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OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2020

How the postponement ended the Olympic dreams of athletes

Some athletes have chosen not to wait another year to participate in the delayed Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2020

Japan's post-pandemic information technology challenges

A 'shock therapy' policy that identifies clear targets and timelines, and implements reforms in one go, is needed to push forward Japan's digital transformation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2020

Is an old political dream coming true at last?

A new kind of egalitarianism is pushing its way to the center of the global stage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2020

Undead economies are the price of mini-lockdowns

After pocket lockdowns, get ready for pint-sized recoveries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2020

Epstein's advice to Maxwell: Don’t act like ‘an escaping convict’

Unsealed documents show the pair were communicating as late as 2015, despite claims the British socialite had 'no contact” with the disgraced financier in a decade.
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 31, 2020

Gifu factory town shocked by news of Mitsubishi SUV plant closure

According to the Sakahogi Municipal Government, the plant was partially closed around March following the COVID-19 outbreak.
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jul 31, 2020

Suspended resort plan forces Hokkaido city to rethink tourism strategy

The plan was to construct luxury hotels and condominiums for affluent foreign visitors on a plot of about 1,000 hectares.
JAPAN / History
Jul 31, 2020

Time fails to dim Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Peace Declarations

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have some effect on this year's ceremonies marking the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 31, 2020

[VIDEO] Coronavirus dining for dummies

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2020

Taisho emerges as lead bidder for Takeda $3 billion consumer unit

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. has emerged as the leading contender to acquire Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s Japanese consumer health care business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2020

Deadly Australia flareup shows limits of locking down again

Australia’s second lockdown in the city of Melbourne seems to be failing to slow the coronavirus’ spread, a sign that governments are running out of options to contain the pathogen as it reemerges across the globe.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2020

LDP policymakers say Japan should have missile base-striking ability

The team of policymakers came up with the proposal as part of ways to strengthen the country's deterrence against North Korean missile threats.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 31, 2020

Japan Basketball Association to host marquee event in Yoyogi

Elite players from the country's men's and women's teams as well as members of Japan's 3x3 and wheelchair basketball sides are set to participate.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2020

A totally green electric grid will dramatically speed up climate action

Policy experts question the 15-year timetable for eliminating emissions from the U.S. electrical system, which would indeed be an immense challenge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 31, 2020

Xi calls for pivot to domestic economy as China recovery continues

China, where the coronavirus originated, appears to be weathering the pandemic and seeing its situation improve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2020

Amazon plows through pandemic with record profits

The firm is one of the few to have kept operating during the pandemic, and has invested in COVID-19 business mitigation measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2020

Hydrogen’s future may follow path blazed by natural gas

Following natural gas's lead, Japan is preparing to trial imports from Australia of superchilled liquid hydrogen.
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2020

Got To Travel campaign nothing but another boondoggle

It is so disappointing to see the Japanese government wasting hundreds of billions of yen of taxpayer money by pushing the Go To Travel campaign. It's obvious that the effect of the campaign would be marginal in terms of helping small businesses in the tourism industry. People with rational thinking...
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2020

White people are privileged in Japan

"Being 'othered' in Japan is not the same as oppression" (June 29) is a very well-written, empathetic article. However, the fact that this article has come from a privileged "white" professor itself underlines the existence of racism in Japan.
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2020

The Olympics, COVID-19 and trust

With Japan entering the one-year run-up to the 2021 Olympics, a hovering question is whether the country will be ready in a world that will still likely be confronting the COVID-19 virus. Will the international community have confidence that Japan is safe and prepared to respond if infections yet again...
Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake
A newspaper headline in Japanese about a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. In a report issued Friday, the government's Earthquake Research Committee widened the probability range for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake occurring off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years from "around 80%" to 60% to 94.5% or higher.
Japanese team detect gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Prime Minister's Office on Sept. 1 during an anti-disaster drill simulating an earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan over Fukushima livestream
An empty street is seen in the abandoned town of Okuma, in Fukushima Prefecture, during a temporary return visit by evacuees in February 2012.
Japan private-sector pay hits record in 2024
The average salary for men was ¥5.87 million, up 3.2%, and that of women was ¥3.33 million, up 5.5%, both marking record highs.
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
Taiwan showcases chipmaking prowess as a private exhibitor at Osaka Expo
Visitors wait in line to enter the Tech World pavilion at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
LDP presidential hopefuls take hard-line stance on immigration
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Sept. 16. All five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race demonstrated a tougher stance on foreign tourists and nationals.
Japanese corporate boards have changed dramatically in recent years
Most Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Section companies have independent directors now.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.

Podcast

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

Longform

"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
By Christoph Sponsel

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