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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2021
Tokyo already showing early signs of another COVID-19 spike
By Ryusei Takahashi
Scientists fear the delta variant could soon overtake all other strains and trigger a surge of cases, which could then spread to neighboring prefectures and across the country.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China
By Jonathan Barrett
The United States and its Pacific allies have concerns that cables laid by China could compromise regional security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Thai protesters return as parliament eyes charter recast
By Randy Thanthong-Knight
It's the first time in six months that demonstrators descended on the Thai capital after two waves of COVID-19 outbreaks this year prevented any large gatherings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Benigno Aquino III, who led Philippine growth spurt, dies at 61
By Ditas Lopez
Aquino, who served as the nation's president from 2010 to 2016, was rushed to a hospital in Quezon City where he died after heart failure, the Manila Bulletin reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. to block some solar goods made in Xinjiang region
By Brian Eckhouse, Jenny Leonard, Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy
The move is one of the Biden administration's biggest steps yet to counter alleged human rights abuses against China's ethnic Uyghur Muslim minority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily signs off in 'painful farewell'
By Jessie Pang and Sharon Abratique
The closure of the popular tabloid marks the end of an era for media freedom in the Chinese-ruled city.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2021
Let down by rich and failing the poor, global vaccine program to be shaken up
By Francesco Guarascio
By prioritizing their own diplomatic and commercial interests, wealthy nations have in effect wrecked COVAX's ambition to take overall charge of the global fight against the pandemic.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2021
New Panasonic CEO says efficiency to fuel Tesla business and spur growth
By Yuki Furukawa and River Davis
What's now critical to Panasonic's future growth is its relationship with the world's biggest maker of electric cars and ability to claim a share of the global market for EV batteries.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 24, 2021
Corporate governance issues haunt troubled Toshiba as it faces off with investors
By Kazuaki Nagata
Amid scandal, a shareholders meeting on Friday is set to be a showdown between Toshiba's board, who are pushing to retain Chairman Osamu Nagayama, and investors who want him out.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2021
Japan braces for surge in electricity use during scorching summer and Olympics
By Eric Johnston
With many people expected to tune into the games from their air-conditioned homes, utilities are forecasting tighter reserve power ratios than usual.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 24, 2021
Japan's service prices mark biggest gain in months as COVID-19 pain eases
While the gain was due largely to the base effect of last year's slump, rising hotel and transportation fees showed a resumption of economic activity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2021
Boeing faces rocky path to gaining approval for return of 737 Max in China
By Jamie Freed, Norihiko Shirouzu and Stella Qiu
Trade power tensions, regulatory hurdles and attempts by the West to counter Chinese competition are delaying the move.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2021
Iranian, Israeli and U.S. hard-liners muddle nuclear deal prospects
By Kuni Miyake
The optimists say the coming few weeks could be critical for both the Biden and Rouhani administrations to revive the nuclear deal.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 24, 2021
Time to re-examine Japan’s longstanding ambiguity over Taiwan
By Ayumi Teraoka
Tokyo has historically walked a fine line between Beijing and Taipei, but recent tensions point to a need to re-evaluate its stance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2021
Musk-Bezos spat reflects bad space policy
By Adam Minter
Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate passed a measure that would allot $10 billion over five years for NASA to develop two new lunar landers. Buried in a nearly $250 billion bill intended to boost innovation, the measure was equal to about 43% of the space agency’s total budget.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2021
Accommodating China is unavoidable
By Xiao Geng and Andrew Sheng
In today's world, attempting to “contain and confront” those with different values or systems, rather than negotiating a new global compact that accommodates them, is a recipe for conflict.

Sports

Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 24, 2021
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says new rules taking game in 'right direction'
By Tyler Kepner
The league's enhanced enforcement of foreign-substance usage by pitchers has made mandatory umpire checks a strange new sight in every game.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 24, 2021
Trae Young scores 48 as Hawks stun Bucks in Game 1
The Milwaukee Bucks finally figured out a way to slow down Trae Young on Wednesday night. They'd love to carry it over into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 24, 2021
Yuka Saso heading into Women's PGA Championship with new mindset
'I don't really expect anything. I'm just more focusing on what I have to do with my game.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 24, 2021
New Zealand sheds bridesmaid's tag by winning inaugural World Test Championship title
New Zealand shed their bridesmaid's tag by claiming the inaugural World Test Championship title with an eight-wicket victory against India in a thrilling final on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 24, 2021
Megan Rapinoe headlines U.S. women's soccer roster for Tokyo Olympics
Strikers Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan were among 17 players from the 2019 Women's World Cup championship team named to the US women's soccer squad.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 24, 2021
Hikari makes soft-power moves with anime and Vocaloid covers
By Patrick St. Michel
In 2021, the performer launched Singing Cosplayer Hikari, a multiplatform project anchored by her YouTube channel, to harness the booming popularity of anime and Japanese music.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2021
‘The Door into Summer’: Some doors are best left closed
By James Hadfield
An orphaned genius travels to the future and back in Takahiro Miki's treacly sci-fi, “The Door Into Summer,” based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2021
‘Ito’: Ren Komai strums the right notes
By Mark Schilling
Satoko Yokohama's drama, set in the director's native Aomori Prefecture, features a troubled teen whose talent for playing the shamisen is hindered by grief.
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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