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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2022

Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimes

The screening was at Hong Kong's first patriotic education center, which teaches students about the city's new national security law as well as China's history and achievements.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo cases fall by about 8,900 week-on-week

Tokyo confirmed 15,834 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the seven-day average in the capital came to 19,544.4, compared with 25,892.6 a week earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 25, 2022

We need to talk about how good AI is getting

We're in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence. It's time to start taking its potential and risks seriously.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2022

U.N. rights office 'very concerned' about planned trials of Ukrainian POWs

Russian-backed authorities appear to be installing metal cages in a hall in Mariupol as part of plans to establish what they were calling an 'international tribunal,' the U.N. said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s booming — and this time it isn’t only about oil

A scramble for properties is reflecting a social and economic shift that's reshaping the kingdom, accelerated by the crown prince's overhaul program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2022

Manchester United is a joke even to Elon Musk

Frustrated supporters briefly hoped against hope the mogul was serious when he tweeted he was buying the struggling club.
Figure Skating
Aug 12, 2022

Yuzuru Hanyu speaks about transition into pro skater

Figure skating great Yuzuru Hanyu has opened up about his thoughts and aims as a professional performer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2022

Forget about Brad Pitt in his latest movie; the bullet train is the real star

A new movie finally gives top billing to Japan's most famous train. But it comes during troubled times for the fabled Shinkansen.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2022

Japan government asks Sakhalin-2 stakeholders to 'think positively' about new entity

State gas company Gazprom will receive just over 50% of the entity replacing Sakhalin Energy, the current operator.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2022

About 540,000 Japan residents told to evacuate after heavy rain floods homes and roads

Two bridges collapsed as heavy rainfall prompted East Japan Railway to suspend shinkansen services throughout the day between Fukushima and Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2022

In the Taiwan crisis, we should be worried about history rhyming

Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan may prove dangerous — not because it is irresponsible, but because China has history of making strategic mistakes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2022

Beijing did not share information about Chinese rocket falling to Earth, NASA says

Analysts said the rocket body would disintegrate as it plunged through the atmosphere but is large enough that numerous chunks will likely survive a fiery re-entry and rain down debris.
JAPAN / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
Jul 28, 2022

Everything you need to know about BA.5, the dominant strain spreading across Japan

Amid a seventh wave of infections, daily case numbers have been reaching unprecedented highs, with the nation logging 969,000 cases over the seven-day span to Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2022

U.S. Justice Department asking witnesses about Trump in its Jan. 6 investigation

Federal prosecutors sought information about the former president's role in the efforts to overturn the election as the inquiry accelerates.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2022

Sweating amid extreme heat while worrying about future shivering

Europe is baking under record heat due to climate change and can expect a frigid winter due to Putin.
New research estimates that nearly 65,000 pregnancies have resulted from rape in the 14 states that imposed total abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2024

Post-Roe America’s national shame: 65,000 forced pregnancies

New data has been filling in the picture of what access to reproductive health care looks like in the U.S. And the image forming is increasingly grim.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing in Washington on Nov. 8. The chances of Mayorkas being convicted in the Senate seem to be almost zero.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2024

Inside impeachment’s rise as a weapon of partisan warfare in the U.S.

Impeachment has essentially become just another weapon in today’s bitter, tit-for-tat partisan wars.
An image from the Justice Department that was included in a report by Special Counsel Robert Hur shows a damaged box where classified documents were found in U.S. President Joe Biden's garage in Wilmington, Delaware, during a search by the FBI in December 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 9, 2024

Biden will not face criminal charges over classified papers

Special Counsel Robert Hur described the president as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto leaves from his residence to attend a gathering with supporters after polls closed in the country's presidential and legislative elections in Jakarta on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 15, 2024

Prabowo could usher in a new era in Indonesian foreign policy

As president, the ex-general is expected to seek an elevation of Indonesia’s role on the global stage while balancing ties with Washington and Beijing.
A demonstration against racism and far-right groups, including the Alternative for Germany party, is held in Berlin on Jan. 21.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2024

The case for banning anti-democratic candidates

Barring anti-democratic candidates from elections may be like fighting fire with fire, but it could work in extreme cases, such as in the U.S. and Germany.
A woman passes by a jacaranda tree at Plaza Cibeles in Mexico City.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 26, 2024

Early jacaranda bloom sparks debate about climate change in Mexico

The trees have become an iconic, photogenic mainstay of the streets of Mexico City.
Chris Marchese (center), Director of NetChoice Litigation Center, speaks to the press outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. In a case that could determine the future of social media in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked today to decide whether a pair of state laws that limit content moderation are constitutional.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court torn over legal bid to restrict social media moderation

Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas are being challenged by tech industry trade groups whose members include Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap.
A firefighter walks on mud and rocks from a mudslide during a storm in Los Angeles on Feb. 5.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 29, 2024

U.S. and Philippines pay highest economic price for climate-fueled weather

The U.S. currently experiences the worst losses in absolute terms: about $97 billion annually.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump attends the NATO summit in Watford, England, in December 2019.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2024

The Trump effect takes Europe

There is a chance that the Trump effect could leave the trans-Atlantic order stronger than it has been for a long time.
Since September 2022, Patagonia has allocated profits amounting to $71 million to environmental initiatives that include stopping a proposed mine in Alaska and conserving land in South America, as well as helping to elect pro-environment U.S. Democrats.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2024

The competitive edge of doing good in business

Are companies that give all profits to charity also doing good for their business? Some examples show they are, and that this model is worth pursuing.
Knives displayed for sale at the "Survival & Prepper Show" in Longmont, Colorado, on March 2
WORLD / Society
Mar 11, 2024

Disaster 'prepping' finds broad appeal as climate and politics threaten safety

Researchers say the number of Americans getting ready to survive political upheaval and natural catastrophes has doubled in size since 2017.
China insists that for meaningful negotiations to occur, the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and Russia must be reduced to levels comparable to its own.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2024

China’s ‘minimum’ nuclear deterrence is still a threat

Estimates of the number of Chinese warheads range from 400 to 500, a striking contrast to the several thousand that the U.S and Russia possess.
U.S. designated South Korea a 'sensitive' country amid talk of nuclear weapons
Then-U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol attend an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November 2023.
Canada has a new prime minister with a very hard first assignment
Mark Carney, Canada's incoming prime minister (center), during a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday. Carney has been sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister, bringing the former central banker to power in the middle of an explosive trade war with the U.S.
Unification Church faces dissolution in Japan
The logo of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unification Church, is seen at the entrance of its Japan branch headquarters in Tokyo in October 2023.
Tigers shut out the Cubs as Seiya Suzuki receives warm welcome in Tokyo
Tigers players walk off the field while carrying Cubs caps during a rare exhibition game between NPB and MLB clubs.
Despite tough talk, economic woes may force Iran to bargain with Trump
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting with students in Tehran on Wednesday.
As pollen season peaks, Japan's allergy struggle emerges from hibernation
Urbanization is amplifying pollen-related allergies as grasslands and soft soil give way to concrete and asphalt.
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.
In a sea of Dodger Blue, Japanese superfan ready to cheer on the Cubs
Takuya “Moby” Okamoto after Game 5 of the 2016 World Series, which the Cubs went on to win in seven games to snap a 108-year drought
Drones, budgets and infighting: Taiwan's daunting defense challenges
Officials from Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), the Ministry of National Defense’s research arm, say the lessons from the Ukraine conflict are clear for the democratic island: drones and other autonomous systems are crucial for its defense.
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.

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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