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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2020

COVID-19: Nobody is safe until everyone is safe

A recent study projected that unequal global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines could cost the world economy up to $1.2 trillion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2020

Some aspects of Sino-U.S. ties 'beyond repair,' China state media warn

Relations between the world's two largest economies have sunk to their lowest point in decades over issues such as trade, technology, security, human rights and COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2020

Pfizer scaled back COVID-19 vaccine output targets earlier this year

Pfizer Inc. scaled back its COVID-19 production targets earlier this year after the drugmaker ran into difficulties securing all the materials it needs to produce the shots at a large scale.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2020

IBM says cyberattacks are targeting vaccine distribution operations

The attacks appear intended to steal the credentials of executives and officials at global organizations involved in the refrigeration process necessary to protect vaccine doses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2020

What Africa needs now is its own Japan or Singapore

What Africa might need is its own Japan — a pioneering country that can industrialize first, and then invest in the rest of the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2020

Fortune or foresight? AstraZeneca and Oxford's stories clash on COVID-19 vaccine

The two partners have given conflicting accounts of how they came upon the most effective dosing pattern for their COVID-19 vaccine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 4, 2020

He escaped death as a kamikaze pilot. 70 years later, he told his story.

Kazuo Odachi hid his wartime past from almost everyone, but finally published his memoirs, which were recently released in English.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2020

Biden pledges to take COVID-19 vaccine and retain top doctor Fauci

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday he would publicly take a coronavirus vaccine to demonstrate its safety to the public and pledged to retain the nation's top adviser on the pandemic, Anthony Fauci, when he takes office next month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2020

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after fraud charge

Lai's fraud charge marks the latest crackdown on pro-democracy figures in the former British colony.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2020

South Korea considers tighter restrictions as coronavirus cases hit nine-month high

South Korea said it is considering tightening its social distancing rules as it reported 629 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the most since the first wave of infections in the country peaked in late February.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito is accompanied by Empress Emerita Michiko as he leaves the University of Tokyo Hospital on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2025

Emperor emeritus diagnosed with another heart disorder

In 2022, the emperor emeritus was diagnosed with right heart failure caused by tricuspid valve insufficiency.
Rory McIlroy reacts on the 18th hole during the first round of The 153rd Open Championship golf tournament at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Jul 18, 2025

Packed British Open leaderboard as McIlroy scrambles to stay in touch

After early sunshine on the Dunluce Links, heavy rain and wind made conditions difficult for the players.
Tadej Pogacar (right) and Jonas Vingegaard in action during Stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jul 18, 2025

Vingegaard and team get a taste of their own medicine on the Tour

Vingegaard was left shattered by Pogacar's brutal attack in the climb up to Hautacam in the 12th stage, leaving the two-time champion 3:31 behind his rival in the standings.
A member of staff works on a production line that manufactures small metal coils at Mitsuwa Electric in Tokyo on July 11.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2025

Japan's smaller firms say they are ready to adapt to Trump tariffs

Millions of small- and medium-sized firms that make up 99.7% of Japan's companies are world-class in their specialist niche, giving rise to confidence about weathering tariffs.
A memorial is held at the site of Kyoto Animation Co.'s No. 1 studio, in the city of Kyoto on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2025

Six years on, victims of fatal Kyoto Animation attack remembered

Some 150 people including bereaved relatives and employees attended the ceremony at the former site of the studio, offering silent prayers.
England defender Lucy Bronze kicks a penalty during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 quarterfinal against Sweden at Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich on Thursday.
SOCCER
Jul 18, 2025

British media hails 'beautiful craziness' of England's shootout victory

The Zurich shootout featured 14 penalties before England prevailed 3-2 with Lionesses goalkeeper Hannah Hampton emerging as the unlikely hero.
The $9 billion cut to foreign aid and public media the U.S. House of Representatives passed amounts to roughly one-tenth of 1% of the $6.8 trillion federal budget.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2025

U.S. House Republicans pass Trump plan to cut foreign aid and public broadcasting

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, with only two Republicans voting against it.
One of Leonard Foujita’s biggest muses was himself. He painted self-portraits, often with a cat on his side, looking back at the viewer. He posed for photographers throughout his life, the displayed photos showing he retained his signature bowl cut and round glasses.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 18, 2025

The self as a muse: Leonard Foujita's world in paintings and photos

“Foujita: Painting and Photography” at Tokyo Station Gallery is being billed as the first exploration of the artist as a photographer and has been a decade in the making.
Japanese officials made a similar call in March to China to expand a program allowing certain mainland investors to put more money abroad when they held a high-level economic dialogue in Tokyo with their Chinese counterparts.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2025

Japan official urges China to expand foreign investment quota

China has been easing its strict controls over capital outflows in recent years.
Shoshi Maekawa (center) and his supporters enter the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2025

Man acquitted in retrial over 1986 murder of school girl

Shoshi Maekawa was previously found guilty and served a prison sentence.
Once seen as an unlikely prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba has struggled to deliver on promises, mishandled ties with U.S. President Donald Trump and now faces an election where the odds don’t look good for his party to come out victorious.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 18, 2025

A trade deal fumble could be Ishiba’s last mistake

Ishiba already leads a coalition that lacks a majority in the Lower House, and another bad showing Sunday will likely mean Japan is looking for its third leader in as many years.
Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces stand in formation during a review at Camp Asaka in October 2018. The government’s latest Defense White Paper warns of growing threats from China, Russia and North Korea.
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2025

Japan must be ready for an increasingly dangerous world

If there is a complaint to be issued against this year’s Defense White Paper, it is its reluctance to fully address the impact of Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on June 26. The Donald Trump-ordered strikes on Iran, said to be an example of the “Trump Doctrine,” ignore decades of failed U.S. attempts to force adversaries to back down through short bursts of military power. 
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2025

The 'Trump Doctrine' is wishful thinking

The Donald Trump-ordered strikes on Iran, claimed to prove a unique “Trump Doctrine,” ignore decades of failed U.S. attempts to force adversaries to back down.
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits a rice farm in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 9. Inflation is eating into household budgets, and higher prices are causing much concern among the Japanese public.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 18, 2025

In Japanese politics, rice is the 'third rail'

If inexperienced politicians inadvertently damage Japan’s food security, voters will send them packing.
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2025

Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big

Bonds, stocks and the yen could be destabilized if spendthrift parties gain influence.

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"Shake hands with Lima-chan," a statue that shares the name of the Peruvian capital looks in the direction of Peru, where a sister statue, "Sakura-chan," is located. Erected in Yokohama's Rinko Park in 1999, it commemorates Peruvian-Japanese friendship.
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