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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2021

Japan asks Taiwan manufacturers to cooperate in chip production

The move comes after a chip plant owned by Renesas Electronic Corp. was hit by a fire earlier this month.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Mar 29, 2021

Japan’s ¥106 trillion record budget could just be the start in election year

Some ruling party lawmakers are calling for more stimulus along the lines of the massive aid package adopted this month in the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 28, 2021

Japan to issue digital vaccine passport, Nikkei reports

Japan is set to issue digital health certificates to citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, joining China, the EU and other countries that have adopted similar measures aimed at opening up overseas travel, the Nikkei reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Mar 27, 2021

Wallabies coach views 'berserk' Japan market as threat to Australia

A slew of established test players are already playing in Japan, including Wallabies captain Michael Hooper on a sabbatical.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 24, 2021

U.S. trade chief Katherine Tai highlights China and climate in talks with Japan and France

In her call with Motegi, Tai voiced U.S. support for engagement on digital trade issues and participating in international forums.
OLYMPICS
Mar 12, 2021

Olympic minister says Japan's athletes won't take Chinese vaccine

The announcement by IOC President Thomas Bach that the organization will purchase coronavirus vaccines from China appears to have taken Japan's Olympic officials by surprise.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2021

This patch developed in Japan could let you vaccinate yourself

The 'biobattery-powered microneedle patch' allows a vaccine to be absorbed faster than with the medical patches currently available commercially.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2021

Japan to lift state of emergency over COVID-19 in six prefectures from Monday

With the decision to cancel the declaration in Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, Gifu and Fukuoka starting March 1, the focus in those areas will shift to suppressing any resurgence of the virus.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2021

Virus concerns loom for Japan with Olympic torch relay a month away

The relay begins March 25 in Fukushima Prefecture and what's normally a time of excitement and hope ahead of an Olympics will instead be held under the shadow of a pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 20, 2021

Line between solitude and withdrawal becomes blurred in Japan amid pandemic

More than half of the nationwide hikikomori population of 1.15 million are between 40 and 64 years old.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2021

Vaccination of health care workers to begin in Japan, with older people slated for April

Municipal governments are being encouraged to spend no longer than two months and three weeks to complete the phase of giving shots to older people.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Signs of change emerge in constitutional interpretation of same-sex marriage
Plaintiffs celebrate the Tokyo High Court's ruling in a same-sex marriage lawsuit in Tokyo on Oct. 30.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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