Scientists in Japan are mining DNA to try to make the country’s famous Koshihikari rice resistant to heat, after a broiling summer ravaged the crop.
Category: Japan
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These Are Boom Times for ‘Degrowth’
The term has recently begun taking root in popular culture and policy.
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In Japan’s Countryside, Century-Old Firms Learn to Embrace Foreign Workers
Japan’s regional economies are facing severe labor shortages. Their survival depends on their ability to persuade foreign workers to stay.
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Stocks Tumble in Japan After Party’s Election of New Prime Minister
Stocks dropped after Japan’s governing party chose Shigeru Ishiba, a critic of the country’s longstanding ultralow interest rates, as its leader.
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Move Over, Matcha. Strawberry Milk Is Here.
Long beloved in Japan, the drink is becoming a fixture on cafe menus in Hawaii and now the mainland, too.
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China To ‘Gradually’ Resume Imports of Japanese Seafood
China imposed a ban last year after Japan began releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. They have agreed to expand monitoring of the water.
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Company Investigating Radios Targeted in Lebanon Explosions
The Japanese electronics manufacturer Icom said it stopped making the walkie-talkie model in 2014 and has warned about fake versions for several years.
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Plastic Waste and Toxic Sludge: A Sweep of a Messy Beat
The Climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi is interested in all the things we take for granted about our environment.
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U.S. Blowback to Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel Merger Vexes Japan
A looming decision in Washington to block Nippon Steel’s merger with U.S. Steel on national security grounds is raising sharp questions in Tokyo.
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Japan Tries to Reclaim Its Clout as a Global Tech Leader
Japanese chip companies are tapping billions of dollars and collaborating with foreign firms as part of new government policies that look outward.
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7-Eleven Rejects Takeover Bid From Big Canadian Chain
Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, the operator of 7-Eleven, has rebuffed a buyout offer that would have been the largest foreign-led acquisition of a Japanese company.