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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 5, 2020

Comedian B.J. Fox: The joke I regret making on 'Terrace House'

The recent passing of 'Terrace House' star Hana Kimura has focused Japan's attention on the topic of cyberbullying.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 5, 2020

Care workers in Nagoya struggle to aid elderly in coronavirus pandemic

After clusters of COVID-19 infections were reported at care centers, the city asked some facilities to close down for two weeks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2020

Hong Kong democracy activists press Japan to reconsider Xi visit

Pro-democracy campaigners say timing of such a trip would be inappropriate given current international criticism over the human rights situation in the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2020

Thailand's 1 million health volunteers hailed as coronavirus heroes

Nearly every day, 77-year-old Surin Makradee goes door-to-door in her village in Thailand, visiting every home to check people's temperatures in a routine repeated in communities across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 2, 2020

Trump envisions a three-way nuclear pact. China has other ideas.

Washington takes aim at Beijing's atomic ambitions as Trump administration vows to craft 'new era of arms control.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2020

Not just another day at the office: Rethinking Japan’s business culture amid the COVID-19 pandemic

The workplaces that employees nationwide are slowly returning to are unlikely to be the same as the ones they left when the COVID-19 pandemic emerged.
Reader Mail
May 30, 2020

World must unite and stand by Hong Kong

Regarding the May 23 article “How China pounced on Hong Kong while the world focused on COVID-19,” when the coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan several months ago, the totalitarian bureaucrats in the Chinese Communist Party went above and beyond in an attempt to hide the disease from the global community....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 30, 2020

How China tested 11 million people for the coronavirus in just two weeks

Wuhan is set to complete the testing of its entire population of 11 million as China pours massive resources into avoiding a resurgence of COVID-19 infections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2020

What does China really want? To dominate the world

Stop debating Beijing's intentions and take Xi Jinping both seriously and literally.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 20, 2020

The struggles of homeschooling in the world’s tiniest apartments

Tao Xiaorong spent a month’s rent to buy her 12-year-old son a used laptop in February, a few weeks after schools in Hong Kong closed and classes went virtual. But their internet service is so spotty that he’s had trouble participating in online classes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 19, 2020

'Don't come': Hawaii mothballs $17.8 billion tourist industry

Venturing out of a hotel room in Hawaii right now might land you in handcuffs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 19, 2020

What did eight weeks and $3 trillion buy U.S. in fight against virus?

Many analysts fear the country has at best fought back worst-case outcomes.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 18, 2020

Can Japan's laws adapt to pandemic-era privacy needs?

Identity-based discrimination is a part of Japanese law, but could our own experiences with the new coronavirus become part of our identity?
Reader Mail
May 15, 2020

Face masks: Better safe than sorry

The May 1 article “Face masks in a pandemic: From 'useless' to 'indispensable'” reports about a general worldwide phenomenon of acceptance. However, three months since the COVID-19 outbreak had started, the face mask debate continues to attract media attention in countries that have...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2020

Trump unmasks Obama administration’s unmaskers

The Trump administration's attempt to explain what happened to Michael Flynn isn't very revealing.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2020

Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan and peace process

No group has claimed responsibility for the massacre of 24 people, including 16 women and two newborns.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2020

After surviving wars, pestilence, religions use technology to beat pandemic

Throw a global pandemic at the world's religions, and you get confessions via Skype, virtual seders and recitations of the Koran over Facebook.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
May 10, 2020

At home in the classroom, be it in London or Tokyo

A few years back, Kirsten O'Connor realized she had been in education since age three. Now in her 40s, she has gone from being a school student, university student, teacher and head teacher all without ever taking a gap year.
JAPAN
May 10, 2020

Ibaraki — Japan’s ‘least attractive prefecture’ — struggles to shed label

When the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly broached the subject of renaming Ibaraki Airport as “Tokyo North Airport” last year, the debate touched a raw nerve for residents in the much-maligned prefecture.
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
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 8, 2020

Reimagining Japan Society New York: A beacon of hope at the epicenter of the pandemic

The U.S.-Japan relationship is going to come through this pandemic even stronger than before.
Indonesia report 2020
May 8, 2020

PT Dan Liris: A compassionate approach toward employees leads to manufacturing success

Indonesian textile and garment manufacturer Dan Liris considers employee well-being and the delivery of quality products to customers as equally important.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 7, 2020

Yonawo brings chilled sounds to a tense Japan

The Fukuoka group has released its first major-label mini-album, and is firmly looking forward.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2020

How South Korea stopped COVID-19 early

NGOs and trade unions played a vital role in complementing government testing and tracing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2020

Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus

Beijing faces a wave of anti-China sentiment led by the U.S. over the pandemic and needs to be prepared for a worst-case scenario of armed confrontation between the two, the report says.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2020

Where is the local news about COVID-19?

There's a paucity of accurate, practical community-level information about the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2020

An independent COVID-19 investigation is an imperative

As “real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance,” the realization of the 'Chinese Dream' will require the courage to face the shortcomings that led to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2020

Why China’s propaganda efforts so often backfire

An obsession with finding enemies and uniting the front makes it difficult to 'tell China's story well.”
JAPAN / Commentary
Apr 26, 2020

In the fight against COVID-19, neighborhood associations could be Japan's ace in the hole

For all their faults, Japan's neighborhood associations also help build community solidarity — a resource that will be sorely needed in the months to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2020

Grim truth of the ‘Swedish model’

The lack of a lockdown has led to one of the world's highest COVID-19 death rates.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
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