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BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 15, 2020
Fed’s Lael Brainard paints dark picture of U.S. economic outlook, urging more support
The coronavirus induced a deep recession in the U.S. with more than 22 million jobs lost.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 15, 2020
China set to return to growth after easing virus lockdowns
Positive economic indicators offer hope to other nations looking to bolster damaged markets as they ease pandemic restrictions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 15, 2020
Trump offers misleading data on Black people’s risk from police
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday more white people die at the hands of police than Black people, comments likely to further stoke racial tensions amid nationwide protests over racism and police brutality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2020
Trump ends Hong Kong's preferential status over new security laws
Citing China's new national security law for Hong Kong, Trump said he signed an executive order that will end the preferential economic treatment enjoyed by Hong Kong.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 15, 2020
U.S. reverses foreign student visa curbs after fight with Harvard and MIT
The resolution ends a standoff that could have sent thousands of students back to their home countries and left schools scrambling to plan for the fall.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2020
MSDF to join RIMPAC naval drills off Hawaii in August
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force will participate in the U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, multinational naval exercises to be held off Hawaii between Aug. 17 and 31, Defense Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 14, 2020
Huawei faces ban from U.K. 5G networks by 2027 in crackdown plan
The U.K. is poised to ban Huawei Technologies Co. from its next generation mobile networks under a two-step plan designed to protect critical communication systems from potential security threats, a person familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2020
Tokyo urges 800 theatergoers to get tested as virus cluster found
Tokyo health officials appealed on Tuesday for more than 800 theatregoers to get tested for the novel coronavirus after a production starring Japanese boy-band members was found to be the source of at least 37 cases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2020
Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine candidates on FDA fast track
The U.S.-listed shares of the German firm climbed about 15 percent, while Pfizer's stock rose about 5 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2020
Amazon tells staff hand-washing time won’t be held against them
Amazon.com Inc. told employees at a New York warehouse, where workers have sued and gone on strike over safety concerns, that they won’t be punished for insufficient productivity or extra time washing their hands.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 14, 2020
More fighting as Taiwan opposition again occupies parliament
Taiwan's main opposition party again occupied parliament on Tuesday to protest against the nomination of a close aide to the president to a top-level watchdog, after fighting with ruling party lawmakers to get into the building.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 14, 2020
Mandatory charging for plastic shopping bags starts in Japan
A Kyodo article looks at the new bag-charge rule that hopes to cut down on marine pollution.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2020
Hong Kong’s new coronavirus rules impose $645 fine for no mask
Hong Kong ordered gyms and bars to close for a week, restored strict limits on public gatherings and introduced fines for anyone refusing to wear a mask on public transport in a fresh bid to prevent the resurgent coronavirus from spiraling out of control.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 14, 2020
Let's discuss Uber
This week's Morning English lesson takes a look at Uber and asks if you've been using its food service.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2020
Beijing claims Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries were backed by 'foreign forces'
China condemned Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition for holding a primary contest ahead of key elections, saying the exercise was supported by "foreign forces” and may violate the city’s new national security law.
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 14, 2020
[VIDEO] Drive-in haunted house: A good scare ... without the coronavirus
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2020
14 evacuation centers became unusable amid Japan rain disaster
At least 14 evacuation centers in three prefectures in the Kyushu region became unusable due to flooding and other reasons during the recent rain disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2020
Japan to allow re-entry for more foreign residents amid coronavirus measures, sources say
An official decision on the policy will be made later this week, according to the sources.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 13, 2020
Nationalist makeover extended as Polish President Andrzej Duda wins election
Poland’s ruling party beat back the biggest threat to its nationalist transformation, with incumbent Andrzej Duda poised to emerge the winner of Sunday’s presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2020
Elvis Presley's grandson dies at age 27
Benjamin Keough, Lisa Marie Presley's only son, bore an uncanny resemblance to his grandfather, the 'King of Rock 'n' Roll.'
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 an indiscriminate fatal attack on a street of Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
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.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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