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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2021
One shot or two? Japan weighs question as vaccine rollout stalls amid shortages
By Osamu Tsukimori
Health minister Norihisa Tamura says Japan will stick to the standard two-dose schedule, but some in the LDP are calling for a change of course.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 24, 2021
As pandemic took hold, suicide rose among Japanese women
By HIKARI HIDA and Motoko Rich
In Japan, 6,976 women took their lives last year, nearly 15% more than in 2019. It was the first year-over-year increase in more than a decade.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2021
Myanmar minister flies to Thailand for crisis talks
The military has not given a time frame for a new election but it imposed a one-year state of emergency when it seized power so it would likely be after that.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2021
Australian lawmakers expected to pass changes to law covering Facebook and Google
The government introduced amendments to the so-called Media Bargaining Code after Facebook last week escalated a dispute over the new laws.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2021
A digital firewall in Myanmar, built with guns and wire cutters
By Paul Mozur and Hannah Beech
The military has repeatedly shut off the internet, isolating a country that had only in the past few years linked to the outside world.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2021
Thailand receives its first coronavirus vaccines
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is expected to be among the first to receive the vaccine this weekend.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2021
Antony Blinken, without leaving U.S., tries to mend fences with allies abroad
By Michael Crowley
As part of his effort to re-energize American alliances frayed by the Donald Trump years, Blinken has spoken with dozens of his counterparts around the world but has yet to leave the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2021
Millions of masks to be sent to households in Biden equity plan
U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a program to send cloth masks to disadvantaged communities to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2021
Police failed to see U.S. Capitol riot threat: ‘These criminals came prepared’
By Billy House
All of Tuesday's witnesses said they were caught off guard by the coordinated violence from insurrectionists chanting support for Trump and threats of violence against members of Congress.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2021
AstraZeneca to miss EU vaccine supply target by half in second quarter
The expected shortfall follows a big reduction in supplies in the first quarter and could hit the EU's ability to meet its target of vaccinating 70% of adults by summer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2021
Quarantines crushing air travel are getting longer and lonelier
By Kyunghee Park and Angus Whitley
Even as vaccines embolden countries to plot paths to reopening, authorities around the world are tightening the screws to stop COVID-19 mutations from slipping through quarantine.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 24, 2021
Biden eyes executive order on new U.S. and allied supply chain strategy
By Jesse Johnson
Any order would be part of a larger effort by the Biden team to determine how dependent the U.S. economy and military are on certain key Chinese exports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 24, 2021
Bitcoin bet sparks rally at Japan’s most expensive brokerage
By Takako Taniguchi and Takashi Nakamichi
Bitcoin's fivefold jump in the past year has come amid a flood of money pumped into the global financial system during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 24, 2021
Mitsubishi weighing making cars at Renault plant in France
By Tara Patel
The move would be a reversal of last year's decision to pull back from Europe.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021
Northern Ireland is the first test of the post-Brexit order
By Therese Raphael
Trade deals, like peace agreements, aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on without good faith vested in their implementation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021
Germany’s empty pipeline logic
By Josef Joffe
The pipeline across the Baltic has pitted the United States and the European Union against Germany, and a swelling chorus of domestic critics against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021
The Russia strategy Europe needs
By Mark Leonard
Europe no longer has any illusions that Russia is on a trajectory toward liberal democracy that could be accelerated through engagement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021
Keeping troops in Afghanistan makes America safer
By James Stavridis
The case for maintaining a small yet strong military presence in Afghanistan is sound, if not popular.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021
Time for realism in the climate battle
By David Howell
After the one-year respite caused by COVID-19, carbon emissions will be staying stubbornly high, just as they were before the pandemic pushed down world energy demand for a while.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021
Bitcoin and blackouts fuel anti-Chinese sentiment in Iran
By Reza Khaasteh
Many people were outraged to learn that the Chinese are supposedly devouring the country's electricity in their bitcoin mining farms.

Sports

Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 24, 2021
'Air sumo' tournament offers hope for amateur sport's future
By John Gunning
A unique online competition, established due to the inability to hold amateur meets in person due to the pandemic, is aiming to cast a rare spotlight on form and technique.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 24, 2021
J. League gears up for chaotic 2021 season
By Dan Orlowitz
Japanese soccer's top flight will feature its largest-ever relegation zone as the league aims to rebalance its divisions following last year's pandemic-struck campaign.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 24, 2021
CONMEBOL confirms Australia and Qatar's withdrawal from Copa America
Australia and Qatar, the two non-South American sides due to take part in this year's Copa America, have pulled out of the tournament, the secretary general of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 24, 2021
Mariners leaders vow to move past Kevin Mather's comments
Seattle Mariners leaders expressed their dismay on Tuesday and vowed to move on positively from comments made by former team CEO and president Kevin Mather, who resigned Monday after his insulting comments toward some players and groups were made public.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 24, 2021
James Harden, Anthony Davis highlight All-Star Game reserves
NBA All-Star Game captains LeBron James and Kevin Durant won't have to look hard to find familiar faces when they build their teams for the March 7 showcase.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 24, 2021
Tiger Woods suffers serious leg injuries in car wreck
By Rory Carroll and Dan Whitcomb
Golfing champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday with severe leg injuries suffered when his car swerved off a road and rolled down a steep hillside, requiring rescue crews to pry him from the wreckage.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 24, 2021
Beat Generation beacon Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at age 101
By Bill Trott
Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, whose City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco became a West Coast literary haven for Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, has died at the age of 101.
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.
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.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
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.
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.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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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