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JAPAN

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JAPAN
Jun 7, 2020
Protesters hit Tokyo and Osaka streets with rallies against racism and police brutality
By Ryusei Takahashi
Protesters said racial discrimination and the treatment of foreigners in Japan are topics often avoided by the media and in public discourse.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2020
Tokyo reports 14 new coronavirus cases as daily average in June hits 21
A growing number of recent cases have occurred in popular nightlife areas such as Shinjuku's adult entertainment district.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2020
Japan threads the needle as U.S.-China animosity hits new highs
By Jesse Johnson and Satoshi Sugiyama
When it comes to increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Beijing, Tokyo is facing a “be careful what you wish for” moment.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 7, 2020
Taiwan opposition seeks distance from China after top official is recalled
Taiwan's main opposition party moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election, as attitudes harden toward Beijing on the democratic island claimed by China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2020
China denies cover-up and rejects ‘politicization’ of coronavirus
China lambasted suggestions that it hid information about the coronavirus outbreak, saying in a newly published white paper that it has acted transparently and informed the world of developments in a timely manner.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 7, 2020
Japan's ultralow official jobless rate ignores 4 million on leave
By Emi Urabe, Yuko Takeo and Yoshiaki Nohara
Factor in those on partially paid leave and the 2.6 percent rate hits 11.5 percent. Then there's the 940,000 who left the labor force in April but weren't counted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2020
Nomura to rethink office space as new CEO seeks deeper cuts
By Takako Taniguchi and Takashi Nakamichi
Nomura Holdings Inc.’s use of office space is part of a sweeping review ordered up by its new chief executive as the brokerage looks to shave costs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2020
Japan’s challenges balancing national security and economics
By Michio Ueda
National security and economic interests are perhaps more tightly bound together than ever before.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine trials are unnecessary, uninformative and unethical
By William A. Haseltine
Deliberately infecting human volunteers with the coronavirus could be far more costly than the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2020
Quarantine is terrible but it works
By Mark Buchanan
Restricting human contact has had a dramatic effect on COVID-19's infection rates.

Sports

Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2020
New Obic quarterback Jimmy Laughrea adjusts to fatherhood while preparing for unique season
By Hiroshi Ikezawa
The former Rise QB is using extra time afforded by the cancellation of the spring season to adjust to his new team's playbook.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 7, 2020
A remastered game gives you 101 reasons to stay home
By Brian Ashcraft
Revisiting a cannibalistic world, puzzle-filled nightmares and 101 superheroes

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 7, 2020
South Korean boyband BTS donates $1 million to Black Lives Matter
Popular South Korean band BTS donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter (BLM) in support of U.S. protests against police brutality, its music label, Big Hit Entertainment, said Sunday.

COMMUNITY

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jun 7, 2020
Here's hoping this Seven can find some luck
Seven is another of the shy animals that has languished for years at ARK.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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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