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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020
Japanese government OKs bill to tackle issue of unclear land ownership
The government is aiming to curb the growing trend of land plots with no identifiable owners by clarifying owners' responsibilities, with the Cabinet approving a bill to revise the Basic Act for Land at a meeting Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020
Maebashi Station gives students tickets to school of their dreams
With many students busy with last-minute efforts to pass entrance exams, Maebashi Station of East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, is attracting attention for distributing replica tickets bound for a person's first-choice school.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020
Olympics and Year of the Rat give starring role to capybaras at Japanese zoos
Sinking into steamy hot springs, the giant rodents of Izu Shaboten Koen flick their ears and close their eyes against the camera clicks of fascinated onlookers, drifting into a hazy midday nap.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020
Japan must prepare for 'inevitable' coronavirus spread, expert says
By Ryusei Takahashi
So far, 20 cases of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus have been reported in Japan, four of which occurred in Tokyo.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2020
Indicted K-pop star Seungri may face military court
A K-pop star charged with violating South Korea's anti-prostitution law may have to join the country's army and face trial in a military court.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Taiwan bars entry to foreign nationals traveling from China
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said the island will deny entry to all foreign nationals who had been to China during the past 14 days starting from Friday due to the increasing threat from the coronavirus epidemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Philippine leader Duterte says xenophobia against Chinese must stop
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday urged Philippine citizens to stop stirring up anti-Chinese xenophobia related to the outbreak of a coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, in December and has since killed more than 300 and infected more than 17,000.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Russia halts trains to China and may deport foreigners with coronavirus
Russia said on Monday it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak that has killed 361 people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Chinese woman detained for hiding virus contact history, Xinhua reports
A 36-year-old woman in China's northern municipality of Tianjin was detained by police on Monday after "deliberately concealing" her contact with someone from a coronavirus-stricken area, according to Xinhua news agency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
WHO virus team may go to China this week and include U.S. experts
A WHO-led international team of experts could go to China as early as this week to investigate the coronavirus outbreak, as agreed between the WHO chief and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and could include U.S. experts, a WHO spokesman said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
U.S. whipping up panic over virus, China says, as Pakistan resumes flights
China accused the United States on Monday of whipping up panic over a fast-spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and evacuations as Chinese stocks plunged on the first day back from the extended Lunar New Year holiday.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2020
F-35's flaws include a gun that can't even shoot straight
Add a gun that can't shoot straight to the problems dogging Lockheed Martin Corp.'s $428 billion F-35 program, including more than 800 software flaws.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2020
French police shoot knife-wielding barracks intruder following attack warning
Police shot and wounded a man armed with a knife after he attacked officers inside a police barracks in eastern France on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Brazil to declare emergency and quarantine nationals returning from China
Brazil will declare a national health emergency to prepare for the return of Brazilian nationals at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China, Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Conflicting studies point to meat moderation as healthy diet
A new study on meat consumption has found that people who eat red and processed meat have higher risks of heart disease and early death — contradicting recent research that suggested cutting out meat has few health benefits.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 4, 2020
Japan to see first drop in GDP in five quarters, estimates show
Japan's real gross domestic product is believed to have dropped for the first time in five quarters in the October-December period, partly due to the consumption tax hike taking a bite out of domestic demand, according to estimates by 10 think tanks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 4, 2020
If Google shares less data, rivals shout antitrust; if it opens up, privacy advocates cry foul
By Mark Bergen and Gerrit De Vynck
Google LLC is limiting access to key tools that track ad spending, disrupting hundreds of marketers and underscoring the powerful role the search giant plays in the digital advertising industry.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
At least 400,000 Chinese travelers expected to cancel trips to Japan by end of March
In another demonstration of the effect the virus is having on tourism, Japanese department store operators saw duty free sales slump during the key Lunar New Year holiday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020
Hilton chases post-Olympic gold by bringing new luxury hotel brand to Kyoto in 2021
By Masumi Koizumi
The Hilton group said Tuesday it will open a hotel under its newest luxury brand in Kyoto in autumn 2021, counting on a further upswell in lodging demand from tourists even after the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
Marubeni to launch Japan's first large-scale offshore wind power business
Marubeni Corp. is gearing up to launch what it says will be Japan's first large-scale offshore wind power generation business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020
Toyota's Lexus brand surges globally despite U.S. sales stall
Toyota Motor Corp.'s luxury Lexus brand posted a double-digit sales gain last year, taking its 30th anniversary in stride as strength in China and Europe offset stalled demand in North America.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
U.S. finalizes rule to slap duties on countries that undervalue currencies
The U.S. Commerce Department has finalized a new rule to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar, including potentially China and even Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020
Lunar New Year department store sales plummet in Japan amid coronavirus outbreak in China
Japanese department store operators saw duty free sales slump during the key Lunar New Year holiday, one of the first indications of how hard the nation's retail sector will be hit by the coronavirus outbreak in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
China plant-closing cascade may cost automakers 1.7 million cars
Forget about clinging to hopes that China, the world's largest car market, will recover from its unprecedented two-year slump anytime soon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020
AI startup digs up business opportunity in aging water pipes in Japan and elsewhere
When a fifth of the people living in the city of Wakayama faced a three-day water stoppage last month to fix a 60-year-old pipe network, they rushed to get ready, only to learn that the repairs could be made without a shutdown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
Tesla up 20% after Panasonic posts first quarterly profit at battery business
Tesla Inc.'s stock surged 20 percent on Monday in its largest one-day gain since 2013, fueled by a quarterly profit at Panasonic's battery business with the U.S. carmaker and an investor report predicting its shares would rise more than ten-fold by 2024.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
Air transit hub UAE to suspend China flights, excluding Beijing
The United Arab Emirates, a major international transit hub, on Monday suspended flights to and from China, except for Beijing, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China.
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020
U.S. manufacturing rebounds but construction spending falls
U.S. factory activity unexpectedly rebounded in January after contracting for five straight months amid a surge in new orders, offering hope that a prolonged slump in business investment has probably bottomed out.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2020
Where no alliance has gone before
By John Wright
Japan and the U.S. could have the first security partnership that operates in space.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
Democrats' wimpy impeachment has made Trump stronger than ever
By TED RALL
The U.S. president goes into his reelection campaign stronger than ever thanks to the Democrats' poor timing.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
The president of Turkey versus the world
By Gwynne Dyer
Recep Tayip Erdogan used to be a fairly competent strategist, but he has been in power too long and he has lost the plot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
Johnson can't be all things to all Britons
By Therese Raphael
The prime minister wants to be a global hero on free trade, while keeping his new working class voters happy, but EU trade talks may make this impossible.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
Why a debate over German reunification matters now
By Hal Brands
Whether the U.S. promised that NATO would stay out of Eastern Europe is a proxy debate for a bigger issue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
America's debilitating obsession with the Middle East
By Brahma Chellaney
U.S. President Donald Trump is perpetuating one of the United States' most self-defeating habits.

Sports

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 4, 2020
Flyers goalie Brian Elliott records 40th career shutout in victory over Red Wings
Brian Elliott made 16 saves for his 40th career shutout in the Philadelphia Flyers' 3-0 win over the sinking Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 4, 2020
Japanese players put skills on display for CFL
By Kaz Nagatsuka
The Canadian Football League's global scouting team came away "very, very impressed" by the performances of the athletes who participated in the Japanese stop of the CFL Global Combine over the weekend.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2020
JSA eager to use 2020 spotlight to call attention to sumo culture
By Dan Orlowitz
The Japan Sumo Association is putting its considerable weight behind the 2020 Tokyo Games as it looks to use the international extravaganza to promote the country's national sport.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Feb 4, 2020
You should know how to use 'hazu'
By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
The particle 'hazu' basically translates as 'should' in English, but can sometimes be rendered as 'no wonder.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 4, 2020
Let's discuss Harry and Meghan
An article by Reuters looks at the current state of the British royal family and a surprise announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess fo Sussex.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 4, 2020
Paralympics: Tokyo to see a record number of competing nations
A Kyodo article looks at the number of nations taking part in the Tokyo Paralympics this summer.

CULTURE

CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 4, 2020
'Konnichiwa Akachan' singer Michiyo Azusa dies at 76
Michiyo Azusa, known for singing "Konnichiwa Akachan" ("Hello Baby") among other hits, has died. She was 76.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 4, 2020
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announces lung cancer diagnosis on air
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with "advanced lung cancer" but plans to continue to do his program "as normally and as competently" as he can while he undergoes treatment.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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