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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 26, 2022

Sergio Garcia to 'hold off' on plan to resign from DP World Tour

The 42-year-old Spaniard said he was probably going to leave his home European circuit, only to have a change of heart as he looks ahead to qualification for the Ryder Cup.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2022

Sweating amid extreme heat while worrying about future shivering

Europe is baking under record heat due to climate change and can expect a frigid winter due to Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 25, 2022

Mario Draghi’s fall reverberates beyond Italy

Draghi's downfall already amounts to the toppling of the establishment that populist forces across Europe dream of.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 24, 2022

'Trace: Sound Design Works 1986​-​1989': Yutaka Hirose's soundscapes with a purpose

Each track featured on Yutaka Hirose's 'environmental music' album was commissioned by various public and private spaces and has been considered beyond simply being art for art's sake.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 23, 2022

The 'private rebellion' of Hong Kong's poets

Anglophone writers such as Eric Yip and Nicholas Wong are gaining recognition abroad for challenging society's norms and tackling issues of race, sex and migration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2022

How Beijing’s unpopularity is undermining its global ambitions

Japan needs to team up with the U.S. and other allies to better understand and counter China's attempts to influence Southeast Asian nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2022

The Earth wants Biden to keep gas prices high

There's one bold move President Biden could make to curb climate change: Find a way to put a $5-a-gallon floor on gasoline prices.
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Jul 22, 2022

Ayaka Furue fires first-round 63 to grab lead at Evian Championship

Furue continued her love affair with the Evian Championship, shooting an opening round 8-under 63 in the first round.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 21, 2022

For Sri Lanka's new leader, a daunting challenge awaits

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has had six stints as prime minister, is taking charge of a nation of 22 million people grappling with myriad issues even aside from the recent political turmoil.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2022

Trying to salvage his climate agenda, Biden weighs remaining options

The U.S. president will not declare a national climate emergency, the White House confirmed, disappointing Democratic lawmakers and activists who had called on him to take the step.
Japan Times
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Jul 19, 2022

Trump urges golfers to 'take the money' and join LIV circuit

The former U.S. President, who is hosting LIV events at two of his golf courses this year, wrote that players should not hesitate to abandon the PGA Tour, which he branded 'disloyal.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2022

Years of neglect leaves sexual health clinics ill-prepared for monkeypox

The clinics on the front line of fighting the disease are financially stretched, leaving the U.S. and U.K. ill-equipped to tackle the first major global health test since the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 18, 2022

Kishida risks political fight with vow to take up Abe’s legacy

Any change to the country's pacifist Constitution is likely years away, even though the ruling coalition won enough seats in the July 10 Upper House election to start the process.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2022

Supply chains inching back to normal brace for headwinds of softer demand

The gradual end of the pandemic-driven supply crunch might give way to another potential headache: a slump in consumer demand that throws economic growth into reverse.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 17, 2022

‘Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight’: Riku Onda's layered novel deftly juggles genres

Riku Onda's novel shifts from murder mystery to psychological thriller to philosophical dialogue, examining ideas of attraction, truth and memory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2022

Warning sirens sound in Ukraine's capital as Russia steps up bombardment

Air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv on Saturday as Russia stepped up long-range bombardment of Ukrainian cities that has killed at least 34 people in the last three days and wounded scores.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 16, 2022

Drowning in plastic? Biodegradable materials could be a lifesaver.

It’s official: In March, the United Nations Environmental Assembly endorsed a global pact on the life cycle of plastic. It has been declared a seismic shift in the battle against marine pollution, but what will happen to the oceans before those potential positive effects come?
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2022

Breakthrough seen in Ukraine grain export talks as heavy shelling continues

Apart from being major global wheat suppliers, Russia is also a large fertilizer exporter and Ukraine a significant producer of corn and sunflower oil.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2022

Anti-American sentiment throws a long shadow over geopolitics

There is even a virulent strain of anti-American sentiment among countries with much to lose if they distance themselves from Washington and its policies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 13, 2022

New Philippine president faces delicate balancing act between U.S. and China

Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s predecessor gained international attention for seeking to pivot away from the United States toward China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 12, 2022

Japan and U.S. finance chiefs agree on volatile forex risk

The pair also welcomed last month's statement from Group of Seven leaders promising to explore a potential price cap on Russian oil exports.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2022

Polls open in Upper House election upended by Abe's death

The vote is expected to determine if Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can win the mandate he needs to push forward with his agenda in the coming years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 10, 2022

The oddities and pleasures of a bygone Japan come to life in 'Kyoto Stories'

Author Steve Alpert mines his personal experiences in his novel about the escapades of a young American student in the old capital.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2022

Will Taiwan be the next Ukraine?

It may take a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before the world finds out if the U.S. will defend the island.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2022

Boris Johnson finally admits defeat

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson steps down as the latest scandal to rock 10 Downing Street was one too many.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2022

How an Indian cement maker bought Russian coal using yuan

The move shows one way in which Russia could continue to sell commodities abroad without settling in U.S. dollars despite restrictions aimed at freezing it out of financial markets.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 7, 2022

LDP-Komeito ties strained ahead of Upper House election

The two parties, which make up the ruling coalition, have had disagreements over backing the other's candidates in the election, as well as over government policies.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.

Podcast

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

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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