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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 20, 2022
Reduced brain function and immune disorder possible effects of long COVID-19
Scientists have also found that some people with long COVID-19 exhibit many symptoms in common with people who have chronic fatigue syndrome.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / First Person
Feb 20, 2022
'Will I ever be cured?': The agonizing long-term effects of COVID-19
A year after first becoming infected with the coronavirus, reporter Sayako Akita is still suffering with symptoms, and hopes to educate others with her story.
Japan Times
JAPAN / First Person
Sep 1, 2021
Evacuated by the SDF, alone: Kyodo's Kabul correspondent on leaving Afghanistan
Having called the country home for 20 years, Hiromi Yasui became the only Japanese national to be evacuated on a Self Defense Forces plane from Afghanistan after the recent Taliban takeover.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2021
Will the U.S. end its ambiguity over Taiwan?
Tokyo should think seriously about Japan's options to deal with a Taiwan contingency.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2020
Ten Kyodo News staff rode vehicle driven by man confirmed to have COVID-19
A man in his 60s confirmed to have been infected with the COVID-19 virus drove a total of 10 Kyodo News staff members in a hired vehicle from late January to early February, the news service said Tuesday, confirming that it had notified member organizations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2019
Over 70% say Heisei Era was at least 'relatively good,' with younger Japanese most positive
As Emperor Akihito prepares to abdicate on April 30, over 70 percent of respondents to a Kyodo News poll said the Heisei Era, which started in 1989, was "good" or "relatively good."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 26, 2018
Survey finds 36% back Abe over ex-defense chief Shigeru Ishiba for LDP president
A poll finds just over 36 percent named Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the most suitable leader for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ahead of September's party leadership election. Shigeru Ishiba, his rival, placed second.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2017
GM seen checking impact of Kobe Steel data cheating to determine if parts were falsely certified
General Motors is checking whether its cars contain falsely certified parts or components sourced from Kobe Steel, Kyodo News reported on Thursday, the latest major automaker to be dragged into the cheating scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 15, 2017
Who is keeping an eye on Japan's surveillance power?
Utopias and dystopias have this in common: surveillance. From Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) to George Orwell's "1984" (1949), from Plato's "Republic" (c. 380 B.C.) to Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" (1921), the view prevails that people behave better under scrutiny. Why conceal good deeds? For no reason. Therefore the deeds we do conceal are evil. Therefore concealment is evil. Therefore surveillance is good. As Eric Schmidt remarked in 2009, when he was Google CEO, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Neither More nor Plato, Utopians both, would have found that objectionable, though Orwell and Zamyatin certainly would have.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jun 24, 2016
July poll may give Abe camp enough seats to push constitutional change: Kyodo survey
The Upper House election could enable lawmakers in favor of constitutional amendment to call a referendum on the issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Jun 14, 2016
Japan journalists who worked on Panama Papers reveal how they probed data
Three journalists who worked on the Panama Papers have been describing their work on the data, a massive leak that revealed the offshore holdings of politicians, business leaders and celebrities worldwide.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2016
Pyongyang preparing to launch long-range missile, Kyodo reports
North Korea may be preparing to launch a long-range missile as soon as in a week, Kyodo reported early on Thursday, citing an unnamed Japanese government official.
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2013
Most oppose using force to aid ally: poll
More than half of the public opposes revising the government's interpretation of the Constitution just for the sake of engaging in collective self-defense, a survey says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2013
Vietnam photo exhibit opens
A photo exhibition co-sponsored by Vietnam News Agency and Kyodo News opened in Hanoi on Monday to mark the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2013
LDP's lead intact ahead of election: poll
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's support rating has barely changed ahead of the Upper House election, reflecting the substantial lead it holds over the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, a survey said Sunday.

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