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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2020

What Bitcoin's new record means for Wall Street

Bitcoin won't be viewed as an existential threat to the banking system just because its price is soaring. But it won't be ignored either.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2020

U.S. prosecutors probe suspected effort to buy a presidential pardon

The disclosure of an alleged attempt to purchase a pardon comes as the term of U.S. President Donald Trump winds to an end, which is traditionally a time when pardons are meted out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2020

Is China laying claim to kimchi, too? Some South Koreans think so.

A spat is raging this week over a Chinese state tabloid's claim that China had 'led” the development of an international standard for paocai, or pickled vegetables.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2020

How wrong was Milton Friedman? Harvard team quantifies the ways.

'Without monetizing impacts, we're left with the illusion that businesses have no impact,” says Professor George Serafeim of Harvard Business School.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2020

Ivory Coast, Ghana halt cocoa farm aid to punish businesses for 'not supporting farmers'

Competing viewpoints of chocolate markets and cocoa producers have collided in spectacular fashion, thrusting normally hidden machinations into rare public view.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2020

Singapore becomes first country to approve sale of lab-grown meat

Singapore has given U.S. startup Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the world's first regulatory approval for so-called clean meat that does not come from slaughtered animals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2020

Thai court ruling could see prime minister ousted amid protests

Thailand’s Constitutional Court is set to decide on Wednesday whether Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha should be disqualified for breaking ethical rules, a move that would see him ousted even after he’s repeatedly rejected calls by pro-democracy groups to resign.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2020

China’s 'Wolf Warriors' slam Australia, winning fans at home

China's diplomatic rhetoric is increasingly driven by concerns at home, where a promise of national rejuvenation and a torrent of overseas criticism are fanning nationalistic sentiments.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2020

Japan to keep funding domestic tourism under new stimulus package, draft shows

The outline underscores Suga's resolve to keep businesses open, even as Japan faces a resurgence in coronavirus infections, which is quickly filling up hospital beds.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2020

Viral hit: 'Sanmitsu' — the 'Three Cs' — declared Japan's buzzword of 2020

The 'Three Cs” approach to the pandemic, popularized by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, refers to avoiding closed spaces, crowds and close-contact situations.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 1, 2020

Putting economy first, Suga hesitant to rein in Go To Travel program

The prime minister seems to hold the view that any cure involving a loss of economic momentum would be worse than the disease.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2020

China’s hard line against Australia is a lesson for us all

Australia is the proverbial canary in the coal mine — and wolves eat canaries in one bite.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2020

Progressives may not like Biden’s foreign policy

Biden has signaled that his national security cabinet will be more centrist than the left flank of his party would like.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2020

A triumph of German innovation and immigration

The great advantage of BioNTech's approach is that it allows for the production of more than one billion vaccine doses within the space of just a few months.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Dec 1, 2020

Pacific League far ahead of Central League in NPB arms race

Factors such as pitching have created a gulf on the field, while the PL has also innovated more with online broadcasting and brand marketing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 1, 2020

China’s fight with Australia risks backfiring as Biden era nears

To Beijing, the attacks on Australia are meant to deter others like Canada, the European Union and Japan from joining a U.S.-led campaign to counter China's rise.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 1, 2020

I'm sorry, but I think you can complain a little bit better than that

Japanese is well-known for being an indirect language, but that doesn't mean you can't make your dissatisfaction with a situation clear to others.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 1, 2020

A verb tense for when you've been the subject of someone else's machinations

When you've been made to do something against your will, try and wrap your tongue around the causative passive to express yourself.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 1, 2020

Democracy darkens: Hong Kong activists reel from Chinese moves

A year after young activists, veteran democrats and others formed the boldest revolt against Beijing in decades, Hong Kong is rapidly being 'mainlandized,' democracy advocates say.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2020

TSE president to step down after trading outage in October

The glitch was the worst since 1999, depriving investors of trades worth around u00a53 trillion as government sought to boost the nation as an Asian trading hub.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2020

Warp speed for clean energy? That won't work.

It might it be easier for the government to subsidize battery research, rather than pre-ordering particular battery units for later distribution? Maybe so, and it would be smart policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2020

The implausibility of the ‘Vietnam model’ for North Korea: The security factor

Kim Jong Un cannot decentralize the economy regardless of how external conditions develop as fear of losing control would render such reforms impossible.
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2025

‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll

The small rightwing populist party led by firebrand Sohei Kamiya won 14 seats in Sunday’s Upper House election.
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 Wakatakakage bring balance to the banzuke?
Wakatakakage during a ring entering ceremony in February 2020
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
Ukraine war has transformed North Korean military: Kyiv’s military intel chief
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike, on July 30. Moscow has dispatched military specialists to train the Korean People’s Army on how to use combat drones and air-defense systems.
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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