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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2023

China's economy expected to rebound as 'zero-COVID' era fades

China is expected to announce an economic rebound on Tuesday when it releases its first quarterly GDP figures since abolishing COVID-19 restrictions late last year.
TENNIS
Apr 15, 2023

Britain's Anne Keothavong and Katie Boulter welcome WTA decision to return to China

Keothavong, now captain of Britain's Billie Jean King Cup team, said she hoped Peng was safe but that ultimately 'tennis is a business.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 15, 2023

Another COVID-like pandemic could hit the world within 10 years

There’s a 27.5% chance a pandemic as deadly as COVID-19 could take place in the next decade, with rapid vaccine rollout key to reducing fatalities, a predictive health analytics firm found.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2023

Why Macron’s state visit to China was a dud

French President Emmanuel Macron is building castles in the air with his quest for 'strategic autonomy' and undermining the trans-Atlantic alliance by wooing Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2023

Risk of Chinese economic blockade has Taiwan preparing response

Chinese military exercises are increasingly aimed at 'winning the war without an actual fight,” Roy Chun Lee, Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister, said in an interview.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023

South Koreans battling addiction find little support

Counselors have been trying to build more rehabilitation centers, but requests for government funding are said to fail amid poor awareness about the need for more facilities.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 12, 2023

Kings, Coyotes to play first NHL games south of equator in Melbourne

The NHL will visit Australia for the first time after having previously hosted a number of preseason and regular-season games in Europe and Asia.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 12, 2023

At Noma Kyoto, chef Rene Redzepi plants ‘seeds’ for the future

The world's best chef is experimenting with the next phase of fine dining at his Kyoto pop-up.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2023

Europe’s China confusion does the world a disservice

European incoherence on China policy is worrying for the world and for Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023

Could an EU law to save the rainforest destroy palm oil farmers?

The long list of requirements will be hard for small-scale farmers to meet, and could push risk-averse palm oil buyers in Europe to switch to larger plantations with deeper pockets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 10, 2023

One-minute battery swaps are spurring EV adoption in Asia

In 2020, just 2% of two-wheelers in Southeast Asia were electric. Analysts thing that figure could reach 20% by 2030, thanks in part to battery-swapping.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2023

Saudi Arabia’s drive to get expats to ditch Dubai is off to a rocky start

The big question is whether Riyadh is ready from an infrastructure, housing, lifestyle and even administrative standpoint for an influx of foreign white-collar workers and their families.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 9, 2023

‘Tokyo Express’: Postwar detective noir basks in the details

Jesse Kirkwood's English translation of Seicho Matsumoto’s dense yet well paced novel is concise and timeless, giving contemporary readers a relatable window into the past.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2023

Runaway black hole creating trail of new stars

The supermassive monster — likely born of a bizarre game of intergalactic billiards — is rampaging through the blackness and plowing into gas clouds in its path.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 7, 2023

My friendship with Ryuichi Sakamoto

Roger Pulvers writes about his relationship with the late musician, recalling the time he introduced Sakamoto to David Bowie.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court justice accepted lavish trips from billionaire Republican donor

One trip alone by the staunch conservative Justice Clarence Thomas was likely worth $500,000, paid for by real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, according to the nonprofit ProPublica news outlet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2023

A tumultuous Kuroda era reverberated far beyond Japan

Outgoing BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's battle against deflationary mindsets was exhausting, but it burnished his reputation as an innovator.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 6, 2023

Tsai and McCarthy vow closer U.S.-Taiwan ties, despite China’s ire

Washington and Taipei seem keen to deepen ties and normalize high-level bilateral interactions despite threats of retaliation and scathing criticism from China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2023

As China, Europe and the U.S. power ahead with EVs, Japan clings to hybrids

Last year, 59,000 new EVs were sold in Japan — a record and a threefold annual increase, but still less than 2% of sales of all cars in the country in 2022.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 5, 2023

Former Lionesses marvel at growth of women's game

The legacy celebration at England's training ground was held as England prepares for Thursday's inaugural Women's Finalissima game against Brazil at Wembley Stadium.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2023

JR East pushes back planned opening of new Haneda Airport line by two years

The new line will allow passengers to travel between Tokyo Station and the airport without changing trains in around 18 minutes, compared with about 30 minutes on existing lines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 4, 2023

From fast food to autos, India's digitally connected users lure investors

Not only new-age Indian tech companies but also traditional consumer firms that are adding digital capabilities offer a route to tap growing consumption.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2023

The murky business behind Britain’s rampant food price inflation

Keeping the shelves stocked with fruit and vegetables is becoming a more precarious — and murky — business for both farmers and vulnerable workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 2, 2023

Biden's strategic silence on Trump may be tested in days ahead

Joe Biden's strategy on Trump has been simple: silence is golden. The White House plans to continue that approach even though Trump has been indicted.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2023

Fully automated driving under certain conditions allowed in Japan

The government has a target of realizing Level 4 autonomous driving services in at least 40 locations by fiscal 2025.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

Japan's logisticians brace for expected driver shortages

The logistics world is worried about holdups in operations, while new restrictions on overtime may deliver a further blow to an industry already short on truck drivers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2023

Younger people abandon smartphones for less anxiety, brain fog and mental strain

Though the trend may be small, companies are catering to fans of so-called dumbphones who seek to disconnect by breaking the hold smartphones have on their lives.
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) and Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi signing an agreement to integrate the SDF into the state institutions, in Damascus on Monday.
Concerns grow over possible U.S. tariffs on Japan's auto sector
Toyota vehicles are loaded onto a ship at the Port of Nagoya in June last year.
Swiatek and Medvedev book spots in Indian Wells quarters
Iga Swiatek hits a shot as she defeats Karolina Muchova during their fourth-round match at Indian Wells on Wednesday.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan’s No. 2 diplomat seeks higher-level ‘unofficial’ Japan meetings as ties grow
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu told The Japan Times in an interview last week in Taipei that he hopes with the island democracy can strengthen ties with Japan and other like-minded nations “at every level.”
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.

Podcast

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

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly
By Tomoko Otake

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