Tag - media

 
Menu
Search
 
April 27, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

MEDIA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2023
Japan's sushi chains taking action after customers' inappropriate behavior goes viral
The operator of the Hamasushi chain has filed a damage report to police over a video that started to circulate in early January, while Kura Sushi is probing a similar incident.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 30, 2023
The first rule of street photography club? Always carry a camera, preferably analog
The idea that street photography is a solitary hobby is outdated. Thanks in part to social media, communities for those who document everyday life are thriving.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023
Police warnings of shady job posts linked to crimes jump in 2022
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department issued warnings for 3,480 offers of 'yami baito' — or shady part-time jobs — posted to Twitter in 2022, up nearly 1.5-times from the 2,246 in 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2023
Alleged ringleader of serial robberies in Japan operated from Manila detention center
The suspected mastermind, who is said to have gone by the name “Luffy,” sent instructions via smartphone, taking advantage of lax security at the detention facility.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2023
How threatening are threats and what are they doing to our psychological well-being?
News, social media alerts and scares are lighting up not only our smartphones, but also our brains, prompting some to ask how all the “threat talk” might be affecting us psychologically.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2023
Trump reinstated to Facebook and Instagram after two-year ban
The company’s decision to withdraw the ban means Trump can soon reach tens of millions of followers across the two services as he makes another bid for the White House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2023
Dubious COVID-19 treatments explode on social media in China
China’s rapid dismantling of pandemic restrictions resulted in COVID-19 spreading through places with little experience with the virus until now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2023
U.S. media rocked by layoffs amid economic gloom
From CNN to the Washington Post, U.S. media are facing tough times, as a series of outlets have announced layoffs this winter amid fears of an economic downturn.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 19, 2023
Japan's myopic coverage of the Kishida-Biden summit
The foreign press provide more comprehensive reporting on the Kishida-Biden summit compared to Japan's own media outlets with their focus on domestic politics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2023
What the Kardashians can teach climate activists
Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time, a crisis that will affect every every nation and every human life — and yet people seem more curious about the Kardashians.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 18, 2023
Corruption trial opens over international soccer broadcast rights
The charges are part of a long-running corruption probe surrounding soccer's global governing body FIFA.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2023
Tokyo police's Twitter account for disaster info turns 10 years old
Tokyo police created the account after it became aware of the need to send out accurate information following the March 2011 major earthquake and tsunami.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

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

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027
Looking ahead to Yokohama’s Green × Expo 2027

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER