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BASKETBALL / B. League
Aug 31, 2020

B. League players briefed on virus protocols ahead of new season

Japan's pro basketball league will largely follow the lead of NPB and the J. League as it embarks on its fifth season.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 31, 2020

As Japan partially lifts re-entry ban on foreign residents, concerns grow over strict procedures

The Immigration Services Agency has claimed the strict conditions for re-entry are aimed at limiting the spread of the virus in Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2020

Japan considers tax reform to lure foreign financial firms, annual policy says

Experts said Tokyo needed to tackle issues including a relatively high tax rate and a lack of English language fluency in the workplace.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Aug 31, 2020

Possible tech for more viable recycling

More than half of the total output of plastic waste in Japan is currently used for thermal recycling. A new joint venture company, R Plus Japan Ltd., consisted of 12 cross-industry companies within the plastic supply chain, aims to introduce a new and more sustainable way of recycling that makes it possible...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 31, 2020

Prepare for the next disaster with mutual support agreements

Organizations like schools and companies can stand ready to help each other immediately after a crisis hits.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2020

Trump lauds Abe as Japan's 'greatest prime minister' as bromance set to end

In their phone call Monday morning — the pair's 37th such call — Abe said Japan would continue working to develop new national security policies.
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

It’s no use crying over spilled oil

The Aug. 23 article “Wakashio scuttled as data reveal sudden turn toward Mauritius” was a strong magnet to me.
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

Trump can't make socialism a four-letter word

Regarding the Aug. 25 article “Republicans paint dark picture of U.S. future if Trump loses,” Trump is hoodwinking voters by trying to make “democratic socialism” and “communism” synonyms, ascending to mind-numbing heights of outdatedness, dimwittedness, hypocrisy, narcissism and ignorance....
Reader Mail
Aug 31, 2020

Abe leaves a mixed legacy

My time in Japan has overlapped with some major historical moments: Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima as the first U.S. president to do so; the first ever retirement of an emperor and the subsequent naming of a new era; and now the early retirement of the longest-serving prime minister. The first two...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2020

Minimizing the social cost of COVID-19

Efforts to turn an effective institutional response to the pandemic into a political or ideological battleground are misguided, at best.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2020

How to end America's loneliness epidemic

Making people more economically secure is the first step to ending the 'intimacy apocalypse.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2020

China vows to make Czech politician ‘pay’ for visiting Taiwan

Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Senate President Milos Vystrcil's trip as a 'betrayal.'
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Aug 31, 2020

Post-graduate degree continues to hold appeal with global firms

Demand for MBA graduates seems to be on the rise globally. It is especially high in the Asia-Pacific region in recent years. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, business schools with increased online features and the working generation that benefited from more flexible working styles may activate...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Aug 31, 2020

Giants and Hawks in driver's seat at halfway mark in NPB

Despite the shortened schedule, there's still plenty to look forward to in the 2020 campaign.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2020

Demand for online doctors creates $39 billion titan in Japan

M3, which gets about three-quarters of its revenue from Japan, also has units in China, India and France.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2020

Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes topping $6 billion in Japan's top five trading companies

Shares in the trading houses leaped on news of the foray, one of billionaire Warren Buffett's biggest in Asia's second-largest economy.
Shintaro Mochizuki reacts after a point during his match against Casper Ruud at the Japan Open on Thursday.
TENNIS
Sep 26, 2025

Shintaro Mochizuki aiming to succeed Kei Nishikori as Japan's top male player

Mochizuki, currently 104th in the world rankings, notched his maiden Grand Slam main-draw win this year at Wimbledon.
The internal affairs ministry in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The ministry has barred four municipalities from taking part in Japan's <i>furusato nōzei</i> hometown donation program for two years due to their excessive spending on the program.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2025

Four municipalities to be banned from hometown tax program after overspending

The municipalities affected are Soja in Okayama Prefecture, Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture, Miyaki in Saga Prefecture and Yamato in Kumamoto Prefecture.
The Osaka Expo will release a wave a new products in October, including a limited edition Labubu Myaku-Myaku figurine.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 27, 2025

Myaku-Myaku gets the Labubu treatment at the Osaka Expo

With just weeks left before its final day, Osaka Expo is dialing up the ugly cuteness of its beloved blobby mascot and tapping into the global Labubu craze.
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 27, 2025

Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026

This year’s figure, though 10 fewer than the year prior, does little to dent the capital’s reputation as a leading gourmet destination.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 19.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 27, 2025

Trump’s 100% pharmaceutical tariffs won’t apply to Japan and EU

A U.S.-Japan joint statement says American tariff rates on Japanese drugs and semiconductors should not exceed those applied to others, including the EU.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while leaving the White House on Friday morning. Trump on Friday cheered the indictment of James Comey, the former FBI director and predicted more indictments were on the way, even as he denied that he had a list of perceived enemies he wanted to see prosecuted.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 27, 2025

Comey indictment escalates Trump's campaign to chill opposition

Experts say the U.S. criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey shatters norms of independence in federal investigations and will face significant hurdles in court.
People carry a banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, as they protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after he delivered an address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

Trump says Gaza talks with Middle East countries are intense and will continue

Trump met leaders and officials from multiple Muslim-majority countries this week to discuss the situation in Gaza.
A DJI drone at a technology and industry trade fair in Berlin
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2025

Drone maker DJI loses lawsuit to exit Pentagon's list of firms with Chinese military ties

The world's largest drone maker said it was disappointed that the judge upheld the listing and was evaluating its legal options.

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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.
The journey of Peru’s Nikkei: Finding identity in Japan