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Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 5, 2022

How Washington is pushing back against Russian propaganda

Unlike its European allies, the U.S. is not directly pushing the giant American tech and social media companies that control the flow of information to billions of people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2022

The West’s cyberattack appeasement helped give Putin a green light

A failure to respond in-kind on hacking since 2014 sent a signal of weakness on Ukraine. But it's not too late to fight back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2022

Japan's economy rebounds on solid consumption but omicron clouds outlook

The world's third-largest economy expanded an annualized 5.4% in the final three months of 2021, with falling coronavirus cases helping to prop up consumption.
EDITORIALS
Feb 11, 2022

Focus on the substance, not the symbols, of a Japan-U.S. partnership

The Kishida administration will be better served by concentrating on and building upon positive developments with the United States.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2022

Japan will take flexible approach on entry ban, COVID-19 minister says

The government will present a policy covering whether to ease the entry rules as early as next week, a report said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 29, 2022

As Russian troops mass in Belarus, a Ukraine border is largely undefended

Russia has deployed tanks and artillery, fighter jets and helicopters, advanced rocket systems and troops by the thousands all across Belarus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2021

Growing friction between Kishida and Abe could mean turbulence for LDP in 2022

Tensions between Kishida and the former prime minister appear to be on the rise as Abe seeks to strengthen his faction and influence behind the scenes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2021

The world wants more lithium but doesn’t want more mines

Within months of unveiling plans for a $2.4 billion mine in western Serbia, local opponents organized a movement that's rocked the government and brought cities to a standstill.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2021

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin delivers potential fatal blow to Biden's $1.75 trillion spending bill

The Democratic senator backtracked on supporting Biden's signature domestic policy bill, known as Build Back Better, which aims to expand the social safety net and tackle climate change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2021

Carrie Lam’s second term depends on 0.02% of Hong Kong’s people

Lam's approval rating plummeted to around 15% two years ago, and while it has since doubled, only about one in three residents support her.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2021

Boris Johnson courts edgy MPs who may one day end his career

Johnson has been hosting weekly drinks and canapes for Tory MPs, divided into groups according to the years they entered Parliament, to try to soothe nerves.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2021

United States and China tussle over Honduras as it weighs Taiwan ties

Honduras is one of a shrinking club concentrated in Central America and the Caribbean that maintains relations with Taiwan, which China views as a wayward province.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 25, 2021

Shizuoka by-election boosts opposition's hopes ahead of Lower House poll

The LDP is taking stock of what went wrong after a ruling coalition-backed candidate lost despite campaigning by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2021

Kishida and coalition suffer by-election blow ahead of Lower House poll

The ruling LDP triumphed in its Yamaguchi stronghold while an opposition-backed candidate won in Shizuoka, in the first tests of the Fumio Kishida administration since it was inaugurated earlier this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2021

Japan’s exports weakened by supply snags hurting global trade

The figures from the world's third-largest economy add to evidence that COVID-19-triggered supply chain bottlenecks are taking a toll on global trade.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 18, 2021

Loss of LDP majority could open up range of coalition options

With 465 seats up for grabs and opposition parties teaming up in some districts, the results of this year's Lower House election are far from certain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2021

U.K. politician’s stabbing death prompts calls for safety review for lawmakers

The attack revives questions about the safety of lawmakers meeting face-to-face with residents in their districts, usually with little security.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 28, 2021

After U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Japan has a role to play

Washington now plans to focus on competing with Beijing on the world stage, and Tokyo has an opportunity to stand at the forefront of this rebalancing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2021

Sudan says coup by ousted president's loyalists thwarted

A government spokesman said remnants of Omar al-Bashir's government had participated in the coup attempt.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 10, 2021

In LDP race, divided factions and empowered junior lawmakers make election a toss-up

Unlike last year, when a majority of the party's prominent factions swiftly banded together to back Yoshihide Suga, most factions are divided over who to support.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2021

Biden’s cruel summer

Democrats are hoping the Afghan debacle will be less salient to voters by November 2022. But the fall of Kabul could have a lasting effect.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 26, 2021

LDP leadership election: Suga has a target on his back

As LDP heavyweights jockey for position ahead of the party's presidential election, one thing for sure is there is a target on Prime Minister Suga's back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 18, 2021

Afghan central bank's $10 billion stash not all within reach of Taliban

The country's central bank is thought to hold foreign currency, gold and other treasures in its vaults, but the vast majority of the assets are held outside Afghanistan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2021

'We are not the virus': Two-tier delta lockdowns divide Sydney

Harsher restrictions and tougher policing in Sydney's most-affected neighborhoods have stoked resentment in its most vulnerable people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2021

Tokyo was promised glory and riches. It got an Olympics in a bubble.

The Games failed to live up to their economic promise and cast a harsh light on Japan's political culture. Some feel “a hunger for a new system.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2021

U.K.’s divided city seeks to escape a past inflamed by Brexit

Britain's departure from the European Union has exposed fault lines across the U.K., and no more so than in Northern Ireland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 5, 2021

Myanmar forces kill 25 in raid on town, residents and media say

Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta at a town in the center of the Southeast Asian nation, two residents and Myanmar media said on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
Three Japanese nationals among those detained by ICE at Hyundai plant in Georgia
Investigators from the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations at a factory being built by South Korea's Hyundai Motor in Georgia on Friday
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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