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BUSINESS

Apr 14, 2020

Japan revises down emissions due to renewable use and nuclear restarts

Japan revised lower its latest greenhouse gas emissions figures, which it had already reported as the least since records began in 1990.

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BUSINESS / Companies

Apr 14, 2020

Japan carmakers will recover fast with Honda buy rating, Goldman says

The coronavirus outbreak will reduce Japanese automakers’ combined operating profit by 38 percent this business year, but the manufacturers may rebound faster than they did after the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs Group.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Apr 14, 2020

China says Hong Kong lawmakers’ stall tactics could breach oaths

China’s top agency overseeing Hong Kong said lawmakers blocking action by the local legislature were potentially violating their oaths, in a signal that Beijing was losing patience with the monthslong legislative logjam.

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WORLD

Apr 14, 2020

Trump says he has ‘total’ authority to reopen states under lockdown

U.S. President Donald Trump declared he has "total” authority to order states to relax social distancing to combat the coronavirus outbreak and reopen their economies, and warned that governors who refuse would face political consequences.

BUSINESS

Apr 14, 2020

Hitachi exec Toyoaki Nakamura gets Lower House OK for Bank of Japan board

The Lower House on Tuesday approved Toyoaki Nakamura, a Hitachi Ltd. executive, to join the Bank of Japan's nine-member Policy Board, paving the way for full Diet approval of the government nominee.

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BASEBALL / MLB

Apr 14, 2020

Don Mattingly, Marlins stuck in limbo as MLB plans next steps

Marlins manager Don Mattingly and his team are coping with being in limbo as the coronavirus pandemic continues to create uncertainty in the world of professional sports and for many other businesses.

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LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO

Apr 14, 2020

Japan post suspends delivery of international mail due to pandemic

According to a Kyodo story that outlines vocabulary related to postal services, Japan Post can't guarantee the delivery of international mail due to a disruption in airline travel.

LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH

Apr 14, 2020

Let's discuss memes

This Japan Times article looks at a recent meme spawned by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent mask policy, but what's a meme?

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 14, 2020

Chinese dams held back Mekong waters during drought, study finds

China's Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water levels upstream, a U.S. research company said in a study.

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WORLD / Politics

Apr 14, 2020

Joe Biden tackles running mate decision under shadow of coronavirus fight

Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is in the earliest stages of choosing a running mate who can help him defeat President Donald Trump in November, a decision complicated by the effects of the coronavirus crisis on the country and the campaign.

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WORLD

Apr 14, 2020

Fire raging near Ukraine's Chernobyl poses radiation risk, say activists

A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometer from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images.

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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS

Apr 14, 2020

Doctors come under attack in India as coronavirus stigma grows

Trupti Katdare was in a slum in the central Indian city of Indore when the mob attacked.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS

Apr 14, 2020

Election win for South Korea’s Moon could revive goal to reshape economy

If South Korea’s president can leverage his success fighting the coronavirus to help his party win Wednesday’s elections, it could give him fresh momentum to reshape an economy reeling from the pandemic.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 14, 2020

China reports 89 new coronavirus cases, nearly all imported

China reported 89 new coronavirus cases on April 13, down from 108 the previous day, the health authority said on Tuesday.

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WORLD / Politics

Apr 14, 2020

In bid for unity, ex-rival Bernie Sanders backs Joe Biden to challenge Trump

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday endorsed his longtime rival former Vice President Joe Biden, a move aimed at unifying a Democratic Party long fractured along moderate and liberal lines ahead of the election match-up against President Donald Trump.

JAPAN / Politics

Apr 13, 2020

Diet faces obstacles to online voting amid outbreak

Moves to introduce remote work for Diet members amid the coronavirus outbreak are failing to gain momentum due to constitutional constraints and technical reasons.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 13, 2020

World's biggest water fight canceled as Thailand combats virus

Thais will have to find another way to cool off this year after the government called off the annual water festival that celebrates the Buddhist New Year to curb the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 13, 2020

South Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus test kits to U.S. Tuesday

South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump, a Seoul official told Reuters on Monday.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 13, 2020

Taiwan says Chinese carrier group held military drills near island

A Chinese naval flotilla led by the country's first aircraft carrier passed by the eastern and southern coasts of Taiwan on Sunday to carry out drills, the island's Defense Ministry said, in the latest uptick in military tensions.

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BASKETBALL / NBA

Apr 13, 2020

NBA has '25-day plan' to return to action: report

The NBA may not know when — or if — play will resume this season, but the league reportedly has a plan to get players into game shape and onto the court should that day come.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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