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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2023

Don't write off the retooled COVID-19 boosters

Two new studies claim the bivalent omicron shot is no better than the original vaccine. But there are important caveats.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 7, 2023

Is today’s China yesterday’s Soviet Union?

When Soviet-style totalitarianism ultimately collapsed under the weight of its economic failures, China decided to stay the course. But can China's totalitarian experiment last?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2022

I’ve seen Trump’s tax returns and now you can, too

Former President Trump's questionable practices are hardly news. But these tax returns may point to a bigger question: Did the White House corrupt the IRS?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 3, 2022

As borders slowly reopen, a familiar question returns: Why did you come to Japan?

After years of delays, new arrivals to Japan talk about what stopped them from giving up on their dream of coming here.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 10, 2021

What Xi means by ‘disorderly capital’ is a $1.5 trillion question

The slogan, like 'common prosperity,” is among several Xi-isms feeding concerns that China is tilting away from free markets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 3, 2021

It's the question on everyone’s mask-covered lips: 'Wakuchin utta?'

Whether you have received a vaccine or not, you may be finding that conversations about Pfizer and Moderna are becoming more common than chats about the weather.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 15, 2021

Andy Murray says question marks remain over fitness ahead of return

'I feel okay. I don't feel perfect, but I have been practicing well over the last month or so, pretty consistently,' the 34-year-old told reporters on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2021

China punishes those who question ‘martyrs.’ A sleuth keeps track.

An online spreadsheet with an anonymous minder tabulates Xi Jinping's crackdown on speech.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2020

Suga calm in face of Diet onslaught but leaves big question unanswered

The exchanges marked the first time the prime minister's endurance had been tested by criticism in a primary legislative debate session since he became the nation's leader.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 17, 2020

Re-entry ban causes foreign firms and talent to question long-term plans in Japan

As confusion continues over the Japanese government's re-entry ban for foreign residents, the international business community has started voicing concerns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2020

The post-Brexit 'German question'

Brexit will influence the future direction of not only the U.K. but Europe as well, and it seems likely that it will alter the power balance between Germany and France in particular.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 30, 2019

Japan skirts question about possibility of SDF dispatch to Russian-held islands off Hokkaido

The government has skirted a question about the possibility of sending Self-Defense Forces troops to four Russian-held isles off Hokkaido that are at the center of the two countries' territorial dispute.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 21, 2019

China's defense minister says resolving 'Taiwan question' is national priority

China's defense minister, Wei Fenghe, said on Monday that resolving the "Taiwan question" is his country's "greatest national interest," and that no force could prevent China's "reunification."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2018

Experts question whether Nick Ayers has gravitas to be President Donald Trump's next chief of staff

Nick Ayers, in talks with President Donald Trump to become his new White House chief of staff, is a 36-year-old political whiz-kid who could help with the looming re-election campaign, but critics question whether he has the grit needed to keep Trump and an often chaotic administration under control....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 29, 2018

Few question the death penalty for heinous crimes

Should murderers be put to death? Yes, says Japan. No, says (increasingly) much of the rest of the world. Japan swims against the current.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2018

Prosecutors question key ex-Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa over document tampering

Public prosecutors have questioned former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa on a voluntary basis over the ministry's falsification of documents related to the controversial discount sale of state land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, informed sources said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 27, 2018

Japan asks wrong question about Olympic Games

Only bold reforms, not sporting events, will ensure the big wins that Abenomics promises
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 19, 2017

As bitcoin price surges, greater usage remains in question

For digital-marketing agency Cooperatize.com, taking bitcoin for payment was easy enough. All co-founder Roger Wu had to do was obtain a digital wallet. To promote the move in 2014, he even penned a blog post for Forbes explaining the decision.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 13, 2016

South Korean prosecutors to question president this week over political scandal: report

South Korean prosecutors are seeking to question President Park Geun-hye this week over a political scandal that has engulfed her presidency, the Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2016

To stay in or go out, that is the question for U.K.

The case for Britain remaining in the EU is overwhelming. If Britain were to make the mistake of voting for 'Brexit' there would be rejoicing in the Kremlin and among right-wing anti-EU parties across Europe.
EDITORIALS
Jul 28, 2013

Question of objectivity

A Kyoto university's announcement that research on blood-pressure drug Diovan was manipulated raises concerns about the drugmaker's objectivity.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2013

Substitute question marks for exclamation marks

A terrible tragedy is unfolding in (fill in the name of your favorite trouble spot). Something must be done. This (choose from sending troops, air strikes, enforcing a no fly zone, arming rebels) is something. Therefore it must be done.
Reader Mail
Jan 15, 2012

Discomfiting question about life

Like many, I too am against the killing of whales, but like many, I too didn't exactly know why. Until now! Joseph Jaworski's Jan. 12 letter, "The moral case against whaling?," has caused me to rethink my objections. To his question, "Can anyone opposed to whaling explain precisely what principle makes...
COMMENTARY
Jul 28, 2009

Challenge of a straight question

LONDON — Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, recently was asked twice by the Defense Committee of the House of Commons whether the army chief of staff had requested that reinforcements of 2,000 men be sent to Afghanistan, where British forces have recently suffered a string of casualties. Brown...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers the work report at the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 5. Li dropped the mention of "peaceful" from unification with Taiwan this year.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2024

The Taiwan question: 'Strategic ambiguity' and U.S. foreign policy

Chinese Premier Li Qiang in a government report delivered at the opening of the National People's Congress dropped the mention of "peaceful" for unification with Taiwan.
With the next prime minister needing to be selected soon after the recent election, there are questions about whether the Democratic Party For the People and Nippon Ishin no Kai will support Shigeru Ishiba in his bid to remain Japan’s leader.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 31, 2024

Ishiba's future in question as support from allies wavers

The question now is whether the DPP and Ishin will support the LDP nominee to ensure victory, or if they will nominate their own candidates.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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