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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2020

Inside a COVID-19 hospital in India, doctors see no end in sight

It was barely noon on Thursday when the metal doors of the mortuary at a hospital in south New Delhi swung open and staff in white coveralls rolled out a stretcher. Mourning relatives looked on, as a body bag was loaded into an ambulance and taken away to a cemetery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 28, 2020

Composer Joe Hisaishi opens up to streaming

Film composer Joe Hisaishi says he is writing more as a result of COVID-19, but is determined not to write about the pandemic itself.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 28, 2020

Rebooting Japan's movie business, one theater at a time

As Tokyo moves forward with plans to reduce social distancing measures in stages, movie theaters look to draw audiences back to the silver screen.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2020

Tokyo logs 11 new coronavirus cases Wednesday

Nationwide, 30 new infections were reported Tuesday, raising the total tally in the nation to 17,335, with 876 deaths, according to Kyodo News.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
May 27, 2020

Yusei Nakanishi gets new shikona, but what's in a ring name?

Ring name changes are not unusual, and regularly happen upon significant promotions, or as a way of changing luck after a string of bad results.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 27, 2020

Devils' season comes to end as NHL approves playoff plan

The New Jersey Devils' season came to an end on Tuesday after the NHL abandoned the rest of the regular season and announced plans to head straight into the playoffs with 24 teams.
JAPAN
May 26, 2020

Tokyo logs 10 new coronavirus cases, a day after emergency lifted

The new cases brought the total number of infections in Tokyo to 5,170, with 288 deaths.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2020

Army and police enforce Indonesia's 'new normal' virus restrictions

Indonesia's military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Monday to enforce rules on wearing masks and safe distancing after reports of people in the world's fourth-most populous nation flouting them.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Work from Home Special
May 25, 2020

‘New normal,’ new perspectives

Getting used to life at home? For many around the world, staying at home 24/7 has become the new normal. For Japan, a country known for its corporate warriors who demonstrate dedication through spending most of their time in the workplace, the coronavirus pandemic could transform the nation's corporate world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / EXPLAINER
May 24, 2020

New lows: What do near-negative oil prices mean for Japan's economy?

The benchmark U.S. oil price fell below zero last month for the first time in history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 23, 2020

Remote possibilities: Can every home in Japan become an office?

The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting companies to adopt remote work to reduce contagion risks, accelerating the digital shift of the workspace.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 22, 2020

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike reveals restart plan as end of emergency looms

Three-stage plan will see business and facilities gradually encouraged to extend operating hours and crowd capacity as infections are monitored.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 21, 2020

Izakaya pub aims to clean up with disinfectant spray machine

To enter, customers must pass through a fine mist of the chlorine-based disinfectant sprayed for 30 seconds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 20, 2020

China's new outbreak shows signs that coronavirus could be changing

Chinese doctors are seeing the coronavirus manifest differently among patients in its new cluster of cases in the northeast region compared to the original outbreak in Wuhan, suggesting that the pathogen may be changing in unknown ways and complicating efforts to stamp it out.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2020

Tokyo reports five new coronavirus infections Tuesday

The number has remained at or below 10 this week.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 19, 2020

Relieving stress with the help of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizon has been a stress relief for people looking to escape the current pandemic. Its puns are great, too.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 18, 2020

Jim Kelly says 2020 is Bills' year in AFC East

The Buffalo Bills haven't won the AFC East title since 1995, but the quarterback of that team predicts things will change in 2020.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2020

Pandemic could foster new attitudes toward immigration

In recent weeks, doctors, nurses and care workers for the British National Health Service — in particular, immigrants — are presently being hailed for their gritty sense of duty, for standing between many people and premature death.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
May 17, 2020

Not your mother's Monopoly: A new wave of board games

Board games have received an upgrade thanks to some talented Japanese designers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2020

Tokyo reports 30 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus Thursday

The capital kept the number of infections found daily below 50 for the ninth consecutive day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 13, 2020

Tokyo reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, reports say, in lowest figure since March 22

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 10 new cases of coronavirus infections Wednesday, local media reported — the lowest daily figure since March 22, when three cases were confirmed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2020

Tokyo reports 28 new COVID-19 cases, with daily total below 40 for week

The daily figure, which was up from 15 new cases reported a day earlier, remained below 100 for the 10th day.
JAPAN
May 10, 2020

Tokyo confirms 22 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, lowest since March 30

The daily figure remained below 100 for an eighth day and below 50 for a fifth day, pointing to signs that the coronavirus pandemic is coming under control in the capital.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
May 8, 2020

Live music needs structural change to survive COVID-19

With footfall having dropped dramatically at Japan's live music venues, many are turning to crowdfunding. But whether this will help mid-sized spaces remains to be seen.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2020

Emergence of early COVID-19 case in France may hold new clues to pandemic's spread

A study by French scientists which suggests a man was infected with COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before France confirmed its first cases, could be important in assessing when and where the new coronavirus emerged, experts said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2020

Tokyo reports fewer than 50 new virus cases for third time this week

Metropolitan government officials said Wednesday that today's figures were likely to be low due to the national holiday.
Shinjiro Koizumi takes farm ministry reins after predecessor's rice gaffe
Agriculture minister Taku Eto (left), who resigned on Wednesday, and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi
Nissan’s troubles might go all the way back to Ghosn 
A lot at a Nissan plant in Mexico. The company may have overextended itself during the Ghosn era.
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.
Tokyo to cover cost of base service fees for water utilities through summer
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is looking to make the cost of base service fees in water utility bills free during the summer, hoping the financial support will allow residents to turn on their air conditioners and protect themselves against heatstroke.
Japan sets goal of having doors on 4,000 train station platforms by fiscal 2030
While the cost and logistics of installing platform doors have proven challenging, railway operators are adopting new solutions to lower expenses and increase flexibility.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa
Teru Hasegawa, Esperanto name Verda Majo, wrote leftist political essays during WWII.
Nissan’s troubles might go all the way back to Ghosn 
A lot at a Nissan plant in Mexico. The company may have overextended itself during the Ghosn era.
Random stabbing cases in Japan raise fears: Could the next victim be me?
Police officers stand guard on May 7 outside Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after a random stabbing that injured a University of Tokyo student.
Japan confirms hard-line position ahead of possible tariff talks in Washington
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, at a news conference on Tuesday. He said that when Japan states it wants the tariffs reviewed, it means Tokyo wants them removed.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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