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Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 7, 2021

Jeff Bezos walks through a one-way door, opening a new age for Amazon

Over the last 25 years, the Amazon founder led the company through perhaps the most fertile period of any American business ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 7, 2021

Suicides in Japan dropped for a decade. Then the pandemic hit.

Economic insecurity, social isolation and the lingering dread that those you love can suddenly fall victim to the pathogen have stirred a toxic mix of stress and anxiety.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 7, 2021

Aaron Rodgers earns third MVP award

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was the runaway winner for NFL MVP in the end-of-year Associated Press awards, handed out Saturday night in Tampa at the NFL Honors ceremony.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 6, 2021

‘The Investigation’: With poetry, hope prevails within prison walls

South Korean author Jung-myung Lee's thriller set in a prison in Fukuoka during World War II explores the power of literature and humanity in the darkest of times.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 6, 2021

Biden's message to Beijing: Don't expect U.S. to ease up over South China Sea and Taiwan

The U.S. Navy conducted its first “freedom of navigation operation” in the disputed South China Sea on Friday and, a day earlier, its first transit of the Taiwan Strait.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 5, 2021

How a dated cyberattack brought a stock exchange to its knees

The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldn’t post market announcements, as required by financial regulators. So with an hour left for trading, management shut the entire operation down.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 5, 2021

Facebook faces reckoning in Myanmar after being blocked by military

Facebook will have to decide how to play the delicate balance of protecting the democratic politicians and activists versus cooperating with the new regime to get services restored.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 4, 2021

NFL's female pioneers eager to see more women in football

The ascent of women to top sports jobs remains an aberration and not the norm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2021

China’s latest celebrity scandal hits a raw nerve

The ex-boyfriend of popular Chinese actress Zheng Shuang said on social media that she had abandoned him with two surrogate children in the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2021

How one of the world’s wettest major cities ran out of water

The ancient south Indian port city of Chennai has become a case study in what can go wrong when industrialization, urbanization and extreme weather converge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2021

Two Hokkaido villages at the heart of race to host nuclear waste

The move has split communities between those seeking investment to stop their towns from dying, and those haunted by the 2011 Fukushima disaster, who are determined to stop the project.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2021

China gene firm providing worldwide COVID-19 tests worked with Chinese military

BGI Group's links to the People's Liberation Army, which have not been previously reported, include research with China's top military supercomputing experts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2021

More transparency needed in Japan's virus border controls, justice minister says

A government warning that foreign nationals who breach quarantine regulations on arrival may have visas revoked or face deportation has reignited concerns among the international community.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2021

Alexei Navalny ally urges Biden to sanction Putin associates

A close ally of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged U.S. President Joe Biden to take punitive action against a wider group of associates of President Vladimir Putin, saying current sanctions aren’t sufficient to stop the Kremlin from cracking down on political opponents and violating...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 30, 2021

Japanese news outlets report from the besieged citadel of American democracy

The initial reactions in the Japanese media, which focused on the flamboyant garb of a certain individual that was part of the unruly mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2021

Storm damage worsens in a warming world, hiking pressure to adapt

Research group Germanwatch's 2019 index showed that Mozambique and Zimbabwe were the two countries hardest-hit by extreme weather.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2021

U.S. House Democrat to move office after confrontation with Republican lawmaker

In the latest sign of rising tensions within the U.S. Congress, a Democratic congresswoman said Friday she plans to relocate her Capitol Hill office for safety reasons after being "berated" by an outspoken conservative Republican congresswoman.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Regional voices: Chubu,Regional Voices: Chubu
Jan 29, 2021

Ishikawa student gains victory in world capoeira championship

“I hope to continue competing in capoeira and become infinitely awesome,” said 13-year-old Akari Tachi, who hails from the city of Hakusan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jan 29, 2021

Fukushima businesses struggling to stay afloat despite government help

Financial issues will not end soon, given that only a portion of the residents who evacuated from disaster-stricken areas have returned or are expected to.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2021

Alibaba investors still uneasy after crackdown on Jack Ma’s empire

The Chinese giant is projected to unveil its slowest pace of third-quarter sales growth in five years on Tuesday, while confronting potentially the biggest crisis of its two-decade existence.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jan 27, 2021

Episode 79: What does QAnon mean for Japan?

Bloomberg's Max Zimmerman takes us through Japan's strain of the QAnon conspiracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 27, 2021

South Korea now seeks ways to live with low birth rate

After years of failed efforts to boost the birth rate, South Korea now says it will partly focus on learning to live with population decline, rather than simply trying to halt it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 27, 2021

Expect revivals and VR from the stage as theater continues to deal with the coronavirus

In his 1964 anthem, “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” Bob Dylan sings: “As the present now / Will later be past / The order is rapidly fadin’...”
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
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.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Corporate donations remain sticky point in political reform talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses a meeting at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters on Thursday to discuss political reform.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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