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Special Supplements
Mar 9, 2023

New APU college aims for sustainable future

The official motto of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, popularly known as APU, is “Shape Your World,” an axiom that is set to take on a whole new meaning with the establishment of APU’s College of Sustainability and Tourism in April. This college will be the first in Japan to have the word...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 9, 2023

Beijing softens rhetoric on Taiwan, signaling patience ahead of island’s election

Facing internal and external challenges and the upcoming Taiwanese presidential election, Beijing has toned down its language on Taiwan in a key government report.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 9, 2023

Dominant Jon Rahm headlines stacked golf field at Players Championship

Rahm is the first player since Johnny Miller in 1975 to win three times in a calendar year before March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2023

Japan’s economy narrowly avoids recession in fragile recovery

The ongoing weakness in the economy supports the central bank’s view that Japan still needs help from easy monetary policy.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2023

Netherlands stun Cuba in World Baseball Classic opener

The Dutch scored three runs in the sixth inning in Taichung to sink Cuba, who featured players from Major League Baseball on their team for the first time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2023

U.S. worries China will use supply chains as weapon

The pandemic demonstrated how the disruption of a single factory in China or elsewhere could halt the work of major industrial operations around the globe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2023

U.S. Fed chief softens tone and says March rate hike size is not yet decided

Powell repeated his message that the central bank is likely to take rates higher than previously anticipated, but he diverged slightly from his prepared remarks to qualify the statement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 9, 2023

TikTok makes fresh push to convince regulators that it protects data

The company outlined plans on Wednesday to build three European data centers to store information on TikTok’s 150 million users in the region locally.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 9, 2023

COVID lab leak fight obscures the global rise of high-security biolabs

Scientific safety has re-emerged as a high-stakes global issue after the U.S. suggested it had intelligence showing a lab leak was the most likely origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2023

Australia expected to buy up to five Virginia class submarines as part of AUKUS, sources say

U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders of Australia and Britain in San Diego next week to chart a way forward for provision of the nuclear-powered submarines.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 9, 2023

‘Downfall’: Tortured soul makes for a total bore

Naoto Takenaka’s faithful adaptation of Inio Asano’s manga strikes a chord with creators, but its nihilistic protagonist may leave audiences wanting.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 9, 2023

‘December’: Powerful courtroom drama serves up shades of gray

Anshul Chauhan shifts toward the mainstream with his third feature and delivers skilled storytelling while tackling universal themes centered on a domestic dilemma.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 8, 2023

Japan's ispace to list shares in Tokyo ahead of planned moon landing

The first is authorized to list 200 million shares and will debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's growth section on April 12, according to a release from the exchange.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2023

Australia and South Korea aiming for strong start in Pool B opener at World Baseball Classic

Both teams have plenty to prove when they begin their World Baseball Classic campaigns in Thursday's curtain-raiser at Tokyo Dome.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 8, 2023

Moving to Fukushima? You’ll have to kick out the boars first

This week Alex K.T. Martin joins us to talk about the state of Fukushima 12 years after the quake. Animals have practically taken over, but Fukushima isn't the only place facing that challenge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2023

The geopolitical trajectory of the Philippines is changing

Growing anxiety toward China, improved U.S.-Philippine relations and growing momentum to advance trilateral-security cooperation that includes Japan is changing Philippine diplomacy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2023

YouTuber-turned politician GaaSyy likely to be expelled from parliament

The lawmaker's probable dismissal comes after he failed to show up at a plenary session to apologize for — fittingly enough — failing to attend parliament.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 8, 2023

Shohei Ohtani ready to lead powerful Japan at World Baseball Classic

After more than a decade of frustration, Japan is back and stronger than ever, with the Angels star — who may one day surpass Ichiro Suzuki in the Japanese baseball pantheon — at the helm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2023

Documents scandal involving Cabinet minister an untimely political headache for Kishida

The economic security minister has come under fire for files an opposition lawmaker says is proof she was involved in pushing for a legal reinterpretation of the broadcasting law.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 8, 2023

In sumo, size doesn't matter (much)

The lack of weight classes in Japan's national sport makes it unique among combat sports such as boxing, where smaller competitors would quickly find themselves overpowered.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 926 new coronavirus cases

New COVID-19 deaths totaled five in the capital, while the number of severely ill coronavirus patients under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's criteria stood at eight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2023

Hold the mayo as Japan egg shortage hits McDonald’s to 7-Eleven

McDonald’s Japan’s Teritama Muffin — a breakfast sandwich that combines egg, sausage and teriyaki sauce — is now off the menu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2023

Health ministry panel proposes five basic habits for preventing COVID

The new approach comes as the government prepares to shift toward a post-pandemic normal through measures such as removing unified mask guidance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2023

China says it’s neutral on the Russia-Ukraine war, but is it?

Xi Jinping may see Vladimir Putin as a kindred spirit, but what does the People's Liberation Army think of the Russian military?

Longform

Wozme, founded by dancer and choreographer Wakaba Kohei, is composed of Kana Kitty, Ami Ishii, Akane Watanabe and Natsuki. Its aim is to inject elegance and beauty, traits traditionally associated with femininity, into the sometimes grotesque art form of butoh dance.
Wozme, an all-women dance troupe, wants to move the needle in butoh