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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 16, 2020

Japan's governors under the spotlight as coronavirus pandemic rages

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the national government to declare an emergency in seven prefectures. This, in turn, has put the spotlight on the powers and responsibilities of prefectural governors. Though often compared to state governors elsewhere, there are key differences.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2020

COVID-19 a threat and opportunity for Japan’s environmental activists

As COVID-19 cases rise in Japan and the world favors cleanliness over sustainability, the budding environmental movement is being forced to adapt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 16, 2020

IMF sees Asia-Pacific economic growth at standstill in 2020

Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region will likely slow to a standstill in 2020, something that hasn’t happened in the last 60 years, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Reader Mail
Apr 16, 2020

Watch out for Abe's vision of 'unity'

Regarding Yoichiro Sato’s April 14 opinion piece “Will Abe’s conservative nostalgia beat COVID-19?” Prime Minister Abe's vision for a "beautiful" Japan seems to be based on the "unity" of good and beauty through the sameness of the community (and, it seems reasonable to say, the essential...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2020

In Singapore, migrant coronavirus cases highlight containment weak link

As Singapore wins global plaudits for its handling of the coronavirus, the disease has spread rapidly within its large migrant worker community, highlighting what rights groups say is a weak link in the city-state's containment efforts.
CULTURE / Film
Apr 16, 2020

The race to save Japan's independent cinemas

As Japan's film industry feels the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, campaigners take to crowdfunding to help save smaller cinemas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2020

Code words, chaos and sky-high prices in China’s pandemic mask market

Desperate to find a new supply of protective face masks, executives at an American health care services company last month began poring over videos shot inside Chinese factories — and listening closely for gibberish.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2020

Trump’s WHO attack accelerates breakdown in global cooperation

U.S. President Donald Trump’s broadside against the World Health Organization is another blow to international institutions designed to help nations confront global crises — and may leave countries even less prepared for the next one.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2020

China may have conducted low-level nuclear test blasts, U.S. says

China may have secretly set off low-level underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts, the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could fuel U.S.-Chinese tensions.
WORLD
Apr 16, 2020

Russia carried out anti-satellite missile test, U.S. military says

Russia carried out a test of an anti-satellite missile on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, calling it an example of the threats the United States faced in space.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2020

WHO regrets Trump funding halt as global coronavirus cases top 2 million

The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday he regrets U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull funding for the agency, but that now is the time for the world unite in its fight against the new coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic is no soft power victory for China

There is no doubt that China is assisting the world in taking on the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is not experiencing a global soft power victory by attracting new partners to its side.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic prompts a digital revolution

Even as the novel coronavirus pandemic throws the global economy into turmoil and as commercial activities are paralyzed in Japan under the state of emergency declared by the government, at least one sector is seeing an expansion in demand — “virtual” business models and online transactions that...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2020

The Mekong is the test of China’s leadership

To show real leadership, China must recognize the needs of downstream nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2020

Some companies are too connected to fail

Policymakers must act now to lower the risk of cascading bankruptcies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2020

Tears of joy in Japan

A pair of studies offer important guidance for maximizing personal well-being during this stressful time.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 15, 2020

Tokyo plans ¥800 billion emergency COVID-19 spending measure

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Wednesday the nation's capital will prepare an ¥800 billion emergency spending package in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2020

Reopening is more about ethics than science

But scientists can give us the information we need to make an informed decision.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 15, 2020

Episode 47: The current state of Japan's emergency

In this episode, Japan Times politics reporter Satoshi Sugiyama discusses how far the powers of Japan's central and regional governments extend under the state of emergency.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2020

America’s empty roads: Fewer deaths but a blow to state budgets

Motorists on a typical weekday log roughly 200,000 trips on North Carolina’s Triangle Expressway in the Raleigh-Durham region, many of them commuters headed to the state’s Research Triangle Park.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2020

U.S. military says coronavirus likely occurred naturally but not certain

U.S. intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally, as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China, but there is no certainty either way, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2020

China ship back in waters off Vietnam; U.S. says Beijing exploiting pandemic

A Chinese ship embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year has returned to waters near Vietnam as the United States accused China of pushing its presence in the South China Sea while other claimants are pre-occupied with the coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2020

Cardboard boxes replace hotel rooms at Narita as Japan struggles with returnees

Travel restrictions are keeping Narita Airport — Japan’s gateway to the world — eerily quiet. Over the past week or so, the usual bustle from international travelers has been replaced with something else: cardboard beds.
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’s ‘Mr. 119’ might be facing his biggest challenge yet
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi touts his own "experience and achievement" during the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election candidate debate at Nihon Kisha Club in Tokyo on September 24.
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 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.
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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