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WORLD
Nov 14, 2020

Al-Qaida’s No. 2, accused in U.S. Embassy attacks, is secretly killed in Iran

Israeli agents shot Abu Muhammad al-Masri on the streets of Tehran at the behest of the U.S., intelligence officials have confirmed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 13, 2020

How one firm drove influence campaigns for big oil across the U.S.

In early 2017 the Texans for Natural Gas website went live, urging voters to "thank a roughneck” and support fracking. Around the same time, the Arctic Energy Center ramped up its advocacy for drilling in Alaskan waters and in a vast Arctic wildlife refuge. The next year, the Main Street Investors...
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 28, 2020

Banzuke remains essential part of sumo culture

Distributed before each grand tournament, the hand-written rankings list has been a part of the sport's lore for centuries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2020

Suga picks an unnecessary and counterproductive fight

Signs are that the LDP will try to bind the science council closer to government aims, ensuring a long public fight and a further domestic and international embarrassment.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 18, 2020

Breaking down Japan’s Go To Travel campaign

One outcome of the pandemic has been renewed interest in domestic travel. Here's how to take advantage of the Go To campaign, plus tips to stay safe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2020

Who’s still working at home? The affluent is who

Many of the U.S. ZIP codes hit hardest by the pandemic's economic fallout are those where affluent stay-at-home workers have stopped spending money on local services.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2020

Singapore's expat model is broken

Lee Kuan Yew, the country's first leader, laid out the welcome mat for multinational corporations. Now his vision is running into the wall of COVID-19.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 29, 2020

Japan has finally come to its census

Japan undergoes a census every five years and 2020 happens to mark the questionnaire's 100th anniversary.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2020

China’s largest chipmaker sinks after U.S. restrictions

The news lifted shares of rivals, with United Microelectronics Corp. surging by the 10 percent daily limit in Taipei.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2020

Microsoft develops a ‘virtual commute’ for remote workers

Millions of employees now commute from their bed to a desk at home. After the initial euphoria of skipping smog-filled traffic jams or cramped train compartments, a new reality has dawned in which the work day blends into the rest of life, like a never-ending conference call. Microsoft Corp. has a solution....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 20, 2020

Startups race to develop tech that can clear workplaces of COVID-19

Smithfield Foods Inc. thought it was doing great. In the first quarter of this year, the pork giant’s earnings were up 190 percent over the same period in 2019. Then the pandemic hit, and the close quarters of meatpacking plants made them ideal places for the coronavirus to spread.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 14, 2020

How to declutter your digital world

Working remotely may have eliminated your commute and allowed you to spend the day in your pajamas, but it also means you’re most likely bombarded with digital communication every second of the day — from personal and professional emails crowding your inboxes to push notifications reminding you of...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2020

As Myanmar erases names of destroyed Rohingya villages, U.N. map-makers follow suit

On maps produced in 2020 by the U.N. mapping unit in Myanmar, which it says are based on Myanmar government maps, the site of the destroyed village is now nameless.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2020

U.S. expats can’t renounce their citizenship fast enough

The swearing in of new citizens often makes news in the U.S., especially if it happens in unusual circumstances such as one party’s national convention. Much less reported are the many citizenship renunciations by Americans, and the travails leading up to these life decisions. Almost all those giving...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2020

Did Europe make a mistake reopening its borders?

After a surge in new cases linked to travel within the continent, thorough testing is vital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2020

35 years after horror of JAL 123 crash, some still wait for answers

A team consisting of scientists, members from among the bereaved and independent experts is campaigning for full information disclosure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2020

Vaccine confronts humanity with next moral test

Who gets coronavirus protection first (and last)? Who profits (and loses)? What is “informed consent” (if it exists)? Divided societies face agonizing choices.
BASKETBALL
Aug 8, 2020

JBA reveals provisional rosters for national teams

The Japan Basketball Association revealed the provisional squads for the men's and women's national teams and also the male and female 3x3 squads.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 6, 2020

City Pop on Vinyl brings back the glitzed-out sounds of Japan's bubble

Soak up the sounds of city pop with five albums that highlight old-school heavyweights or showcase newer artists' takes on the bubble era genre.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2020

Aloha again? Hawaii says Japan looking at easing travel curbs

The U.S. state's governor said details were still being worked out and no timetable has been set for when the program would start.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 26, 2020

'Everyone is panicking' over quarantine, says U.K. tourist in Spain

British tourists flying home on Sunday after a holiday in Spain angrily reacted to an abrupt decision by their government to make everyone arriving from the Mediterranean country spend 14 days in quarantine.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jul 24, 2020

Get chills and thrills with binge-worthy miniseries on streaming

Summer heat and self-isolation got you down? Cool down with these six miniseries that you can stream in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 6, 2020

Two-Michelin-starred Inua becomes a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic

On July 3, two-Michelin-starred restaurant Inua announced it would be closing indefinitely due to the effects of COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Jul 1, 2020

Digital taxes are the latest trade war battleground

A failure to act collectively will produce another global patchwork of tax rules, which is bad for business, governments and consumers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2020

For the EU, banning American tourists is the easy part

It's the thorny challenges to reopening the European Union's internal borders that show just how tricky living with COVID-19 really is.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2020

Reddit bans 'The_Donald' forum amid broad social media crackdown

Social media site Reddit on Monday shut down r/The_Donald, a forum which long served as a popular online home base for fans of President Donald Trump, saying it violated the site's hate speech rules.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 24, 2020

Japan’s struggle to reimagine the post-pandemic world

For the nation to be an inspiration, it must make better use of the momentum of the new ways of doing business that the pandemic has brought about across the globe.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan