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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 24, 2023

Trevor Bauer arrives in Yokohama with goal of winning championship with BayStars

Bauer has expressed an interest in Japan in the past, including during a visit to the country in 2019 when he toured the BayStars' facility.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2023

Oil spills and near misses: More shadow fleet tankers ship sanctioned fuel

Last year there were at least eight groundings, collisions or near misses involving tankers carrying sanctioned crude or oil products — the same number as the previous three years combined.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 24, 2023

'Rikuryu' coach Bruno Marcotte has Olympic hopes after Grand Slam

As they aim for Olympic success, Marcotte hopes that Miura and Kihara’s success will encourage more Japanese skaters and coaches to get involved in the discipline.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2023

India's shrinking coal jobs fuel 'distress' migration to cities

Even in places where mining continues, local residents are being alienated and pushed out, turning them into 'energy migrants' struggling to find jobs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2023

In Japan, cherry blossom forecasting is a big deal. Warming is making it harder.

A robust system of forecasting has built up around Japan’s sakura festivities, but climate change is disrupting the former and threatening the latter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2023

Toshiba board accepts JIP buyout proposal, report says

The JIP consortium last month submitted a binding buyout proposal backed by $10.6 billion in loan commitments from major banks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2023

China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'

Local fishing communities who live by the river have seen their harvest fall since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 23, 2023

‘NHK Newsline’ provides an Asian perspective for a global audience

“NHK Newsline” boasts a long history. With roots going back to 2000, the program first emerged in 2007. Today, it is the flagship English-language news show of NHK World-Japan, the international service of Japan’s public broadcaster, covering events from Japan, Asia and around the world on the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2023

Enough wind power for a major city snarled in Vietnam’s red tape

Across the country, there is 3.5 gigawatts of potential energy in turbines that have either been built but are sitting idle, or are still under construction.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2023

China’s EV revolution shows grim future for Japan’s car titans

Although chip shortages and supply chain snarls have played a part in Japanese automakers' falling sales in China, a growing issue is the lack of attractive EV offerings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2023

To combat food shortages, North Korea deploys the military

Kim Jong Un, the country's leader, has called for soldiers to be “a driving force” in increasing food production, a reflection of the North's economic and geopolitical challenges.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Mar 20, 2023

Japan’s budding space program grounded by persistent setbacks

Desire to compete in the satellite-launching business and shore up security could be hindered by historical failures.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2023

Weathering the storm: How Japan is factoring climate change into defense policy

Until recently, there was only limited interest in climate security within Japan’s defense circles, but that has changed as the challenges have become more evident.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2023

Here’s a radical tactic to bypass U.K. health logjam: look abroad

Some drugmakers opt to conduct research outside the U.K. while the troubles at the NHS has patients going to Germany for extra care.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2023

The global community should recognize Taiwan — or else

Diplomatic acceptance by the global community of the self-ruled island of Taiwan may be the only way to deter Chinese aggression.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Mar 19, 2023

True test arrives for Samurai Japan in the form of resilient Mexico

Samurai Japan and its collection of MLB and NPB stars will be favored against Mexico in their WBC semifinal, but the team will have to rise to meet its toughest challenge yet.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 19, 2023

Female sumo wrestlers slap down prejudices in Brazil

The president of the Brazilian Sumo Confederation says women are behind the sport's growth in the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2023

WHO accuses China of withholding data on pandemic’s origins

Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a seafood market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2023

Kishida aims for half of new fathers to take child care leave in 2025

The prime minister also said he will aim to raise the rate to 85% by fiscal 2030, adding that the bold goals are necessary to reverse the declining birthrate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2023

Deported: The Iraq War veterans denied the right to live in the U.S.

Advocates and former military personnel argue that the U.S. government continues to fail many foreign-born post-9/11 veterans 20 years since the start of the Iraq War.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2023

How China lost Asia

China’s efforts to bully its neighbors into acquiescing to its demands have not only failed, they have led Asia's democracies to deepen cooperation with the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 16, 2023

Finding a way to manage China's protectionism in procurement

In recent years there has been a growing trend of Chinese authorities giving preferential treatment to domestic products and pressuring foreign firms to transfer tech.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2023

Australia fast-tracks itself into a formidable naval power with sub deal

It’s doubtful that Australia would have contemplated buying U.S. and British-built nuclear-powered submarines but for the sense of the threat from China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2023

How ‘excuseflation’ is keeping prices — and corporate profits — high

Companies across the U.S. are using unusual disruptions as an excuse to raise prices for their goods and services, thereby allowing them to expand profit margins.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2023

Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties in major step for Middle East

In a statement, Shiite-majority Iran and mainly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia said they would reopen embassies and missions within two months.
BASEBALL
Mar 11, 2023

Kensuke Kondo emerging as key member of Samurai Japan lineup at World Baseball Classic

Kondo has played a big role for Samurai Japan as the batter between Lars Nootbaar and Shohei Ohtani.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 10, 2023

Long COVID may be to blame for surge in women with disabilities

Women are disproportionately affected by long COVID, a health condition that is still little understood and can be debilitating.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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