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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Dec 31, 2022

Resilient trade

Comparative advantage explains the efficiency gains of international trade and specialization. But we have learned that we must also account for the reliability of trade.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Dec 31, 2020

2020 was a watershed year for Japan's foreign residents

Increased discussion on the status of biracial Japanese, media misinterpretations of foreign communities and a bungled border policy made up our 2020.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Oct 17, 2022

In Japan, body hair removal transcending age and gender boundaries

At the same time, there are also moves to rethink the notion that hairless skin is beautiful.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
May 30, 2022

Is Japan happy? Exploring the nation’s evolving views of well-being

Why does a prosperous nation known for its efficient transportation networks, accessible education and universal health care rank so low when it comes to personal views of happiness?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2021

Japan’s quiet Olympics

Whatever happens this summer, Prime Minister Suga will face a party leadership election in September, and then a general election before the end of the full term in October.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 24, 2021

Hikari makes soft-power moves with anime and Vocaloid covers

In 2021, the performer launched Singing Cosplayer Hikari, a multiplatform project anchored by her YouTube channel, to harness the booming popularity of anime and Japanese music.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2021

Europe’s vaccination debacle

The slow vaccine rollout in many European countries is the result of the EU's failure to coordinate the interests of the various member states.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Dec 13, 2021

Park life: Growing Japan's green spaces through private investment

Green spaces nationwide increased fivefold between 1970 and 2010, but that growth has slowed to a trickle over the past decade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 23, 2021

Becoming Isamu Noguchi: The making of a sculptor

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum's exhibition showcases the ways in which Japanese culture influenced Isamu Noguchi's career as an artist who created works to be “lived,” not merely “seen.”
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / 2020 in review
Dec 19, 2020

Our critics’ favorite books published in 2020

As 2021 approaches, six Japan Times book reviewers look back on their top reads released in English this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 12, 2022

Smart countryside: How tech can help revive Japan’s rural regions

Changes in work patterns wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are already drawing some remote workers to the countryside.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 9, 2022

America’s killer capitalism

While many commentators with alternative calculations have questioned the extent of rising income inequality, none has succeeded in dismissing the trend.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 4, 2022

Germany’s post-Merkel checklist

Although the outgoing chancellor managed to avert multiple catastrophes, her caution may have exacerbated a number of other problems, including the Greek financial crisis.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 5, 2021

Penguins apologize after hiding improper mask-wearing in photo

A team employee altered a photo of fans attending Tuesday's game at PPG Paints Arena for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2022

SoftBank’s quiet finance chief Yoshimitsu Goto to take Son’s place in spotlight

Goto will likely lead earnings briefings in the future to give Son more time to focus on chip design unit Arm's planned initial public offering and other priorities, the firm said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2022

Japan 7-Eleven franchisee who rebelled against company loses in court

A judge ordered Mitoshi Matsumoto to hand his store, which he opened in 2012, over to the company and pay damages for lost business.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 19, 2021

YouTuber gets hit with copyright claims, but is it Toei who’s out of line?

While companies have a right to protect their intellectual property, they should still realize the media landscape is changing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2021

Don't be the next $5 million hacker payday

Often all it takes is an oblivious worker clicking a tainted e-mail link, or an IT department getting momentarily lazy about computer-system hygiene.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2020

F-35’s image as $428 billion bundle of flaws improved by fixes

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. military have eliminated all of the deficiencies believed to endanger pilots.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 7, 2022

China bets on a common prosperity

China's leaders believe their country is on the verge of a transformation into a truly “modern socialist economy.” They're not alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 6, 2022

Jerome Powell is no Paul Volcker

The U.S. Federal Reserve chief has tried to argue that the central bank's expansionary monetary policy is not to blame for inflationary pressure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2021

Why Brexit Britain is isolated, vulnerable and running on fumes

The country faces 'a perfect inflationary storm” that could plunge the economy into a recession next year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 15, 2022

Echigo-Tsumari and Setouchi triennials: Building communities in a time of upheaval

Two contemporary triennials taking place in Japan this year are finding longevity by collaborating with local residents and embracing site-specific art.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2022

‘Inflation fever’ is finally breaking, but central banks won’t stop hiking rates

The major global central banks, which failed to see the pandemic price shock coming, are set to press ahead with interest-rate increases even as headline inflation tops out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2022

North Korea documentary shows limping Kim as he tackles 'worst-ever hardships'

International media, intelligence agencies and experts closely watch Kim's health due to his tight grip on power and the uncertainty over succession plans.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jul 5, 2023

Would you spend the night in a coffin … for art?

Want to know what it’s like to spend the night in a coffin? Culture critic Thu-Huong Ha joins us to discuss her night in artist Marina Abramovic’s nightmare-inducing Dream House.
New and strengthened rules aim to make street drinking a thing of the past in Shibuya's nightlife center — but the reality may not be that simple.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Oct 21, 2024

Can you drink in Shibuya and Shinjuku this Halloween? It depends.

Shibuya and Shinjuku are both planning on cracking down on street drinking this Halloween and beyond. But the problem might be bigger than a night of drunken revelry.
Hans Ellegren, permanent secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences, flanked by Eva Olsson and Mats Larsson, members, announces this year's Nobel Prize winners in physics, at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday..
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2023

Trio wins 2023 Nobel in physics for electron experiments

The award was given to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for work “exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 15, 2023

Why should any city want to host a world expo?

The projected budget for the 2025 Osaka Expo has nearly doubled and netizens and opposition politicians are calling for a cancellation.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Yasuyuki Yoshida stirs a brew in a fermentation tank at his brewery in Hakusan.
The quake that shook Noto's sake brewing tradition
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