GlobalPost — Japan

Japan’s downward spiral

Gavin Blair — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:17:34 +0000

One in six Japanese are now poor. The new government has vowed to tackle the problem, but how?

Silicon Sweatshops: A promising model

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:54:56 +0000

There's no easy way to police supply chains in Asia. But one US high-tech firm and its Taiwan supplier are taking a creative approach that might just work.

Special report: Silicon Sweatshops

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:05:08 +0000

Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets.

What do you think about Silicon Sweatshops?

News Desk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:04:19 +0000

Are high-tech supply chains in Asia good business or exploitation? You decide.

Silicon Sweatshops: Shattered dreams

Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:24:07 +0000

Migrant workers making gadgets at Taiwan's high-tech parks sign deals that make them modern-day indentured servants.

Silicon Sweatshops: The China connection

Kathleen E. McLaughlin and Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:22:58 +0000

For migrant workers, an electronics factory job can be a ticket into China's booming middle class. But for many, it turns into a nightmare of poor working conditions and indifferent bosses.

Silicon Sweatshops: Disposable workforce

Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:22:25 +0000

Laid-off Taiwanese workers accuse their firm of violating industry codes even when times were good.

Asia's pushback to big tobacco

Patrick Winn — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:30:28 +0000

The cigarette industry wants a bigger slice of Asia. Activists want them to butt out.

Obama in Japan: Reassuring an old friend

Justin McCurry in Tokyo — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:58:10 +0000

America's first "pacific president" extends a hand. But it's not all smiles.

Obama in Beijing: What you will see. And won't see.

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:56:47 +0000

In China, anything is possible. Nothing is easy.

On Location: Tokyo — Blue light special

Aya Shoji — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:31:04 +0000

Fat in Japan? You're breaking the law.

David Nakamura — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:13 +0000

As the health care debate rages in the US, Tokyo lawmakers set a maximum waist size. Are you too fat for Japan?

In Taiwan, pro baseball is all mobbed up

Jonathan Adams — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:27:00 +0000

For some professional players, losing is an offer they can't refuse.

Savoie's choice: abduct or fight?

Justin McCurry — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:18:30 +0000

An American father wants his children back. Japan says no.

Politics meets porn in Japan

David Nakamura — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:33:48 +0000

Sex-industry reporters? Topless lawmakers? A new day has, indeed, arrived in Tokyo's Diet.

Full Frame: Walking through fire, literally

Robert Gilhooly — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:46:49 +0000

Priests flagellate themselves with boiling water and walk across hot embers in a Shinto purification ritual.

A World of Trouble: Is the nightmare over?

Thomas Mucha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:35:50 +0000

With signs of economic recovery finally emerging, here's where things stand in 20 countries around the world.

The rising sun also sets

Michael Moran — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:11:28 +0000

How do the election results change US-Japan relations?

2016 Olympics: Three funerals and a party

Thomas Mucha — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:13:14 +0000

Rio rocks. Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo mope.

The 2016 Olympics: The betting odds

Mark Starr — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:12:48 +0000

President Obama is headed to Copenhagen. Will it matter?

"It's Dante's Inferno for dolphins"

Justin McCurry — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:22:16 +0000

Welcome to Taiji, Japan, home of the annual bottlenose dolphin slaughter.

Death row, Japanese-style: "Cruel, inhuman and degrading"

Justin McCurry — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:37:05 +0000

Does Japan drive criminals insane? And execute them anyway? Amnesty International thinks so.

Cash for kids in Japan

David Nakamura — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:38:53 +0000

A new government addresses a low birth rate problem with cold, hard cash.

Japan's cubicle sluggers

David Nakamura — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:47:11 +0000

It's corporate. It's baseball. And it's in trouble.

Japan's opposition wins a historic victory

Gavin Blair — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:00:14 +0000

Democratic Party of Japan crushes Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party

Does Japan still need the US?

Justin McCurry — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:21:30 +0000

Expect big changes in the world's "most important bilateral relationship." Will it matter?

Taiwan says goodbye to World Games 2009

Jonathan Adams — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:19:19 +0000

VIDEO: How did your favorite korfballer do?

The long shadow of Japan's POW past

Justin McCurry — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:31:17 +0000

The issue that won't go away has also embroiled the country's prime minister Taro Aso.

Fears of a nuclear Burma

Patrick Winn — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:15:27 +0000

The evidence, the conspirators and one "very concerned" Hillary Clinton

Boiling water and hot embers

Robert Gilhooly — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:52:36 +0000

Okinawa, Bolivia

Jimmy Langman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:48:10 +0000

Japanese migrants have made a new home in rural Bolivia.

North Korean tests scare Japan

Justin McCurry — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:32:13 +0000

US is key to countering Pyongyang's potential nuclear threat to Japan.