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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 14, 2022

World’s central banks set policy for economies shaken by the war

Global central banks this week will offer the biggest collective assessment of a changed world since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2022

Top China COVID fighter is woman who hit party’s glass ceiling

Sun Chunlan is the only female vice premier in China's entrenched patriarchy, the sole woman on its powerful 25-member Politburo and the top official overseeing pandemic control.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Mar 12, 2022

Online status: If you build a virtual world of fashion, will they come?

Brands are seeking to replicate traditional models of scarcity in a metaverse where true abundance is possible.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2022

A 459-foot mystery in a Tuscan port: Is it a Russian’s superyacht?

As European authorities go after the luxury assets of oligarchs close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, a superyacht cloaked in secrecy has come under investigation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 10, 2022

With ‘Turning Red,’ a big red panda helps break a glass ceiling

Domee Shi is the first woman filmmaker with sole directing credit on a Pixar feature.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 10, 2022

Seino Holdings drives toward environmental sustainability

Seino Holdings Co. Ltd. is one of Japan’s top commercial logistics companies, with about 90 years of history. In recent years, the Gifu-based company has been accelerating its efforts to make its services sustainable and environmentally friendly without sacrificing people’s quality of life and convenience....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s goodbye will be a long one

Russia's president is in a tight spot, isolated, with his economy crumbling. But this is only the beginning of the end.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2022

Crispr might actually live up to its immense hype

The Nobel prize-winning technology is moving from a concept to the clinic at a breathtaking pace.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Mar 9, 2022

NTT collaboration learns how to plant a sustainable well-being city

NTT Urban Solutions recently acquired a new certification of international guidance on the operation of smart cities over its development project in the central Nagoya district of Higashisakura, conducted in collaboration with NTT Urban Development and other NTT companies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2022

Hong Kong’s leader goes quiet as city’s COVID-19 crisis deepens

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's unusual withdrawal from public view underscores concerns about how the city will be governed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 9, 2022

A Kobe farmers market opens Tha Door for craft beer-loving couple

Momentum was building around In Tha Door Brewing's collaborations but it wasn't until 2018 when the Nakatos decided something more formal was needed.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 8, 2022

China warns U.S. against backing Taiwan and turning Pacific alliances into Asia NATO

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said some of those speaking about Ukraine's sovereignty have undermined China's sovereignty over Taiwan, in what he called 'a blatant double standard.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 7, 2022

Can a new South Korean president rebuild Seoul's shattered ties with Tokyo?

While Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged not to exploit historical tensions with Japan for domestic political gain, Tokyo is likely to be skeptical no matter who wins Wednesday's election.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 7, 2022

Xi warns missteps on ethnic issues would ‘destabilize’ China

At a recent meeting during the National People's Congress, China's president made clear his party's expectation that race-related unrest be avoided at all cost.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Mar 7, 2022

Vaughan and Rie Allison welcome all new arrivals to Mia Mia

Picking a location for their cafe far from Tokyo's bustling central hot spots, Vaughan and Rie Allison have nonetheless developed a loyal following among the locals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2022

Putin’s justification for an attack on Ukraine conjures up memories of WWII and Hitler

Similar to Putin's justification for invading Ukraine, Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia in order to incorporate districts with a German-speaking population.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2022

The war in Ukraine holds a warning for the world order

The multinational response to the invasion of Ukraine shows that liberalism has some life left. But the challenges posed by waning U.S. power and rising authoritarianism remain formidable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2022

China defense budget rises 7.1% for fastest clip in three years

China projected defense spending growth is the fastest pace since 2019 as President Joe Biden moves to strengthen the United States' position in the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 5, 2022

Evolving Japanese crafts find a home in the U.K.

Artisans are pushing boundaries in the U.K., where a growing popularity of Japanese designs and concepts is being driven in part by increased concerns over sustainability.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Mar 5, 2022

Unfazed by game rivals’ acquisitions, Nintendo seeks to forge its own path to success

The game company sees value in existing working relationships over securing short-term profit.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2022

Putin's propaganda machine undercut by social media blackout

In the five years since Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, Facebook and Twitter have built systems to ensure they wouldn't be blindsided the next time.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 4, 2022

Klitschko brothers say Ukraine will not surrender as Russia continues invasion

'We are not going to surrender. We have nowhere to retreat.'
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2022

Japan scientists say omicron variant proves to be more lethal than flu

The finding is a reminder that the coronavirus still poses a threat despite the milder nature of the highly contagious variant.
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.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.

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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