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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
South Korean farmers bartering sugar for North Korean booze to bypass sanctions
A South Korean farmers' cooperative said on Thursday it has clinched a $150 million deal to barter sugar for North Korean liquor and food products, bypassing sanctions banning cash transfers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 6, 2020
How a DNA test machine was retooled to find coronavirus in 90 minutes
A small DNA-testing company that just months ago was trying to get its footing in consumer genetics is now part of an effort to make U.K. hospitals safer during the pandemic.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2020
Japan's stalled nuclear fuel cycle policy
While the disposal of the spent nuclear fuel is big challenge that must be tackled, it should not stop the government and the power industry from rethinking the costly fuel cycle program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
Tourism-reliant Thailand shelves 'travel bubble' as virus cases rise
Thailand has delayed plans for a "travel bubble" agreement with select countries as the number of novel coronavirus cases reported daily rises in parts of Asia, putting pressure on its vital tourism industry and complicating efforts to revive its battered economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
Lost Seoul: Middle-class dreams spoiled by soaring house prices
Even with unemployment spiking as the coronavirus pandemic swept South Korea in February, Baek Seung-min asked his wife to quit her nursing job to help reach a dream they had spent a lifetime chasing: buying their own apartment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 6, 2020
Nintendo hikes Switch target again to sate coronavirus gaming boom
The new production target suggests Nintendo is likely to outperform its Switch sales forecast of 19 million units for the current fiscal year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
Kim Jong Un directs aid to North Korean town under virus lockdown
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un directed his government agencies to act immediately to stabilize the livelihoods of residents in a city locked down over coronavirus concerns, state media reported Thursday.
Rugby
Aug 6, 2020
Nihon University rugby chief apologizes for coach's abuse of players
The director of Nihon University's rugby department apologized on the team's website on Wednesday for the repeated abuse of players by the school's former head coach.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2020
Japan's climate change efforts hindered by Keidanren bias, study says
The heavy clout wielded by energy-intensive sectors of Japan is resulting in the favoring of coal and a pushback against efforts to fight climate change, it says.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 6, 2020
Facebook and Twitter pull Trump posts over coronavirus falsehoods
Facebook Inc. on Wednesday took down a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2020
Initial investigations point to negligence as cause of Beirut blast, source says
Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 100 people, an official source familiar with the findings said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 5, 2020
China and U.S. to review trade deal and air other grievances Aug 15
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials will review the implementation of their Phase 1 trade deal and likely air mutual grievances in an increasingly tense relationship during an Aug. 15 videoconference, two people familiar with the plans said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2020
U.S. health chief to be most senior official to visit Taiwan in decades
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days, his office said Tuesday, making the highest-level visit by a U.S. official in four decades — a move that angered China, which claims the island as its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2020
China’s assertiveness is becoming a problem for its friends, too
In the regular drumbeat of arrests of alleged Chinese spies, one case last month stood out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2020
Creditors at odds with shareholders over Seven & I's Speedway mega-deal
The bond market is raising questions about what the price tag would mean for the company's relatively strong credit ratings.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 5, 2020
Heat wave Harry? As temperatures soar, naming the threat may save lives
Giving heat waves names and strength ratings, as is done with typhoons and hurricanes, could drive home the spiking danger from a threat that kills more people in the United States each year than storms and floods but rarely hits headlines, heat experts said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2020
Virgin Atlantic files Chapter 15 petition to aid U.K. rescue
The firm's reservations are down 89 percent year-on-year so far in 2020.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2020
This is the hard-liner China chose to oversee Hong Kong security
Artist. Propagandist. Urban planning enthusiast. Traditional Chinese medicine student. Zheng Yanxiong doesn’t fit the usual mold of a top Communist Party security agent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2020
Proportion of youth with COVID-19 triples in five months, WHO says
Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion of those aged 15 to 24 who are infected rising threefold in about five months, the World Health Organization said.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 5, 2020
[VIDEO] Surfing was set to debut at the Summer Olympics. 2020 had other plans.
This was going to be a historic year for the sport of surfing. We spoke with the world's top surfers to go behind the scenes as the sport prepares to make its Olympic debut u2026 next year.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of a stabbing rampage on a street in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
‘Kokuho’ finds riveting drama on and off the kabuki stage
Lee Sang-il’s "Kokuho" stars Ryo Yoshizawa as an orphan from a yakuza clan who rises through the world of kabuki to become a star performer.
Junto Nakatani remains on collision course with Naoya Inoue after latest win
Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida to unify the WBC and IBF bantamweight titles at Ariake Coliseum on Sunday.
At a mountainside shrine, yuzu candy made by imperial decree
Descendents of the original "Gonin Byakushō" families are the only vendors allowed inside the gates of Kotohira Shrine, where they sell "kamiyoame," a golden-hued, yuzu-flavored candy meant for good fortune.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.

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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After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

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