author

 
Menu
Search
 
November 24, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Kari Soo Lindberg
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2022
Hong Kong's future uncertain as consequences of Xi's tightening grip take hold
As the city loses its edge, many among its political and business elite who supported Beijing's crackdown are now looking to see how far they can veer from its rigid policies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 20, 2022
How Xi’s China put over 1,000 Hong Kong journalists out of work
Many veteran journalists have decided to leave the industry because they could not find a suitable position without compromising their 'integrity and personal safety.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2021
Hong Kong’s media crackdown portends tough 2022 for free press
Governments appear poised for more steps to silence critical media coverage in the year ahead.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2021
Hong Kong went from zero to 29 terrorism arrests in 18 months
The cases have been accompanied by a flurry of warnings by government officials that radicals could be planning more attacks.
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
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2021
Hong Kong under pressure to track residents like China to open mainland border
City leaders have struggled to find a tracking system that both convinces Beijing to the unlock the border and avoids triggering a public backlash.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 8, 2021
China moves to complete its purge of Hong Kong’s election system
With their critics out, President Xi Jinping's chosen representatives in Hong Kong are building a system that will make it much riskier for the opposition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2021
Spin doctors target Hong Kongers seeking U.K. visas
The U.K. is being portrayed in China-friendly Hong Kong newspaper editorials and online chat rooms as an undesirable place to live.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 29, 2020
'I won’t take it': China struggles to get the world to trust its vaccines
That uncertainty presents another roadblock in China's efforts to extend its political influence across Asia, Africa and South America.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2019
Like France's enduring Yellow Vest movement, Hong Kong protests unlikely to end anytime soon
Billy has been the butt of criticism from friends for taking part in Hong Kong's protests. Undeterred, he sees his marching days as just beginning.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’
Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER