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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 27, 2021

Economic issues, once divisive, now bind Japan and the U.S.

The two governments' discussion of economic issues is a path to mobilization and cooperation, not contestation (at least between themselves).
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2021

Hong Kong activists retreat as China-style justice comes to their city

On March 23, a Hong Kong High Court judge denied former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan’s bail appeal and sent him back to Lai Chi Kok prison.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 18, 2021

In Ethiopia's Tigray region, reports of sexual slavery and violent rape

Descriptions from doctors and women paint a detailed picture of the sexual violence against women in Tigray and the military's alleged involvement in it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2021

After outcry, Biden confirms U.S. will raise Trump refugee cap

Biden on Friday signed an order intended to accelerate processing of refugees while keeping former President Donald Trump's 15,000-person cap in place.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 15, 2021

Tepco lapse a wake-up call for Japan's nuclear security protocols, expert says

The incident in Niigata is “of particular concern” because the potential security breaches lasted for months, a top expert in the field said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2021

Japan's ticket to zero carbon could be century-old technology

Some of the biggest industrial companies in Japan are working on a project that could trigger a wave of investment into one of the most controversial forms of carbon capture: methanation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2021

With its economy in free fall, Myanmar braces for the worst

Small businesses are on the front lines of an economy now facing crisis after a group of generals seized power on Feb. 1.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2021

What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out

Women hold top jobs in U.S. President Joe Biden's administration and many of his economic advisers also are women, as are nearly 48% of his confirmed cabinet-level officials.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021

Accounts differ after three brothers killed by Indonesian soldiers at Papuan health clinic

The United Nations and rights advocates say Indonesia's security forces are carrying out grave abuses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 31, 2021

Nomura CEO Kentaro Okuda’s honeymoon ends with $2 billion Archegos losses

The $2 billion claim on a single client risks largely erasing Nomura's pretax profits for the second half of the year, according to a Jefferies Financial Group report.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 31, 2021

Inter-Korean missile race may leave North Korea with tactical nuclear weapons

North Korea's yearslong quest to develop precision missiles capable of evading detection and striking targets in South Korea has accelerated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2021

Will the U.S. end its ambiguity over Taiwan?

Tokyo should think seriously about Japan's options to deal with a Taiwan contingency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 28, 2021

Japan to issue digital vaccine passport, Nikkei reports

Japan is set to issue digital health certificates to citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, joining China, the EU and other countries that have adopted similar measures aimed at opening up overseas travel, the Nikkei reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2021

BOJ's Kuroda urges central banks to take 'forward-looking' steps on climate risks

Kuroda said there were various challenges in managing climate-related financial risks, such as the difficulty of setting scenarios for stress tests and a lack of data.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2021

North Korean missile test: The start of a fresh cycle of provocations?

The fresh weapons test could put Washington in a tough spot as it prepares to brief allies in Tokyo and Seoul next week on a review of U.S. policy toward Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2021

Philippines says 220 Chinese boats have encroached in South China Sea

The Philippines coast guard reported that about 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were seen moored at the Whitsun Reef.
OLYMPICS
Mar 21, 2021

Japanese fans have attended sporting events since July. Will they be safe at the Olympics?

Thorough countermeasures and restrictions on active support introduced by the country's professional sports leagues have allowed large crowds back into stadiums.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 19, 2021

Top American and Chinese diplomats clash publicly at start of first talks of Biden presidency

The U.S., which quickly accused China of 'grandstanding,' had been looking for a change in behavior from China which had earlier this year expressed hope for a reset to sour relations.
Containers stacked up at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Phnom Penh on Thursday. Southeast Asian countries with a significant trade surplus with the U.S. came in for harsh treatment from Trump's stinging tariffs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2025

Trump tariffs are a ‘disaster’ for world’s poorest countries

Poor nations' labor-intensive export industries face new risk in trade war.
A screenshot taken from a video published by the Palestinian Red Crescent and obtained from cellphone of a dead paramedic shows the last moments during the incident in which aid workers were killed in Israeli fire, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23.
WORLD
Apr 6, 2025

Video shows last minutes before Gaza aid workers' deaths, Red Crescent says

The aid worker was among 15 humanitarian personnel killed on March 23 in an attack by Israeli forces, according to the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Wall Street banks, under political pressure and tempted by short-term gains, are abandoning climate commitments and pouring billions into fossil fuels, risking both environmental catastrophe and massive future economic losses.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2025

Wall Street will regret helping the world burn

For an industry in the business of money, it sure has a funny way of ensuring its destruction. 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Japan does not intend to seek direct confrontation with the U.S. over the newly levied tariffs, during a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2025

Japan to avoid direct confrontation with the U.S. over Trump tariffs

The Japanese prime minister is calling for a more diplomatic and fact-based approach, in part by examining U.S. allegations about trade barriers.
Japan posted a surplus in the current account balance for the first time in two months, mainly as the trade balance turned into a surplus.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2025

Japan's current account surplus hits record high in February

The country posted a surplus in the current account balance, mainly as the trade balance turned into a surplus.
Jon Rahm hits a shot during a practice round ahead of the Masters on Wednesday. Rahm is one of 12 players from LIV Golf in the 95-player field.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 10, 2025

Masters not planning to create exemption for LIV Golf players

Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Fred Ridley pointed out that the Masters is an invitational tournament, and Augusta National can extend special invitations to anyone.
Environmental, social and governance funds are increasingly looking to Japan, as efforts to boost diversity are coming amid a regulatory and government push for better corporate governance.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2025

Trump’s DEI rollback gives Japan a chance to draw ESG inflows

Japanese firms have long lagged behind their Western peers on gender equality, but the U.S. crackdown on diversity may give them a chance to shine.
People visit the Osaka Expo on the first day it opened to the public, in the city of Osaka on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2025

Osaka Expo throws open its doors as mega-event kicks off

A steady rain failed to dampen the spirits of organizers and expo early-birds as 160 countries, regions and organizations showed off their best tech and culture.
Demonstrators rally during a protest to call on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025

Harvard hit with $2.3 billion funding freeze after rejecting Trump demands

The Trump administration announced the freeze within hours of Harvard taking its stand.
Nomura Orient International Securities has trimmed staffing by about two-thirds in its China wealth business over the past two years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2025

Nomura scaling back China wealth unit, shifting focus to brokerage and assets

Japan's biggest brokerage is currently seeking a new CEO for the securities business on the mainland.
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, responds to a question at Haneda Airport in Tokyo ahead of his visit to the United States on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 16, 2025

Akazawa, Japan’s tariff czar, jets to Washington for mission impossible 

Tokyo realizes that achieving a satisfactory meeting of the minds with Washington will be a real challenge.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.