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PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 16, 2022

Samurai Blues: The J. League, the World Cup and Japan’s place in global soccer

Sports writer Dan Orlowitz joins the show to catch us up on where Japan stands in the global soccer landscape and the controversies swirling around the host nation of Qatar.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2015

The BBC's worldwide coverage is losing its way

BBC worldwide coverage is increasingly losing its way, suffering from budget cuts, dumbing down of content, loss of news priorities and a sacrifice of a true world view.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2010

BBC World Service's vices

HONG KONG — If there is one global voice that has a deserved reputation for truth, honesty, fairness, awareness, understanding and balance, it is the BBC, as almost everyone knows the British Broadcasting Corp., and its World Service radio programs.
SOCCER / World cup / COHOSTING
May 16, 2002

World Cup pie gets bigger

The head of soccer's world governing body FIFA is never likely to be called a shrinking violet. In the world of sport, perhaps only the head of the International Olympic Committee has a more powerful voice. When he talks, everyone listens.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 3, 2000

World Cup vote: Africa needs a good PR officer

The jury is not out on this one: Africa should be hosting the World Cup in 2006. The continent is long overdue, having made a significant contribution to world soccer in the past 20 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Sep 20, 2022

Working with a belief that art has the power to change the world

First as curator and now as director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Mami Kataoka has aimed to shape a society that respects individuals by using contemporary art as her medium.
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MORE SPORTS
Jul 26, 2022

United States mulls more athletic events after success of worlds

Compelling performances in Oregon delighted U.S. track officials, who are desperate to boost the sport's profile in their country after years of languishing out of the spotlight.
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BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022

Russia’s war is turbocharging the world’s addiction to coal

Demand had already been on the rise since last year amid a natural gas shortage and as electricity use surged after pandemic restrictions were rolled back.
SOCCER / World cup / From the Spot
Apr 3, 2022

Ultimate test awaits Samurai Blue after 'Group of Death' draw

While Japan will face a daunting challenge in a group featuring former World Cup champions Germany and Spain, the high-profile games may be exactly what the team needs.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2022

The war in Ukraine holds a warning for the world order

The multinational response to the invasion of Ukraine shows that liberalism has some life left. But the challenges posed by waning U.S. power and rising authoritarianism remain formidable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2022

How China under Xi Jinping is turning away from the world

The country's most dominant leader since Mao is redefining China's relationship with the world, recasting the meeting of minds and cultures as a zero-sum clash.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2022

Here’s what the pandemic has in store for the world next

As a virus-weary world limps through the third year of the outbreak, experts warn that omicron won't be the last variant we have to contend with.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2021

How errors and inaction sent a deadly COVID-19 variant around the world

In early 2021, flare-ups in the Indian city of Amravati were the first visible warning that the delta variant was spreading. A devastating path across the world would soon follow.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2021

IMF Chief called out for artificially lifting China's economic ranking in 2018 report

China's position in the 2018 report, released in October 2017, should have been seven places lower — at No. 85 rather than remaining at No. 78.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2021

A year after COVID-19 began, China’s economy is beating world

China's enhanced role in a post-pandemic world increases the urgency of debate among the rest of the world about how to engage with Beijing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 29, 2020

Athletes head into 2021 uncertain over Olympic qualification outlook

Many Olympic sports are still working to schedule events that will give athletes a fair opportunity to earn a place in the postponed Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2020

The geopolitics of sports: Japan’s Summer Games on the world stage

There is no bigger stage for how the world will see the Olympics and Japan's ability to “bend adversity,” as it has done throughout its history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / The Great Reset
Jun 29, 2020

How COVID-19 has shown us that society needs resetting

As our reliance on technology is laid bare, countries are faced with questions of what measures they can implement to help them survive.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2020

How the U.S. and its allies should prepare for the post-COVID-19 world

With many nations looking to the United States for leadership, the country risks being hemmed in by its economic ties with China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2020

Once-in-a-century pandemic promises to reshape our world

The geostrategic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis will likely hold major implications for Japan.
Jan 16, 2020

The "5 Million Yen Crab," a Tottori Prefecture Specially Selected Matsuba Itsuki-boshi Crab, has been Certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Expensive Crab Sold at Auction!

Tottori Prefecture, known as Japan's No. 1 crabbing prefecture, recorded a bid in the first auction on November 7 this year for a crab at a record-high amount of 5 million yen.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 2, 2019

Kamaishi draws strength from traditional ties to rugby

"Kamaishi has the rugby power."
Australia's Nina Kennedy (AUS) wins the women's pole vault at 4.90 meters during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Aug. 7, 2024.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 1, 2025

'Mongrel' spirit drives pole vault queen Kennedy in world title defense

Kennedy has not competed since becoming the first Australian woman to win Olympic gold in a field event in Paris last year.
Brazil's Yago Dora in action during the World Surf League Tahiti Pro on May 30, 2024
MORE SPORTS / Surfing
Sep 2, 2025

Brazil's Dora wins first surfing world title in Fiji

The 29-year-old from Florianopolis had his best ever year on surfing's world tour.
Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1,500 meters in world record time of 3 minutes, 48.68 seconds in Eugene, Oregon, on July 5.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025

Faith Kipyegon has sights set on unique double at world championships in Tokyo

The Kenyan superstar is set to defend her titles in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters.
Australia's Gout Gout celebrates after winning the men's U-23 200-meter race at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on July 11.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025

Australian fans anxiously awaiting Gout Gout's world championships debut

Still only 17, Gout is already one of the most exciting prospects in global athletics.
A statue of World Athletics Championships mascot Riku One stands outside National Stadium in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025

Tokyo organizers begin final countdown to World Athletics Championships

Organizers have introduced a number of measures to keep fans safe from the heat during the nine-day event.
Members of the Japanese team for the World Athletics Championships pose for photos at Meiji Kinenkan on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025

Team Japan seeks ‘passionate support’ at World Athletics Championships

The World Athletics Championships kick off at Tokyo’s National Stadium on Sept. 13.
Mexican defender Jorge Sanchez battles for the ball with Japan's midfielder Kaoru Mitoma during a friendly in Oakland, California, on Saturday.
SOCCER
Sep 7, 2025

Japan and Mexico play to goalless draw as World Cup preparations ramp up

A lively Japanese side could not break through against a Mexico team that lost captain Edson Alvarez when he hobbled out with an injury in the first half.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight