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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2022
U.S. aircraft carrier deploys off Korean Peninsula amid tensions with North
This is the first time since 2017 that a carrier group has deployed to the waters between South Korea and Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2022
The huge endeavor to produce a tiny microchip
Microchips are in many ways the lifeblood of the modern economy. They are also intensive to produce and made on gigantic, ultraclean factory room floors that can be seven stories tall.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2022
Supply chains widely tainted by forced labor in China, witnesses say
Human rights activists, labor leaders and others have urged the U.S. to put its weight behind a coming ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2022
Japan's Eisai still seeking accelerated U.S. review of Alzheimer's drug
The firm said it plans to seek a quick approval even after the Medicare health plan decided to limit coverage of medicines approved in that manner.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2022
Will the Ukraine invasion ease U.S.-China tensions?
Developments in recent weeks suggest that the Ukraine war may mark a turning point for bilateral U.S.-China relations, at least in the economic domain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 7, 2022
Japan needs a Taiwan contingency plan — and fast
In Japan, there is a new senior-level willingness to more directly align the national interests with protecting Taiwanese security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2022
China's balancing act over Ukraine offers Washington a subtle 'win'
U.S.-led pressure on China, including the specter of sanctions should it provide material support for Russia's war, appears to be helping keep Beijing on the fence over the conflict.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2022
Could North Korea mark key anniversary with a nuclear test?
The U.S. special envoy has said that North Korea may conduct its seventh nuclear test on the 110th anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2022
With easy Russia sanctions used up, West faces tough economic choices
As the world's wealthy democratic powers roll out new sanctions against Russia, it has become clear that the easiest options are now exhausted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022
Taiwan’s fatal attractions
By eagerly embracing foreign politicians who “stand with Taiwan,” even as they undermine democracy elsewhere, the island's leaders are flirting with disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
How America watches for a nuclear strike
Hundreds of imaging satellites, as well as other private and federal spacecraft, have been looking for signs of heightened activity among Russia's nuclear forces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022
Vladimir Putin’s war will destroy his beloved country
For Vladimir Putin, the Ukraine war is about an imaginary struggle for the Russian soul against a West that would destroy it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2022
U.S., U.K. and Australia to develop hypersonic weapons after China and Russia advances
The move by the AUKUS alliance also left the door open for other partner nations, such as Japan, to potentially work together on defense issues in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
Ex-oligarch says Putin sees war with the West already underway
Western arguments drawing a line between conflict in Ukraine and the spread of war into NATO territory are a nuance that means little to Putin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2022
GM and Honda announce tie-up to develop affordable electric vehicles
The move will dramatically deepen an existing partnership that already spans gas-powered models, batteries and self-driving technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Apr 6, 2022
Elon Musk may add to U.S. regulator's ire with late report about Twitter stake
U.S. securities law requires disclosure within 10 days of acquiring 5% of a company, and in Musk's case the 10-day deadline was March 24.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 5, 2022
Balkanization is the future of the global economy
A U.S.-China trade war, the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine are three blows that spell an end to globalization.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2022
Who does the U.S. think it is, telling India how to respond to Ukraine?
All countries act according to their own geopolitical calculations and none is immune from making mistakes, including the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2022
China 737 jet-crash clues awaited as black boxes arrive in U.S.
Investigators trying to figure out why a Boeing Co. 737-800 plunged to the ground in China last month could gain key clues within days from the jet's black boxes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2022
U.S. sees rising risk in ‘breathtaking’ China nuclear expansion
Testimony by the head of the U.S. Strategic Command showed for the first time that China's ICBM-launched hypersonic glide vehicle tested in July flew 40,000 km for more than 100 minutes.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

Podcast

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

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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