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MORE SPORTS
May 12, 2021
Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot adjusts to reality of preparing for the Olympics in a pandemic
Coach Bernard Ouma barked orders to start stretching and the team of a dozen athletes fanned out in the morning sunshine, leaving a good two meters between them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 12, 2021
Taiwan stocks sink most in 14 months on virus woes and tech rout
Investors have become wary as authorities continue to battle a widening coronavirus outbreak that threatens Taiwan's status as one of the safest places to ride out the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 12, 2021
China bets on productivity over population to drive its economy
China's total population could peak in the next few years, spurring profound changes for the world's second-biggest economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2021
China’s Sinovac shot found highly effective in real world study
Indonesian data adds to signs out of Brazil that the shot is more effective than it proved in the testing phase, which was beset by divergent efficacy rates and questions over transparency.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2021
Biden administration approves first big U.S. offshore wind farm
The $2.8 billion installation proposed by Vineyard Wind LLC will be the first major wind farm in waters off the U.S, which has lagged behind Europe and Asia in generating power at sea.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Mixed martial arts
May 12, 2021
Dana White says UFC wants no part of Jake Paul
UFC president Dana White said he doesn't want anything to do with YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 12, 2021
Hideki Matsuyama says Japan quarantine allowed Masters win to sink in
Hideki Matsuyama said on Tuesday that the two-week COVID-19 quarantine he underwent upon his return to Japan after his Masters triumph last month allowed him a chance to absorb the magnitude of his momentous victory.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 12, 2021
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua set for August fight in Saudi Arabia
A long-awaited world heavyweight boxing title unification fight between British rivals Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is set for Saudi Arabia in August, promoter Eddie Hearn said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 12, 2021
Hesitant Rafael Nadal casts doubts over Olympic participation
Rafael Nadal has raised doubts about his participation in this year's Tokyo Olympics amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying on Tuesday that he has to be flexible and cannot give a clear answer until he organizes his schedule for the year.
JAPAN
May 11, 2021
Ad campaign critical of Japan's coronavirus response makes waves
The full-page ad by Takarajimasha, featuring a World War II-era photo of Japanese children training to fight with sticks, was a rare rebuke of the pandemic response by a private firm.
JAPAN
May 11, 2021
Osaka says deaths at home increasing amid COVID-19 wave
Eighteen people have died of COVID-19 at home in Osaka Prefecture, 17 of them since March 1, as highly infectious strains of the virus caused a spike in cases.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot cleared for adolescents in U.S.
The move comes ahead of the summer camp season and before the start of the new school year in September.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2021
What we know about the Indian variant as COVID-19 sweeps South Asia
India has recorded the world's sharpest spike in coronavirus infections this month, with political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai running out of hospital beds, oxygen and medicine.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2021
Cybersleuths blunted pipeline hack and choked data flow to Russia
A small group of private-sector companies, with help from several U.S. agencies, disrupted ongoing cyberattacks against Colonial Pipeline Co. and more than two dozen other victims.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2021
Taiwan fights to attend WHO meeting, but China says no
Taipei said it will fight for an invitation to the meeting this month, but China said there was no room for compromise over the island that Beijing claims as its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2021
China posts slowest population growth since 1950s
There were 1.412 billion people in China last year, a once-a-decade census report showed, with the annual average growth of 0.53% in the past decade the slowest since 1953.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2021
Thousands of staff suspended as Myanmar junta targets universities
Students and teachers have been prominent in protests since the army detained Aung San Suu Kyi and halted a decade of tentative democratic reforms.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 10, 2021
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer happy to make Man City wait
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was delighted after a 3-1 win at Aston Villa mathematically kept his side in the title race and also secured a top-four finish in the Premier League.
JAPAN
May 10, 2021
Government adviser sparks ire with tweet laughing off calls for Olympic cancellation
Kaetsu University professor Yoichi Takahashi likened the number of COVID-19 cases in Japan to 'a ripple,' adding 'so you're telling me people want to cancel the Olympics for this? lol lol.'
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2021
As opposition to Tokyo Games grows, Suga says he has 'never put Olympics first'
Suga's remarks came the same day an opinion poll showed nearly 60% of people in Japan want the Olympics cancelled less than three months before they begin.

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