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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 17, 2022

New economic security bill lays the foundation for real national security

The new bill promotes self-reliance and innovation, which increases Japan's value within the global production network.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 16, 2022

How omicron infection turbocharges vaccinated people’s immunity

The data comes as omicron continues to fuel outbreaks around the world, most notably in China, where residents of Shanghai have endured almost six weeks of lockdown.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
May 16, 2022

'Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack

One way to try and combat the rise in such hate crimes is for the media to avoid publishing details of the shooters' personal lives, one expert says
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 16, 2022

Neutral Switzerland leans closer to NATO in response to Russia

The Defense Ministry is drawing up a report on security options that include joint military exercises with NATO countries and 'backfilling' munitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2022

Should people combine their money after marriage?

Modern couples have lots of options for handling their finances. What matters most is getting the communication started.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2022

Creaky U.S. power grid threatens progress on renewables and electric vehicles

After decades of struggle, the U.S. clean-energy business is booming. But that progress could be derailed without a massive overhaul of America's antiquated electric infrastructure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
May 14, 2022

Do spam bots really comprise under 5% of Twitter users? Elon Musk wants to know.

Independent researchers have said the number of spam bots could be as much as 15% of users, a discrepancy that could affect the Tesla chief's $44 billion deal for the social media company.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 11, 2022

Test, test, test? Scientists question costly mass COVID-19 checks

The dominance of the relatively milder omicron variant and the availability of vaccines and treatments means governments should consider more strategic policies, some experts say.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 8, 2022

A wooden knife sharper than steel? Scientists say so.

Made from the same wood as musical instruments, this experimental, all-natural knife represents a whole new kind of cutting edge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2022

Bringing facial recognition to war is a bad idea

New York-based Clearview AI revealed it had offered the government of Ukraine free access to its 'facial network” to help stave off the Russian invasion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2022

U.S. in talks with Japan's Shionogi to buy new COVID-19 pill

Shionogi's treatment is in late-stage clinical trials and hasn't yet been authorized, but in earlier studies, it reduced viral loads in patients within the first few days of use.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 19, 2022

Scientists question data behind an experimental Alzheimer’s drug

Studies linked to Cassava Sciences, once a stock market favorite, have been retracted or challenged by medical journals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2022

India is stalling WHO’s efforts to make global COVID death toll public

More than one-third of an additional 9 million deaths are estimated to have occurred in India, but the country is not alone in undercounting the pandemic's toll.
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
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2022

Bristling against the West, China rallies domestic sympathy for Russia

While Russia batters Ukraine, officials in China have been meeting to study a Communist Party-produced documentary that extols President Vladimir Putin of Russia as a hero.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 28, 2022

Center helps non-Japanese kids tackle the obstacles of getting into a Japanese high school

From testing to etiquette, new arrivals to Japan face linguistic and cultural challenges when enrolling in high school in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 28, 2022

Mayu Nakamura: ‘Why can't a woman be sexy and a mother at the same time?’

Mayu Nakamura is known for her critically acclaimed documentaries. After a hiatus, she's back with a drama that aims to change how we view older women.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2022

Experts see China stuck in a slowly evolving 'COVID zero' loop

Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping's call in mid-March to limit the economic and social fallout of virus elimination, large-scale lockdowns and mass testing drives are back.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 20, 2022

‘A Fictional Commons’: Rethinking alternatives to capitalism with literature

Michael Bourdaghs compellingly shows how influential literary figure Natsume Soseki imbued his classic works with challenges to the constrictive, patriarchal systems of property control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2022

How a Columbia professor became the scourge of activist short sellers

Joshua Mitts, a young professor who is making some powerful enemies on Wall Street, has become an increasingly influential figure in the hot debate over activist short selling.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. Midwest report 2022
Mar 15, 2022

UW–Madison: Sights set on Japan and the world

Established in 1848, University of Wisconsin–Madison lives up to the state’s growing reputation as one of the country’s leading centers for education and innovation. Among its most sought-out degrees and programs are those in engineering, medicine, science, law and public administration, in addition...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Mar 14, 2022

Years without forestry education as Fukushima decontamination falls short

While some projects have begun to restore areas of mountain forest, airborne radiation levels in those areas are still not low enough that children can safely enter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2022

Europe imported more weapons ahead of war in Ukraine, report says

European states accounted for 13% of global arms transfers in the period between 2017 and 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2022

How the coronavirus steals our sense of smell

As well as explaining the abrupt loss of smell that has become a well-known hallmark of COVID-19, new research could shed new light on conditions like 'brain fog.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2022

Vaccine protection against moderate illness waned among adolescents, new CDC data suggests

The vaccine does protect against severe illness, and booster shots increase the protection.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2022

Russia's missiles see mixed results in Ukraine as world watches

Despite Russia having used hundred of powerful missiles against Ukraine in recent days, analysts and U.S. officials say many Ukrainian defenses remain intact.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 28, 2022

Meet me at 3 a.m. for a cup of coffee: Waking up to the benefits of segmented sleep

The pandemic has allowed some people to return to a former way of sleeping: in segments.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2022

College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay

The return of the Taliban and the economic collapse that followed has hit woman the hardest — without jobs and income, many cannot afford to go back to school.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2022

Burgeoning krill fishery may threaten marine wildlife in the Antarctic

The icy waters off Antarctica are estimated to hold between 300 million and 500 million tons of krill — nearly as heavy as all of the world's cattle.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
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.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
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

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