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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 3, 2020
Abe eyes release of all emergency funding to deal with COVID-19 economic impact
By Satoshi Sugiyama
Abe assured that the plan would include funding to subsidize working parents who must take time off to care for children affected by school closures.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2020
Patients with mild symptoms seen spreading viral infections in Japan, experts say
Patients with mild symptoms are believed to be playing an important role in spreading the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a government panel of experts has said.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2020
Beijing to quarantine travelers from Japan, South Korea, Iran and Italy amid coronavirus outbreak
All travelers entering Beijing from the coronavirus hotspots of South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy will have to be quarantined for 14 days, the Deputy Secretary General of the Beijing Municipal Government, Chen Bei, said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2020
Hong Kong virus fears stoke 'unprecedented' mental health issues
As Hong Kong tries to contain the coronavirus outbreak, medical experts say many people in the financial hub are reeling from increased anxiety and an unprecedented level of mental health issues.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020
Trump's COVID-19 response bedeviled by missteps, raising risks
The Trump administration's response to global outbreaks of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been riven by missteps.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020
'All our dreams are gone': Desperation deepens for Syrians as conflict intensifies
By Dominic Evans
At a maternity hospital in northwest Syria, an alarm flashes at the main entrance to alert staff. It's not patients en route to the hospital. It's warplanes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2020
U.N. nuclear watchdog plans alert on Iranian stonewalling-diplomats
By John Irish and Francois Murphy
The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Iran's nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it, several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2020
Japan adopts pension system reform plan
The government decided Tuesday to reform the pension system by expanding the range of part-time workers who can join the kōsei nenkin public pension program for corporate employees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 3, 2020
G7's draft coronavirus statement makes no direct calls for fiscal or monetary support: source
Group of Seven nations are drafting a statement outlining a plan to soften the economic hit of the coronavirus but which so far excludes direct calls for new government spending or coordinated central bank rate cuts, a G7 official said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2020
Japan panel proposes record low catch quota for flying squid
An advisory panel proposed setting the annual catch quota for Japanese flying squid at 57,000 tons, the lowest ever, for the 2020 fishing year starting next month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2020
School closures causing shorter retail and restaurant business hours
School closures due to the coronavirus outbreak are exacerbating manpower shortages at retailers and restaurants, forcing them to cut their business hours.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2020
Tesla barely registers in Japan, the world's third-largest auto market
By Chester Dawson
For all of Elon Musk’s domination of the burgeoning electric vehicle business, Tesla Inc. is struggling to get traction in Japan, a market he put on a pedestal early in the automaker’s early days.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2020
Reforming Japan's social security system
By Heizo Takenaka
Rebuilding Japan's fiscal health will be impossible without overhauling the social security system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2020
Fiscal stimulus can ease the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy
By Sayuri Shirai
Prompt actions by governments could help prevent the collapse of affected firms and individuals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2020
COVID-19 is a risk to the Olympics, in 2020 and beyond
By Adam Minter
Maybe a pandemic will spark much needed reforms to shrink the ever-expanding games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2020
Sanders' Green New Deal would be a global disaster
By Mihir Sharma
Green jobs in the U.S. are nice, but won't get India and other big emitters off a carbon-intensive development path.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2020
The tiny island that's key to China's maritime ambitions
By Tobin Harshaw
Thitu Island is little more than a rock, but the Philippines will lose it at its peril.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2020
The coronavirus end game
By David Fickling
The disease will eventually become an endemic nuisance rather than a terror.

Sports

Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 3, 2020
NCAA leaders weighing options for March Madness due to COVID-19 concerns
The NCAA is examining all options for the upcoming 68-team men's basketball tournament, including the possibility of holding games without fans, as the coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2020
Third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder bout set for summer: promoter
A third fight between WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury and American Deontay Wilder is on and set for the United States by early July, the Briton's promoter Frank Warren said on Monday.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 3, 2020
'Emergency' Japanese can help build fluency
By Daniel Morales
One trick to improving your fluency in Japanese is to keep a list of stock phrases that can be deployed in multiple situations.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Mar 3, 2020
Talking about other people in Japanese using the 'garu' structure
By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi
You can tack 'tai' on the end of a verb to express what you want to do, but if you're going to speak for someone else then it's best to get a handle on the 'garu' ending.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Mar 3, 2020
'United by Emotion' revealed as the motto for the Tokyo Games
An article reports the announcement of the new Olympic and Paralympic motto and gets a little emotional.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 3, 2020
Let's discuss whether you want to go to the Olympics
An article reports that Japanese are not as enthused about attending the Games as organizers would like.

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 3, 2020
With the coronavirus canceling classes, what are English teachers to do?
By Patrick St. Michel
ALTs and English-language school employees are reporting confusion over what role their employers should play in a possible pandemic.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
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.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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