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Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 11, 2020

Episode 42: Will the coronavirus cancel the Tokyo Olympics?

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are set to start on July 24, bringing millions of fans and tens of thousands of athletes and support staff from around the world to Japan. Or that’s how the story is supposed to go. Now with the global coronavirus outbreak, there are serious concerns that the games will...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 11, 2020

B. League announces plan to return to court on weekend

While most sports leagues and organizations have refrained from holding contests and events amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the B. League made the tough decision to resume its regular season this weekend, but without spectators, the pro basketball circuit announced on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 11, 2020

Tokyo police arrest two for receiving stolen NEM cryptocurrency

Tokyo police arrested two men on Wednesday for alleged possession of NEM, a cryptocurrency, that they knew was stolen in a massive cyberattack on a Japanese startup in 2018, according to investigative sources.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 11, 2020

Spreading clusters of coronavirus cases worry Japan's local governments

While the national government drive forward legal revisions to allow the declaration of a national emergency over the COVID-19 virus as early as this week, local governments are growing increasingly concerned about the spread of the novel coronavirus in so-called clusters.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 11, 2020

Fighting COVID-19: It's the story, stupid

The Japanese government is failing to effectively combat infections and unable to win the confidence of publics at home and abroad.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2020

A crash course in Coronanomics 101

The effectiveness of macroeconomic tools are limited in the battle against the pandemic.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2020

Biden obviously has dementia and should withdraw from the race

It's anti-American and unpatriotic to vote for someone suffering from dementia for a position with exclusive control over nuclear launch codes.
SUMO
Mar 11, 2020

Former yokozuna Onokuni now acts as JSA's public face

Shibatayama stablemaster is one of the more visible members of the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors.
SOCCER / From the Spot
Mar 11, 2020

J. League running out of scheduling options

The J. League is not without options as it adjusts its schedule in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 11, 2020

Japan plays COVID-19 catch-up with rushed state-of-emergency bill

Two months after the nation's first coronavirus confirmation, the prime minister is finally setting up a legal framework to let him declare a state of emergency if the outbreak worsens.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 11, 2020

In Tokyo, a growing sense of angst over possible virus-hit Olympics

Japan's Olympic minister pushes back against a report citing an organizing committee executive as suggesting the games could be delayed by one or two years due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2020

Russian parliament backs changing constitution to let Putin reign on

The Russian lower house of parliament on Wednesday gave its definitive and overwhelming approval to constitutional changes that allow Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024, something the current constitution forbids.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2020

Nine years on, monuments in Tohoku pass on lessons and memories from 3/11

The public, industry and academic sectors in four northeastern prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are collaborating on a project to highlight disaster-related monuments and remains across the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 11, 2020

Coronavirus conference canceled because of coronavirus

So much for keeping business rolling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 11, 2020

Global mask shortage may get much worse

Michael Einhorn's medical supply company may run out of masks against the new coronavirus in two weeks unless the Chinese manufacturer of his equipment resumes production this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2020

Joe Biden wins crucial Michigan primary, delivering major blow to Bernie Sanders

Joe Biden won Michigan's crucial Democratic nominating contest on Tuesday, taking a big step toward the party's presidential nomination and dealing a stinging blow to rival Bernie Sanders' fading White House bid.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2020

Japan's government adopts bill to tighten rules on personal data

The government on Tuesday adopted a bill requiring companies to obtain consent from users when handing over personal data, such as internet browsing history, to third parties.
WORLD / Society
Mar 11, 2020

Belief in witchcraft hampers drive to end female genital mutilation in Guinea, campaigners say

Belief in witchcraft is hampering efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Guinea, where almost all girls are cut, campaigners said on Tuesday.
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.
Japan sees 40% surge in chronic bowel disease cases over eight years
Japanese researchers estimated that as of 2023, there were 316,900 people in Japan with ulcerative colitis and 95,700 with Crohn’s disease.
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.
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.
Onosato’s fifth title cements preeminent position in Japan’s national sport
Onosato's victory at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament gave him his fifth Emperor’s Cup at the age of 25.
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
Chef Shota Itoi’s innovative take on modern French cuisine at Auberge Eaufeu elevates the produce of rural Ishikawa Prefecture.

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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