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Gearoid ReidyThe Japan Times |
As the Iran war prompts some countries to call for restrictions that hark back to the oil-shock era — Australia is urging people to take public...
Has the demise of the department store finally arrived in Japan, which has held on to them longer than most? The news of the impending closure of the...
With everything that’s going on in global markets right now, who’d want to be an investor? The answer, increasingly, is Japanese young people, who...
A platform that so often seems to promote division is bringing people together for a change — and Americans are learning the joy of one of the last...
In public policy, well-meaning but complicated ideas are often undone by a catchy name. The U.K. had its "bedroom tax,” the U.S. its periodic...
As the global fertility crisis deepens, the world keeps looking for a convenient explanation. Housing prices, perhaps. Feckless millennials, the Peter...
In the space of just 23 days three decades ago, two initially unassuming releases changed videogames forever. On Feb. 27, 1996, Pokemon Red and Green...
A Japanese maker of high-tech toilets has been causing a splash in the world of artificial intelligence. Activist investor Palliser Capital recently...
This is the face of diplomacy in 2026: A 64-year-old Japanese man with a Paddington bear plushie downing a pint and exclaiming, "That’s boss,...
Much of Asia was celebrating the Year of the Horse this month. In Japan, which does not mark Lunar New Year, attention turns to a different animal....