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WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2021
U.S. House ethics panel launches investigation into Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz
The Democratic-controlled House Ethics Committee said has opened an investigation into Gaetz involving allegations including possible sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2021
WHO’s COVID-19 report fails litmus test on transparency
While virtually all evidence pointed to China as the source of the outbreak, precisely when the disease appeared and where it came from are bitterly contested.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 9, 2021
U.S. Olympic hopefuls open to receiving COVID-19 vaccine
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) reiterated that it would not require athletes to get a shot to compete in Tokyo, but will encourage them to do so.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2021
Former NFL player fatally shoots five in South Carolina
A former NFL player shot and killed a prominent South Carolina doctor, his wife, two grandchildren and another man before taking his own life at his home a short distance away, authorities said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2021
The world’s wealthiest countries are getting vaccinated 25 times faster
Enough vaccines have now been administered to fully vaccinate about 5% of the global population — but the distribution has been lopsided.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 9, 2021
India's top court paves way for Rohingya deportations to Myanmar
'We have to state that we cannot comment upon something happening in another country,' the judge said in his order.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2021
Myanmar celebrities feel wrath of military as they come out in support of protesters
The military has issued arrest warrants against more than 100 actors, singers, artists and other personalities who have protested the coup.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2021
Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa to get tougher steps to fight coronavirus
Special countermeasures are likely to go into effect in the capital's 23 wards and Musashino, as well as the city of Kyoto and Naha.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2021
Japan and UAE to collaborate on hydrogen tech and supply chain
Japan's government set a goal in December to boost its annual hydrogen demand to 3 million metric tons by 2030, from about 2 million tons now.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2021
Japan denies it may allow Olympic athletes to jump vaccine queue
Only a million people have received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine since February. The elderly do not even start getting their shots until next week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2021
Asia's rising coronavirus cases a worry as vaccine doubts cloud campaigns
India reported a record 126,789 new cases, the third day this week tallies have surged to more than 100,000.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 8, 2021
Masters chairman not in favor of boycotts in response to Georgia voting law
Boycotts protesting the introduction of a new Georgia voting law could end up hurting the state's most vulnerable citizens, Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2021
Japanese regulators heightening scrutiny over high-risk trades after Archegos collapse
The Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan will scrutinize how financial institutions that incurred losses had been managing transaction risks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2021
White House considering nearly doubling Obama’s climate pledge
Targets under discussion for the U.S. pledge include a range of 48% to 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, according to a source.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 8, 2021
Excessive speed may have caused Tiger Woods' February car accident
Tiger Woods was traveling more than 40 mph (64 kph) above the speed limit when he lost control of his car, causing the crash that severely injured him in February.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2021
Olympic boycott risks becoming the next big U.S.-China battle
While most diplomats doubted there would be an outright boycott, they noted that a lot can change before the opening ceremony 10 months from now.
Japan Times
Apr 7, 2021
Developed a new way to generate “Circularly Polarized Luminescence” required for 3D projection Likely to lower manufacturing cost of organic EL panels for 3D display -- Kindai University
A research group led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yoshitane Imai (Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University), Prof. Dr. Shigeyuki Yagi (Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University), Ken-ichi Yamashita (Department of...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2021
Taiwan to kick off war games with computer simulated invasion by China
Computer simulations of a Chinese attack on Taiwan will be conducted between April 23 to 30, and will form the first phase of Taiwan's largest annual war games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2021
What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out
Women hold top jobs in U.S. President Joe Biden's administration and many of his economic advisers also are women, as are nearly 48% of his confirmed cabinet-level officials.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2021
'Out of control': Brazil COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of U.S. wave
Brazil's overall death toll trails only the U.S. outbreak, with nearly 337,000 killed, according to Health Ministry data, compared with more than 555,000 dead in the United States.

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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