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Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition [...]

Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor. Ngu Thazin wanted to [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno The country is famous for its hospitality. But businesses have had enough of people screaming at workers or tormenting them on social media. The [...]

The country is famous for its hospitality. But businesses have had enough of people screaming at workers or tormenting them on social media. The guests arrived 30 minutes before check-in [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Noriko Hayashi The Book Bag That Binds Japanese Society In Japan, cultural expectations are repeatedly drilled into children at school and at home, with peer pressure [...]

The Book Bag That Binds Japanese Society In Japan, cultural expectations are repeatedly drilled into children at school and at home, with peer pressure playing as powerful a role as [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya A ridiculous number of candidates contended to be governor of Tokyo and its surrounding prefecture. Many were not even trying to win. When voters [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya Producers of 'The Boyfriend' on Netflix hope it will encourage broader acceptance of the L.G.B.T.Q. community in Japan, which still has not legalized same-sex [...]

A ridiculous number of candidates contended to be governor of Tokyo and its surrounding prefecture. Many were not even trying to win. When voters in Tokyo cast their ballot for [...]

Producers of ''The Boyfriend'' on Netflix hope it will encourage broader acceptance of the L.G.B.T.Q. community in Japan, which still has not legalized same-sex unions. Japan is the only country [...]

Aunque los gobernantes gozan de inmunidad limitada mientras ocupan el cargo en países como Japón y Australia, no existe nada similar a las amplias protecciones que la corte parece haber [...]

Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling pushes past most of the norms in effect among American allies, adding more concern about the reliability of U.S. power. Allies of [...]

Legal experts say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling pushes past most of the norms in effect among American allies, adding more concern about the reliability of U.S. power. Allies of [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger and Motoko Rich Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington's commitment to alliances. [...]

Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington's commitment to alliances. Amid a faltering performance by President [...]

A lawsuit challenges the onerous requirements for getting sterilized, calling the regulations paternalistic and a violation of women's constitutional rights. When Hisui Tatsuta was in middle school, her mother used [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya A lawsuit challenges the onerous requirements for getting sterilized, calling the regulations paternalistic and a violation of women's constitutional rights. When Hisui Tatsuta was [...]

While the agreement rattled officials in South Korea and Japan, the two U.S. allies in recent years have been expecting growing security challenges from North Korea. With ballistic missiles regularly [...]

A surprise television hit, now on Netflix, has people talking about what Japan has lost with today's changed sensibilities. The younger generation has frequently called out Japan's entrenched elders for [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya A surprise television hit, now on Netflix, has people talking about what Japan has lost with today's changed sensibilities. The younger generation has frequently [...]

Un sorprendente éxito televisivo, ahora en Netflix, hace que la gente hable de lo que Japón ha perdido con el cambio de sensibilidad actual. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M Las generaciones más jóvenes han [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya Kei Kobayashi, who earned three Michelin stars in France, has come home to build an empire. In cooking, timing is everything. So much so [...]

Kei Kobayashi, who earned three Michelin stars in France, has come home to build an empire. In cooking, timing is everything. So much so that if the chef Kei Kobayashi [...]

Los empleadores han tomado medidas para cambiar una cultura laboral dominada por los hombres. Sin embargo, las mujeres todavía luchan por equilibrar sus carreras con las obligaciones domésticas. En 1987, [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich, Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya Employers have taken steps to change a male-dominated workplace culture. But women still struggle to balance their careers with domestic obligations. When [...]

Employers have taken steps to change a male-dominated workplace culture. But women still struggle to balance their careers with domestic obligations. When the future empress of Japan entered the country's [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich Her movies try to explain why Japan is the way it is, showing both the upsides and downsides of the country's commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses [...]

Hovering over a state visit to Washington is the possibility of a swing in American foreign policy if Donald Trump returns to the White House. When President Biden welcomes Japan's [...]

Hovering over a state visit to Washington is the possibility of a swing in American foreign policy if Donald Trump returns to the White House. When President Biden welcomes Japan’s [...]

Her movies try to explain why Japan is the way it is, showing both the upsides and downsides of the country's commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya While some viewers lamented the movie's exclusion of scenes from Hiroshima or Nagasaki, others said they recognized that it had another story to tell. [...]

While some viewers lamented the movie's exclusion of scenes from Hiroshima or Nagasaki, others said they recognized that it had another story to tell. Watching ''Oppenheimer,'' the Oscar-winning biopic about [...]

While some viewers lamented the movie’s exclusion of scenes from Hiroshima or Nagasaki, others said they recognized that it had another story to tell. Watching “https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/movies/oppenheimer-review-christopher-nolan.html,” the Oscar-winning biopic about [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich, Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya The trend lines may be grim, but the Japanese aren't sweating them. The economy is now in recession after barely growing for [...]

The trend lines may be grim, but the Japanese aren't sweating them. The economy is now in recession after barely growing for decades. The population continues to shrink, with births [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and John Yoon Goo Hara's life was a struggle from the start. She ended it at 28, isolated and harassed online. The K-pop star looked utterly drained. [...]

Goo Hara's life was a struggle from the start. She ended it at 28, isolated and harassed online. The K-pop star looked utterly drained. Her face scrubbed of makeup, Goo [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich A 1980 adaptation of the best-selling novel cast it as the tale of a white hero in an exotic Japan. A new version tells a more kaleidoscopic [...]

A 1980 adaptation of the best-selling novel cast it as the tale of a white hero in an exotic Japan. A new version tells a more kaleidoscopic story. Gina Balian, [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya Some Japanese spectators are grumbling that foreign concertgoers visiting Tokyo don't share their rather restrained local approach to taking in a show. Taylor mania [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich Moscow may be trying to help Pyongyang with access to the international financial system in exchange for missiles and ammunition, U.S.-allied intelligence officials suggest. Russia has allowed [...]

Moscow may be trying to help Pyongyang with access to the international financial system in exchange for missiles and ammunition, U.S.-allied intelligence officials suggest. Russia has allowed the release of [...]

A behind-the-scenes look at “Perfect Days,” which features Koji Yakusho as a cleaner of public bathrooms in Tokyo. As artistic inspiration goes, public toilets don’t usually stir the spirit. Then [...]

A behind-the-scenes look at ''Perfect Days,'' which features Koji Yakusho as a cleaner of public bathrooms in Tokyo. As artistic inspiration goes, public toilets don't usually stir the spirit. Then [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich Tetsuko Kuroyanagi has been one of Japan's best-known entertainers for seven decades. At 90, she's still going strong. Pushing a walker through a television studio in central [...]

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi has been one of Japan's best-known entertainers for seven decades. At 90, she's still going strong. Pushing a walker through a television studio in central Tokyo earlier this [...]

The survivor, who was in her 90s, was dug out from under a collapsed house, injured but responsive. The police and other rescue workers pulled a woman in her 90s [...]

In addition to a well-trained crew and an advanced plane, the safe evacuation of 367 passengers came down to a relative absence of panic. As smoke filled the cabin of [...]

In addition to a well-trained crew and an advanced plane, the safe evacuation of 367 passengers came down to a relative absence of panic. As smoke filled the cabin of [...]

Los 367 pasajeros y los miembros de la tripulación evacuaron a salvo gracias a un personal de vuelo bien entrenado, una aeronave avanzada y, en gran medida, una relativa ausencia [...]