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Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 10, 2022

Running your work ideas through a nemawashi cycle

Don't go into a meeting with your guns blazing. In Japan, you need to do a lot of preparation in advance so that things will go smoothly.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 9, 2022

How the Texans and a spa enabled Deshaun Watson’s series of massages

A New York Times examination of records shows that the star quarterback engaged in more questionable behavior than previously known.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2022

U.S. sees path to more sway in Asia as Xi’s efforts stall

Determined not to be distracted by the war in Ukraine, administration officials say China has provided an opening for the U.S. to solidify relationships in Asia.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2022

Australia’s new government hits the ground running

The recent 'Quad' summit hastily attended by Australia's new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, showed he knows how to move quickly. He must not let up on that pace.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 2, 2022

South Korea’s new president gets boost from provincial elections

The People Power Party won 12 of the 17 major posts in elections held Wednesday for provincial governors and mayors, including the top job in the two biggest cities of Seoul and Busan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2022

The international monetary system is more unfit than ever

With the U.S. dollar being weaponized through sanctions, it is clear that the current system is far from neutral — or sustainable.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 16, 2022

Neutral Switzerland leans closer to NATO in response to Russia

The Defense Ministry is drawing up a report on security options that include joint military exercises with NATO countries and 'backfilling' munitions.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2022

Creaky U.S. power grid threatens progress on renewables and electric vehicles

After decades of struggle, the U.S. clean-energy business is booming. But that progress could be derailed without a massive overhaul of America's antiquated electric infrastructure.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2022

A new president, a new opportunity for Japan-South Korea relations

Signs are encouraging for Tokyo. Throughout the presidential campaign, Yoon Suk-yeol criticized sitting President Moon Jae-in for letting Japan-South Korea relations deteriorate.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2022

NATO to welcome Nordic members as Ukraine pushes back Russian forces

Allies expect Finland and Sweden to be granted membership quickly, diplomats and officials have said, paving the way for increased troop presence in the Nordic region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2022

Pure gold for Japan’s Golden Week diplomacy

More than just photo opportunities, Kishida's diplomatic engagements were meaningful — some producing major developments in Japan's bilateral relationships with important partners.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2022

Russia’s war has been brutal, but Putin has shown some restraint. Why?

Officials are debating the Kremlin's calculations in not trying harder to halt arms shipments. Analysts wonder whether a bigger mobilization by Moscow is on the horizon.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 30, 2022

Riding logs and tempting fate at the Onbashira festival

After deaths in 2010 and 2016, who would volunteer for the Onbashira festival? The locals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2022

U.S. and Russia swap prisoners amid war tensions

The swap was not part of broader diplomatic talks and did not represent an American change in approach on Ukraine, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2022

Why is Germany not sending Ukraine heavy weapons?

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country's own military stocks are too depleted to send any heavy battlefield weapons like tanks and howitzers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2022

G20 finance chiefs condemn Russia, with some members staging walkout

Indonesia's finance chief, who chaired a meeting of G20 finance officials in Washington, acknowledged the body faced unprecedented challenges but called for cooperation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2022

China’s abortion problem can’t be regulated away

China's demographic crisis is much worse than official figures suggest. That is why the authorities have rushed out a series of recent measures, including restrictions on abortion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 19, 2022

Tesla autopilot stirs U.S. alarm as ‘disaster waiting to happen’

Regulators are applying greater scrutiny to Tesla's driver-assistance system than ever before, which could tarnish the company's reputation with consumers and spook investors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2022

An arrest in the subway attack brings relief but leaves unanswered questions

Police officials and prosecutors have not yet provided a motive for the shooting, which left 10 people wounded by gunfire and at least 13 others with related injuries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2022

Thousands of goods railcars stuck at Ukraine’s border as war hits exports

In western Ukraine, some 1,100 train wagons carrying grain are stuck near the main rail border crossing with Poland, unable to transport their cargo abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2022

Could North Korea mark key anniversary with a nuclear test?

The U.S. special envoy has said that North Korea may conduct its seventh nuclear test on the 110th anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022

Hong Kong in 2047: What to expect over the next 25 years

Twenty-five years ago, at midnight on June 30, 1997, Britain handed over Hong Kong, its colony for 150 years, to China in return for a promise that the region would be given “a high degree of autonomy” and retain its lifestyle for the next 50 years under a “one country, two systems” formula....
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 6, 2022

Wimbledon to decide on fate of Russian and Belarusian players

Russian and Belarusian players have been allowed to compete on the regular ATP and WTA Tours, but not under the name or flag of their countries following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Apr 4, 2022

Japanese town hit by 2011 quake making evacuation plan for vulnerable residents

A particularly urgent issue is for municipalities to come up with ways to support severely ill people undergoing treatment at home who use respirators and other medical devices.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2022

How could Russia's Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

Legal experts say a prosecution of President Vladimir Putin or other Russian leaders would face high hurdles and could take years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2022

Biden joins the Putin and Xi miscalculation club

Although many in the international community — and probably Putin himself — were surprised by Joe Biden's remarks that the Russian leader could not remain in power, I was not.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2022

Time to talk peace terms with Russia

The Ukraine in consultation with the U.S. and Europe, which are backing its war-fighting capacity, should formulate and state what a reasonable peace settlement would look like.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 31, 2022

Oklahoma and Arizona ban transgender students from girls' sports

The Republican governors of Oklahoma and Arizona signed bills banning transgender athletes from girls' school sports on Wednesday, joining a growing list of states that have passed or enacted similar laws on a contentious election-year issue.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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