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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2022

China's jobless youth left in the lurch

Nearly 11 million graduates entered China's job market this summer with the economy growing at the weakest rate in two years.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / TICAD 8 Special
Aug 26, 2022

Pikotaro takes ‘PPAP’ schtick to Africa to battle COVID

The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development will be held in Tunisia from Aug. 27 to 28. Since 1993, the Japanese government has been leading this conference, which is hosted with the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and the African Union Commission....
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2022

Thai court suspends Prime Minster Prayuth Chan-Ocha, stoking intrigue as vote nears

The surprise action by Thailand's Constitutional Court puts Prayuth on the sidelines at least temporarily until it rules on whether he breached an eight-year term limit.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Aug 22, 2022

Hong Kong migrants seek to build a new life in Japan

With tens of thousands of residents reportedly leaving the territory following China's security crackdown, some are choosing Japan as their new home.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2022

Can Indonesia's Muslim leaders help combat climate change?

From packed mosques to Islamic boarding schools, Indonesia's imams have been urged to boost conservation efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2022

Odesa is defiant. It’s also Putin’s ultimate target.

Odesa, grain port to the world, city of creative mingling, scarred metropolis steeped in Jewish history, is the big prize in the war and a personal obsession for Putin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2022

ANA and others looking at luxury tours to lure the rich to Japan

The tours could allow participants to travel all around Japan for more than a week by private jet, with destinations based on themes such as history, nature and culture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Aug 16, 2022

Creating parity in the field of science in Japan

Noriko Osumi is one of the highest-ranking female scientists in Japan, and has worked to address the structural causes behind the severe lack of women within certain academic fields.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2022

Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy

In June 2020, California's employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer who accused two higher-caste bosses of blocking his career.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Longform
Aug 15, 2022

The race to power a low-carbon future with next-generation EV batteries

The stakes are high for those competing to create the batteries needed to power the electric vehicles of the future, but even higher for a world in the throes of climate change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2022

We need to know why the omicron BA.5 wave is ebbing

Scientists are starting to figure out why infection rates rise and fall. But a collapse in COVID-19 testing will make it much harder to predict the next surge.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2022

In turbulent times, Xi builds a security fortress for China, and himself

Taiwan, COVID-19, “color revolutions,” the classroom: everywhere, China's leader sees threats that foreign forces can exploit, and he has enlisted the whole nation to defend against them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 4, 2022

What role should Japan play as the Russia-Ukraine war shakes the international order?

Executives of the Asia Pacific Initiative discuss the part Tokyo should play as Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches six months.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2022

China's 'COVID zero' could last for years because it works for Xi

While questions persist about the reliability of Chinese data, the country has reported just 5,226 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began, compared with more than 1 million in the U.S.
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Switzerland report 2022
Jul 29, 2022

Novartis: Reimagining medicine in Japan through innovation

As one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, Novartis aspires to reimagine medicine to improve and extend the lives of people by continuing to challenge the status quo for better, more impactive solutions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 21, 2022

How U.S. and Japanese strategists differ in preparation for a Taiwan contingency

U.S. and Japanese war games aimed at planning for a Taiwan contingency differ greatly: One concentrates on the military aspect, the other more the legal angle.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2022

Don’t cancel Russian culture

Refusing to engage with Russian culture will not change President Vladimir Putin's calculations, let alone impel him to withdraw his forces from Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2022

Ocean acidification threatens some of Japan’s favorite seafood

The process driven by climate change poses a threat to the future of the fishery and aquaculture industries, researchers say.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 7, 2022

Japan panel moves to aid domestic vaccine development for eight infectious diseases

The panel chose the diseases based on the availability of effective vaccines and human-to-human transmissibility.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2022

Should Scotland be an independent country?

At least for now, a replay of Scotland's 2014 independence vote is the last thing the country needs.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2022

Schools and students look to boost Japan's youth voter turnout

Turnout among young people has remained low since the minimum voting age was lowered from 20 to 18 in 2016.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 2, 2022

COVID air war being lost, experts warn, urging mass ventilation

The world is still not using one of its most effective weapons against COVID-19 — properly ventilating public spaces — more than two years into the pandemic, experts warn.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 26, 2022

Squash player's switch to England highlights Egypt's athlete exodus

Egyptian athletes cite poor support and low financial rewards in their decision to represent other countries, leaving sporting federations scrambling for solutions.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 26, 2022

The Ohio State University wins trademark for ‘The’

The Ohio State University has received a trademark for one of the most common words in the English language.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 24, 2022

Record numbers of Chinese graduates enter worst job market in decades

Struggling to find jobs goes against what educated young people have come to expect after decades of breakneck growth.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past