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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2021

India tackles epic logistical challenge to deliver vaccines to villages

Negotiating cows, debris, thick fog and hairpin bends, and fighting fatigue, Porija drove nearly 24 hours within three days to collect and deliver shots to the town of Koraput.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 22, 2020

Japan faces balancing act over virus clusters among foreign nationals

Talk of the issue underlines the delicate balance the government is trying to strike between stopping foreign communities from becoming hot spots and preventing discrimination.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2020

Your sexuality can make you enemy of the state in Poland

Once a model European Union country diligently integrating with its Western allies, Poland stands out even among eastern members for the way it is rebelling against Brussels.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 19, 2020

All eyes on Suga's foreign-policy agenda

His pledge for a continuity of Abe's policies has been welcomed, but still many questions loom among the foreign-policy community about Japan's new leader.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2020

A tithe approach to volunteering in our post-pandemic world

The rewards of volunteering are enormous for one's self and community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2020

In Fukushima, a 'village' aims to lure young people back to disaster-hit town

In a deserted part of Fukushima Prefecture dotted with vacant lots, a sleek modern building stands out. In a workshop inside, a woman with a ponytail wearing purple protective eyeglasses carefully melts a tiny glass tube into the shape of a plum blossom.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 3, 2020

City dwellers find simpler life in rural China commune

Yang Zhaoyu quit his job in a big Chinese city nine months ago and moved to a small community that preaches sustainable living and mindful consumption.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019

Young entrepreneurs with a mission bank on 'Greta' effect

As the brains behind a hydroponics farming system in rural Kenya, 17-year-old Jefferson Kang'acha struggled to get noticed but he now expects the youth climate movement led by Greta Thunberg to bolster other young people on a mission.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2019

Complicity, opioids and vaping — a bad mix

We should have more respect for the disease of addiction.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 4, 2019

AFWJ celebrates 50 years of uniting women

Members of the Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese reflect on the group's achievements and progress.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2019

Learning for empathy: A world effort to build peace through education

Education can help to prepare learners to be active and responsible contributors to sustainable development and world peace.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Aug 18, 2019

Providing a new breath of life to businesses

At a recent symposium organized by the Japan Times Satoyama Consortium, three panelists shared their experiences and thoughts on the theme of succeeding businesses in rural communities.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2019

Doing the 'I turn': Japan taps tourism to lure city dwellers to emptying villages

Yoshifumi Yano was tiring of the high cost of living and long hours of work at a travel firm in the city of Osaka when he heard of a hotel for sale in a small town nearby in Wakayama Prefecture that was known for its onsen, or hot springs.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 20, 2019

What Sri Lanka has to teach the world

Japan and other countries around the world can learn from the South Asian nation's private sector effort to address public policy issues.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2019

A whole new ballgame: Yokohama DeNA BayStars get an upgrade

Looking down at the sea of dark blue seats that frame one of Nippon Professional Baseball's smallest playing fields, one thing becomes clear: For the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, the ballpark, and the myriad experiences it offers those who take in a game, is their top commodity.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 3, 2019

'Destiny' deepens Japan-Brazil judo relations

When Yuko Fujii took a job coaching judo in England after graduating from university, she didn't anticipate that she would one day be coaching the sport at an Olympics in her home country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2019

U.S. spies say China and Russia are getting closer

Beijing and Moscow are teaming up to diminish Washington's global influence, spread tyranny and undermine democracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 21, 2019

From pariah to demi-god: Transgender leader becomes a star at India's massive Kumbh Mela festival

In a desert tent guarded by armed police and a well-built bouncer, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is blessing a constant stream of pilgrims, who garland her with marigolds and kneel to touch her feet.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Jan 13, 2019

Many chances for success across rural areas

The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium, the Chugoku Region Governors Association and the town of Jinsekikogen in Hiroshima Prefecture co-hosted a two-day event at the Jinseki Kogen Hotel on Oct. 20 and 21.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 8, 2018

Tohoku communities slow to regroup as tsunami-hit cities rebuild on higher ground

Takashi Ito's family-owned book and stationery store is one of the 20 or so shops occupying a new mall that opened last year in Rikuzentakata, a tsunami-ravaged city in Iwate Prefecture once known for the towering pine trees that lined its scenic coast.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2017

Kim refuses to be intimidated

Sticks may be more tempting than carrots, but the challenge for the U.S. and Japan is to articulate a diplomatic settlement that Pyongyang can support.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2017

A disconnect in the Rohingya conundrum

Instead of directing its anger and frustration toward Suu Kyi and the NLD government, the international community, including the U.N. and the powerful Western democracies, should put pressure on Myanmar's military leadership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2017

Indigenous group seizes Peru oil field facilities

Indigenous people living on Peru's largest oil field concession have seized some facilities operated by Frontera Energy Corp. demanding that the government apply an indigenous rights law before signing a new contract with the Canadian company, a tribal chieftain said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jul 12, 2017

Joey Bizinger sees his YouTube following grow amid an 'anime renaissance'

"The Anime Man" has a busy summer ahead of him. The 23-year-old, whose real name is Joey Bizinger, will be on the road over the next two months making stops at anime conventions across the United States and Europe. It sounds like the kind of itinerary a musician would embark on.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 28, 2017

Japan — where the suburbs meet utopia

After flirtations with city and country, a roaming suburban boy finds that true bliss lies somewhere in between.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 14, 2017

Racial and ethnic hate speech thrives in online games

Spend enough time hunting terrorists or wandering dystopian wastelands in online games and you are bound to come across players hurling xenophobic and racist taunts at each other, from Islamophobes in Europe to South Koreans and Japanese bickering over disputed islands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2017

Demands for return of land block German effort to atone for African genocide

Namibia's Herero people are heartened that Germany is keen to atone for the genocide of their ancestors, but they expect something that Berlin says it cannot give.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jan 25, 2017

Your school may be international, but what values does it teach?

If you are vested in an international school as a parent, student, member of staff or management, here are four questions to consider.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jan 22, 2017

Meet the man who gets frisked by the Tokyo police five times a year

'Am I the only one who gets frisked five times a year?' was a question posed on Facebook by a black man living in Tokyo last year, as he related the harassment he's received at the hands of Tokyo's finest over the years.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Parts of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be suspended over weekend
Sections of the outer loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line will be shut down all day Saturday, and from the start of service through around noon on Sunday.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla-creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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