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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 11, 2022

A new way to choose your next book

'There's Netflix for movies. There's Spotify for music. But there really wasn't an equivalent discovery experience for books.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2022

Japan's Lower House rejects no-confidence motions against PM and speaker

While the outcome was never in doubt, the votes may indicate a larger split between the opposition parties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 9, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter bid taps obscure financier linked to Russian-Israeli tycoon

Vy Capital has committed $700 million to finance Musk's bid for the social network, making it the third-biggest outside equity investor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2022

U.S. sees path to more sway in Asia as Xi’s efforts stall

Determined not to be distracted by the war in Ukraine, administration officials say China has provided an opening for the U.S. to solidify relationships in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2022

What to expect at the upcoming IISS Shangri-La Dialogue

Chinese assertiveness, North Korea's military provocations and the repercussions of Russia's invasion of Ukraine are just some of the topics up for discussion in Singapore this week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 8, 2022

Seoul pins hope on U.S. strategic assets to deter Pyongyang

As North Korea continues to enhance its missile arsenal, South Korea's new conservative administration wants to tighten the screws on Pyongyang.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Jun 7, 2022

Spirited defense against Brazil offers Japan hope for success in Qatar

Monday's narrow loss showed the Samurai Blue's back line can endure against some of the world's best players, even if the team is still looking for a reliable attacking spark.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2022

Boris Johnson clings to power, but question now is for how long

After years of weathering sex scandals, gaffes and missteps, the British prime minister, a relative loner in the Conservative Party, might be running out of road.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 7, 2022

How China's history of influence operations has affected Japan

From politics to business, Beijing has sought to swing Tokyo's policies and actions in its favor since the mid-1950s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 7, 2022

Marxism makes a comeback in China’s crackdown on ‘disorderly capital’

Since the end of 2020, when China's Communist Party began vowing to rein in the 'disorderly expansion of capital,” a regulatory onslaught has swept through the economy and stock market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2022

Banking could go the way of news publishing

Tech giants pose a far bigger challenge to brick-and-mortar lenders than fintech startups that don't have the scale of platform businesses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 6, 2022

'Fake' aluminum stocks put perils of China's commodities funding in spotlight

Several traders in Guangdong province claim they were duped into providing credit against fictitious quantities of aluminum.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2022

War and peace after China’s great transformation

In recent years, China's “great transformation” into the world's largest economy has become enmeshed in a deepening confrontation with the U.S. and the wider West.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2022

'Tokyo Side A': Making sense of the 'pandemic Olympics'

Official Olympics documentaries can be as triumphant as a gold-medal performance or they can end up in infamy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2022

From the bones of victims, a doctor unearths the Philippine drug war’s true toll

Forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun is using her skills to show how other doctors falsely claimed some victims of the country's drug war had died natural deaths.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022

U.S. technology, a longtime tool for Russia, becomes a vulnerability

While the technology made by American and European companies has been turned against Ukraine, the situation has also given the U.S. and its allies a source of leverage against Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2022

China COVID victory claim undermined by arrests and sudden closures

Continued lockdowns for some Shanghai residents have resulted in conflicts with police, while a flash shutdown of a luxury shopping mall trapped shoppers and staff inside.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jun 2, 2022

Baseball players don’t dance? The Savannah Bananas beg to differ

'At this point, the guys coming in know when they get into Bananaland, everything gets a little weird. They're ready for it.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022

The U.S. is sending advanced weapons to Ukraine. But conditions apply.

There is no question that the decision to give Ukraine the weapons they have requested for weeks marked a major escalation in the kind of military aid that Washington is providing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022

Putin thinks his biggest ally in Ukraine is time

For Ukraine, still outgunned and economically devastated, a key risk lies in the durability of the lifeline of fiscal and military support from abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2022

Supply snags threaten EV revolution, top Toyota scientist says

Manufacturers are running low on supplies of lithium, nickel and other key battery inputs, with trade frictions and the war in Ukraine exacerbating issues and forcing prices higher.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2022

The decline and fall of 'Davos Man'

The Ukraine invasion loomed large at this year's annual World Economic Forum, where political and business leaders once gathered to celebrate globalization and pursue more of it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022

Johnson faces new threat of confidence vote over lockdown parties

A damning official report published last week detailed a series of illegal parties at Johnson's Downing Street office during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 1, 2022

China plans for years of 'COVID zero' strategy with tests on every corner

A network of tens of thousands of lab testing booths are being set up across the country, with the goal of having residents always just a 15 minute walk away from a swabbing point.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 31, 2022

When will Kishida fully reopen Japan's borders?

A look at the political forces that have been driving Japan's draconian stance on incoming tourism for the past two years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 30, 2022

Rebuilding a community starting from scratch

Moved by visits to the area, a pair of students wants visitors to know there is more to the town of Futaba, Fukushima Pref., than disaster.
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.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
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’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Kotozakura unburdened by weight of history after claiming first title
Kotozakura speaks during a news conference in Fukuoka on Monday
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.
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.
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.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
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.

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
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