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Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 23, 2020
Black Arab women tackle racist beauty ideals and stereotypes
Emboldened by the global Black Lives Matter movement, some women are aiming to highlight the day-to-day racial prejudice and abuse they face.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2020
Environmental shareholder activism comes to Japan as Mizuho faces climate resolution
If the resolution is passed, it could push Japanese banks to live up to recent commitments to end lending for the dirtiest fossil fuel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2020
American Airlines braces balance sheet with $3.5 billion in financing
American Airlines is selling $750 million of shares and the same amount of senior convertible notes due in 2025, the carrier said in a statement Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2020
U.S. Army soldier charged with plotting to help neo-Nazis attack his own unit
Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a 22-year-old U.S. Army private with plotting to attack his own military unit abroad by sending sensitive details about the unit to a neo-Nazi group.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 23, 2020
Biden team asks social media to remove Trump posts bashing mail-in voting
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's political campaign has asked social media giants Facebook and Twitter to remove posts by Republican President Donald Trump on Monday that it said made false claims aimed at discrediting mail-in voting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2020
Gilead targets remdesivir supply for 2 million COVID-19 patients by year-end
The company also said it hoped to start trials in August of an easier-to-use inhaled version of the medicine, which is currently administered only intravenously.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 23, 2020
Only 10% of firms in Japan have addressed LGBT issues: survey
A Kyodo article looks at a survey that found only 10 percent of Japanese firms taking steps to assist LGBTQ employees.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 23, 2020
Beijing outbreak shows COVID-19’s insidious ability to hide
Just as Beijing looked poised to claim victory over the coronavirus, a 52-year-old man with fever and chills showed how the pandemic can come roaring back from apparent obscurity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2020
India reports record coronavirus cases as embassies warn on stretched hospitals
India reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Monday and a death toll of more than 400 people in the past 24 hours as foreign embassies warned their citizens in the country that hospitals might not have beds for them.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2020
Japan drugmaker to tie up with universities to develop new test method for coronavirus
Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. said Monday that it will collaborate with universities in the country to put into practical use a new testing method for the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2020
South Korea says it is battling 'second wave' of coronavirus
Health authorities in South Korea said for the first time on Monday it is in the midst of a "second wave" of novel coronavirus infections around Seoul, driven by small but persistent outbreaks stemming from a holiday in May.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 22, 2020
'Astonishing' giant circle of pits found near Stonehenge
Archaeologists have discovered a wide circle of deep pits surrounding an ancient settlement near Stonehenge, opening up new lines of investigation into the origins and meaning of the mysterious, prehistoric monument.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 22, 2020
Antibody levels in recovered COVID-19 patients decline quickly, research finds
The findings raise questions about the length of any immunity against the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2020
Tokyo reports 29 new COVID-19 cases Monday
The cumulative number of new coronavirus infections in the capital now stands at 5,812, according to data compiled by the metropolitan government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2020
Chinese bomber approaches Taiwan in latest fly-by near island
Chinese Air Force jets, including at least one bomber, briefly entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Monday, before being warned off by its air force, the island's military said, the eighth such encounter in two weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 22, 2020
Surge in coronavirus cases jolts prospects for world economy
The global economy’s fragile recovery is facing a fresh hurdle as a surge in coronavirus cases threatens to keep businesses closed and consumers on edge.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 22, 2020
World leaders face dilemma: Deal with Trump or hang on for Biden
Countries appear to be holding off on deals with the Trump administration, or sticking to their guns in case a Biden administration softens the U.S. stance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2020
Taiwan boosts domestic defense development with new training jet
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen oversaw the first public test flight of a new locally designed and made advanced jet trainer on Monday, part of her government's plan to boost defenses in the face of a growing challenge from China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2020
From Spam to corned beef, canned meat sales are booming
The trend started with the coronavirus lockdowns but is being reinforced by the economic fallout from the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2020
South Korea's wealthy, passed over by pandemic pain, splurge on Porsches and BMWs
In many ways, experts say, the rising sales of imported cars illustrate the widening wealth gap during the pandemic in South Korea.
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 area 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’

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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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