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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2020

Trump and the WHO: the wrong time to pick a fight

Once again, Japan must step up to fill the leadership vacuum created by a U.S. withdrawal from a multilateral agency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2019

Hong Kong leader says she would 'quit' if she could, fears ability to resolve crisis 'very limited'

Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said she has caused "unforgivable havoc" by igniting the political crisis engulfing the city and would quit if she had a choice, according to an audio recording of remarks she made last week to a group of businesspeople.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2018

Next-generation technology tipped to reboot Asian economies after smartphones peak

The technology boom powering Asia's economies is about to get a reboot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 31, 2017

Hon Hai posts surprise profit rise after record iPhone sales

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported an unexpected rise in quarterly earnings after the main assembler of Apple Inc.'s devices rode record iPhone sales during the pivotal holiday shopping period.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2017

Japan to speed up warship-building project to reinforce East China Sea: sources

Japan plans to double warship production to two frigates a year instead of one destroyer so it can patrol parts of the East China Sea disputed by China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2023

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2023

With eye on China, Japan to offer military aid to like-minded countries

The framework was set up as Tokyo moves away from a strict nonmilitary approach to ties with its neighbors and looks to realize its vision of a 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2023

China intensifies military drills with Russia amid U.S. sanctions

The two countries conducted six joint military exercises together last year, the most in data going back two decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 14, 2021

The U.S.-China tech conflict front line goes through Belgium

The Interuniversity Microelectronics Center may be Belgium's best-kept secret, but it's in global demand for its work on the future of computer chips.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 28, 2021

'Japan’s Marine Corps': The nation's first responders for remote island defense

The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade was established in 2018 to respond to security situations that require faster mobilization of land, sea, and air forces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2020

Dear Canberra, you are not alone

What Australia's prime minister said about a COVID-19 inquiry was appropriate and the international community must remain united and push China to do what is right during these trying times.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2020

The publishing empire helping China silence dissent in Hong Kong

When Hong Kong’s richest tycoons declared their support for the city’s national security law in June, it wasn’t what they said that stood out as much as how they said it.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2020

China's 100-day push near Senkaku Islands comes at unsettling time for Sino-Japanese ties

Japan is being forced to rethink how it will approach an increasingly belligerent China after years of work trying to mend ties with Beijing.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 8, 2019

Handful of players from 'Matsuzaka Generation' still holding on

Daisuke Matsuzaka returned home on Wednesday, solidifying a deal to spend his 20th season in pro baseball with the Saitama Seibu Lions, the club he spent Year 1 with back in 1999.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jul 16, 2019

Not going anywhere: How to handle the world's growing trash problem

The stench of curdled milk wafted from a shipping container of waste at Malaysia's Port Klang as Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin told a group of journalists in May she would send the maggot-infested rubbish back where it came from.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2022

U.S.-China friction gives Kim Jong Un the freedom to fire away

North Korea's unprecedented barrage of missiles is underscoring the cost of Washington's tensions with Beijing, since China has shown little appetite for more sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2021

China’s orbiting missile exploits weakness in U.S. defenses

The weapon missed its mark, but could later become capable of sending warheads around American anti-missile systems.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2019

The skills that youths will need to succeed in the 21st century

Societies now need young people who learn and master the skills for a dynamic, tech savvy and globalized world.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2019

Iran has little to gain from Gulf of Oman tanker attacks

Two oil tankers have been damaged in a suspected attack in the waters between the United Arab Emirates and Iran as they were leaving the Persian Gulf. This is the second incident in four weeks, and raises the question of who gains what from them.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2013

Deterring an Asia nuke race

Asia risks sliding into a nuclear arms race, aggravated by underlying mistrust. Potential 'threshold' countries include South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2023

China’s censors could shape the future of AI-generated content

When the Chinese regime’s information controls intersect with artificial intelligence, they can distort the global information landscape.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2023

China’s power in Asia diminished by 'zero-COVID,' study shows

The Sydney-based Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index for 2023 shows that China registered the greatest decline out of the 26 nations and territories in its report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 9, 2023

Economists fret over perils ahead for global growth

The world economy may be shifting to a more difficult era where interest rates will be higher, geopolitical tensions greater and uncertainties more pronounced.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 9, 2023

Bracing for the silver tsunami

Low fertility rates — in the absence of increased immigration — will reduce the working-age population, in turn lowering household consumption and economic growth.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Dec 23, 2022

What to make of Japan’s new defense documents

Nothing in Japan's new defense documents signals an abandonment of the core principles of its security, but a refinement of roles and capabilities to match modern needs.
Then-Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang holds a copy of China's constitution during a news conference at the National People's Congress in Beijing in March.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 26, 2023

China ousts foreign minister as world grasps for clues as to why

There are still several questions over Qin Gang's fate and whether he will continue to serve in the government as a state councilor.
Tour guide and history buff Rory Dent left his job at a U.K.-based tour operator to move to Japan and start his own business.
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Jun 30, 2024

Guiding Japan through the challenges of overtourism

With the number of overseas tourists breaking records, guides and tour operators are seeing their businesses flourish.
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, 66, has experience as the onetime head of Japan’s former Defense Agency before it became a full-fledged ministry and is seen as a pair of steady hands.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 2, 2024

Ishiba looks to 'defense tribe' to fill key Cabinet positions

The new prime minister has named four former defense ministers to key posts — most notably, the defense and foreign affairs portfolios.
The departure of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger opens the possibility of fresh deal talks.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2024

Intel’s CEO departure opens door to new deal discussions

The CEO's departure is also an opportunity for suitors to take another look at acquiring some or all of Intel.

Longform

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