes attempts by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to rally support following his heavily criticized handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2021

UAE steps back from foreign wars as Biden reasserts Middle East role

The U.S. president has sought to re-engage Iran, and has signaled he'll be less tolerant of U.S. allies engaging in conflicts that undermine Washington's objectives.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2021

Trump teases 2024 run with proven rhetoric at major U.S. conservative event

The former U.S. president's central argument is that he's the best candidate to win in 2024 because — according to him — he never lost the 2020 election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2021

Nikko Discount Ticket offers foreign travelers journey to ‘land of gods’

Located in Tochigi Prefecture, the city of Nikko has long been thought of as a deeply mystical place. Before his death in 1616, Tokugawa Ieyasu — the man who unified Japan and established the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled over the country until 1868 — selected Nikko as his final resting place. He...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 1, 2021

A dog with a rough past shows a funny side

Looking at all the wonderful animals at ARK, it's tough to know that some of them had rather rough starts to life.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2021

At least 18 protesters killed in Myanmar in worst violence since coup

Police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the worst violence since the Feb. 1 military coup, the United Nations said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 28, 2021

Global education has permanently changed

Japan has made the shift to what was initially seen as “emergency remote teaching” but has been slower to adapt to the new education environment compared to other countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2021

In Germany's Black Forest, Putin critic Alexei Navalny gathered strength and resolve

Navalny spent time recovering his physical fitness with intense workouts and took his war with Putin to a new level: targeting him directly for the first time.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 28, 2021

Iga Swiatek claims second career title with Adelaide crown

French Open champion Iga Swiatek breezed past second seed Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-2 in the Adelaide International final on Saturday to claim the second title of her career.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 28, 2021

Murder in the consulate: Pressure grows on Saudi crown prince

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, accused in a U.S. intelligence report of approving an operation to capture or kill a prominent journalist, crushed dissent and sidelined rivals in a push for power that has delighted admirers, unsettled Riyadh's traditional foreign allies and shocked human rights advocates....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2021

'The Committed': Viet Thanh Nguyen writes unreliable narrators because he is one, too

Like his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, 'The Sympathizer,” Viet Thanh Nguyen's new novel, 'The Committed,” hinges on questions about individual and collective identity and memory.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021

Corporate selloffs reflect tough times in Japan amid pandemic

Leading Japanese companies are considering selling off prestigious headquarters in central Tokyo as COVID-19 continues to reshape business operations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 27, 2021

A childhood tradition makes a comeback with yusanbako

Three-tiered lacquered wooden lunch boxes, which originated in Tokushima Prefecture during the late Edo Period (1603-1868), are having a revival thanks to a trio of collaborators.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2021

Out of sight, out of mind? Remote work damaging young women's careers

The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly disruptive for young women from ethnic minorities who are under-represented in professional settings.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021

Japan to begin allowing in foreign Olympic athletes, report says

Japan temporarily suspended exemptions allowing foreign athletes to train in the country ahead of the Tokyo Games as it closed its borders to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Feb 27, 2021

Family Mart serves up a game-changing dessert

Family Mart was never a go-to shop after dinner, but two new treats promise to change all that — as long as you eat all your vegetables.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 26, 2021

Aichi rescue officer remembers information blackout after 3/11

Kunihiko Asai cautions against taking electronic devices for granted in times of disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 26, 2021

Pandemic likely made 2020 'another devastating year' for world's forests

The spread of the virus weakened environmental regulations, cut funding for protection work and forced city migrants back to rural areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2021

China vows five-year plan dedicated to climate, but growth and security concerns weigh

Experts say Beijing is still likely to give regions leeway to focus on growth and build new coal-fired power stations to head off energy shortages.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 26, 2021

Katie Ledecky anticipates fierce competition at Tokyo Games

The five-time Olympic champion doesn't believe that restrictions caused by the pandemic will result in subpar performances at the Summer Olympics.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Feb 25, 2021

How to deal with China’s economic statecraft

Joint military drills and cooperation on energy are the first steps for Japan to enhance its ties with the U.S. and Australia to help counter Beijing.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2021

Supply chain review reflects new national security mentality

National security strictly defined should drive government action, not a desire to protect domestic companies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2021

Deaths in Japan fall for the first time in more than a decade

The health ministry reported that the number of deaths across the nation dropped by more than 9,300 in 2020 to around 1.4 million.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 25, 2021

For Tracy Hyde balances idyllic nostalgia with political unease on ‘Ethernity’

Guitarist Azusa Suga based part of the sound for the Tokyo rock band's new album “Ethernity” on American suburbia and pop culture from the 1990s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 25, 2021

‘Heisei no Oto’: A sonic trip to the golden age of CDs

Osaka record store owners Eiji Taniguchi and Norio Sato have unearthed some musical treasures from 1989-96 for this bright and buoyant compilation.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
The United States imposes 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Biggest drop in Japanese nationals seen alongside record high in foreign residents
A street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Wednesday
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.

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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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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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