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The Japan Times |
Of the 1,729 local municipalities in Japan, 744 are "likely to vanish" by 2050, according to a report released this week at a symposium by the...
It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a Palestine Congress that was...
Big banks are scrambling to work out what to do with generative artificial intelligence: how to use it to make some of their people smarter,...
After a monthslong delay, the fractious United States House of Representatives finally approved more than $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hates the question in all forms. "Do Jewish lives matter more than Palestinian and Muslim lives?” he was...
Hello Kitty is turning 50 this year, on Nov. 1, to be precise. Looking back at her long career — which saw Sanrio's character become one of the...
The way we digest new music needs to be fixed. Within less than 24 hours of Taylor Swift’s release of "The Tortured Poets Department" and her...
Now is a good time for established Japanese car companies to seize the opportunity to expand in North America to meet electric-vehicle demand. U.S....
We are two of the 25 members of the World Bank’s board of executive directors, which collectively represents 189 member countries with divergent...
The Russia-Ukraine war has placed a fresh spotlight on the extremely close relationship between civil technology and military technology, with the...
Sicily’s tourist hot spots are living an economic boom thanks to shows like HBO’s "The White Lotus," which put the island’s breathtaking vistas...
The U.S. House of Representatives got its act together last week and passed legislation that provided $95 billion in military aid to Ukraine,...
Mike Johnson, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, endured a titanic struggle to get Ukraine aid through the House, one that...
The United States has long dominated much of the knowledge economy, not least owing to an innovation environment that has proved highly attractive...
India’s general elections, which will be spread over multiple weeks, kicked off on Friday with voting in 102 of the country’s 543 constituencies....
When J.W. Kuo takes up his new role as Taiwan’s economics minister next month, he will need to move fast if he is to salvage one of the...
It is time for Israel to recognize the force of the rapidly growing international movement to recognize Palestinian statehood, not as the final...