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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2020
Taiwan reports multiple Chinese fighter jets to its southwest
Multiple Chinese fighter jets entered airspace to Taiwan's southwest on Wednesday, the island's Defense Ministry said, describing it as a destabilizing action that threatened regional peace.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2020
Triple typhoons wash out Kim Jong Un’s plans to showcase success
The extreme weather hit before the country's harvest was complete, and food insecurity is being predicted.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2020
Tokyo reports 149 new cases of COVID-19
The figure represents a drop of 21 from the previous day.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 9, 2020
South Korea's defiant churches face backlash for hampering COVID-19 response
South Korea's latest COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a public backlash against conservative Christian churches for defying government orders aimed at preventing the disease's spread.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2020
WeChat and TikTok taking China censorship global, study says
The popular Chinese-owned social media platforms are increasingly taking practices honed for years behind the Great Firewall to an international audience.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2020
'Mulan' reboot, once a sure thing, becomes a headache for Disney
It was supposed to be another $1 billion blockbuster for Walt Disney Co. — a live-action remake of a 1998 animated hit featuring an all-star Asian cast, breathtaking cinematography and plenty of martial arts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
Conservation and environmental efforts gain recognition
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
Satoyama: Grand Prize winner
Rumiko Obata, executive vice president of Obata Sake Brewery, holds the Grand Prize trophy in the Satoyama category at Gakkogura brewery, which used to be an elementary school, on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture. | OBATA SAKE BREWERY
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
Satoyama: Excellence Award winner
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
Satoyama: Excellence Award winner
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
Satoyama: Special Award winner
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
ESG: Grand Prize winner
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
ESG: Excellence Award winner
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
ESG: Excellence Award winner
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020
ESG: Special Award winner
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 8, 2020
Naomi Osaka's activism helping her game, says coach Wim Fissette
Taking a stand against racial injustice has boosted Naomi Osaka's motivation and energy going into this year's U.S. Open, her coach Wim Fissette told reporters on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2020
Eyeing China, Taiwan urges alliance against 'aggressive actions'
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan stood at the forefront of defending democracy from 'authoritarian aggression.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 8, 2020
China unveils global data security initiative, citing 'bullying' by some nations
China announced an initiative on Tuesday to establish global standards on data security, saying it wanted to promote multilateralism in the area at a time when "individual countries" were "bullying" others and "hunting" companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2020
New coronavirus cases knock hopes of reviving Southeast Asia's holiday hot spots
A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to Southeast Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Sep 8, 2020
Kabukicho host club workers seek more serious expression in poetry
A Kyodo article looks at a book of poetry written by men who work in host clubs in Tokyo's notorious Kabukicho district.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
By Tomoko Otake

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