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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2022

Many retirees have a big problem. It isn’t what you think.

Financial advisers say too many of their clients don't actually spend enough of the money they have squirreled away, scrimping more than they need to.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 6, 2022

Rapid COVID-19 tests are reselling for triple the retail price in U.S.

A spike in U.S. coronavirus cases has resulted in skyrocketing demand for at-home kits — and an unregulated private market selling them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2022

Google Fiber staff seek union vote and direct negotiations with Alphabet

At stake is whether Alphabet should be considered the boss of its global army of 'temps, vendors, and contractors,” which now comprises most of its workforce.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 6, 2022

Advancing the trade cure

Trade liberalization and international economic cooperation can help the world weather whatever crisis comes its way.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 5, 2022

Behind Brazil's 'green' charcoal industry, illegal deforestation and workers' misery

This year, 66 workers were found in slavery-like conditions at just one site, according to the head of the Brazil's anti-slavery authority.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2022

Plan to demolish 39 towers in Hainan pose latest threat to Evergrande's fortunes

The order is among the most extreme in a spate of government actions to seize the firm's property and land holdings, underscoring risks to its most-prized assets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 5, 2022

COVID-19 and the rise of digital capitalism

The pandemic has allowed the dominant players in digital industries to conduct a full-scale experiment regarding the virtual world's assimilation of the physical one.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2022

The Jan. 6 story should be told to bolster more than just Democrats

No matter the evidence and no matter how damning the information may be, it's unlikely that the American people will rise up and seek to banish Trump and his followers from public life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2022

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of defrauding investors

Holmes was acquitted on three counts of defrauding patients who paid for tests from the blood-testing startup, however.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2022

U.S. catches Kremlin insider who may have secrets of 2016 hack

Extradited from Switzerland in December, Vladislav Klyushin has been accused of illegally making millions of dollars trading on hacked corporate-earnings information.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 4, 2022

To democracy and back in Southeast Asia

Clear time limits must be applied to the emergency powers that governments in the region have activated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2022

The Biden administration in a multipolar world

A half-century since Richard Nixon met with Mao Zedong, the progress the U.S. and China launched has been all but been lost, and President Joe Biden is partly to blame.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 1, 2022

No wiggle room ahead as world looks to move on from pandemic

The economic and social policies that countries around the world choose now as they look to move on from the pandemic will have consequences for decades to come.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 1, 2022

‘The End of the Pale Hour’: Love at first sight can be blinding

Takumi Kitamura stands out as one half of an unnamed couple in Hana Matsumoto's drama, which follows a typical movie romance arc until a cleverly devised twist changes everything.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

What to watch for in Southeast Asia in 2022

COVID-19 is not the only challenge countries in the region are facing in the coming year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2021

Hong Kong’s media crackdown portends tough 2022 for free press

Governments appear poised for more steps to silence critical media coverage in the year ahead.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2021

Stay or go? For Myanmar’s latest wave of refugees, there’s no good choice.

For Biak Tling and his family, who have left Myanmar entirely, it is a life in limbo as they struggle to adapt to a new environment, surrounded by numerous uncertainties about the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2021

From Kabul to Kentucky: Afghans put down roots in refugee haven

The city of Bowling Green has welcomed waves of refugees over four decades, beginning with the Cambodians in the 1980s.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 28, 2021

COVID-19, diversity and art were among the things we were talking about in 2021

Paralympics announcer Jason Hancock said it best, 'I feel our generation has the ability to bring a fully inclusive Japan closer to reality.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2021

Harvard’s conservatives shouldn't have to hide behind pseudonyms

Fearing the wrath of cancel culture, conservative writers at Harvard are reluctant put their names on student publications.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2021

As Bob Iger departs, Disney investors also look to get off the ride

Walt Disney Co.'s board promised a smooth transition from the end of the Bob Iger era to the new regime under CEO Bob Chapek, but the reality looks much rockier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2021

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin delivers potential fatal blow to Biden's $1.75 trillion spending bill

The Democratic senator backtracked on supporting Biden's signature domestic policy bill, known as Build Back Better, which aims to expand the social safety net and tackle climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 20, 2021

Singapore’s economy faces multiple threats as growth slows

The global spread of the omicron variant has rekindled concern of restrictions, but so far the government is staying the course of reopening.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Dec 20, 2021

Scholars launch effort to assist peers stuck outside of Japan

Japan's border situation and lack of digitized archives continue to cause problems for academics who need access to historical documents.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2021

Cash is dying, but we aren’t ready to bury it

As cash vanishes — without a central bank digital currency replacing it — the public's trust in the convertibility of deposits into official money may become an issue.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 17, 2021

Omicron's surge is turning London into a ghost town

Although venues are still open, trade is slowing ahead of the key peak festive period as people stay home and avoid socializing in pubs, clubs and restaurants.
Japan Times
United Kingdom report 2021
Dec 17, 2021

Fragomen: The world’s immigration partner

As the global business environment evolves, immigration has become more complex. Individuals seeking new international opportunities and companies looking to explore new markets need assistance in navigating rules and regulations, which means rising demand for immigration services.

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