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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2021

Crossing the red line: Behind China’s takeover of Hong Kong

One year ago, the city's freedoms were curtailed with breathtaking speed. But the clampdown was years in the making, and many signals were missed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2021

China’s ‘small giants’ lure investors hunting for big returns

With question marks over the strength of the Chinese economy, investors are turning toward secular growth stories in a hunt for exceptional earnings upside.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2021

Methane menace: Aerial survey spots 'super-emitter' landfills

The survey found 'super-emitter' landfills accounted for 43% the measured emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2021

Europe’s summer of recovery is more fragile than it looks

The story of Portugal's unfolding summer turns out to be a tale of the pandemic's stubborn endurance as the virus undercuts plans to recommence ordinary life.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 6, 2021

Olympics gave hope to Japan’s LGBTQ activists. But old prejudices die hard.

Even a modest goal of labeling discrimination 'unacceptable” has proved too much for conservative lawmakers, who have blocked consideration of a bill by the Diet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 28, 2021

Hong Kong has a new type of prisoner: Pro-democracy activists

With fraught political future and the threat of another arrest, the arrested protesters are emblematic of the uncertainties facing the city's stricken democracy movement.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 27, 2021

Ado's defiant hit is a coming-of-age moment for Japan's Vocaloid culture

Ado caused a moral panic in Japan with her catchy and rebellious track 'Usseewa,' a track influenced by the cultural conventions of Vocaloid that are taking Japanese music by storm.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 24, 2021

Risk of nuclear war over Taiwan in 1958 said to be greater than publicly known

The famed source of the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, has made another unauthorized disclosure — and wants to be prosecuted for it.
JAPAN / Society
May 19, 2021

Japan left shaken after a detainee, wasting away, dies alone in her cell

Critics of Japan's immigration system say that Wishma Ratnayake was the victim of an opaque, capricious bureaucracy that has nearly unchecked power over those who run afoul of it.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2021

What would George Washington look like today? A pandemic creation draws attention.

A bored musician used Photoshop to depict a modern version of the first president. A Washington biographer and an impersonator had thoughts on its accuracy.
JAPAN
May 4, 2021

As virus variants spread in Tokyo, fears grow of Osaka-type surge

As of Monday, 99.7% of beds for severely ill COVID-19 patients in Osaka Prefecture were occupied.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2021

Reaching ‘herd immunity’ is unlikely in the U.S., experts now believe

New variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be enough to restore normalcy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 30, 2021

Alexei Navalny’s network crumbling under Kremlin pressure

The move seems likely to push resistance to Putin further underground as the Kremlin's yearslong effort to suppress dissent enters a more aggressive phase.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 25, 2021

Your questions for how to socialize safely this Golden Week, answered

Now a year out from the pandemic, The Japan Times asked some experts to help us get to grips with the latest health guidance and to offer advice about how (or if) it's safe to socialize.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2021

Belfast petrol bombs are a Brussels problem, too

The clashes followed a decision by authorities not to prosecute 24 Sinn Fein politicians who last year attended a funeral for an IRA man, in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2021

After going ‘free of LGBT,’ a Polish town pays a price

The May 2019 decision has become a costly embarrassment for the town of Krasnik.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 12, 2021

Drought in Taiwan pits chipmakers against farmers

The island nation is going to great lengths to keep water flowing to its all-important semiconductor industry, including shutting off irrigation to legions of rice growers.
PRESS / Events
Apr 6, 2021

ジャーナリストに学ぶ 世界で通用する英文ライティング

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長：末松弥奈子）と英会話教室を運営する株式会社イーオン（本社：東京都新宿区、代表取締役：三宅義和、以下「イーオン」）は、テレワークやオンライン会議の急増とともに、英語でのメールやコミュニケーションも頻繁になる中、文章によるコミュニケーションに課題を感じている英語学習上級者の悩みを解決すべく、英文ライティングにフォーカスしたオンラインセミナー「ジャーナリストに学ぶ...
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 31, 2021

Episode 88: Japan's plan to clamp down on asylum seekers

A bill is working its way through the Diet that will make it even harder for asylum seekers to attain refugee status in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2021

In interview, Meghan Markle accuses Buckingham Palace of 'perpetuating falsehoods'

Prince Harry's wife Meghan has accused Buckingham Palace of "perpetuating falsehoods" about her and her spouse, saying the royal couple would not be silent in telling their story.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 3, 2021

Episode 84: Ghosts of the Tsunami — The tragedy at Okawa Elementary School

'Ghosts of the Tsunami' is a must read for anyone interested in learning about the disaster: a beautifully written, harrowing account of what happened on 3/11 and the events that unfolded afterward
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 27, 2021

Hunting for a giant black hole, astronomers found a nest of darkness

No Gargantua dwells at the heart of stellar cluster NGC 6397. Instead, a few dozen smaller black holes seem to be swarming around in there, throwing their considerable masses around.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2021

Mori’s resignation highlights changing gender norms

Yoshiro Mori reportedly decided to resign immediately after the remarks. It was the secretariat of the organizing committee who strongly pleaded with him to stay in his position.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2021

Antony Blinken, without leaving U.S., tries to mend fences with allies abroad

As part of his effort to re-energize American alliances frayed by the Donald Trump years, Blinken has spoken with dozens of his counterparts around the world but has yet to leave the U.S.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / 5G Special
Feb 24, 2021

Racing full speed ahead toward a digitalized Japan

About a year has passed since Japan’s first commercial 5G mobile communications service was launched. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has announced a target of increasing the number of base stations to 280,000 by the end of March 2024 and is promoting further development of the...
JAPAN / Politics / EXPLAINER
Feb 23, 2021

Influence-peddling scandal: How Suga ended up in the hot seat again

Revelations that Seigo Suga wined and dined officials have again raised questions about influence peddling at the highest levels of government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2021

Bitcoin’s volatility should burn investors. It hasn’t.

Investors appear to have deftly navigated Bitcoin's harrowing highs and lows, buying on the way down and selling on the way up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2021

Automating boring tasks made these Japan startup founders rich

Their firms' shares have all more than doubled in the past year, leading to talk of a burgeoning tech scene that's very different from Silicon Valley.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

Podcast

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

Longform

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.
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