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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine leaders make trial plans public in transparency push
The moves come amid increasing concern that the effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is becoming politicized.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2020
Formidable challenges ahead as Suga era begins
Suga's career has been marked by hard work. He knows how to maneuver in a bureaucracy. But those efforts, until now, have been in the service of someone else's agenda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2020
Bank of Japan takes less gloomy view but keeps things ultra-loose
The bank's upgrade of its economic assessment was the first since the virus hit, reflecting a bottoming of Japan's slump.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 17, 2020
Tokyo reports 171 new cases of coronavirus
Thursday's figure brought the cumulative number of people infected with the virus in the capital to 23,608.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2020
Travelers snap up Asian airlines' scenic 'flights to nowhere'
Airlines including EVA Airways Corp. and ANA Holdings Inc., desperate for revenue and to keep their pilots' licenses current, are turning to a new revenue stream.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2020
Biden leads Trump nationally by 9 points, with suburbs focused on coronavirus, not crime
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Trump's "law and order" message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2020
Fed vows to keep interest rates near zero until inflation rises
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates pinned near zero on Wednesday and made a bold, new promise: to keep them there until inflation is on track to "moderately exceed" the U.S. central bank's 2 percent inflation target "for some time."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 17, 2020
Trump raises questions about TikTok-Oracle deal if ByteDance ties remain
U.S. President Donald Trump raised questions on Wednesday about plans by China's ByteDance to keep a majority stake in the U.S. operations of popular social media platform TikTok after six Republican lawmakers urged him to reject the proposal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 17, 2020
NASA weighs mission to Venus after recent discovery of possible life
NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help determine whether or not that planet harbors life.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2020
Filipino families of crew from ship that sank off Japan plead for search to resume
Families of 39 Filipino crewmen who were aboard a cattle ship that sank during a typhoon are pleading for a search to continue and to expand into uninhabited islands and nearby waters, two weeks after their vessel capsized off Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2020
Hurricane Sally swamps U.S. Gulf Coast with massive floods and 'unreal' rain
Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses on Wednesday as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called "historic and catastrophic" flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2020
Post-pandemic investment climate appears promising
How will foreign direct investment (FDI) levels for 2020 play out globally in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic? It is a question being asked by government officials, policymakers, business leaders and relevant parties worldwide, with optimistic scenarios painting declines of about 30 percent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 16, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial reports no major safety issues
Safety has been a paramount concern since AstraZeneca paused tests of the vaccine it's co-developing with the University of Oxford following an adverse event in a U.K.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 16, 2020
Arsenal ties down Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with new three-year deal
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has signed a new three-year deal, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, ending speculation over a potential exit as he entered the final year of his contract.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2020
In break with past, UAE and Bahrain sign U.S.-brokered deals with Israel
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel, becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo, in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2020
Thousands of Oregon evacuees shelter from wildfires under smoke-filled skies
Thousands of evacuees displaced by deadly wildfires across Oregon settled into a second week of life in shelters and car camping as fire crews battled on against the blazes and search teams scoured the ruins of demolished communities for those still missing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2020
Putin opponent Navalny posts photo from hospital and plans to return to Russia
The opposition politician has said he can now breathe independently after being poisoned in Siberia last month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2020
New EU climate plan brings end of combustion engine closer
A major emissions-cut plan to be unveiled this week will leave no sector of the economy untouched, forcing wholesale lifestyle changes and stricter industry standards.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2020
Blaming high taxes, Toyota says it won't scale up in India
Motor vehicles including cars, two-wheelers and sports utility vehicles, although not electric vehicles, attract taxes as high as 28 percent in the country.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 15, 2020
FIA looking into Lewis Hamilton's anti-racism shirt gesture
Formula One's governing body is considering whether Lewis Hamilton broke any rules in wearing a T-shirt with "Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor" on it before and after Sunday's Tuscan Grand Prix.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

Podcast

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

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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