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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2022

Long ICU stays lead to extended misery for many COVID survivors

The mechanical ventilation, anti-inflammatory drugs and other tools of modern medicine that help people beat severe cases of COVID-19 often come with harrowing aftereffects.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2022

Climate change costs are eating up the money needed to avert it

Rich countries need to meet their ODA commitments, which would more than double the money available to avert the effects of climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2022

From Kyoto Protocol to ‘fossil’ awards: Japan’s climate image stained by inaction

A quarter century after Japan hosted the COP3 climate talks where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the country's record at the national level is a study in contrasts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2022

U.S. Capitol assault sedition verdict raises stakes for Trump

The jury conviction Tuesday of two militia leaders on charges of seditious conspiracy raises the possibility that Trump could himself be charged with sedition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2022

Apple supply chain data shows lower exposure to China as risks mount

The world's biggest iPhone factory continues to battle production shortfalls and labor unrest spurred largely by Beijing's harsh virus containment policies.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 29, 2022

Juventus chairman joins board in resigning over financial probe

The public prosecutor's office in Turin, where Juventus is based, and Consob, Italy's market regulator, filed a dispute into some of the club's recent balance sheets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Longform
Nov 28, 2022

Wood spirits: How Japan made the world’s first liquor from trees

History is being made by a technology that may help aging rural populations, reinvigorate the nation's struggling forestry sector and shake up the global alcohol industry in unforeseen ways.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2022

The humiliating fall of Nidec billionaire's handpicked successor

The story of Jun Seki's time at the company is a cautionary tale of the risks of taking over from a self-made titan who finds it near-impossible to pass the reins.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2022

Bankers pour cold water on red hot coal

Western banks are under pressure from shareholders to show action on climate change, so coal executives are having to scout for alternative funding.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 23, 2022

On Europe's new front lines, red tape, politics and potholes hamper defense

Planners from the Baltics to Romania are scrutinizing potential military reinforcement routes, planning to fortify bridges and adding military transport functions to civilian airports.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 21, 2022

Japan must brave challenging climb to reach lofty ambitions at World Cup

Japan has set its sights on the quarterfinals in Qatar but may need to go through two former champions to get there.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 18, 2022

World Cup mired in controversy set to kick off in Qatar

This edition of the tournament has generated far more headlines about what's taken place off the pitch than what's expected to take place on it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2022

High-tech tensions in the Japan-U.S. relationship

Diverging perceptions between Japan and the United States of China business opportunities on technology spell trouble.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 26, 2022

Why forests are key to the climate — and not just to absorb carbon

The cooling impact of forests goes beyond their ability to absorb planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2022

Trump summoned to testify to Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot panel

The committee said it had sent a subpoena to Trump requiring documents to be submitted to the panel by Nov. 4 and for him to appear for deposition testimony beginning on or about Nov. 14.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2022

Life expectancies diverged in pandemic's second year, study says

Because governments have counted COVID-19 statistics in different ways, researchers have sought to give a clearer picture of the pandemic's true impact.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 12, 2022

It's Shotime!: Shohei Ohtani and the future of baseball

Sports writer Jason Coskrey and editor Dave Cortez join new Deep Dive host Jason Jenkins to discuss baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani and the future of the sport he has committed his life to mastering.
Japan Times
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Oct 11, 2022

From 'football' to 'biscuits': how to launch U.S. nukes on the go

The president has no big red button to push and whatever he orders still has to filter through several sets of human beings before becoming reality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2022

China’s cryptocurrency holdouts test the boundaries of Xi’s crackdown

Beijing's move to banish cryptocurrency trading and mining seemed poised to snuff out the entire domestic industry, but that's not how things turned out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022

Lack of scrutiny on 'green' bonds offering firms cheap finance while derailing climate action

That firms set their own objectives to evade interest penalties incentivizes them to aim low, as so-called greenwashing enters a $22 trillion corporate bond market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2022

Trump correspondence with North Korea's Kim missing, archives told lawyers

The former U.S. president also reportedly failed to turn over a letter that former President Barack Obama left for him during their transition, a longstanding tradition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 3, 2022

New transport ship highlights Taiwan’s improving defense industry

The amphibious multimission vessel, named the Yu Shan, is the latest example of Taiwan's growing self-reliance in defense.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2022

With drills and fighter jets, German defense minister seeks stronger Indo-Pacific ties

Building on the monthslong dispatch of a frigate to the Indo-Pacific last year, Germany is set to deploy three fighter jets to Japan for joint training with the ASDF.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Longform
Sep 26, 2022

Big in China, but can the party last for Japan’s artists?

Overseas artists can make a splash in China — provided they abide by the rules.

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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