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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2022

Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a sin all Russia will bear

It is not Putin who is cursed now — it's all of us Russians. Our identity will be tainted by this invasion, by our failure to stop the dictator long before he crossed this unspeakable line.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2022

Pandemic fatigue a challenge for Canada's Trudeau amid protests

A survey from last week said a third of Canadians think now is the time to lift all restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Feb 14, 2022

How social norms have influenced Japan’s COVID-19 response

Without any legally enforceable lockdown measures, the watchful gaze of the public eye has kept the nation's citizens in check.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2022

China sends warplanes close to Taiwan amid report of new naval presence near Japan

The incursion, the largest since October, came as a report said that Beijing had recently established a constant naval presence between southern Japan and eastern Taiwan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 23, 2022

Hitachi’s ¥2 trillion divestment drive kept activists at bay

Since taking over, CEO Toshiaki Higashihara is credited with transforming Hitachi, once the country's biggest loss-maker, into a profitable enterprise without outside intervention.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

Drones jolt a Persian Gulf focused on Iran’s nuclear ambitions

Such drones make it possible to conduct small, targeted assaults that slip through multibillion-dollar defense systems designed to deter more advanced weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2022

India's new COVID-19 rules aim to free up resources but come with risks

The moves will offer breathing space for health care facilities as they battle a thirty-threefold surge in infections over the past month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 13, 2022

China steps up construction along disputed Bhutan border, satellite images show

Construction-related activity in some of the locations along Bhutan's western border has been underway since early 2020, with China initially building tracks and clearing out areas.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 8, 2022

Sidney Poitier, who paved the way for Black actors in film, dies at 94

Poitier, who established himself as Hollywood's first Black matinee idol, died Thursday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 6, 2022

Kyrie Irving returns as leagues take new approach toward unvaccinated athletes

Critics feel sports leagues are giving in to their unvaccinated star players.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 5, 2022

Behind Brazil's 'green' charcoal industry, illegal deforestation and workers' misery

This year, 66 workers were found in slavery-like conditions at just one site, according to the head of the Brazil's anti-slavery authority.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2022

The fight to slow the global fish crash has a big problem

Fish consumption has been rising at almost double the rate of population growth for more than half a century.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 1, 2022

In New Year's speech, Taiwan president warns China against 'military adventurism'

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen marked the new year with a message for China: military conflict is not the answer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2021

Developing young minds for a better future

Many academics and policy pros travel in their own bubbles, seeing only counterparts or folks who pay for the privilege. Who they don't mix with are tomorrow's future leaders.
Japan Times
Dec 28, 2021

Kotozna’s CES Exhibit to Showcase Concierge Platforms that Let Speakers of 109 Different Languages Talk with Each Other in Their Native Tongues

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 27, 2021) – At CES® 2022 (Jan. 5-8) and ShowStoppers® (Jan. 5), Kotozna, Inc., a Tokyo-based communication tech startup, will demonstrate its digital concierge platforms for the travel and lodging industries that enable speakers of 109 different languages to talk with one another...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2021

Asia geopolitics in review: A year of shadowboxing

The year 2021 — which saw green shoots of proactive diplomacy — could ultimately prove to be the temporary lull before the geopolitical storm.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2021

In Myanmar's Chin state, a grassroots rebellion grows

In the last few weeks, the Myanmar military has sent reinforcements to Chin, which had been largely peaceful for years, and launched a major offensive against rebels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2021

Transgender people waiting years for gender health care as demand surges

Defenders of systems that require transgender people to wait claim it reduces later regrets, but many transgender advocates criticize it as 'gatekeeping.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2021

Bob Dole, old soldier and stalwart of the U.S. Senate, dies at 98

A Republican, Dole was one of the most durable political figures in the last decades of the last century.
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
Dec 1, 2021

Officials offer vaccine reassurance as WHO advises against travel bans

The WHO warned against blanket travel bans while the head of drugmaker Moderna said existing COVID-19 vaccines would be less effective against the omicron variant.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 21, 2021

Spirit beat Red Stars to win first NWSL championship

An extra-time goal by Kelley O'Hara capped off an emotional season for a Washington team unbeaten since September despite enduring turmoil off the pitch.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 21, 2021

Nordic exposure: Pantechnicon celebrates the synergy between Japanese and Scandinavian design

Despite disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pantechnicon has been gaining momentum among the design savvy London set since it first opened its doors in September 2020. Located in the heart of the Belgravia conservation area of London, the new cultural hub offers guests an opportunity “to go for...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 20, 2021

U.S. teen Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted of all charges after divisive murder trial

A jury acquitted the teenager of murder in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests in a decision that ignited fierce debate about gun rights in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 19, 2021

18,000 still stranded as floods threaten to be Canada's costliest natural disaster

Estimates suggest insured losses will far exceed the CA$3.6 billion caused by wildfires that hit Alberta's oil-producing region of Fort McMurray in 2016.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 19, 2021

Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits 15-year high, undercutting state pledge

Brazil's space research agency, INPE, recorded 13,235 square kilometers of deforestation in the world's largest rainforest, an area nearly 17 times the size of New York City.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

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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