Find out how to bypass The Japan Times paywall with this simple tip that still works as of October 2023.
In other words, how to bypass The Japan Times article limit, without having to register for a free account.
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper since March 22, 1897.
It comes in both print and digital format.
The Japan Times covers the latest international news and also from Japan.
Like all the other newspapers, it has business, politics, culture, entertainment, sports, editorial, commentary and cartoons.
Currently, I think you can read one free article from its website.
Then a box pops up that says:
"Thank you for reading The Japan Times.
Create a free membership account to continue reading."
In other words, you need to register a free membership account to read the content from The Japan Times online site.
But anyway, if you do not want to sign up for an account or be a paid subscriber, you can still read its website articles.
Back then there are a few ways to bypass The Japan Times article limit for both Firefox and Chrome browser.
How to bypass The Japan Times paywall
Currently I find these methods which can still get around The Japan Times paywall.
1. Add a dot after jp
MOZILLA FIREFOX BROWSER:
What you do is add a DOT at the article URL.
This is what you do:
1. When you come to the blocked article, you add a dot AFTER the domain times.jp.
2. For example if the article URL is:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/07/japan/politics/kishida-snap-poll-unlikely/
3. You add a dot after the top-level domain.
4. It means after the word "jp".
5. So now the URL should looks like this:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp./news/2023/10/07/japan/politics/kishida-snap-poll-unlikely/
NOTE: The dot is highlighted in yellow color.
6. Now, press on the “Enter” key or click on the arrow icon at the end of the URL at the address bar, to reload the page.
7. Now the full article should appear without being blocked by The Japan Times paywall.
GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER:
For Chrome browser, the step is the same as what I have just explained for Firefox above.
2. Archive.Today
The method use the free archive site called Archive.today, which stores snapshots of web pages.
If the The Japan Times article which you want to read which has already archived, it would prompt you that it is available.
You can read it right away. If not, then you have to wait for a while for it to archive the article.
MOZILLA FIREFOX BROWSER:
This is what you need to do:
For example you want to read the article, "Studio Ghibli set to become subsidiary of Nippon TV" by Yukana Inoue and Kathleen Benoza.
Now if you click on the link above, you can only view the first two paragraphs.
It followed with this remarks:
Read this story and more for free.
Signing up for an account helps us improve your browsing experience.
Then there link for you to create an account with them.
If you can afford, please do sign up account with The Japan Times.
Anyway, let's find out how to use Archive.Today to read The Japan Times articles free.
This is what you do:
1. Go to Archive.Today.
2. Paste the article URL in the space provided under "My url is alive and I want to archive its content".
3. Next click the "save" button.
4. If the article has already archive, you can read it right away.
5. If not, then wait for it to finish archiving, then you can view the complete article.
Now you can still read unlimited The Japan Times articles online free, without an account.
GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER:
Again for this method, the tip is the same as the Firefox browser.
Just paste the blocked article URL at the Archive.Today site.
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