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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2023

CPR and defibrillators: What you need to know

Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 427 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases in the capital stood at 970.4, down 33.3% from a week earlier.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023

Japanese consider how best to continue helping Ukrainians

Since Moscow's invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022, 15 Japanese medical workers have been dispatched to the war-torn country by international medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2023

No Japanese cities cut ties with Russian peers

According to to officials, 43 Japanese officials have sister-city or friendship city arrangements with Russian partners — unchanged since the war in Ukraine began.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2023

Tokyo reports 1,072 new COVID-19 cases

On Wednesday, Japan confirmed 18,625 new COVID-19 cases nationwide, a decrease of about 9,800 from a week earlier.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2023

LDP gives OK to bill introducing immigration detention review system

The new bill also calls for creating a 'quasi-refugee' status for those fleeing armed conflict who do not fall under the U.N.'s narrow definition of 'refugee.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 23, 2023

Hong Kong extends mask mandate despite reopening campaigns

The city extended the regulation by two weeks to March 8, according to a government gazette published late Wednesday, meaning the rule will have been place for almost 1,000 days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,195 new coronavirus cases

The seven-day average of new cases stood at 1,145.7, down 30.5% from a week earlier.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 21, 2023

Severe allergy season in Japan threatens to drag down spending

Households are expected to hold back from eating out, clothes shopping or participating in leisure activities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023

Why the world needs a deal to protect its oceans

The ocean supports a huge range of biodiversity, including potentially millions of species that humans have not discovered yet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,451 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases came to 1,240.4, compared with 1,757.1 a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 510 new coronavirus cases

The seven-day average of new cases stood at 1,352, down 28.3% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Longform
Feb 20, 2023

Unpacking Japan’s great wage conundrum

With inflation running at a four-decade high, the world’s third-largest economy’s famously stagnant salaries are finally showing signs of rising. Can the momentum be sustained?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2023

Walking 5,000-7,000 steps each day is enough for greater longevity, Japanese study finds

Physical activity such as walking is said to improve people's heath and extend their lifespan, but the optimal number of walking steps for Japanese people's longevity remains unknown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 992 new cases

Japan logged 17,132 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, down by about 10,300 from a week before.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2023

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 98, opts for hospice care

Defying illness and death for years, Carter outlasted the two presidents who followed him, becoming the longest-living president in 2019.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2023

The post-Cold War era is gone. A new arms race has arrived.

Governments around the world are drawing lessons from Europe’s first high-intensity war since 1945, reassessing everything from ammunition stocks to weapons systems and supply lines.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2023

South Korean babysitter app seeks to ease guilt among mothers torn between child and career

As women feel torn between children and a career, South Korea continues to struggle with a low birthrate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,272 new cases

Ten deaths among COVID-19 patients were reported in the capital, with the number of severely ill patients under Tokyo's criteria unchanged from the previous day at 16.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 17, 2023

The extraordinary exit of the women of Silicon Valley

People leave senior jobs all the time. But because there are so few women in senior leadership it is more remarkable when that happens.
PRESS / Events
Feb 17, 2023

[Rectification] “Developing a sustainable protein through cellular agriculture” with Yuki Hanyu

There has been a partial rectification to the contents of the press release "Roundtable #28: "Developing a sustainable protein through cellular agriculture" with Yuki Hanyu" released at 11:00 on February 14.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 17, 2023

Phoebe Bridgers: 'I was born into a slow apocalypse'

The 'Kyoto' singer-songwriter confronts past traumas and returns to a place of catharsis on her three-city Japan tour.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,454 new cases

The number of coronavirus patients with severe symptoms fell by 12 from Tuesday to 258. New COVID-19 deaths came to 165.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2023

Sunak heads toward another Brexit cliff edge

A bill to scrap all EU laws retained in the U.K. at the end of the year risks more confusion and chaos.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2023

In South Korea, free subway rides for the elderly become a political headache

In the greater Seoul area, where almost 3.7 million people are 65 or older, more than 233 million free rides were taken last year.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 15, 2023

Living with disaster: Building the cities of the future

We speak to professor Hitoshi Abe, an architect who has some ideas on how to start designing our cities to better deal with such inevitable disasters.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,858 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases stood at 1,649.4, down 37.8% from a week earlier.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear