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ARTICLES BY JASON DOUGLAS

The new packaging, replacing the usual full-color bags, will be on shelves later in May, Calbee said.

Potato-chip bags are going black and white because of the Iran war

3 min read . 13 May 2026

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, (REUTERS)

Here’s what’s shoring up the global economy during the energy shock

5 min read . 04 May 2026

Atsuyoshi Koike, chief executive officer of Rapidus. (Bloomberg)

This engineer wants to make computer chips on the Moon

3 min read . 05 Apr 2026

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with US President Donald Trump in Washington. (AP)

Courting Trump and fearing China, Japan rethinks 80 years of pacifism

5 min read . 28 Mar 2026

Shipping containers at a port in eastern China. (AFP)

Tariff ruling brings little comfort overseas

4 min read . 21 Feb 2026

Sanae Takaichi has been prime minister of Japan since October. (Bloomberg)

Japan’s Takaichi is on track to score big in election gamble

3 min read . 08 Feb 2026

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is striking a chord with younger voters in particular. Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP. (AFP)

Young voters can’t get enough of Japan’s conservative prime minister

3 min read . 07 Feb 2026

China's President Xi Jinping delivering a speech ahead of the New Year's eve celebrations in Beijing on December 31, 2025. Xi said on December 31 that reunification with Taiwan is unstoppable. (Photo: AFP)

China ramps up dispute with Japan

2 min read . 06 Jan 2026

Rising rates in Japan, which would tend to lead to a strengthening currency, make that so-called carry trade less attractive. (REUTERS)

Why you should care about the Bank of Japan

3 min read . 19 Dec 2025

A US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber and two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets conducting a joint exercise over the Sea of Japan. (Photo by Handout / Japan's Ministry of Defense/AFP)

US flies bombers in high-profile show of support for Japan

3 min read . 11 Dec 2025

Chinese factories produced more than ever this year, despite U.S. tariffs. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News

China’s manufacturing is booming despite Trump’s tariffs

5 min read . 09 Dec 2025

The trade truce with China and the issue of Taiwan have become inextricably linked, as the president and Xi prepare for several meetings next year. (AFP)

Trump, after call with China’s Xi, told Japan to lower the volume on Taiwan

4 min read . 27 Nov 2025

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. (File Photo: AP/Pool)

Japan’s new leader infuriated Beijing. She isn’t backing down.

4 min read . 24 Nov 2025

Japan is thronged with tourists but not every place feels it is getting its fair share. (AFP)

Japan is overrun with tourists. This city wants more.

5 min read . 04 Nov 2025

On Sunday, Trump won some momentum by winning tariff agreements with a handful of Southeast Asian nations. (AP Photo)

Trump’s big tariff task in Asia is to close the deal

4 min read . 28 Oct 2025

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with members of her cabinet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Pool via Reuters)

Japan gets its first female leader

3 min read . 21 Oct 2025

An epidural is an invasive procedure in which an anesthetic is delivered into the body via a catheter inserted into the lower back.

To tackle a baby shortage, Tokyo tries easing the pain of childbirth

6 min read . 12 Oct 2025

The pirate standard associated with a Japanese pop-culture icon appeared at protests in Indonesia.

Gen Z’s new symbol of resistance: a cartoon Jolly Roger

3 min read . 24 Sept 2025

Takaichi, who once dreamed of becoming a rock musician, is the figure who many in Abe’s old faction within the LDP believe has a shot at winning back right-leaning voters. (via REUTERS)

Japan’s ruling party seeks leader with Trump appeal

4 min read . 09 Sept 2025

Suntory Holdings former CEO Takeshi Niinami, who has resigned from the beverage group following a police investigation into his purchase of a supplement that may have breached the country's strict drug laws. (Photo: Reuters)

How jet lag cost the global face of Japan Inc his job

3 min read . 03 Sept 2025