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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2021

Masayoshi Son’s billions multiply on SoftBank mega-rally and SPAC boom

Few fortunes are as volatile as Masayoshi Son’s.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2021

Can Japan really shoot at vessels over the Senkaku Islands?

My American friend in San Francisco said he could not believe Japan could not shoot at invading foreign vessels. His comment hit the nail on the head.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2021

Twin sisters score Japan’s hottest IPO by making mobile games for women

To the growing list of things that make gaming startup Coly Inc. unusual, it can add one of the best market debuts in recent Japanese history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2021

Biden’s stimulus trade-offs

While Lawrence Summers may be overstating the inflation threat, a careful review of Joe Biden's stimulus plan along the lines he proposes is probably a good idea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2021

Myanmar's U.N. envoy and junta make rival claims to representation

The claims to represent Myanmar will now likely have to be considered by a U.N. credentials committee that reports to the General Assembly, which will then make the final decision.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 2, 2021

Taku Lee poised to end long wait for Japan's first NFL player

The Obic running back and 2020 X League MVP, who is currently taking part in an NFL program for potential international talent in Florida, is generating hype as a player to watch.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Mar 2, 2021

Escape artists accused of freeing Carlos Ghosn can't evade reckoning in Japan

Emails, court documents and more than a dozen interviews detail the Taylors' failed quest to employ tactics that let so many well-connected people avoid legal trouble in the Trump era.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2021

Historic roundup of Hong Kong opposition draws defiant protest

The arrests of 47 opposition figures represented the most sweeping use of the national security law imposed by China last year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2021

What is love? Beijing desires unconditional loyalty from Hong Kong

Chinese officials have signaled that Beijing plans sweeping electoral changes for Hong Kong, possibly as soon as this week, when China's parliament, the National People's Congress, opens in Beijing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 27, 2021

Progress in the government's bid to digitalize public services

One woman found that re-entering Japanese society as a citizen was more difficult than trying to enter British society as a foreign national.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 27, 2021

A childhood tradition makes a comeback with yusanbako

Three-tiered lacquered wooden lunch boxes, which originated in Tokushima Prefecture during the late Edo Period (1603-1868), are having a revival thanks to a trio of collaborators.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2021

EU told to back vaccine passports or Google may do it anyway

European Union leaders inched toward establishing bloc-wide vaccine certificates to enable countries to reopen to travel.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2021

Mori’s resignation highlights changing gender norms

Yoshiro Mori reportedly decided to resign immediately after the remarks. It was the secretariat of the organizing committee who strongly pleaded with him to stay in his position.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021

Germany’s empty pipeline logic

The pipeline across the Baltic has pitted the United States and the European Union against Germany, and a swelling chorus of domestic critics against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2021

Antony Blinken, without leaving U.S., tries to mend fences with allies abroad

As part of his effort to re-energize American alliances frayed by the Donald Trump years, Blinken has spoken with dozens of his counterparts around the world but has yet to leave the U.S.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / sustainable brands 2021 Yokohama
Feb 24, 2021

An opportunity for renewal, recovery, rejuvenation

Sustainable Brands 2021 Yokohama will take place on Feb. 24 and 25 at Pacifico Yokohama North in the city’s vibrant Minato Mirai area. As one of the largest domestic sustainability community events and the fifth of its kind to be held in Japan, the conference is a chance for stakeholders from every...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 23, 2021

Western countries step up pressure on Myanmar junta as protesters defy warnings

The European Union said it is considering sanctions while Washington penalized two more generals for links to the military coup.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2021

COVID-19 gives America a chance to fix welfare

The COVID-19 relief effort has finally helped Americans to realize that the government can just send them cash, and that this makes their life better.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 23, 2021

Mariners CEO resigns over offensive remarks toward Hisashi Iwakuma

Minority owner Kevin Mather stepped down just days after comments belittling the English ability of Iwakuma and other players were made public.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2021

Pandemic gives extra momentum to cashless drive in Japan

Even local governments — typically the last in line to introduce any kind of technology — are starting to jump onto the digital payment trend.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2021

Strike grips Myanmar as anti-coup protesters defy junta's lethal warning

Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop daily protests and a civil disobedience movement calling for the reversal of the Feb. 1 coup.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2021

Road to renewed Iran nuclear deal likely to be long and bumpy

It took seven years from the summer's day in 2008 when a top U.S. diplomat first sat down with his Iranian counterpart until the two sides sealed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that aimed to keep Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
By Greg Dvorak

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