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Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2020

South Korea reports 91 'recovered' COVID-19 patients tested positive again

South Korean officials on Friday reported that 91 patients thought to have recovered from the new coronavirus had tested positive again.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 11, 2020

ITF advises tennis players to seek local support while sport is on hiatus

The International Tennis Federation is looking at ways to help the players most severely affected by the sport's shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is advising them to claim support from their local governments if possible.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2020

Inside Trump's standoff with South Korea over defense costs

Current and former U.S. officials say privately there appears to be little hope of clinching a new agreement in the coming days, and some wonder about the coming weeks and months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2020

Using his own 'metrics,' Trump says ending U.S. shutdown is biggest decision yet

Trump pledged to listen to health experts when making that determination, adding that he would unveil a new advisory group next week that would focus on the process of economic opening.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2020

Shizuoka's Rainbow Disco Club to stream online

On April 18, Rainbow Disco Club will host a 12-hour paid-streaming party featuring artists performing sets from Izu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2020

Japan may need to scale up measures to tackle coronavirus, WHO says

Japan has stoked concern after recording cases of COVID-19 in three prefectures, including Tokyo that are not linked to known chains of transmission, according to the WHO.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 10, 2020

Celebrities and influencers using social media platforms to keep people at home

A handful of well-known personalities have been out in front of the pandemic on social media.
COMMENTARY
Apr 10, 2020

Will COVID-19 be China’s Chernobyl?

The virus has exposed the structural vulnerabilities of the Communist Party system in China.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2020

What I learned from trying to cut my own hair

Business and consuming will be transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We'll be outsourcing fewer decisions and mastering more things for ourselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2020

Tokyo announces monthlong action plan to contain coronavirus outbreak

The plan, which took effect Saturday and lasts until May 6, requests the temporary closure of a long list of businesses and private facilities.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 10, 2020

World Athletics chief hopes for 'belated season' starting in August

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe is still hoping that a belated outdoor athletics season can be staged from August to October this year, he said on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 10, 2020

Back in training, Bayern's Kingsley Coman hopes to complete season

German first-division clubs clubs returned to training earlier this week after almost a month off due to the COVID-19 outbreak and while the players are still being kept at a safe distance from each other, Bayern Munich forward Kingsley Coman is just happy to be back.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 10, 2020

Food Supply wholesaler launches 'drive-through greengrocer' in Tokyo

Food Supply, a fruit and vegetable wholesale company in Tokyo’s Ota Ward, has launched a “drive-through greengrocer” to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 and minimize its food waste. The company, which usually provides produce to around 5,000 restaurants, has seen over 70 percent of its client...
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Apr 10, 2020

Ep. 39 ‘Always Remembered’

Now, more than ever, I need the sweet escape of TV drama as a reminder of a time when we weren’t in the throes of a pandemic. Although the past few episodes of “Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020” were hard to watch, this episode delivered more than enough heartwarming charm to pull me back into the...
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2020

Taiwan accuses Chinese trolls of fomenting racism spat with WHO

Taiwan accused Chinese internet users of spreading fabricated expressions of remorse in a coordinated effort to paint Taipei as the source of a campaign of racist abuse against the head of the World Health Organization.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 10, 2020

Sumo's rigid lifestyle offers bubble of protection against coronavirus disruption

With just one case of infection and wrestlers already living in a state of near-isolation, professional sumo may survive the COVID-19 pandemic without a significant decrease in the level of competition.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2020

Wuhan rent protest shows unrest brewing in China after lockdown

Dozens of small shop owners protested outside one of Wuhan’s biggest shopping malls to demand a cut in rent, in one of the first signs of unrest since authorities lifted a lockdown at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2020

Industry body wants Tokyo Big Sight open for events despite Olympic delay

An industry body worried about losing business opportunities has recently submitted a petition to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and lawmakers requesting that Tokyo Big Sight be partially available for exhibition usage, given the postponement of the 2020 Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 10, 2020

Caffeinated conservation: Colombian farmers switch coca for coffee to protect wildlife

In a clearing around his modest smallholding, farmer Arcadio Barajas stands before a sea of coffee plants, cloaked in the shadow cast by a wall of verdant forest that covers the San Lucas mountains of northern Colombia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2020

Amazon worker positive for COVID-19 day after Bezos toured warehouse

An Amazon.com Inc. warehouse visited this week by Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos confirmed its first employee case of the new coronavirus, according to a message sent to workers on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2020

Ancient string provides further evidence of Neanderthals' talents

Neanderthals used plant fibers to create string more than 40,000 years ago at a site in France where they hunted reindeer, further evidence according to scientists of the ingenuity and cognitive capabilities of our closest extinct human relatives.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2020

Thousands of people in tightly packed dorms pose new challenge for Singapore's virus fight

Tightly packed dormitories housing thousands of foreign workers have emerged as one of Singapore’s biggest challenges in its fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

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