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Gearoid ReidyThe Japan Times |
The most telling moment in the Biden Administration’s decision to block Nippon Steel’s attempted takeover of U.S. Steel was unintentional. In...
On Jan. 1, 2024, typically the quietest day of the year in Japan, a powerful earthquake struck off Ishikawa, triggering a tsunami and ultimately...
It’s the language that gave us the world’s first novel, birthed commonplace words from tycoon to emoji and produced three winners of the Nobel...
Rice paddies that lay fallow for decades in some of Japan’s most far-flung regions are now its hottest properties. As prices surge, these areas...
It finally might be happening: A quarter century after Nissan’s bailout by Renault, six years after the shock arrest of savior-turned-fugitive...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached at the second time of asking, was always more popular abroad than at home. Just over a year ago, he...
It’s 7 a.m., the is sun poking through the curtains and blearily I am awakened — not by birdsong, but by the barking of a Chain Chomp, a...
In Elden Ring, the biggest gaming hit from Japanese publisher and Sony Group acquisition target Kadokawa, players die over and over again — with...
As Japan prepared to face the U.S. in last year’s World Baseball Classic final, Shohei Ohtani famously warned his teammates to stop revering...
Netflix’s "Tokyo Swindlers" is a real-life story about high-stakes falsehoods that should be on your to-watch list. But its success also reveals...
Well, that didn’t last long. We knew it would be hard to pin down the policies of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. In his...
When Shigeru Ishiba became the 65th Japanese prime minister on Tuesday, it represents a remarkable break with the recent past. All of the...
Japan’s ruling party made its choice — and it was a stunning upset. In an unusually hotly contested election, the Liberal Democratic Party, which...
How much would you pay to play the latest video games? How about half your monthly take-home pay? That’s what the average Japanese consumer in...
Cultural authenticity hasn’t always been crucial to video games. Few Italians complain about Super Mario’s stereotypical accent or Indians about...
In the end, Fumio Kishida could not escape the pull of gravity. Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new leader late next month,...
To live in Japan is to live with the risk of a devastating earthquake at any time. Usually, however, people tend to view that threat in the...
The Sahm Rule might be a good indicator of a recession. But the timing of when the Bank of Japan unnecessarily hikes interest rates might be even...
An ancient Zen Buddhist koan asks, if the Bank of Japan hikes interest rates but nobody is able to read the statement that says so, has monetary...
"Sunny," the new Apple TV show, invites us to think about what even the most innocuous robots can be. Friends? A crime-solving partner? Or,...
At just ¥1,000 ($6.30) for 1.5 liters, the famed magnum of wine at Saizeriya, a Japan-based chain of Italian restaurants, is already a bargain....