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Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 25, 2019

Global spotlight on Kansai

The Kansai region is expected to continue garnering attention in coming months and years as a string of major international events takes place in the area through 2025.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 25, 2019

Agricultural sustainability for a growing population

On a sunny weekend during rice-planting season, the people of Japan's largest rice-producing prefecture, Niigata, welcomed ministers and delegates from the 20 major economies of the world as well as six invited countries and eight organizations, as the G20 Niigata Agriculture Ministers' Meeting was held...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2019

The gulf of deniability

Regardless of the culprit, the U.S., Iran and other players must not overreact.
JAPAN / Politics / G20 Osaka
Jun 24, 2019

For G20 host Abe, election hopes ride on summit success

The agreement leaders reach at the Osaka meeting, which comes at a critical time politically, could impact the domestic fortunes of the prime minister.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 19, 2019

Takehiro Tomiyasu set for big move to Italy's Bologna

After a breakout season with Belgium's Sint-Truiden, defender Takehiro Tomiyasu appears set for a blockbuster move to Bologna in the Italian first division.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2019

Facebook reveals plans for Libra cryptocurrency, targeting first half of 2020 for launch

Facebook Inc. revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2019

What if the U.S. could fight only one war at a time?

The post-Cold War idea of winning on two fronts gives way to the realities of great power competition.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 15, 2019

Amid U.S.-China trade war, Osaka braces for G20 summit

Ready or not Osaka, here it comes. The Group of 20 Summit, that is.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 12, 2019

Climate change seen posing threat to global peace in next 10 years

Climate change poses a threat to peace in countries around the world in the coming decade, according to an annual peace index released on Wednesday that factored in the risk from global warming for the first time.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2019

Today's U.S.-China clash began at Tiananmen Square

Ever since the massacre, Beijing has pushed authoritarianism at home and abroad.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 6, 2019

Japanese, Italian, Korean? I'm all of these

One question I have always found difficult is, "Where are you from?" While most people I meet are able to answer it with a single word — Japan, England, India — for me the answer is a lot more complicated.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2019

Don't succumb to Tiananmen amnesia

The world has an obligation to remember what happened on June 4, 1989, so that it has no illusions about the nature of the regime with which it must deal.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 3, 2019

Japan hunts Olympic gold from beyond arc

With a small-ball approach, Japan's women's basketball team will try to achieve big things.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2019

'Don't be scared of diversity': At G(irls)20 summit, advocates push Japan on gender equality

Born to a Nigerian father and a Japanese mother, Irene Evbade-dan recalls valuable lessons from her parents on the importance of treating people with respect, regardless of their age, gender or background.
EDITORIALS
May 31, 2019

China threatens to play the rare earths card

Beijing should realize that playing the rare earths card in its trade dispute with the U.S. will harm China far more than it helps.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 29, 2019

Liverpool, Tottenham boast loyal Japanese support

When Liverpool and Tottenham enter the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium pitch on Saturday night for the UEFA Champions League final, the 67,000 fans in Madrid won't be the only ones rapt with anticipation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2019

There might be a method to Trump's madness

A defector from the authoritarian regime sees a U.S. president carefully keeping his options open.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2019

China accuses U.S. officials of misleading public on trade war

China on Friday accused U.S. officials of lying to the public about their trade war, as rising tensions between the world's two largest economies kept financial markets in a state of unease.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 24, 2019

After injury setbacks, Manami Fujioka, Sanae Motokawa enjoying chance to compete for national team

Competition can be a blessing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 24, 2019

Modi victory augurs well for Japan-India ties

Modi's landslide win will help cement Asia's fastest growing relationship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 24, 2019

Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China's tech giant

In early 2018, in a complex of low-rise buildings in the Australian capital, a team of government hackers was engaging in a destructive digital war game.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 24, 2019

Artistic diversity thrives in the heart of Venice

Coinciding with the 58th Venice Biennale in Italy, the Karuizawa New Art Museum (KaNAM) Venice branch is holding an exhibition in a corner of the city’s Piazza San Marco through Nov. 24.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2019

U.S. weighs blacklisting five Chinese video surveillance firms over treatment of Uighurs

The U.S. is considering cutting off the flow of vital American technology to five Chinese companies including Megvii, widening a dragnet beyond Huawei to include world leaders in video surveillance as it seeks to challenge China's treatment of minority Uighurs in the country's northwest.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2019

Japan needs to prioritize a 'population health' approach

A new approach can help rein in graying Japan's soaring health care costs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2019

Risks of unilateral governance of digital trade

Raising barriers to digital trade risks more than just economic losses.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 21, 2019

The jazz cafe offering sounds of the 1960s in a Shinjuku basement

For many Tokyoites, Shinjuku is inextricably linked with the 1960s and '70s and with jazz. "There used to be jazz kissa (cafes) everywhere," says Dug cafe owner and jazz photographer Hozumi Nakadaira. During these decades, the district came to be known as a Mecca for young people and a jazz and avant-garde...
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Kyoto University researchers find mechanism behind malignant pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in Japan, has the lowest five-year survival rate of any cancer at just 8.5%.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Japan's average life expectancy in 2024 almost unchanged from 2023, data shows
The average life expectancy of Japanese citizens in 2024 is 81.09 years for men and 87.13 years for women, according to the health ministry.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.

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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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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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