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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2021

Clean crude? Oil firms use offsets to claim green barrels.

Oil-and-gas companies worldwide are increasingly trying to market their products as cleaner using a range of controversial methods, including buying credits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2021

In Europe, once 'green' plug-in hybrid cars now look like dinosaurs

EU policy plans for plug-in hybrid vehicles could mean the 'transition' technology has a shorter lifespan than envisaged by carmakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2021

Arm's battle with China CEO escalates, complicating SoftBank sale

The China dispute also raises questions about Beijing's willingness to protect foreign investment in the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 10, 2021

For Japanese men, perhaps money really can buy happiness?

A survey shows that men paid higher salaries (surprise, surprise) have felt less lonely during the pandemic, while a new film group plans to revisit Japan's samurai past.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2021

Kioxia is said to focus on IPO in next few months

Kioxia could be valued at u00a53.32 trillion in the current market, said Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace Research Institute.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2021

Money trail from Malta murder probe stretches to China

The revelation of a Chinese connection potentially adds a new international dimension to a scandal that has rocked Malta's government.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2021

How a coronavirus variant tore through an English island and spread globally

The so-called Kent or U.K. variant has now been reported in more than 100 countries and recent research has shown that it is not only more contagious but also more deadly.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 19, 2021

For Asian American women, racism and sexism are inseparable

With reports of anti-Asian attacks surging in the U.S., there is evidence that most of the hate, unlike other types of bias crime, has been directed at women.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 16, 2021

Booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19, genome expert says

The measure may be necessary because the novel coronavirus mutates around once every two weeks, requiring tweaks to vaccines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2021

Japan can embrace change this International Women's Day

From athletic fields to board rooms, however, Japan has a long way to go toward gender equality. This is more than just a social issue. It is an economic opportunity for Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2021

U.K.’s variant trackers led the way. Now others are following.

The COVID-19 Genomics U.K. Consortium has become a global model for analyzing genomes for signs that the coronavirus is gaining power to spread — or to kill.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 23, 2021

Boon or bane? Malaysian island reclamation plan divides residents

Environmentalists say the project will wreck the lives of residents and damage the coast.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2021

Smell in the time of COVID-19

Smell, as much of the world is discovering in the pandemic, has long been our most underrated sense.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 17, 2021

Biden builds out China team with staff who reflect tougher tone

It wasn't always clear that the administration — many of whose officials worked to foster close, cordial ties with China during the Obama era — would press a tough line.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

With Seino service, sell your excess stuff when you move

People who are moving tend to wonder what to do with all the items they find they don’t need. Sometimes there are just too many and it is too troublesome to give them away or sell them even if they are still usable.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

How Mie preserves firms, farms, fishing and tourism

Mie Prefecture, located in the center of the Japanese archipelago, has a balanced economy supported by industry, agriculture, fishing and tourism. Gov. Eikei Suzuki attended a recent online chat to talk about the role and efforts of the prefectural government in enhancing the sustainability of each sector....
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Citizen revitalization projects take root in Tsukuba district

In the Oda district of the city of Tsukuba, citizens are starting to engage in projects aimed at revitalizing the community with support from older generations.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Living history: You could spend a night in a castle

Although castles are one of Japan’s most popular tourist destinations, not many people know you can actually spend a night in a 400-year-old castle.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 25, 2021

With bid policy set, localities in Japan roll dice on casinos

Areas interested in submitting proposals now have a clear schedule of when they can do so, and a better understanding of what they can and can't do during the selection process.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 14, 2021

Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon

Brazilian researchers are seeking to learn how much carbon can be stored in different parts of the world's largest rainforest.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 13, 2021

With hospitals nearly overwhelmed, U.K. faces harder days ahead

All pubs, restaurants and retail stores are already closed, school reopenings have been delayed, and public gatherings are forbidden.
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2021

Japan's carbon neutrality dilemma: More nuclear power or more renewables?

Suga's declaration the nation would achieve net zero by 2050 has touched off a debate over the best way to provide a safe, stable, secure and green energy.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Dec 11, 2020

Green economic recovery requires sustained effort

With major nations starting to show commitment to a green economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing sustainability will be key to both regional revitalization and fostering businesses run according to environmental, social and corporate governance factors (ESG.)
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2020

Giving with the heart and the mind

Very few charities are outright frauds. The bigger issue is that following your heart ignores research on which charities are the most effective.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2020

Atomic heat in small packages gives big industry a climate option

With miniature nuclear reactors, firms aim to feed pollution-free heat to industries that make steel, cement, glass and chemicals.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Nov 25, 2020

「Satoyamaフォトコンテスト 2020」受賞作品決定

Japan Times Satoyama 推進コンソーシアム（代表：末松弥奈子、株式会社ジャパンタイムズ代表取締役会長）は、「Japan Times Satoyama フォトコンテスト 2020」の受賞作品を発表しました。
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2020

Evidence builds that an early mutation made the pandemic harder to stop

There is no evidence that a coronavirus with the mutation causes more severe symptoms, kills more people or complicates the development of vaccines.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
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