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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 24, 2021

Top 5: The best soupless tantanmen in Tokyo

Tantanmen in Japan is less tethered to the dish's Sichuan heritage, leaving room for innovation. Here are five tantanmen restaurants in the capital worth the tongue-tingling spice.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 24, 2021

'Chinatown Beat': The act of telling the story is in itself political

New York-based director Yuko Torihara hit the pavement with writer Henry Chang to highlight the stories of Asian Americans in her short documentary “Chinatown Beat.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 22, 2021

Will the Suga-Biden summit provoke China?

Based on my observations, global media coverage of the Suga-Biden summit meeting in Washington was rather favorable. Walter Russell Mead, for example, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s visit was “hailed in both countries as a major success,” and “The alliance...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 21, 2021

Okinawa’s wasted COVID-19 year

For political reasons, the economic contribution of the Okinawa bases is heavily downplayed, sometimes by five or 10 times as much, in local government publications and the media.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2021

What Germany’s next leader means for Europe and the world

Angela Merkel's departure after some 16 years as chancellor brings into play not simply the direction of Europe's biggest economy, but the balance of power on the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2021

The death of George Floyd reignited a movement. What happens now?

For many Black Americans, real change feels elusive, particularly given how relentlessly the killing of Black men by the police has continued on.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2021

‘We matter’: A moment of catharsis after the Derek Chauvin verdict

For some Americans who had closely followed the trial, the verdict was surprising — different, they said, from what they had come to expect in cases involving the police.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2021

In a spasm of violence, Indianapolis faces its third mass shooting in 2021

'It is a national embarrassment, what's going on,” U.S. President Joe Biden said in a news conference Friday, as he repeated his support for a ban on assault weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2021

After another police shooting, Biden urges calm. Activists want answers.

After U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned a campaign promise to establish a police oversight commission during his first 100 days in office, administration officials have provided few details about how far he will go to combat racism in policing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2021

Union loss may bring new phase of campaign against Amazon

Labor leaders said they would step up their informal efforts to highlight and resist the company's business and labor practices rather than seek elections at individual job sites.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2021

In Europe, once 'green' plug-in hybrid cars now look like dinosaurs

EU policy plans for plug-in hybrid vehicles could mean the 'transition' technology has a shorter lifespan than envisaged by carmakers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 11, 2021

Here's how to say 'sorry' to your kids

Here's expert advice for coming back from saying things you regret, how to empathize with your kids and how to cut down on snapping when it's possible.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2021

Likely legal, ‘vaccine passports’ emerge as the next coronavirus divide in U.S.

Around the U.S., businesses, schools and politicians are considering 'vaccine passports” as a path to reviving the economy and getting Americans back to work and play.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2021

China’s Taiwan conundrum: Will use of force to unite be followed by new division?

If Taiwan doesn't agree to be absorbed peacefully, it will be forced to do so. Beijing now feels that there is little likelihood of peaceful unification.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 7, 2021

Auto industry rethinks cost-cutting playbook as COVID-19 and chip shortages disrupt supply chains

After a year of getting hammered by the pandemic, a semiconductor shortage and storms that snarled Dana Inc.'s global supply chain, the auto parts maker is considering a different strategy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2021

Japan is finding it harder to stay quiet on China’s abuse of Uyghurs

Public awareness of the issue is growing in the country, spurred in part by the work of Uyghur activists, and that is increasing pressure on the government to take action.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 30, 2021

National consensus needed on the role of Self-Defense Forces in emergencies

While the SDF provide invaluable assistance in times of natural disaster, their potential role in large-scale international crises still needs to be examined.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2021

Money trail from Malta murder probe stretches to China

The revelation of a Chinese connection potentially adds a new international dimension to a scandal that has rocked Malta's government.
Japan Times
PRESS / Services
Mar 24, 2021

共同通信デジタルとジャパンタイムズが連携し、企業、自治体、官公庁、学校、大使館などのWebコンテンツ企画制作サービスを開始。 報道機関サイトを使い、効果的な情報発信が国内外で可能に

株式会社共同通信デジタル（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：細田正和）と株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長：末松弥奈子）は、国内企業・自治体・官公庁・学校・大使館などを対象に、日本語・英語によるWebコンテンツ制作サービスを開始しました。...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Mar 20, 2021

Leap of faith: Japan’s religious institutions get innovative in pandemic

Temples and shrines nationwide are experimenting with new ways of meeting the spiritual and emotional needs of parishioners.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 20, 2021

Japanese designers make haste to reduce waste

With Earth Day coming up next month, “On: Design” looks into a few initiatives that address Japan's plastic waste problem.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 20, 2021

Serene, centered Giannis Antetokounmpo making things fun again for Bucks

Fun Giannis is bad news for the rest of the league.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2021

Asian American lawmakers call out racist language: ‘I am not a virus’

Lawmakers described the fear rippling through the Asian American community, and argued that the uptick in attacks was a direct result of the rise of anti-China messaging.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 19, 2021

For Asian American women, racism and sexism are inseparable

With reports of anti-Asian attacks surging in the U.S., there is evidence that most of the hate, unlike other types of bias crime, has been directed at women.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2021

Why the Chinese love big food even more than big tech

Every time there's a price spike in pork or vegetables or fruit or Moutai somewhere in the country, China's investors rush to buy their Big Food stocks.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 16, 2021

In rare move, athletes and coaches speak out against Olympic planners

With support for the Tokyo Games still low, hopeful participants are taking to social media to push back against public perceptions that they are united with the event's organizers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / SPELLING BEE
Mar 12, 2021

Winner of Japan Spelling Bee looks ahead to U.S. contest

Yugen Padhye won the 12th Japan Spelling Bee on March 6, after correctly spelling the winning word — 'dodecahedron.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2021

Saddened Queen Elizabeth vows to address Harry and Meghan's racism accusation

Meghan and Harry's tell-all TV interview with Oprah Winfrey aired on U.S. television on Sunday has plunged the monarchy into its biggest crisis since the 1997 death of Harry's mother Diana.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Mar 9, 2021

ジャパンタイムズキューブはジャパン・クラフト21のメディアスポンサーとして 日本伝統工芸再生コンテストをサポートします

Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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?
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