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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2021

China seeks Biden-Xi meeting next month if Alaska talks go well

The meeting as envisioned by Chinese officials would be organized around Earth Day on April 22 to show both leaders are focused on combating climate change.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Japan in Action
Mar 18, 2021

My Number cards crucial for Japan’s move to digitalization initiatives

This is the second article in a Japan in Action series, showcasing key policies of the Suga administration.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2021

SoftBank loses global head of communications Gary Ginsberg

Masayoshi Son's conglomerate has lost a number of senior executives over the past several months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2021

For Asian Americans, Atlanta shooting sows fresh fear after a year of mounting discrimination

After a year in which reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans have skyrocketed, the shootings sparked fresh outrage, fear and demands for a government response.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Mar 18, 2021

The pandemic is harming the mental health of women and youth in Japan. TELL wants to help.

In an alarming set of numbers, data from the National Police Agency shows that 6,976 women in Japan took their own lives last year. That's nearly 15% more than in 2019, marking the end of what had been a 10-year decline in the number of women who died by suicide.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 17, 2021

‘Kontora’: A poetic meditation on the human cost of war

Director Anshul Chauhan's second feature is a haunting drama that transcends its Japan-specific World War II subject matter.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 17, 2021

Standout talent tries a new path with ‘No Call No Life’

Aya Igashi's latest work, 'No Call No Life,' is based on a novel and enhanced with the director's own vivid colors and thematic visuals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2021

Suga says COVID-19 emergency will be lifted for Tokyo region on Monday

The prime minister's decision comes after Tokyo reported a monthly high for new coronavirus cases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 17, 2021

Clubhouse’s founder is in a state of perpetual motion

Over the past 15 years in Silicon Valley, the Clubhouse chief executive officer has explored the depths of how technology can be used to connect people in new ways.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 17, 2021

Kento Momota fully healthy and ready to make run for gold at Tokyo Olympics

Kento Momota was afraid he would be unable to play badminton again after a traffic accident in Malaysia left him with serious injuries last year. But now that he's fully fit again, the world No. 1 says he's gunning for gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2021

Chip shortage and bad weather hit Honda and Toyota in North America

The bad weather has added to disruptions for automakers already battling a shortage of semiconductors, which are being gobbled up by consumer-electronics companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021

The Scottish drama Shakespeare couldn’t make up

Sturgeon has been weakened, no doubt, but in Westminster only one question matters: how best to keep the union intact.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021

After Brexit, a better union for the U.K.

The need for radical reform in the British system clearly remains, with an end to the monopoly of power at Westminster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021

Putin's Potemkin empire

Putin's Russia is shakier than most believe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021

Why the Chinese love big food even more than big tech

Every time there's a price spike in pork or vegetables or fruit or Moutai somewhere in the country, China's investors rush to buy their Big Food stocks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021

Why China’s Hong Kong crackdown could backfire

The Year of the Ox has begun darkly for the people of Hong Kong. On Feb. 16, nine pro-democracy activists, including 82-year-old Martin Lee, the revered long-time leader of the city’s Democratic Party, went on trial facing charges of illegal assembly.
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2021

Corporate Japan offers lowest pay rises in eight years

The annual wage talks serve as a barometer of corporate strength and household purchasing power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2021

Putin likely directed 2020 U.S. election meddling, U.S. intelligence finds

The report added heft to longstanding allegations that some of Trump's top lieutenants were playing into Moscow's hands by amplifying claims made against Biden.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2021

Jack Ma’s SCMP latest Hong Kong outlet to face Chinese threat to press freedom

Fears are growing among staff that a Chinese state-owned company could take over from Alibaba and put the 117-year-old newspaper under Beijing's thumb.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2021

U.S. general says North Korea might test new ICBM design 'in the near future'

The warning by Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck appeared to be based on North Korea's October unveiling at a parade of what would be its largest ICBM yet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2021

Biden backs filibuster reform despite Republican threats

The parliamentary custom has long been seen as a mechanism requiring bipartisan consensus that distinguishes the Senate from the House of Representatives.
Japan Times
Mar 17, 2021

School fair of Jinseki International School

Jinseki Kogen Gakuen(Chairperson: Minako Suematsu, Jinsekikogen-cho, Jinseki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture) opened Jinseki International School(JINIS) in April 2020. The school has been providing students a school life and dietary education with free of threats of infection of the COVID 19 by taking advantage...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2021

Last three schoolchildren on Nokdo beach trace South Korea's arc to demographic crisis

South Korea has become the world's fastest-graying society with the lowest birth rate anywhere in 2020, according to the World Bank.

Longform

Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person