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JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 24, 2020

Wanted: More COVID-19 patients in Japan ... for clinical trials

Japan has become a victim of its own success as slowing new infections have led to a shortage of patients to enroll in trials for treatments and vaccines.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2020

South Korea's first female trade minister bids for top WTO job

South Korea's trade minister Yoo Myung-hee on Wednesday announced her bid to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, aiming to be the first female leader at the trade body.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2020

Facebook ad boycott gains steam, but small firms can't quit so easily

A number of major apparel brands have promised to pull advertising money from Facebook Inc. as part of a coordinated campaign to pressure the social-media giant to crack down on hate speech and misinformation amid nationwide civil-rights protests and the lead-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2020

The low-tech way that Japan managed to tackle the virus quickly

Experts contend that the existence of public health centers are one of the key reasons Japan was able to avoid an explosion in coronavirus cases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2020

In Thailand, it's statues of democracy leaders that are disappearing

Certain historical statues have been disappearing in Thailand, but they are not effigies of colonialists or slave owners torn down by protesters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2020

Japan's retailers gain as sales data hints at post-outbreak rebound

Nitori same-store sales jumped 47 percent in June from the same month the previous year, the most on record in data going back to 2012.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jun 24, 2020

Trump's threat to 'decouple' U.S. and China hits trade and investment reality

Conflicting talk from White House officials about "decoupling" the U.S. economy from China is running into a challenging reality: Chinese imports of U.S. goods are rising, investment by American companies into China continues, and markets are wary of separating the world's biggest economies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2020

North Korea seen reinstalling border loudspeakers

North Korea is reinstalling loudspeakers blaring propaganda across the border in its latest step away from inter-Korean peace agreements, prompting the South's military to explore similar moves, a South Korean military source said on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2020

Weddings starting to be held again in Japan

The number of couples in Japan planning to hold wedding ceremonies is increasing gradually after the government lifted its coronavirus emergency in late May.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 23, 2020

Japan says U.S. hasn't requested more money to host American troops

The United States has not asked Tokyo to pay more to keep its troops in the country, Japan's defense minister said Tuesday, after former national security adviser John Bolton wrote in his tell-all memoir that he had conveyed President Donald Trump's demand for an $8 billion annual payment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2020

How to prevent a societal schism in Japan

Forces trying to cause social divides are on the rise.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2020

Understanding the prime ministers' 'danger zone'

Japanese leaders have reason to worry when their approval ratings dip below 30 percent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2020

America's 2020 is not like 1968: It may be worse

Social unrest helped doom Lyndon Johnson's presidency. It may end up saving Trump's.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2020

Hungary's Orban uses COVID-19 crisis for another power grab

Cracking down on an authoritarian regime, even a seemingly inconsequential one, would send a message to America's other backsliding allies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2020

U.S.-China dialogue suggests Xi supports Trump in election

With Trump, perhaps unwittingly, doing China's work, there's every reason for Beijing to help him win votes in November.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 23, 2020

How the U.S. and its allies should prepare for the post-COVID-19 world

With many nations looking to the United States for leadership, the country risks being hemmed in by its economic ties with China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 23, 2020

Japan seeks closure in post-Brexit U.K. trade talks by end of July

Japan is aiming to conclude its current trade negotiations with the U.K. by the end of next month, according to a Japanese government official familiar with the talks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2020

SoftBank to sell slice of T-Mobile in a $21 billion deal

The transaction is part of a broader $42 billion push by SoftBank to unload assets to finance stock buybacks and pay down debt.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 23, 2020

Taiwan raps China for military activity, saying it should fight virus instead

China should focus on fighting the resurgent coronavirus in Beijing rather than "disturbing" Taiwan with military drills near the Chinese-claimed island, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 23, 2020

Trumped by 'The Donald'? Bolton book offers peek into Abe's ties with U.S. leader

The hawkish former national security adviser lays bare the apparent trials and tribulations the Japanese PM has faced in placating the mercurial American president.
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 detects 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.
Osaka Expo visitors exceed break-even point
The Osaka Expo in Osaka on Sept. 13. The daily number of visitors to the expo has topped 200,000 since mid-September as its Oct. 13 closing approaches.
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.
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
Can Japan crack the China code in table tennis?
Tomokazu Harimoto waits for China's Wang Chuqin to serve during the men's singles final at the WTT Champions Yokohama 2025 tournament on Aug. 11.
Auberge Eaufeu brings French flair to a quiet village in Ishikawa
Located in the village of Kanagaso in Ishikawa Prefecture, Auberge Eaufeu is housed in a former elementary school that has been converted into a French-style inn.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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