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JAPAN
Oct 1, 2021

It's official: Princess Mako and Kei Komuro to wed but without ceremony

Princess Mako is suffering from PTSD due to the extensive media coverage of the couple, an aide to the family said.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2021

Elections everywhere: Fateful moments in global politics

In this world, leadership is vital. These elections do not augur well. While forces of illiberalism consolidate and gain traction, democracies spin their wheels.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 1, 2021

Kyotographie taps into the echoes of hardship

The annual international photography festival reflects on times of major crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2021

A post-Merkel postmortem

While Angela Merkel pushed the SPD to the left, she vacated so much space on the right that the far-right AfD emerged to take important votes away from the CDU.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2021

In backing Fumio Kishida, LDP opts for 'stable realist'

Criticized as bland and indecisive following his loss in the September 2020 LDP presidential race, Kishida is seen as having grown tougher and more passionate this time round.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 27, 2021

What you need to know about the not-so-fairy tale of Princess Mako

The wedding between the princess and Kei Komuro was originally scheduled to take place in November 2018. But things did not go as planned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2021

Fuel shortages pile pressure on Johnson as U.K. crisis escalates

The food and fuel shortages add to a pile of daunting challenges for Johnson, with Britons facing a surge in electricity and gas prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2021

Deserted factories in Nanjing show how China's electric car boom went too far

Scores of firms have fallen by the wayside, unable to raise the crazy amounts of capital needed to make automobiles at scale.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2021

A nation transformed during 16 years of Merkel begins to move on

A broad and contented middle class is one facet of Merkel's Germany that has been central to her longevity and her ability to deliver on a core promise of stability.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 25, 2021

All aboard the media hype for this Kamakura taco bar

Remember when a man on a bicycle photobombed a group of tetsu-ota (“train geeks”) attempting to take a picture of the Enoden? Turns out he owns a taco bar, and now business is booming.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 25, 2021

Four essential ways to brew the perfect cup of coffee at home

From set-it-and-forget-it cold brew to the meticulous V60 pour over, here's how to take your home-brewed coffee to the next level.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2021

Indian military accelerates historic overhaul to counter China

A more unified Indian armed forces would make it easier for the country to link up with other militaries such as the U.S. and its allies in the event of a conflict.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

Melvin Van Peebles, champion of new Black cinema, dies at 89

A fertile creative force, he wrote fiction and musicals but is best known for a breakthrough movie that heralded the genre known as blaxploitation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

‘Intolerance’: How grief turns man into monster

Arata Furuta delivers a deftly layered performance as a father reeling from the death of his daughter in Keisuke Yoshida's nuanced and compassionate drama.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Sep 22, 2021

The LDP's secretary-general: A combination of CEO and diplomat

The LDP presidential race has put renewed focus on the powerful position, with various party heavyweights looking to get rid of the long-standing incumbent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2021

At Oval Office meeting, Boris Johnson's Brexit promise of U.S. trade deal fades from view

Despite having talked up a deal with Washington as a major prize of his campaign to leave the EU, the British prime minister himself has since tried to downplay expectations of progress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2021

China's high-tech push seeks to reassert global factory dominance

Beijing's pivot puts the focus on advanced manufacturing, rather than the services sector, to steer the world's second-largest economy past the so-called 'middle income trap.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2021

Russia was behind Litvinenko assassination, European court finds

The European Court of Human Rights found that Moscow was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with a rare radioactive substance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2021

The ruckus over AUKUS

Australia's decision to cancel its deal to buy a dozen French diesel submarines has roiled relations with France and introduced fresh tensions into relations with China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 21, 2021

Higher taxes are coming. For markets, that could be a good thing.

Global indebtedness sits at nearly $300 trillion, with $4.8 trillion added in the second quarter of 2021 alone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2021

BP gambles big on fast transition from oil to renewables

All oil majors face mounting pressure from regulators and investors worldwide to develop cleaner energy and divest from fossil fuels.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2021

China targets ‘effeminate’ men in Xi’s growing push for conformity

Beijing has pushed conservative ideas about gender before, including a 2016 ban on entertainment with gay themes and a 2018 attack by some state media on effeminate men in popular culture.

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