The chaos of the event has left allies and rivals alike questioning the state of American democracy and the country’s place on the global stage.
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Japanese Government Is Ordered to Pay Damages Over Fukushima Disaster
The Sendai High Court said the state and the plant’s operator must pay $9.5 million to survivors of the 2011 nuclear accident. They have until mid-October to appeal to the country’s Supreme Court.
No More ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ on Japan Airlines
The carrier pledged to use inclusive language in a country where gender roles are entrenched.
Japan Is Paying Firms to Make Things at Home. But China’s Pull Is Still Strong.
Japan is attempting a delicate balancing act as the pandemic has underlined the risks of the world’s economic reliance on Beijing.
Japan’s New Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Picks His Cabinet
Yoshihide Suga’s status quo cabinet suggested that he was rewarding the factions inside his party that had helped him become prime minister.
Yoshihide Suga Set to Become Japan’s Next Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga’s years as a shadow power in Japanese politics left him a bit of a cipher. Now he is emerging to take control of the world’s third-largest economy at a time of deep uncertainty.
Party Insiders Put Yoshihide Suga on Brink of Being Japan’s Prime Minister
In an emergency vote restricted to members of Parliament and select delegates, the governing party overwhelmingly backed the leading symbol of continuity from Shinzo Abe’s premiership.
Shinzo Abe Vowed Japan Would Help Women ‘Shine.’ They’re Still Waiting.
Female workers remain largely shut out of management jobs, and many take part-time work because of overwhelming family responsibilities, despite policies that Mr. Abe said would elevate their standing in society.
Sitting in Silence With 5,000 Fans: The New Sound of Japanese Sports
The country has welcomed spectators back to stadiums, but the highly orchestrated singing, chanting and drumming for which they are known is now strictly forbidden.
Japan Orders Millions to Evacuate as Typhoon Lashes Region
Typhoon Haishen, which passed Japan and made landfall in South Korea, brought down power lines and left some injured in Japan, and disrupted travel in the region.