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Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2022

How to move on from the debate over the origins of the pandemic

Nearly three years since the beginning of the outbreak, and after endless debate about COVID-19's origins, the answers we're getting aren't pat, definitive or satisfying.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2022

The United States remains its allies’ best security hope

Despite decades of theorizing and strategizing with allies, American-led deterrence remains a delicate balancing act that depends on perceptions more than realities.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 1, 2022

Qatar covers World Cup fans' flights and hotels in return for good PR

Organizers describe their 'Fan Leaders' program as a network of around 400 fans and influencers from 60 countries who have offered their 'message amplification' services.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2022

Can LDP and Komeito hammer out differences over defense spending?

The coalition partners disagree on issues such as counterstrike capability as well as budget size and allocation.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2022

New front line of U.S. abortion battles emerges in New Mexico

Anti-abortion activists hope more will follow the lead of two New Mexican towns to vastly shrink where abortions are still performed, especially in other states controlled by Democrats.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2022

Ogushi admits signing Unification Church 'policy accord'

The Chief Cabinet Secretary demanded that Ogushi thoroughly investigate the matter, give explanations and cut ties with the group.
SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Oct 26, 2022

Expansion could be key to revitalizing stagnant Levain Cup

J. League officials are considering changes that would add second and third-division teams to the tournament, which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 25, 2022

Lab manipulations of COVID virus fall under murky government rules

Mouse experiments at Boston University have spotlighted an ambiguous U.S. policy for research on potentially dangerous pathogens.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 24, 2022

COP27 climate summit is heading for a geopolitical hurricane

As Egypt prepares to stage the climate summit early next month, the geopolitical context that shapes all international diplomacy has gone from tense to precarious.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2022

Poor nations face peril over elusive G20 debt relief push

Results under the Common Framework have proven elusive, hampered by a combination of a lack of progress in bringing key creditors around the table and getting them to commit to joint action.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2022

Wage growth — and spring negotiations — in focus as inflation hits

The Rengo trade union announced that it's bumping the pay raise target to about 5%, the highest in 28 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 22, 2022

Why Japan stands virtually alone in keeping interest rates ultralow

The yen is plummeting and inflation is climbing, but Japan's economic circumstances have led to a view that raising rates would do more harm than good.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 21, 2022

Rich nations may finally need to talk climate reparations at COP27

The issue of 'loss and damage,' or how much rich countries should pay to help developing nations cope with climate change, has struggled to gain prominence for years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2022

The dilemmas and delusions of Britain's political and economic predicaments

Britain is facing several issues, including whether to keep new Prime Minister Liz Truss in office or replace her after recent political setbacks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 18, 2022

Demanding Pyongyang disarm may hurt more than help

Does the demand that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons deepen the instability that it is ostensibly aimed at eliminating?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2022

Stellantis considers ending all carmaking in China after Jeep exit

Stellantis is mulling the potential exit as more established foreign auto brands have struggled to maintain their position in China's market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 17, 2022

Russian drones strike Kyiv amid intense fighting in east

Four explosions rocked the capital, with a witness saying residential buildings had been damaged.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 16, 2022

Warriors and Andrew Wiggins agree to four-year extension

The 27-year-old Toronto native could earn up to five years and $143 million based on a player option in the final year of the agreement.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 15, 2022

‘Undesirable consequences’ may await Japan’s well-meaning tourists

The return to full-scale tourism may be much more of a slog than previously thought — for tourists and Japan alike.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 15, 2022

Musk tweets complicate U.S. diplomacy From Ukraine to Taiwan

Musk is hardly the first U.S. business executive or celebrity to get tangled up in foreign policy, but his wealth and penchant for mischief make him harder to ignore.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 13, 2022

‘Break of Dawn’: Extraterrestrial adventures lack momentum

Tomoyuki Kurokawa's anime about a group of children's quest to help an alien return home is a nostalgia trip that takes on weighty themes but slogs toward the end.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2022

Bombing Kyiv into submission? History says it won’t work.

Even though it creates misery and loss, the methodical bombing of civilian centers has more often been shown to rally support for resistance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2022

Toshiba chooses JIP-led group as preferred bidder for buyout, sources say

Private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners is looking to acquire the firm in partnership with multiple domestic companies including Orix and Chubu Electric Power, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Smart Countryside
Oct 9, 2022

The city aiming to change perceptions of electronic voting in Japan

Tsukuba, a designated Super City in Ibaraki Prefecture, is hoping its trials of online voting among schoolchildren can be rolled out to municipal polls and beyond.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 8, 2022

Musk offers proposal on China-Taiwan tensions, after Russia-Ukraine plan

The billionaire suggested that tensions between Beijing and Taipei could be resolved by handing over some control of Taiwan to China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2022

China, Taiwan and where the KMT fits in

The opposition Kuomintang party is needed to maintain a channel of communication between Beijing and Taipei.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022

Lack of scrutiny on 'green' bonds offering firms cheap finance while derailing climate action

That firms set their own objectives to evade interest penalties incentivizes them to aim low, as so-called greenwashing enters a $22 trillion corporate bond market.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
One month on, Osaka Expo urged to boost heat and crowd control measures
A gate to the Osaka Expo site is crowded with visitors on Monday.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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