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JAPAN

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JAPAN
Jun 25, 2021
Japan sees China-Taiwan friction as threat to its security
By Isabel Reynolds and Emi Nobuhiro
Remarks from Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi came a week after China sent 28 warplanes near Taiwan, in the latest ratcheting up of military pressure around the democratically ruled island.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2021
Japan to give millions of vaccine doses to Taiwan and five Asian nations
Taiwan and Vietnam will each get 2 million AstraZeneca doses, while Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will each receive 1 million.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2021
Benefits of vaccine rollout begin to show in Tokyo infection data
By Osamu Tsukimori
The coronavirus infection rate is plunging for front-line workers and older people — the demographics inoculated first.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jun 25, 2021
The rules of travel: Japan’s latest quarantine measures
By Magdalena Osumi
New coronavirus variants emerging in different corners of the world have caused Japan to make numerous changes to its border control measures in recent months.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2021
Ugandan team member arriving in Tokyo had delta coronavirus variant
By Ritsuko Ando and Daniel Leussink
The case adds to concern that the games — less than a month away — may trigger a new wave of infections.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021
Downtown Sydney to enter lockdown after spike in delta variant cases
Authorities have struggled to contain a spike in the highly contagious delta COVID-19 virus variant in the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021
Biden balances climate need with human rights in Chinese solar product ban
By Brian Eckhouse, Jenny Leonard and Jennifer A. Dlouhy
The intersection of the solar supply chain with alleged human rights abuses creates a conflict between the president's environmental and human rights agendas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021
U.N. says 230,000 displaced by Myanmar fighting
The organization said 177,000 people were displaced in Karen state bordering Thailand, 103,000 in the past month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021
What else has Hong Kong lost, readers ask, as a paper is silenced
By Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May
To many, Apple Daily was a symbol of the civil liberties that have been lost as Beijing has tightened its grip over the city.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2021
One city 'ready to explode' as U.S. murder rates surge in pandemic
By Nathan Layne
With 34 homicides already this year, Rochester is on pace for a record-high 70 murders in 2021 — a per-capita rate that exceeds Chicago, one of America's most violent large cities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2021
WHO estimates COVID-19 boosters needed yearly for most vulnerable
By Francesco Guarascio
A document shows that the WHO considers annual boosters for high-risk individuals as its 'indicative' baseline scenario, and boosters every two years for the general population.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 25, 2021
Nearly 100 missing as oceanfront Miami-area building collapses
Rescue crews picked through tons of rubble on Thursday looking for survivors after the collapse of part of an oceanfront apartment tower.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 25, 2021
Dollar eases below ¥110.80 in Tokyo
The dollar weakened below u00a5110.80 in Tokyo trading Friday, as players retreated to the sidelines ahead of the release of a key U.S. inflation gauge.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2021
In surprise decision, Toshiba shareholders vote to oust board chairman Nagayama
By Kazuaki Nagata
The move, a victory for activist investors, comes after corporate governance issues at the industrial conglomerate were brought to the fore by a government collusion scandal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021
Investors clamoring for ESG debt help halve Tokyo funding costs
By Ayai Tomisawa
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government slashed funding costs thanks to rampant global demand for the first social bond offered by a local government in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021
A mining startup’s rush for underwater metals comes with deep risks
By Todd Woody
DeepGreen Metals has successfully sold itself to investors as a game-changing source of minerals to make electric car batteries that can be obtained in abundance-and at great profit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2021
Buddhist monk who built popular Tokyo startup seeks IPO in 2021
By Min Jeong Lee and Gearoid Reidy
Campfire's Kazuma Ieiri is one of a growing number of CEOs in Japan who have followed an atypical path to success.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2021
Japan insurers struggle to pinpoint climate change cost estimates
By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara
Japan's second-largest nonlife insurer, MS&AD, foresees the potential rise in claim payments in 2050 from current levels to be anywhere between 5% and 50%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021
Tesla’s solar roof rollout is a bust — and a fixation for Elon Musk
By Dana Hull
The product is essential to Musk's vision for the company to become a one-stop shop for a household's clean energy needs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021
Tokyo prices' 10-month slide halts in June despite virus restrictions
By Yuko Takeo and Yoshiaki Nohara
Prices in the capital excluding fresh food were unchanged from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry reported Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021
Big Tech’s car obsession is all about taking eyes off the road
By Mark Gurman and Reed Stevenson
What's at stake, essentially, is something even more valuable than profitability: The last unclaimed corner of consumers' attention during their waking hours.

Sports

Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jun 25, 2021
Brave Thunders use social media to raise profile
By Kaz Nagatsuka
The team's use of social media and other digital platforms has helped the Brave Thunders stand out among the B. League's other teams.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 25, 2021
Artturi Lehkonen's OT goal sends Canadiens to Stanley Cup Final
Montreal won the best-of-seven semifinal series in six games, becoming the first Canadian team to reach the final since the Vancouver Canucks in 2011.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 25, 2021
Confident Lizette Salas grabs lead at Women's PGA Championship
Lizette Salas shot a 5-under-par 67 to take sole possession of the lead after the opening round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Thursday.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 25, 2021
Japan's office workers get poetic on life during the pandemic
By Haruka Murayama
The nation's office workers express themselves on COVID-19 and pop culture for the 34th Senryu for Salaried Workers Contest.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / Vocabulary Boost
Jun 25, 2021
Variants, the Olympics and other boosters for your vocabulary
By Haruka Murayama
Frequent Japanese words popping up in the media have more to do with vaccinations, but could an Olympic shift be ahead?
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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