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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
CULTURE / Books
Feb 20, 2021
Dive into rural Japanese life and get comfortable working with your hands
Part memoir, travelogue, ethnography and cookbook, “Water, Wood, and Wild Things” explores the intricate connections of new and old in a town in balance.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 19, 2021
Japan’s consumer price declines ease after Go To Travel put on hold
Ahead of a policy review, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said this week his 2% goal won't be reached before 2024, amid concern price and pay cuts could dent sentiment.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2021
Men charged in Ghosn escape plot ask U.S. to halt extradition
A letter from lawyers representing the father and son asked that the extradition be delayed at least until the men received their second COVID-19 vaccine doses.
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.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 17, 2021
The Nikkei is back at 30,000. But it’s a whole different world.
With the index crash in 1990 that followed the deflating of the asset-price bubble, it would take more than three decades for the benchmark to hit a threshold first reached in 1988.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2021
Japan’s double-digit expansion signals resilience in economy
Gross domestic product grew an annualized 12.7% from the prior quarter in the three months through December, the Cabinet Office reported Monday.

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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.