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BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2021

Twitter has spoken: Elon Musk should sell $21 billion Tesla stake

A majority of 3.5 million Twitter users — 58% — said they'd support a sale in a Twitter poll that Musk launched Saturday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2021

China’s deafening silence speaks loudest at global climate talks

Some China climate watchers suggested that the nation's leaders are more concerned with implementing measures at home than winning praise at COP26.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2021

Lessons ASEAN could learn from Malaysia’s pandemic success

Malaysia has fully vaccinated more than 77% its population, with some 90% of adults — those deemed eligible for the vaccine — receiving a second dose.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 5, 2021

The samurai philosopher, the baseball star and language used in a Japanese boardroom

The lingo inside a Japanese boardroom tends to borrow a lot from baseball as well as from 16th-century samurai philosopher Miyamoto Musashi.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CULTURE SMASH
Nov 5, 2021

‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus’ reinvents neo-noir nods to Japan

The new anime series expands upon the dystopian world of Ridley Scott's 1982 live-action film, 'Black Runner.'
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BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 4, 2021

Hong Kong's unique history with currency may prove valuable for crypto

The city's monetary authority is currently studying the feasibility of retail digital cash, and one of the design options laid out in a technical white paper looks promising.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2021

Britain begins to think the unthinkable: Life after the queen

'Long live the Queen” was the proclamation made following her accession to the throne. But ever since her husband's death her subjects are beginning to grasp that her life has a terminus.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2021

Thailand and Australia ease international border curbs spurred by COVID-19 pandemic

The eased border controls will offer a litmus test of the demand for Asian travel and tourism following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2021

Climate talks: Glasgow, Greta and good intentions

If we want to leave a livable planet to future generations, we must understand why there may be a disjuncture between promises and what is actually delivered to fix climate change.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2021

Isolated China is cracking under the strain of keeping COVID-19 out

The toll of the nation's tough measures on its people and economy has been so severe — with little payoff in terms of eliminating the pathogen — that some are speaking out.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 29, 2021

G20 leaders to commit to tackle 'existential' climate challenge: draft statement

Leaders, who will gather for talks on Saturday and Sunday in Rome, will pledge to take urgent steps to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the draft shows.
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JAPAN / Politics / Longform
Oct 29, 2021

Voter apathy looms over yet another election in Japan

Efforts are underway to buoy turnout amid widespread political disenchantment, especially among the young. Will more eligible voters exercise their rights during the Lower House election?
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2021

Xi's not there? COP26 hopes dim on Chinese leader's likely absence

Xi Jinping's expected absence from the talks could indicate that the world's biggest carbon dioxide producer has already decided that it has no more concessions to offer at the U.N. summit.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 25, 2021

Shift to EVs threatens jobs across Japan as small firms struggle to adapt

As many as 300,000 jobs may disappear in the nation if the automotive sector makes a full shift to electric vehicles — equal to about 10% of all current jobs in the industry.
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North Rhine-Westphalia report 2021
Oct 25, 2021

RWE: The partner of choice for the energy transition in Japan

R WE Renewables is No. 2  in offshore wind worldwide.
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JAPAN / Explainer
Oct 24, 2021

A crucial U.N. climate summit kicks off Oct. 31. Here's what you need to know.

Experts say the COP26 summit in Glasgow could prove decisive in determining whether humankind can avoid catastrophic global warming.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2021

Hate-speech case forces Japan to confront workplace racism

A case brought against an employer over discriminatory office handouts is representing a fresh test for Japan's legal system and its measures to combat harassment.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 16, 2021

Singapore confronts the division and fear that come from living with COVID-19

Singapore had seemed like a poster child for pandemic management, but now it is looking like a real-time illustration of how challenging the pivot away from 'zero COVID-19' is going to be.
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CULTURE / Books
Oct 16, 2021

Superman comes out, as DC Comics ushers in a new Man of Steel

The new Superman, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, is concerned about the environment, does not shy away from politics and will soon begin a romantic relationship with a male friend.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2021

China coal prices hit record high as floods in Shanxi add to supply woes

Last week it was reported that China has been releasing Australian coal from bonded storage but hasn't lifted an almost yearlong, unofficial import ban on the fuel.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 13, 2021

Why some nations using the same vaccines have deadlier COVID-19 outbreaks

Everything from dose intervals to the behavior of unvaccinated people has shaped the outcome of recent delta-driven waves in different countries.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2021

A surprise sports hero broadens Italy’s image of itself

Lamont Marcell Jacobs, the son of a Black American father and white Italian mother, has broadened the public imagination of what Italian athletes, and Italians, can look like.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2021

A Nobel to remind us there’s no peace without free speech

This year's prize celebrates more than just the outstanding work of its recipients. It acknowledges all those reporters who run risks daily keeping democracy and free speech alive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2021

Kishida calls for new economic approach in first policy speech

Kishida on Friday vowed to transform the Japanese economy by implementing a “new model of capitalism,' identifying growth and the distribution of wealth as “mutually necessary.”
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CULTURE / Books
Oct 8, 2021

Why is the Nobel Prize so elusive for Haruki Murakami?

Over the years, critics have cited a number of possible reasons, with the most prominent being the lack of political statements in his work.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2021

Pandora Papers show the rich will always find a way

For all the revelations about the shadow global financial system for the wealthy since the ICIJ's first revelations in 2013, it's striking how little has changed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Oct 7, 2021

A Chilean tree holds hope for new vaccines — if supplies last

Quillay trees, technically known as Quillaja saponaria, are rare evergreens native to Chile that have long been used by the indigenous Mapuche people to make soap and medicine.

Longform

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