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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2021

Carrie Lam’s second term depends on 0.02% of Hong Kong’s people

Lam's approval rating plummeted to around 15% two years ago, and while it has since doubled, only about one in three residents support her.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2021

A test for Kishida as South Korea’s presidential hopeful calls for new partnership

A traditional Korean conservative, Yoon Seok-youl is a skeptic of North Korea who supports business and wants to lighten the regulatory burden so that it can innovate and flourish.
Japan Times
The Netherlands report 2021
Sep 10, 2021

Kintetsu World Express (Benelux): Supporting people in their daily lives

The Netherlands is at the heart of the European freight forwarding, customs brokerage and logistics industries.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 5, 2020

‘It’s like you want to stop people from voting’: How U.S. elections look abroad

From gerrymandering to voter roll purges, we showed people around the world how the American system works. It didn’t go well.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2020

Australia's oil industry faces new indigenous heritage test

Indigenous artifacts found on the seabed do not enjoy the same protection as the wrecks of ships or aircraft.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2020

Stubborn fire aboard U.S. Navy warship in San Diego injures 21 people

Flames raged for hours on Sunday aboard a U.S. warship docked at Naval Base San Diego, sending 21 people to the hospital with minor injuries and prompting a relocation of two other Navy vessels moored nearby, military and local fire officials said.
Reader Mail
Jul 10, 2020

Japan has power-of-attorney solutions for people in same-sex relationships

The June 27 article “Fighting for the right to recognize same-sex marriage in Japan” says that "only marriage can grant the legal rights needed to deal with tax, inheritance, immigration status, social insurance, custody and a whole host of other matters."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 30, 2020

How China tested 11 million people for the coronavirus in just two weeks

Wuhan is set to complete the testing of its entire population of 11 million as China pours massive resources into avoiding a resurgence of COVID-19 infections.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2020

Democratic Party for the People to propose September school enrollment

The school year in Japan has long started in April.
Reader Mail
Apr 8, 2020

There is much that we the people can do

Regarding the March 20 letter to the editor "School closures are a cruel blow to children," school closures will not turn out to be so bad if we can offer online lessons. Using technology in an efficient way is always a wonderful thing. With companies releasing 5G services at such a time, it would be...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2020

People in China need a green light from Alipay app to move around

To get permission to leave China's coronavirus epicenter and return to his job in Hong Kong, a Chinese banker needed two things: a letter from his company and a green health code from an Alibaba app.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2020

Canadian police move in to clear indigenous blockade of rail line

Police moved in on Monday morning to clear a rail blockade by an indigenous group in eastern Canada that had been stopping freight and passenger traffic for more than two weeks on one of the country's busiest lines.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 21, 2020

Evan Lysacek revels in power of sports to connect people

Evan Lysacek glided across the ice so effortlessly you could forget he was doing it on a bum ankle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2020

Canada passenger trains to run again but pipeline protests block freight

Passenger operator VIA Rail Canada said on Tuesday it would soon resume partial services between Quebec City and Ottawa while the government sought to end anti-pipeline protests that are blocking rail freight in eastern Canada.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2020

Anti-pipeline protests derail Trudeau's trip to Barbados

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has canceled his planned trip to Barbados for a regional conference to help resolve widespread rail disruptions caused by indigenous rights activists opposing the construction of a natural gas pipeline, his office said Sunday.
Reader Mail
Dec 20, 2019

Shorter hours good for work and people

I strongly support Microsoft Japan's attempt to boost workers' productivity ("Four-day workweek boosted productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan experiment shows").
WORLD
Dec 16, 2019

Italian city of Brindisi evacuates 54,000 people to defuse WWII British bomb

Around 54,000 people were evacuated from the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Sunday as experts worked to defuse a World War II bomb, authorities said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2019

Five people with ties to Osaka school operator arrested for alleged embezzlement

Public prosecutors on Thursday arrested five people related to Meijo Gakuin Educational Corp. on suspicion of embezzlement, including Mieko Ohashi, a 61-year-old former president of the school operator in Osaka Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 30, 2019

Japan Times 1969: Supreme Court rules that people have right to refuse being photographed

The Supreme Court ruling came in a case involving a student who injured a policeman who photographed him without his consent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2019

A day after rebuke targeting Beijing, Trump says trade deal with China could happen sooner than people think

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a deal to end a nearly 15-month trade war with China could happen sooner than people think.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2019

Bayer says Monsanto probably kept files on influential people across Europe

Bayer said on Monday its Monsanto unit, which is being investigated by French prosecutors for compiling files of influential people such as journalists in France, likely did the same across Europe, suggesting a potentially wider problem.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
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