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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 12, 2020

Anthony Fauci to warn Senate of needless death if U.S. reopens too fast

The United States' top infectious disease official, Anthony Fauci, is expected to issue a stern warning against reopening the economy too soon during a Senate hearing Tuesday, saying it risks multiple new coronavirus outbreaks throughout the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 12, 2020

South Korea investigators comb digital data to trace club virus cluster

South Korean authorities were combing through mobile phone data, credit card statements and CCTV footage on Tuesday to identify people who visited nightclubs at the center of one of the capital's biggest novel coronavirus clusters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2020

Resona to cut headcount by 3,100 over three years

Resona Holdings Inc. plans to trim headcount by about 3,100 staff, or almost 10 percent of its workforce, over three years as the Japanese bank seeks to cut costs to offset dwindling lending profits.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2020

Tokyo mortality data shows no surge in deaths during pandemic

Tokyo has not seen an increase in overall deaths during the coronavirus outbreak, boosting officials’ assertions that they have largely kept infections under control despite criticism over the limited scope of its testing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2020

Reports of Kim's death were greatly exaggerated

Japan, the U.S. and South Korea should consider establishing a joint center to coordinate their response to a post-Kim scenario.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2020

Are the Keynesians back?

The current rescue through cascades of public spending may look like Keynesianism, but in fact it is little more than practical common sense in an utterly changed social and economic order.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2020

China’s chance to demonstrate leadership in the South China Sea

It's not too late for Beijing to flip the script in the South China Sea — should it choose to.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2020

The U.S. also needs a centralized medical system

Millions of Americans have been fired over the last two months; now they find themselves uninsured during a global health emergency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2020

A NATO flotilla sails back into the Cold War

After months of Moscow's provocations, the U.S. and U.K. sent surface ships to the Barents Sea for the first time in 35 years.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2020

After surviving wars, pestilence, religions use technology to beat pandemic

Throw a global pandemic at the world's religions, and you get confessions via Skype, virtual seders and recitations of the Koran over Facebook.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2020

Gunmen attack Afghan hospital where Doctors Without Borders aid group runs a clinic

Gunmen attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday where the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic, killing at least eight people, officials said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 12, 2020

Several Tokyo 2020 merchandise shops to close across country

Despite the closings, organizers have vowed to keep their target of u00a514 billion in merchandise revenue in place.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2020

Tokyo reports 28 new COVID-19 cases, with daily total below 40 for week

The daily figure, which was up from 15 new cases reported a day earlier, remained below 100 for the 10th day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 12, 2020

Virus exacerbates challenges for people in Japan with disabilities

Social distancing recommendations, stay-at-home requests and use of masks can complicate day-to-day activities.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 12, 2020

Haruki Murakami to DJ 'Stay Home' radio special as coronavirus state of emergency continues

The acclaimed novelist hopes the music will blow away 'corona-related blues.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 12, 2020

'No man's land': Delhi's urban villages face uncertain future

Many of the landmarks of Paras Tyagi's life remain the same in Budhela village in Delhi where he grew up: the house he lived in, the school that he, his father and grandfather attended, the homes of neighbors he knew as a child.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 12, 2020

X League pushes back start of season and shortens schedule

League officials have framed the decision as a way to give clubs more time to build their squads after the coronavirus disrupted spring competitions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 12, 2020

Wuhan to test whole city of 11 million after new cases emerge

Wuhan, where the global coronavirus epidemic first started, has ordered officials to prepare to test its entire 11 million population after the central Chinese city reported a handful of new infections for the first time since its lockdown was lifted, according to state media reports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2020

Outnumbered but unafraid: Japanese climate activists confront society to save it

Myriad challenges are being overcome by 20-year-old Mika Mashiko and other young environmental activists nationwide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 12, 2020

U.S. Senate joins calls for Taiwan to regain WHO observer status

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill seeking the restoration of Taiwan’s observer status with the World Health Organization, escalating an international campaign to push back against Chinese efforts to isolate the island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2020

Australia's Victoria state to reopen classrooms earlier than expected

Australia's second-most populous state will resume in-person teaching May 27, weeks earlier than expected, after schools were shut down to halt the spread of the coronavirus, Premier Daniel Andrews said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2020

Plastic piles up in Thailand as virus fight sidelines pollution battle

Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world's top five choking the oceans with plastic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2020

Trump and Republicans narrowly top Joe Biden in April fundraising

U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee said on Monday they jointly raised $61.7 million in April, just beating the month's haul for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2020

Mail-in U.S. presidential election could trigger Florida 2000-like chaos

Amid a tangle of state laws, the country may not know who won for days or even weeks.

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