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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2021

Facebook begins recovery after major outage took apps offline

The outage shut out many of the company's 2.7 billion global users, idled some employees and prompted a public apology from the chief technology officer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Oct 4, 2021

Tokyo Game Show returns with hybrid, scaled-down event

This year, with the event not even taking up half of a convention hall at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, the whole in-person experience could be had in less than 30 minutes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Oct 4, 2021

David Jack: ‘One of the most inspiring people’ in Kansai

David Jack, who passed away last month due to a stroke, helmed Kansai Time Out, a lifeline for the non-Japanese community between 1977 and 2009.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2021

Reinvigorating multilateralism for a better world

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the message that we live in an interconnected and interdependent world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2021

China sends record number of warplanes near Taiwan for second day in a row

Although mass incursions had been rare until recently, large numbers of Chinese warplanes now routinely conduct operations near Taiwan, stoking fears of training for a conflict.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2021

Merck pill seen as 'huge advance,' raises hope of preventing COVID-19 deaths

An experimental antiviral pill developed by Merck & Co. could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized for those most at risk of contracting severe COVID-19.
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
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2021

Top talent joins Haruhisa Handa for autumn evening concerts

Noted entrepreneur and Renaissance man Haruhisa Handa held two classical concerts at the New National Theatre, Tokyo on Sept. 18 and 19. The glittering gala played to a full house.
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
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 27, 2021

China’s humbled tech tycoons pledge allegiance to Xi’s vision

The top tech bosses vowed to support the leader's 'common prosperity” policy and market-roiling regulatory onslaught on the digital sector, at the country's annual internet conference.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 27, 2021

Dark future? Climate change fuels higher heat and flood threats for children

Children around the world will face a sharp jump in heatwaves, floods and droughts in their lives compared to their grandparents, researchers said on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 25, 2021

Supersonic hits quiet mode on its summer party

The two-day music festival had crowds dancing at Zozo Marine Stadium with foreign and domestic acts despite pandemic-related obstacles.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Sep 23, 2021

Japan prepares booster shots amid worries over waning vaccine efficacy

Preparations have begun to administer additional shots to health care workers and older people, but debate still swirls around how extra doses should be given and when.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

‘First Gentleman’: Political romcom is an also-ran

Hayato Kawai's lightweight comedy imagines Japan getting its first female prime minister, but reality may have already caught up.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 22, 2021

Uneventful Autumn Basho hints at sumo's slowing momentum

A growing lack of excitement toward the ongoing grand tournament is something sumo officials will want to take note of as they continue to guide the sport through the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2021

Hong Kong’s nonelection is momentous and meaningless

An 'election” devoid of genuine debate or competition is a momentous sign of the lack of genuine democracy Hong Kong can expect in the future. It is also meaningless.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2021

Justin Trudeau's longevity as Canadian leader unclear after bid for majority fails

Insiders said Trudeau and his inner circle had failed to realize the people they would need to run the campaign were exhausted after 15 months fighting COVID-19.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2021

Overseas Uyghurs struggle to locate relatives in Xinjiang prisons

Rights groups and U.N. experts estimate more than 1 million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities were interned in a network of camps since 2016.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2021

Shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattles southeast Australia

The tremor was one of the country's biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in Melbourne, its second-largest city. and sending tremors throughout neighboring states.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2021

Changing the climate of financial regulation

Despite the growing costs of climate change, U.S. financial regulators have yet to show they are thinking creatively about potential solutions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2021

Hong Kong teachers exit under shadow of security law

Some former teachers say they felt disillusioned and threatened by the authoritarian turn the city has taken since Beijing imposed a stringent national security law in June 2020.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 19, 2021

The scientist and the AI-assisted, remote-control killing machine

Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran's top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.

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