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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020

Tokyo records just 72 coronavirus cases Sunday, in lowest daily figure since April 1

Tokyo confirmed 72 new COVID-19 infections Sunday, the first time in 13 days that the number of cases fell into double digits, the metropolitan government reported.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 26, 2020

Staying in doesn't mean you need to stop working out

One exercise app can provide a lot of health tips, and when you're done with your phone, check out a device that can sterilize it with ultraviolet light.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2020

Australia launches controversial COVID-19 tracking app as some states start easing rules

The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app on Sunday and promised to legislate privacy protections around it as authorities try to get the country and the economy back onto more normal footing.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 26, 2020

Arsenal to reopen training ground to players

Arsenal will reopen its London Colney training ground to their players next week for individual training but the Premier League club will continue to observe social distancing rules amid the coronavirus outbreak, it said on Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2020

Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as cases surge

Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases, mainly among its large community of low-paid migrant workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020

Countries and companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine

Governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are making huge bets with extraordinarily low odds of success.
Japan Times
Rugby
Apr 26, 2020

Wallaby Matt Toomua calls for rethink of 'outdated' Super Rugby

Wallabies flyhalf Matt Toomua has joined calls for a rethink of the Super Rugby competition once the sport restarts after the coronavirus shutdown.
JAPAN / Commentary
Apr 26, 2020

In the fight against COVID-19, neighborhood associations could be Japan's ace in the hole

For all their faults, Japan's neighborhood associations also help build community solidarity — a resource that will be sorely needed in the months to come.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2020

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolts Tokyo area

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit Ibaraki Prefecture at 9:49 a.m. Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2020

Train belonging to North Korea's Kim Jong Un spotted in resort town as health rumors persist

The report said the train's presence doesn't prove the whereabouts of Kim or indicate anything about his health but it does lend weight to reports that he is staying on the country's eastern coast.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / ZERO GRAVITY
Apr 26, 2020

Roger Dahl on haiku feedback

COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 25, 2020

Extreme #stayhome measures

'If it turns out bad, I'm not gonna go outside. Ever.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2020

Japan’s economic backbone creaks under the weight of COVID-19

Domestic small and medium-size businesses are bearing the brunt of business closures amid a nationwide state of emergency.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Apr 25, 2020

Vegetarian restaurants in Tokyo offering takeout

Finding good take-home food as a vegetarian remains a challenge in Tokyo's current state of emergency. Fortunately, plant-based restaurants across Tokyo have stepped up to the challenge: Here's The Japan Times' recommendations for five of the best.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 25, 2020

'The Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan': Water buffaloes, cassowaries and Arabian horses

From exotic animals to spectacles and chandeliers, Michael Laver's “The Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan” shows how well-placed gifts were essential in opening up Japan to early European traders.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 25, 2020

A decentralization opportunity goes begging amid COVID-19 outbreak

In Japan, the main obstacle to achieving the kind of widespread self-isolation necessary for limiting the spread of the coronavirus is thought to be the country's work culture. The government, which has always favored policies that benefit the private sector, is averse to countermeasures that would place...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 25, 2020

Where to order vegetable delivery boxes in Japan

From individual farmers to cooperatives, here are six ways to bring sustenance to your doorstep.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 25, 2020

‘Automatic Eve’ review: Familiar tropes reimagined with brilliant sci-fi originality

Rokuro Inui uses familiar elements of Japanese culture and history to build the world of his 2019 novel “Automatic Eve” (originally published in Japanese in 2014), but he quickly makes it clear that this is not Tokyo and Kyoto, this is Tempu and Kamigata, and not everything is as it appears to be.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 25, 2020

Klaus Petersen: A robotics CEO with business sense

Engineer and CEO Klaus Petersen on what got him into robotics, the challenges of running a small business in Japan and how he defies expectations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 25, 2020

Seeking solace from COVID-19 in Showa Era nostalgia

As many across the country continue to spend an unprecedented amount of time at home amid the coronavirus outbreak, parallels are being drawn with another period in history that offered a similar social landscape.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 25, 2020

Pundits pore over pandemic's impact on employment

Asahi Geino warns warns that economic calamities from the COVID-19 outbreak are likely to arrive in the form of three successive waves. The third wave, if it comes, will make the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987 seem like a picnic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Apr 25, 2020

The gold standard: The craft behind Ginza Tanaka’s elaborate kabuto helmets

Last week we introduced Ginza Tanaka's elaborate kabuto helmets for the Tango no Sekku festival on May 5, known now as Children's Day. This week we give you a detailed look at the time-consuming and detailed crafting process.
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.
Osaka Expo visitors exceed breakeven 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.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
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.
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.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.
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.
On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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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