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OLYMPICS
Jul 17, 2021

Japan’s Olympic history

Looking back at some of Japan's most memorable moments at the games since the country's 1912 debut in Stockholm.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 28, 2021

Osaka: The world’s ‘second city’ … but by whose metrics?

The Economist Intelligence Unit has declared Osaka the second most livable city in the world. Does a former resident remember it being so wonderful?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 21, 2021

New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard to become first transgender Olympian

'I am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many New Zealanders,” Hubbard said in a statement Monday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2021

Japan Display, a fading iPhone LCD screen-maker, pivots to virtual reality

The Tokyo-based LCD specialist expects its favored display technology to become the standard for VR because it can achieve higher resolution than OLED.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2021

Seeking nominations for the Fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize

Nominations are now open for the Fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. This international award recognizes medical research and medical services in Africa and honors change-makers — both individuals and organizations — at the forefront of efforts to combat diseases and improve lives there.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2021

Why I pay my seventh grader in Bitcoin

Some 68% of Americans make a major financial mistake before the age of 30. Seventy percent of wealthy families lose their wealth by the next generation.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2021

China, Myanmar and others criticized in report on rising religious persecution

'The apparatus of repression constructed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in recent years is ... fine-tuned, pervasive, and technologically sophisticated,' the report said.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2021

SoftBank’s $120 million Norway deal taps value of high-cost labor

The Asian giant's investment model in the Nordics suggests a cheap workforce isn't the competitive parameter it once was.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2021

Japanese billionaire’s drab clothing firm becomes a sportswear sensation

Shares in Yoshio Tsuchiya's Workman Co. have more than quadrupled since the start of 2018.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2020

A letter from 9 million U.S. expats to Janet Yellen

This change would align American taxation of individuals with the systems of all other developed countries. It would free us expats to live, earn, save and invest as other people do.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 17, 2020

Hurricane Sally’s fierce rain shows how climate change raises storm risks

Climate change likely made the storm more dangerous by slowing it down and feeding it more moisture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

Satoyama: Grand Prize winner

Rumiko Obata, executive vice president of Obata Sake Brewery, holds the Grand Prize trophy in the Satoyama category at Gakkogura brewery, which used to be an elementary school, on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. | OBATA SAKE BREWERY
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JAPAN
Sep 4, 2020

Powerful Typhoon Haishen approaches Japan after Maysak leaves several injured

A Meteorological Agency official urged residents of Kyushu and Okinawa to brace for the storm.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2020

Thailand bets on private medical marijuana to lift economy

Agriculture and tourism are crucial to Thailand's economy, but the wellness-tourism sector generated domestic expenditures of $12 billion in 2017.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2020

When to wear a mask and when you can skip it

With the guidance on masks during the pandemic having been conflicting, it's no wonder some people are confused.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 30, 2020

Japanese whisky is breaking records at global auction houses

When a bottle of Karuizawa 52-year-old Zodiac Rat sold for a record price at auction in March 2020, the sale proved Japan's whisky is serious business.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2020

Viktor Orban’s Hungary no longer a democracy, Freedom House says

Hungary should no longer be considered a democracy after an unprecedented consolidation of power by the European Union member’s leader, according to an annual survey of countries that once lay behind the Iron Curtain.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 22, 2020

Recovered, almost: China's early patients unable to shed coronavirus

Dressed in a hazmat suit, two masks and a face shield, Du Mingjun knocked on the mahogany door of a flat in a suburban district of Wuhan on a recent morning.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 18, 2020

Hard-to-trace coronavirus cases put pressure on Japan’s hostess bars

In the fantasy world conjured up by Japan's hostess clubs, the coronavirus pandemic has delivered an unwelcome dose of reality.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 31, 2020

Virus-shortened B. League season produced memorable performances

Despite last Friday's abrupt end to the B. League season, the campaign gave fans a number of memorable feats since its opening weekend last October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 22, 2020

Netflix to slash traffic across Europe to relieve virus strain on internet providers

Netflix will cut traffic by 25 percent on networks across Europe in a relief measure for internet service providers (ISPs) experiencing a surge in usage due to government "shelter in place" orders aimed at slowing the coronavirus outbreak.
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MULTIMEDIA
Feb 23, 2020

February 24, 2020

Longform

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