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Rebecca Bailey
Chinese fans of the Japan national soccer team watching the 2026 World Cup match against Tunisia at a bar in Shanghai on Sunday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 24, 2026
Fans in China put politics aside to cheer Japan at World Cup
Chinese supporters of the Samurai Blue say their fandom has nothing to do with politics, reflecting instead a long admiration for Japanese soccer and what it represents for Asia.
Pedestrians walk along an overpass as traffic snarls in Beijing on Feb. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2026
China has slashed air pollution, but the ¡®war¡¯ isn¡¯t over
In much of the country, the air remains dangerous to breathe by World Health Organization standards.
Valentin Vacherot hits a return to Arthur Rinderknech during the men's singles final at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai on Sunday.
TENNIS
Oct 13, 2025
World No. 204 Vacherot in shock after ¡®crazy¡¯ Shanghai triumph
Vacherot admitted having to face his cousin in the final was ¡°not easy ... to deal with.¡±
Horses attempt to graze on a hill covered with snow in Argalant, in central Mongolia's Tov province. The vast country is one of the most affected by climate change, by some counts warming three times faster than the global average.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Mar 13, 2025
On the Mongolian steppe, climate change pushes herders to the brink
The vast country is one of the most affected by climate change, by some counts warming three times faster than the global average.
A layer of smog hangs over Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 13, 2025
Mongolia¡¯s children choke in toxic pollution
The toxic smog that settles over the Mongolian capital every winter has been a suffocating problem for more than a decade.
A Hight Logistics electric BYD truck is loaded with a container at a seaport in Long Beach, California, in April 2023.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2024
Chinese firms take on EV truck challenges
Fleets of electric heavy goods vehicles from China have been growing internationally, even as Western countries target the country¡¯s EV cars with heavy sanctions.
Japan's Mone Chiba celebrates after winning the women's competition at the Four Continents championships in Shanghai on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Feb 3, 2024
Japan¡¯s Chiba fights off nerves to triumph in women¡¯s Four Continents
Chiba¡¯s compatriot Rinka Watanabe came second in the free skate, in which she landed a notoriously difficult triple axel.
Police officers block Wulumuqi Street in Shanghai on Nov. 27, 2022, amid protests over China's 'zero-COVID' policy.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2023
¡®Still suffocated¡¯: Mourning China¡¯s ¡®zero-COVID¡¯ protests a year on
Vigils for victims of a fire quickly morphed into calls to end zero-COVID measures ¡ª and in some cases, to topple Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 29, 2023
Chinese comedy group¡¯s punishment sends chills through arts sphere
The swift retribution meted out represents ¡®a sad, new low¡¯ in Chinese official tolerance for unorthodox speech under leader Xi Jinping, observers have said.
Double barrage of storms to hit Japan this week
A map depicting the paths of Typhoon Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
Japanese companies get serious about workplace DEI
People working in human resources departments participate in a workshop in Tokyo in January. The participants played a card game in which they took on roles of people with various disabilities.
Two Japanese held in China for allegedly smuggling export-restricted goods
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference on Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Consumer affairs watchdog raises alarm over air conditioner repair scams
The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan has issued a warning over a rise in air conditioner repair scams.
China accuses Japan of ¡®harassment¡¯ during far-seas aircraft carrier training
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier takes part in a military drill in the western Pacific in April 2018.
Remembering the wrestlers who rarely make the headlines
Tsurugisho throws salt at a one-day sumo event at the Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
China¡¯s mineral squeeze testing Japan¡¯s military buildup
Samples of rare earth luminescent materials displayed at an exhibition on China¡¯s manufacturing achievements at the National Museum in Beijing in March
Stepping up, not aside: Japan¡¯s retirement-age tour guides
Yoichi Miura (third from left) now divides his time between his import business and guiding international visitors across Japan.
Japan-South Korea detente persists ¡ª but breakthrough remains elusive
While Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have kept relations from sliding backward, experts say they have struggled to turn stability into concrete steps forward.
Japan¡¯s AI goldrush faces backlash as data centers sprout up in urban areas
Erin and Munekazu Tanikawa look out from their balcony at the construction site of a planned 52-meter-tall data center that would dominate their surroundings, in the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, last month.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan¡¯s culture of conformity
By Tomoko Otake

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