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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 11, 2022

New COVID vaccine findings pose tough questions for parents of young children

For adults, vaccines proved to be safe and powerfully protective in clinical trials and were speedily authorized for use. But the trials in children were complicated by the arrival of virus variants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2022

Arming Ukraine: 17,000 anti-tank weapons in six days and a clandestine cybercorps

American and European officials describe a desperate race against time as they aim to get arms delivered to Ukrainian forces while their supply routes are still open.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2022

Ukrainians find that relatives in Russia do not believe it is a war

Russian television channels do not show the bombardment of Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, and its suburbs, or the devastating attacks on Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv and other Ukrainian cities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2022

How China embraces Russian propaganda and its version of the war

In much of the world, Russia is losing the information war over Ukraine. In China, though, it's winning big.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022

Many Russians feel deep unease over going to war

Going to war is one of Russians' greatest fears, according to an independent pollster.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2022

Ukraine enclaves long steeped in conflict face new peril

For nearly a decade violence has defined life for people in parts of eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists have carved out enclaves and waged a steady skirmish.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Longform
Feb 21, 2022

After Beijing 2022, uncertainty clouds the future of the Olympics

The Olympic flame flickers amid faltering reforms and fading interest as the pandemic exposes shortcomings in the commercial goals of the Summer and Winter Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2022

Bond between China and Russia alarms U.S. and Europe amid Ukraine crisis

China and Russia declared that they would work with other countries to 'promote genuine democracy” and counter American-led ideology and institutions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2022

‘We need to oppose Russia’: Ukrainians find common purpose

Across the country, Lenin statues and hammer-and-sickle emblems of the Soviet past have been toppled, replaced by monuments to Ukrainians killed in the 2014 uprising.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 15, 2022

Hosting the Olympics is costly. For China, it’s worth every billion.

For many cities, the Games make no economic sense. National pride and an enthusiasm for building transportation infrastructure change the equation for Beijing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2022

How Olympians embraced mental health after Simone Biles showed the way

The American gymnast's public struggles gave other Olympians tacit permission to share their vulnerabilities. Some of them have.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2022

Afghanistan’s health care system is collapsing under stress

The funding necessary for Afghanistan's health system to survive has dried up due to sanctions imposed on the Taliban, leading to overburdened hospitals in danger of shutting down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 3, 2022

In Japan, a thousand digital eyes keep watch over the elderly

The surveillance programs offer the promise of protecting those in cognitive decline while helping them retain some independence, but they have also evoked fears of authoritarian overreach.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Feb 2, 2022

Is Wordle too easy for you? Try it in Japanese.

Excitement over a simple online word game has spread to Japan for an entertaining way to practice your kanji and vocabulary.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2022

Angry U.S.-Russia exchange at U.N. punctuates deepening Ukraine rift

The Americans accused Russia of endangering peace and destabilizing global security, while Kremlin diplomats dismissed what they called baseless and hysterical U.S. fear-mongering.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2022

Living by the code: In China, COVID-era controls may outlast the virus

Beijing already had a vast ability to track its 1.4 billion citizens before the pandemic — now that monitoring is far more expansive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2022

Biden’s pandemic fight: Inside the setbacks of the first year

The administration has gotten much right, but its response has been hampered by confusing messaging, a lack of focus on testing, fear of political blowback and the virus' unpredictability.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 7, 2022

Peter Bogdanovich, director whose career was a Hollywood drama, dies at 82

Bogdanovich hit the ground running in the '70s with films such as 'The Last Picture Show' but within the decade, he had become one of Hollywood's most ostracized filmmakers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2021

Stay or go? For Myanmar’s latest wave of refugees, there’s no good choice.

For Biak Tling and his family, who have left Myanmar entirely, it is a life in limbo as they struggle to adapt to a new environment, surrounded by numerous uncertainties about the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2021

Pro-China group continues to spread misinformation, researchers say

More than 2,000 accounts have promoted falsehoods such as COVID-19 misinformation and the denial of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 22, 2021

The NBA, like most other leagues, plans to persist amid omicron

The NBA's approach to omicron is much like that of most other North American team sports leagues, which appear determined to keep playing games and welcoming fans.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2021

Transgender people waiting years for gender health care as demand surges

Defenders of systems that require transgender people to wait claim it reduces later regrets, but many transgender advocates criticize it as 'gatekeeping.'
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 3, 2021

How Japan is already being impacted by climate change

Japan Times contributor Eric Margolis walks us through how Japan is already being affected by climate change.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 28, 2021

Princess Mako's not-so-fairytale wedding

After a three-year delay, Princess Mako finally married her university sweetheart Kei Komuro on Tuesday.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 20, 2021

Why is Kyoto going bankrupt?

In 2019, tourists spent u00a51.2 trillion in Kyoto. Now the city faces bankruptcy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2021

‘Starting a fire’: U.S. and China enter dangerous territory over Taiwan

The self-ruled island has moved to the heart of a deepening rivalry between the two superpowers, with the potential to ignite military conflagration and reshape the regional order.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 8, 2021

14 cuts in 25 minutes: How Hong Kong censors movies

The Asian film capital has cracked down on documentaries and independent productions that it fears could glamorize the pro-democracy movement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2021

A nation transformed during 16 years of Merkel begins to move on

A broad and contented middle class is one facet of Merkel's Germany that has been central to her longevity and her ability to deliver on a core promise of stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 14, 2021

Japan needs a strategy for economic growth in the post-virus era

The country's financial stability faces challenges from a global perspective, especially regarding overseas investments.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2021

In a handful of U.S. states, early data hint at a rise in breakthrough infections

With the arrival of the contagious delta variant, COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among vaccinated Americans also may have increased, according to preliminary figures.

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