Kohei Saito says the country should seize this moment of demographic and economic challenge to reinvent itself through “degrowth communism.”
Category: Japan
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Sweden Beats Japan to Reach Women’s World Cup Semifinals
Sweden, a perennial bridesmaid, followed up its elimination of the United States by holding off Japan, the last former winner in the field.
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Is Japan the Best Team Left in the World Cup?
Champions in 2011, the team returned to the final in the next tournament and then fell behind the world’s best teams. It’s back, and playing like a champion.
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Japan’s High School Baseball Tournament is the Sound of Summer
Created 75 years ago for the country’s prestigious high school baseball tournament, Yuji Koseki’s “The Crown Will Shine on You” stirs memories as it inspires new ones.
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Japan’s High School Baseball Tournament is the Sound of Summer
Created 75 years ago for the country’s prestigious high school baseball tournament, Yuji Koseki’s “The Crown Will Shine on You” stirs memories as it inspires new ones.
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Bank of Japan Edges Toward Letting Rates Rise
Bank of Japan takes a step toward allowing interest rates to rise, saying it will be more flexible in managing its bond market.
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‘The First Slam Dunk’ Review: Style Points
A popular sports manga about a Japanese high school basketball team vaults to the big screen in an exhilarating, gorgeous anime.
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In Rare Move, Japanese Pop Star Comes Out Publicly as Gay
“I don’t want people to struggle like me,” said Shinjiro Atae, making an announcement that is extremely unusual in conservative Japan.
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In Asia, if You Like a Watch Brand, You Start a Club
A Japanese fan organized the first in-person club for the French brand Maurice Lacroix. Now, there are three more in the region.
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Japan Is Trying to Use Ammonia to Make Coal Cleaner
Japan says that by blending ammonia with coal in its boilers, it can make coal less damaging to the planet. But the technology faces many hurdles.
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Anchor Brewery Workers Want to Save Their Company by Buying It
About 39 unionized workers, who represent two-thirds of the brewery’s employees, agreed to pursue a bid to run it as a co-op, a union official said.