“I don’t want people to struggle like me,” said Shinjiro Atae, making an announcement that is extremely unusual in conservative Japan.
Category: 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.
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How Netflix Plans Total Global Domination, One Korean Drama at a Time
As “Squid Game” showed, success with audiences around the world can come from a laser focus on local taste.
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‘An Act of War’: Inside America’s Silicon Blockade Against China
The Biden administration thinks it can slow China’s economic growth by cutting it off from advanced computer chips. Could the plan backfire?
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How the Travel Desk Chose 17 Walks Around the World
For a new Travel package, 13 writers took scenic, personal, inventive and multicultural strolls, often getting advice from locals along the way.
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88 Temples, 750 Miles, Untold Gifts: Japan’s Shikoku Pilgrimage
A famed route on the smallest of Japan’s four main islands offers breathtaking views and an array of lessons on history, culture and generosity.
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Why 2023 Is the Year of the Long Walk
The 500-mile Camino de Santiago has inspired a host of new treks in places from Canada to Bhutan that let travelers take the slow route. Here, a guide to the new trails.
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Japan’s Stock Market Is Booming. Here’s Why.
The Japanese stock market is up nearly 30 percent this year, far ahead of the S&P 500, as firms bet that changes in how companies are run might just finally last.
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WeWork Faces More Turmoil After Its CEO Departs
The company’s top boss, a real estate industry veteran, abruptly left in May after growing frustrated with SoftBank, its largest shareholder and lender.
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A Japanese Pearl Farm Shows Nature’s Artistic Process
A visit to the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm where the culturing process was developed 130 years ago.