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COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 6, 2023

Is economic failure an economics failure?

It is clear that an ever-growing number of people hold democratic capitalism in disrepute, and economists along with it. But how much responsibility do economists bear for our ills?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 6, 2023

Will central banks do what it takes?

Restoring positive real interest rates — thereby stabilizing inflation — may require monetary policy to be kept tighter for longer than many policymakers seem to expect.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2023

BOJ's policy tweak hasn't led to lending windfall, Mizuho head says

Comments from the president and CEO of Mizuho Financial Group highlight the challenges Japanese banks still face.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2023

Kishida urges faster wage hikes to avoid stagflation

The government is pledging to spend u00a51 trillion ($7.5 billion) in the next five years on re-skilling workers, while encouraging firms to make pay scales more flexible.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 5, 2023

Brazil's Bolsonaro faces legal risks after losing immunity

Bolsonaro's future may hinge on the path charted by crusading Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as well as on the calculations of new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 5, 2023

Chris Froome's team given wild-card invitation for Tour de France

Four-time champion Chris Froome's Israeli team, Israel Premier Tech, and Norway's Uno-X completed the lineup for this year's Tour de France after organizers issued wild-card invitations on Wednesday.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 5, 2023

NFL and medical experts caution against speculation about cause of Damar Hamlin's condition

'Reckless speculation on social media is a source of disinformation and could lead to other unintended negative consequences,' physicians wrote in an open letter.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 5, 2023

With heavy hearts, NFL players go back to work

The Ravens' Calais Campbell said it was natural to ask if football was worth the risk as the NFL got back to work after the Bills' Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2023

Prime Minister Kishida’s 2023 survival strategy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has a tough road ahead, but he is politically savvy and has been adept at making the moves necessary to remain in office so far.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 5, 2023

Harry Kane fires Tottenham to win over Crystal Palace

Harry Kane lifted the gloom at Tottenham by scoring twice in a convincing 4-0 win against Crystal Palace, while Nottingham Forest hauled itself out of the relegation zone in the Premier League on Wednesday.
A Ukrainian ship in the Black Sea off the coast of Odesa in March 2022. Ukraine has issued a warning that commercial ships using any of six Russian Black Sea ports would be considered military targets.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2023

Ukraine drone hits second Russian ship in two days

Ukraine has issued a warning that commercial ships using any of six Russian Black Sea ports would be considered military targets.
The newly created Children and Families Agency unveils its signboard last month.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 6, 2023

Japan to promote new certification tackling child abuse

Set to launch in April 2024, the move is in response to the rise in abuse consultation requests — hitting record highs 31 years in a row.
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 6, 2023

South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood

To fight its abysmal birthrate, Seoul offers fertility treatments, cash bonuses and free child care, but only for straight, married couples.
A courtroom sketch shows former U.S. President Donald Trump taking an oath during a court appearance in Washington on Thursday
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2023

Civics lesson or reality TV? Calls grow to broadcast Trump trial

Lawyers and politicians in the U.S. are lining up to urge that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom.
The Netherlands' Jill Roord (right) celebrates her goal against South Africa in the round of 16 at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney on Sunday.
SOCCER / Women's World cup
Aug 6, 2023

Jill Roord on target as Dutch march past South Africa in last 16

The 54th-ranked African champion never gave up the fight and always threatened in its first appearance in the Women's World Cup knockout stage.
Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui gives a press briefing in Beijing in June.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2023

China's Ukraine peace talks gambit shows shifts amid hard realities

Beijing appears to be confronting some hard realities as the conflict drags on, analysts say.
Since 1948, Yuji Koseki's "The Crown Will Shine on You” has served as the anthem for the summer Koshien tournament.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 6, 2023

Japan’s enduring ‘sound of summer’

Composer Yuji Koseki probably did not imagine that his career would become intertwined with Japan’s most popular sporting event.
An installation for The North Face Moon Parka, which uses a Spiber-produced protein material
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Aug 6, 2023

A Japanese startup is using biotech to ‘brew’ greener fashion

Fashion has a huge environmental impact, and Spiber thinks its products can help curb the industry's footprint.
Nymphonella tapetis has become a pest for Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) farms in Tokyo Bay.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife / OUR PLANET
Aug 6, 2023

There are spiders in the sea surrounding Japan … sort of

Most sea spiders look like a tangle of legs, with little, if any, body to speak of. But they are not actually spiders.
A stock board at an intersection in Shanghai in October
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 6, 2023

China is losing out as global funds chase returns in Japan stocks

Foreign buying of Japanese equities has exceeded that of Chinese peers for the first time since 2017, according to a Goldman Sachs Group report.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 29
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2023

U.S. prosecutors ask for protective order, citing threatening Trump post

Despite a history of online bullying, Trump’s campaign issued a statement insisting that he was practicing his First Amendment rights.
People ride a boat through a flooded road after Typhoon Doksuri in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2023

China floodwater diversions unleash wave of online anger

To protect Beijing from flooding, water is sometimes channeled to so-called 'flood storage areas' — including populated areas.
A test event for the 2024 Summer Olympics' open swimming competition was scheduled to take place in Paris this weekend.
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2023

Paris Games swimming test in Seine canceled due to pollution

Heavy rains for the past week in Paris have caused sewers to overflow, polluting the Seine.
India is facing a potential future food crises due to severe climate change despite its per capita carbon emissions being lower than some countries such as Germany. 
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2023

India’s food security is being choked by climate change

A warming planet is destabilizing the cycles of rain and sun that are keeping India fed.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other leaders of the Group of Seven, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meet during their summit in Hiroshima on May 21. 
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2023

The G7 leaders’ vision on nuclear disarmament

Geopolitical rivalries and the failure to address the complicity of G7 members in perpetuating a nuclearized world are stymieing nonproliferation efforts.
A farmer plants rice seedlings using a rice transplanter in a paddy field in Kobe in June.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2023

Japan's demand for rice falls 10 years in a row

As demand wanes, the agriculture ministry has begun urging farmers to switch to growing soybeans and wheat, as well as rice used for animal feed.

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