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SOCCER / J. League
Jan 3, 2021

The pandemic season: How Japanese soccer survived the coronavirus

In an extensive interview with The Japan Times, J. League chairman Mitsuru looked back on how the league has navigated the turbulent 2020 campaign.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 3, 2021

After the virus: Getting back on the Paris climate track

Though the agreement initially met with doubts, its primary mechanisms are proving their efficiency and efficacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 3, 2021

Debt and disease amid the pandemic

The pandemic will likely leave several countries with distressed debt that will have to be resolved, but many will lack the capacity to ensure a level playing field for negotiations.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 3, 2021

Komazawa University overtakes Soka for dramatic Hakone ekiden victory

Anchor Takuma Ishikawa's final leg helped the Tokyo school seal its first championship in 13 years and seventh overall.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 3, 2021

Can Suga lead beyond September or is he destined to be a short-term PM?

Entering a high-stakes election year, the prime minister will be faced with a series of uphill battles over the global health crisis, his policies — and his own political fate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 3, 2021

Brexit’s silver lining for Europe

The bloc has in some ways been galvanized by the trauma of the drawn out divorce, overcoming long-standing obstacles and lifting its ambitions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 3, 2021

Some COVID-19 survivors haunted by loss of smell and taste

Some experts fear that the pandemic may leave huge numbers of people with a permanent loss of smell and taste.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2021

How Taiwan plans to stay (mostly) coronavirus-free

Consider for a moment, in this time of anguish and loss and death, of mass unemployment and flattened national economies, the Twilight Zone alternate reality that is Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2021

Jobs, houses and cows: China’s costly drive to erase extreme poverty

In just five years, China says it has lifted from extreme poverty over 50 million farmers left behind by breakneck economic growth in cities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 3, 2021

Coming of age in Japan during COVID-19

This year's new adults are on the precipice of missing out on their seijinshiki, a time-honored tradition noted for its formality and formalwear.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2021

Pence welcomes bid to overturn Biden’s election as Republican senators join

Neither Pence nor any of the senators has made a specific allegation of fraud, instead offering vague suggestions that some wrongdoing might have occurred.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2021

Hanko culture set to survive Taro Kono's purge of cheaper stamps

Hanko have been used in Japan for over a millennium, but the practice came under scrutiny this year as workers were forced to visit offices to use the seals amid a state of emergency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 3, 2021

Uncertainty hijacked media coverage in 2020

Sorting through the media highlights of a year overshadowed by a global pandemic
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2021

COVID-19 exposes the cracks in the world's big democracies

The U.S., U.K. and India have suffered at the hands of incompetent leaders and a severe lack of preparedness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 2, 2021

Senior Chinese diplomat says U.S. relations at 'new crossroads'

China's relationship with the United States has reached a "new crossroads" and could get back on the right track following a period of "unprecedented difficulty", senior diplomat Wang Yi said in official comments published on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 2, 2021

Soka University races to Day 1 lead at Hakone ekiden

The Hachioji-based school captured the Day 1 crown for the first time, crossing the finish line in 5 hours, 28 minutes, 8 seconds.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 2, 2021

Have you ever heard of the ‘three great noodles of Morioka’?

Known collectively as the “Morioka sandaimen,” each dish features a noodle with distinct cultural roots.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2021

I beg your 'pardon,' Mr. Trump

What concerns me most about Trump's pardons are those for four former Blackwater employees convicted of shooting indiscriminately into a crowd of ordinary citizens in Baghdad in 2007.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2021

Rejecting Trump veto, Republican-led U.S. Senate backs defense bill

The U.S. president suffered a stinging rebuke in the Senate on Friday when fellow Republicans joined Democrats to override a presidential veto for the first time in his tenure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 2, 2021

The shape of China’s recovery

Having matured and grown more patient, China is less impetuous about achieving short-term gains, and more invested in creating opportunities for its people over the long term.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 2, 2021

Stay warm, safe and social this winter season

With a little preparation and an understanding of how the human body reacts to cold, you can take your social life outdoors to avoid COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2021

Coronavirus looms over Japan's new year festivities

New Year's Day is the biggest holiday in Japan's calendar, but this year's festivities were subdued following record highs in new coronavirus cases nationwide and calls from the government to stay home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2021

Japan’s stance against emergency appears to shift as virus cases soar

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering a request to the central government to declare a state of emergency, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 1, 2021

In a world turned upside down, Japan will muddle through

Japan could use this year to prepare for inevitable changes in domestic and foreign affairs and better position itself for that world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 1, 2021

Five cheers for 2021

But as 2021 nears, things look a lot better than they did just a few months ago. We now have at least five reasons to celebrate the New Year.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama looks on during an event for The Assam Tribune and Dainik Asam newspapers in Guwahati, India, in April 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 28, 2025

Tibetans face up to uncertain future as Dalai Lama turns 90

Tibetans in exile celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader next week, an occasion overshadowed by uncertainty about the future of the role.
Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japanese students who want to study abroad looking at options in Asia
The number of Japanese students who applied to the National Taiwan University in Taipei in 2025 is more than 60% higher than last year due partly to affordability and proximity.
Controversial theories continue to swirl around 1985 JAL jet crash
Kimi Ozawa, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, prays in front of his memorial marker on Tuesday in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture.
1 in 55 Japanese middle schoolers abuse over-the-counter drugs, survey shows
Among the middle school students who admitted to abusing over-the-counter medication, the majority — around 64% — said they got them from pharmacies while a third said they had access to them in their own households.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.

Podcast

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

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
By Naoko Abe

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