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JAPAN
Aug 12, 2022

Outspoken digital chief Taro Kono set to renew fight against old tech in Japan

One of Japan's best-known politicians helped make a name for himself with his fight against personal seals and the fax machine, and now he is targeting other work practices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2022

The refinery standing between Germany and a Russian oil embargo

For decades, crude oil piped in from Russia has flowed into a giant refinery in Schwedt, an industrial city on the Oder River, providing jobs for thousands and a reliable source of fuel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 11, 2022

A coal mining hub could decide Australia’s future

At stake is the policy of a nation that is a potential renewable-energy superpower but still gets 70% of its electricity and about a quarter of its exports from fossil fuels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2022

U.S. firefighters on climate front lines sound alarm over staffing

Federal firefighters have been swapping stories via private chats and social media of undermanned stations, crumbling buildings and poorly maintained equipment.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / U.S. Midwest report 2022
Mar 15, 2022

The proven resilience of the Midwest states

Stretching from the vast expanse of the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west, the Midwestern states have been traditionally referred to both as the country’s bread basket and the manufacturing hub of the United States, supplying the country and the rest of the world...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 15, 2022

Houses, scandals, missiles: The issues at stake in South Korea's presidential election

Discontent over the economic situation has driven away many young voters who initially backed Moon. They comprise a lost generation that many see emerging as the key voting bloc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2022

Beset by legal battles, Brazilian asbestos town eyes a safer future

The asbestos extraction firm Sama S.A., operating in the city of Minacu, is the world's third-largest chrysotile asbestos producer, shipping it to more than 150 countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2022

Bad news for London and New York: Finance hubs are becoming obsolete

COVID-19 has shown just how little location now matters for many jobs and businesses in finance and gave executives confidence that more operations could be managed remotely.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2022

Japan’s self-destructive immigration policy

Japan's criminalizing asylum seekers and stigmatizing immigration is contributing to an existential crisis comprising a fast-aging population, declining fertility and a shrinking economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2022

The epic rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes

In Silicon Valley, where the line between talk and achievement is often vague, there is finally a limit to faking it.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2021

Going nowhere: Central banks face inflation fears

Central bankers balance two priorities: prices and employment. Unfortunately, a slowing economy generally reduces employment, which means that those two priorities compete with each other.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2021

Forklift driving becomes a desk job with Phantom-Mitsubishi deal

Via the tie-up, the firms will offer forklifts that can rove around a warehouse in California, controlled by workers sitting at a desk a continent away.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 21, 2021

Okinawa’s wasted COVID-19 year

For political reasons, the economic contribution of the Okinawa bases is heavily downplayed, sometimes by five or 10 times as much, in local government publications and the media.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2021

How a coronavirus variant tore through an English island and spread globally

The so-called Kent or U.K. variant has now been reported in more than 100 countries and recent research has shown that it is not only more contagious but also more deadly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2021

'No other option': Deadly India floods bare conflicts from hydropower boom

Experts say rampant construction is adding to the burden weighing on rural communities across the Himalayas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2021

On the brink: Canada care workers struggle to make ends meet in pandemic

Personal support workers (PSWs) have long wrestled with housing insecurity in expensive Canadian cities, but the pandemic has worsened the situation for many.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2020

How China's coal industry is fighting to survive in a greener world

Before long, an uncomfortable truth could push to the forefront: China's national target of reaching net-zero emissions might not be compatible with another generation of coal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2020

Why Democrats lost and will keep losing elections

When you expected to pick up tons of seats in the House and take back the Senate, and none of that happens and you just barely win the presidency, you basically got your a-- kicked.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2020

In the U.S., socialism isn't the way to win the working class

Unions and infrastructure don't fulfill the Republican's small-government dreams of previous decades, but they could represent a centrist alternative to the growing popularity of socialism.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 15, 2020

Japan's male babysitters battle stigma and stereotypes

A series of high-profile cases involving pedophiles has left agencies struggling to balance child protection against discrimination.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2020

In dash to finish, Biden and Trump set up showdown in Pennsylvania

The president now appears more competitive in the state than in Michigan and Wisconsin, and Biden's clearest electoral path to the White House runs through it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2020

Make Science Great Again: U.S. researchers dream of life after Trump

Dozens of U.S.-based climate scientists shifted their research to France, or sought refuge in academia or in left-leaning states after Donald Trump was elected in 2016.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020

India faces lost generation as virus pushes children to work

Civil groups are rescuing more kids from forced labor and warn many others are being compelled to work in cities as migrant labor is cut off by the coronavirus.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Aug 3, 2020

Local economies leaning into sustainability

The city of Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture manages a circular regional economy using existing resources. Activities and projects to realize such an economy have accelerated since Soichiro Miyashita became mayor six years ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2020

The U.S. economy will need stimulus well beyond July

It's too soon to count on consumer demand to support the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2020

Pandemic opens door to ideas new and old for a better economy

Governments have already cast aside dogmas at least temporarily to protect companies and jobs in the deepest peacetime recession in almost a century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2020

The Great Depression paradox: children survived, then thrived

National crises can actually have positive effects on the young, building character as much as destroying it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2020

Is universal basic income a done deal?

The social and economic changes that might deal with the mass destruction of jobs by automation are being road-tested right now.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 23, 2020

Trump order limits U.S. immigration during coronavirus crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a temporary block on some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he wanted to protect American workers and jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

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