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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 9, 2020

A pandemic potpourri of Golden Week news gems

As if the COVID-19 pandemic didn't give Japan enough things to worry about, the unseasonably warm winter and resulting lack of snow may spell severe shortages of water by this summer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 8, 2020

How to celebrate Mother's Day — or anyone you love — during a pandemic

With everyone's attention focused on the coronavirus pandemic, you could be forgiven for forgetting that it's Mother's Day this weekend. Just remember, it's never too late to tell anyone in your life that they matter.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2020

Trump to refocus coronavirus task force on economic revival

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its primary focus to reviving U.S. business and social life, while acknowledging that reopening the economy could put more lives at risk.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 4, 2020

China's young spenders say #ditchyourstuff as economy sputters

Tang Yue, a 27-year-old teacher from the city of Guilin, China, steam-presses a blue dress and takes dozens of photographs before picking one to clinch her 200th online sale.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2020

At overloaded thrift shops, coronavirus is wreaking havoc

A glut of donations and a lack of demand have left a crucial American industry reeling.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2020

Companies bet on AI cameras to track social distancing and limit liability

Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that can track compliance with health guidelines including social distancing and mask-wearing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2020

COVID-19 threatens to starve Africa

The continent has some unique strengths in the pandemic, but food insecurity is a special vulnerability.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 26, 2020

Staying in doesn't mean you need to stop working out

One exercise app can provide a lot of health tips, and when you're done with your phone, check out a device that can sterilize it with ultraviolet light.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 25, 2020

Where to order vegetable delivery boxes in Japan

From individual farmers to cooperatives, here are six ways to bring sustenance to your doorstep.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 25, 2020

Pundits pore over pandemic's impact on employment

Asahi Geino warns warns that economic calamities from the COVID-19 outbreak are likely to arrive in the form of three successive waves. The third wave, if it comes, will make the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987 seem like a picnic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2020

U.S. states test safety of reopening as pandemic pushes jobless higher

An array of merchants in Georgia and other states prepared on Thursday to reopen for the first time in a month under newly relaxed coronavirus restrictions, as another week of massive unemployment claims highlighted the grim economic toll of the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 19, 2020

What we’ll miss when bookstores disappear

Nothing can fully replace holding a real book in your hands.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / Children's Literature in Japan
Apr 18, 2020

Satoshi Kitamura’s key to children’s literature? Making complex ideas simple

To round out our series on Japanese children's books, this month we profile Satoshi Kitamura, who has authored more than 20 books in his award-winning career as a writer and illustrator of children's literature.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Apr 18, 2020

A weekend inside: Toy art, 'Tiger King' and a candle-lit bubble bath

Ideas to keep you entertained over a weekend indoors.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Apr 17, 2020

'Lofi hip-hop — beats to study to' genre also provides an escape from coronavirus mania

While the world succumbs to COVID-19 panic, some musicians are keeping things calm with a range of live and recorded output aimed at retaining a level or normality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 17, 2020

In China, demands for more free speech outlast coronavirus lockdowns

Even as China seeks to revive its economy under a host of restrictions meant to prevent another outbreak, some are urging looser limits on speech.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 15, 2020

'Isolated within isolation': Keeping the coronavirus out of Antarctica

In the frozen and desolate expanse of Antarctica, Alejandro Valenzuela Pena is used to a feeling of isolation. Now, however, that has taken on a new meaning as the only continent still free from the coronavirus looks to keep the pandemic out.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Apr 14, 2020

Expressing a sense of degree with 'kurai'

The particle 'kurai' is very helpful in trying to illustrate the degree of something happening, though translating it isn't as straightforward as you'd think.
JAPAN / History
Apr 11, 2020

Looking for solace in Japanese mythology during a pandemic

Amid growing anxiety over an invisible pathogen that has so far claimed tens of thousands of lives worldwide, some Japanese are turning to faith and mythology for solace.
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.
Reader Mail
Apr 9, 2020

A plea to the government: Don’t lock down

As a former business journalist for The Economist and a clinical psychologist treating health anxiety, I have watched in admiration as Japan’s economy has stayed open during the coronavirus panic. Now pressure is mounting to lock down the country. I beg Japan’s government not to succumb; a plea on...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 9, 2020

Yumiko Morioka: A good time to find refuge in a reissue of her ambient sounds

Yumiko Morioka's first and only album, 1987's 'Resonance,' gets the reissue treatment, allowing fans to hear the musician's ambient sounds once again.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

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

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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