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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2020

Telework giving the global economy a glimpse of the virtual future

The lockdown gripping much of the world economy has spurred a real-time stress test of the long-heralded digital future.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2020

Japan to cut lawmakers' pay by 20 percent amid virus crisis

Senior Japanese ruling party and opposition officials agreed Tuesday to reduce lawmakers' salaries by 20 percent for a year as part of efforts to overcome the novel coronavirus crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 14, 2020

Will Abe’s conservative nostalgia beat COVID-19?

The prime minister is counting on the nation's young people to do the right thing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 14, 2020

The coronavirus and Japan’s Constitution

Article 41 provides the government with sufficient power to take aggressive action against the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020

The other contagion: Political and religious fanaticism

The only way to contain the threat from extremists during the pandemic is to discredit their insidious ideologies.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020

With crisis, old media suddenly has the upper hand

After failing to anticipate the financial crisis, networks and major newspapers have earned a good chance of flourishing in the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020

Cooperate with China but don’t trust it

A Cold War lesson: Authoritarian, Leninist regimes put self-interest ahead of altruism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020

EU pandemic failure isn’t about money

This has been a crisis of health-care cooperation, not cash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2020

SoftBank foresees $12.5 billion loss as startup bets backfire

The company expects to record a u00a51.8 trillion ($16.7 billion) loss from its Vision Fund and another u00a5800 billion in losses from SoftBank's own investments.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 14, 2020

B. League to realign teams into two conferences for 2020-21 season

The B. League will play its 2020-21 season with teams split into two conferences — the East and West — instead of three, which has been the format since its inception in 2016, the league announced following a meeting of its governors on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2020

Dollar range bound below ¥107.70 in Tokyo trading

The dollar moved in a tight range after falling below ¥107.70 in Tokyo trading Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2020

Untraceable cases in Japan raise fear outbreak spiraling out of control

Experts from a government-appointed panel have said they were not able to verify where or when patients had contracted the virus in 40 percent of reported cases.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2020

Tokyo reports 161 new COVID-19 cases

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 161 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, marking the first rise in three days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Apr 14, 2020

Japan and U.S. must lead preparations for next pandemic

The global crisis over the COVID-19 pandemic calls for a global solution, but so far the international community has not shown a strong desire to get on the same page.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2020

Thai grocery trucks get new life from coronavirus shutdown

Cries of "Food, here comes the food," echoed through a Bangkok neighborhood as Wannapa Yarnsarn's truck arrived with everything from mangoes and dried chillies to fresh pork for sale.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2020

Taiwan reports no new coronavirus cases for first time in a month

Taiwan on Tuesday reported no new cases of the coronavirus for the first time in more than a month, in the latest sign that the island's early and effective prevention methods have paid off.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2020

Tribe’s climate change plight highlights challenge for Native Americans

For several years, Fawn Sharp has seen her tribe on the coastline of Washington state lurch from crisis to crisis: rising sea levels have flooded the Quinault Indian Nation’s main village, and its staple sockeye salmon in nearby rivers have all but disappeared — a direct hit to the tribe’s finances...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2020

Getting a coronavirus test in Wuhan is fast, cheap and easy

Coronavirus tests can be difficult to come by in many countries, including in hard-hit parts of the United States and Britain, but in Wuhan, the Chinese epicenter of the pandemic, they are fast, cheap and easy to get.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2020

Japan revises down emissions due to renewable use and nuclear restarts

Japan revised lower its latest greenhouse gas emissions figures, which it had already reported as the least since records began in 1990.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2020

Japan carmakers will recover fast with Honda buy rating, Goldman says

The coronavirus outbreak will reduce Japanese automakers’ combined operating profit by 38 percent this business year, but the manufacturers may rebound faster than they did after the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs Group.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 14, 2020

China says Hong Kong lawmakers’ stall tactics could breach oaths

China’s top agency overseeing Hong Kong said lawmakers blocking action by the local legislature were potentially violating their oaths, in a signal that Beijing was losing patience with the monthslong legislative logjam.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2020

Trump says he has ‘total’ authority to reopen states under lockdown

U.S. President Donald Trump declared he has "total” authority to order states to relax social distancing to combat the coronavirus outbreak and reopen their economies, and warned that governors who refuse would face political consequences.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2020

Hitachi exec Toyoaki Nakamura gets Lower House OK for Bank of Japan board

The Lower House on Tuesday approved Toyoaki Nakamura, a Hitachi Ltd. executive, to join the Bank of Japan's nine-member Policy Board, paving the way for full Diet approval of the government nominee.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 14, 2020

Outlook uncertain for Japanese-language exams

Japanese-language exams are in an uncertain state due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus around the world. Your Japanese study doesn't need to stop, though.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 14, 2020

Don Mattingly, Marlins stuck in limbo as MLB plans next steps

Marlins manager Don Mattingly and his team are coping with being in limbo as the coronavirus pandemic continues to create uncertainty in the world of professional sports and for many other businesses.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Apr 14, 2020

Expressing a sense of degree with 'kurai'

The particle 'kurai' is very helpful in trying to illustrate the degree of something happening, though translating it isn't as straightforward as you'd think.
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.

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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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