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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 19, 2021

A decade after 3/11, what lessons has Japan learned?

The March 11, 2011, earthquake's impact on the people and government of Japan has been both physical and philosophical.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2021

Deep South towns are counting on Biden to keep his climate promises

Rising heat and more intense flooding are increasing the stress on all sorts of aging American infrastructure, and the impact often hits disadvantaged communities hardest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Feb 9, 2021

Forget 5G, the U.S. and China are already fighting for 6G dominance

The first nations to develop and patent 6G will be the biggest winners in what some call the next industrial revolution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2021

COVID-19 brings sister cities closer together

Japan and the United States share more sister city relationships with each other than with any other country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2021

British teen wakes from nearly yearlong coma unaware of COVID-19 pandemic

The teen has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic even though he has caught the virus twice.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 7, 2021

Suicides in Japan dropped for a decade. Then the pandemic hit.

Economic insecurity, social isolation and the lingering dread that those you love can suddenly fall victim to the pathogen have stirred a toxic mix of stress and anxiety.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2021

China gene firm providing worldwide COVID-19 tests worked with Chinese military

BGI Group's links to the People's Liberation Army, which have not been previously reported, include research with China's top military supercomputing experts.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 26, 2021

NBA and players' union reportedly discuss All-Star Game

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are engaged in discussions about possibility holding an All-Star Game in early March, with Atlanta targeted as the host city, ESPN reported on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2021

In Hong Kong, a new party calls for stability — and raises suspicions

The party, led by business executives who moved to Hong Kong from the mainland, is entering the fray amid forceful moves by Beijing to quash dissent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 16, 2021

Stories that cater to the soul, the intellect and the stomach

Examining the challenges facing Soka Gakkai, a new teen comic book hero and coffee franchises nationwide amid the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jan 16, 2021

Kansai's 2030 vision is to think like a penguin

Kansai Economic Federation, which includes some of Kansai's largest and most influential firms, hopes to tap patrons with the spirit of a “first penguin” to revive the region's fortunes.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2021

State of emergency expanded to seven more prefectures

Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, Tochigi and Fukuoka have all been added, making the order effective in 11 of Japan's 47 prefectures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2021

What America has learned from Iranian social media

The U.S. State Department's new approach treated social media as a channel to learn what Iranians thought about both their own regime and U.S. policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 6, 2021

NYSE eyes reverting to original plan to delist major Chinese firms

The possibility that firms will be delisted means financial markets are likely to face further disruptions from Trump's crackdown on Chinese companies.
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 Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2020

No ‘negative’ news: How China censored the coronavirus

Officials scrambled to suppress inconvenient news and reclaim the narrative, according to confidential directives sent to local propaganda workers and news outlets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2020

The virus trains: How lockdown chaos spread COVID-19 across India

Special trains operated by the government to ease suffering — and to counteract a disastrous lack of lockdown planning — instead played a significant role in spreading the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 15, 2020

The U.S. Pacific Deterrence Initiative: A chance to turn the corner in Asia

This year's NDAA includes the Pacific Deterrence Initiative , which while a virtual drop in the budget — at $2.2 billion — is a potentially big deal for regional security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2020

Psychedelics replace cannabis as the new favorite edgy investment

Early stage investors are predicting substances such as psilocybin and Ibogaine have an even better shot than cannabis at disrupting the $70 billion market for mental health.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2020

Big Tech turns its lobbyists loose on Europe, alarming regulators

As the European Union has become the global leader in tech regulation, companies have increasingly focused on Brussels in hopes of choking off stiffer rules.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Dec 11, 2020

Japan climate summit draws participants from around globe

The Japan Climate Action Summit 2020 brought together leaders in the public and private sectors from around the country, as well as climate activists from Japan and overseas.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 7, 2020

The pandemic border policy that will leave a scar on Japan's foreign community

Border restrictions imposed on non-Japanese residents to stop the spread of COVID-19 were seen as discriminatory by many, but they're not likely to prevent travel here in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2020

IBM says cyberattacks are targeting vaccine distribution operations

The attacks appear intended to steal the credentials of executives and officials at global organizations involved in the refrigeration process necessary to protect vaccine doses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 3, 2020

Fossil fuel production far exceeds climate targets, U.N. says

Some of the largest fossil fuel producers in the world, including Australia, China, Canada and the United States, are among those pursuing major expansions in fossil fuel supply.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 2, 2020

Chiganoura Beya had unique, eventful existence

Opened in 2004, by former sekiwake Masudayama, Chiganoura Beya grabbed the interest of many sumo observers right off the bat for a number of unique moves.
Japan Times
Nov 30, 2020

From Japan to the world – Lixil’s sustainability mission - Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury -

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.

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