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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 25, 2022

How well do you know Japan's Oscar history?

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's “Drive My Car” is nominated in four categories at the 94th Academy Awards, but win or lose, the film joins an exclusive club for cinematic greats.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 25, 2022

SoftBank is seeking at least $60 billion in Arm IPO

Valuing Arm at more than $60 billion is a gambit for SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, who acquired the business in 2016 for about $32 billion.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 25, 2022

Agon Shu festival focuses on wishes, hopes in difficult times

A man dressed as a yamabushi (mountain priest) picks up a wooden votive tablet that has fallen beside one of two huge bonfires. He makes a silent prayer as he holds it reverently in both hands before tossing it into the flames. The gomagi joins hundreds of other such tablets being cast into the bonfires...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 24, 2022

‘To Be Killed by a High School Girl’: Hideo Jojo gives a lesson in ‘ick 101’

Hideo Jojo challenges taboos with black comedy in a twisted film about a teacher plotting his own death at the hands of a student.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 24, 2022

Dolphins acquire Tyreek Hill in trade with Chiefs

The Chiefs gave Hill permission to seek a trade amid stalled negotiations on a contract extension.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

Madeleine Albright, first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84

A child of Czech refugees who fled from Nazi invaders and Communist oppressors, Albright flourished as a diplomat and the first woman to serve as secretary of state.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

Trade sanctions have a long history — of effecting little change

The trade and financial sanctions against Russia may be morally satisfying for Western politicians and their constituents, but that doesn't mean they will be effective.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Mar 22, 2022

Artificial intelligence gets scarier and scarier

AI technologies are the most powerful tools that have been developed in generations — perhaps even in human history — and with such advancements come a magnitude of dangers.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 21, 2022

Amid fears of further Russian expansionism, NATO looks to its weakest link

An emboldened Moscow could encircle NATO's new Baltic members, cutting them off from the alliance — if a new Iron Curtain is to fall, NATO needs to ensure its members are not behind it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Mar 21, 2022

Japan is set to lower the legal age of adulthood. How will young people be affected?

From April, those age 18 and 19 in Japan will be legal adults and will be given more freedom in making life choices without parental consent — but not without criminal responsibilities.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 21, 2022

Defiant Odessa is seen as vulnerable to Russian sea assault

Military experts said an attempt to capture Odessa, which has so far been spared intense bombardment and fighting, was possible given its strategic and symbolic importance to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022

'Invisible' solution to water shortages lies beneath our feet

Groundwater — which accounts for 99% of the planet's freshwater supplies — is poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even abused.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 21, 2022

Why China has failed to build 'great power relations' with the U.S.

Fifty years on from the Shanghai Communique, the nations have failed to reach a concrete understanding, despite changes in leadership.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2022

Why the Saudis won’t pump more oil

Saudi and Emirati leaders have reportedly been declining U.S. President Joe Biden's calls to produce more oil in the wake of the U.S. ban on Russian imports.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022

The battle for Kyiv looms as a long and bloody conflict

Ukraine's capital is the biggest prize of all for the Russian military. If Russia tries to take control, it could lead to one of the biggest urban conflicts since World War II.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Mar 19, 2022

Inside Russia’s 96-hour cliffhanger to sidestep bond default

A lull in processing a key coupon payment heaped global attention on a part of banking rarely in the spotlight: The staid back-office mechanisms that handle trillions of dollars daily.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2022

Russia’s ruined game plan for Ukraine is visible in the south

Mariupol risks acquiring the totemic status of Vukovar or Sarajevo during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, sieges whose destruction and cruelty sparked indignation around much of the world.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 18, 2022

Packers trade receiver Davante Adams to Raiders

The Green Bay Packers are trading two-time All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders for a package that includes a first-round pick in this year's draft, ESPN and NFL Network reported Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2022

In Indonesia, hopes rising for long-awaited sexual violence bill

Lawmakers have been talking about the bill since 2016, with its progress stalled by several political parties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2022

In Philippines election, priests opposed to Marcos adopt pink

Like-minded clerics in Asia's biggest Catholic nation have abandoned their neutrality to oppose the presidential bid of the son of a former dictator.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2022

Oil climbs near $104 after jumping on doubts over peace talks

Crude rallied after the Kremlin said a report of major progress in negotiations over Ukraine was 'wrong,” but that discussions will continue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 17, 2022

As costs rise in Japan, even businesses accustomed to deflation are raising prices

On top of changing ingredients or reducing portion sizes, firms have implemented unusual price hikes to goods such as cooking oil, snacks and popular instant noodle brands.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 17, 2022

Olympian who fled Belarus leaves Ukraine after Russian invasion

Russia has used Belarusian territory to launch a multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine, where many Belarusians settled after escaping persecution at home.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2022

Suspected North Korean missile launch 'failed,' possibly exploding over Pyongyang

The South Korean military said the 'unidentified projectile' appeared to fail immediately and came amid warnings from the U.S. of an imminent test of long-range missile technology.
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
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2022

Yen plunges to five-year low as Japan import costs surge

The yen's fall shows no signs of easing as surging commodity prices have worsened the outlook for Japan's trade balance.

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