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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2020

Are hospitals ready For COVID’s second wave?

If ever there was a time to view health care as a benefit to society and the economy, rather than a drag on public finances, it's now.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2020

How to end the pandemic this year

A properly designed universal COVID-19 testing program could bring the pandemic to an end within just a few months.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2020

'Shocking discrimination': Japan's sex industry cries foul over exclusion from government aid

A lawsuit has ignited a debate over whether the sector should qualify for subsidies, laying bare a deep-seated distrust of an industry often associated with immorality.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2020

The rights and wrongs of targeted lockdowns

With some groups more likely than others to be killed by COVID-19, the idea of keeping certain groups indoors has surfaced.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 1, 2020

Ogata Paris acts as an embassy for Japanese elegance in Europe

Ogata Paris, the brainchild of designer Shinichiro Ogata, offers the very best of Japanese craftsmanship and tradition in his fashionable European outpost.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Oct 1, 2020

New hotel brings piece of Hawaii to Yokohama

A bit of Hawaii has come to Japan with the opening of The Kahala Hotel & Resort Yokohama on Sept. 23 in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai 21 district.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 28, 2020

Masks, noisy TVs and the lessons my students have learned from Corona-san

With language lessons on hold for many English teachers due to the pandemic, William Lang catches up with some of his own Japanese students.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2020

Japan is paying firms to make things at home. But China’s pull is still strong.

The pandemic — and Beijing's increasingly combative behavior during it — has driven home the risks of overreliance on China for the production of a broad range of goods.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 26, 2020

Top 5: The best bakeries in Tokyo

Shokupan giving you a resting bread face? The Japan Times recommends five bakeries that hit the sweet spot between technique, innovation and taste.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2020

How COVID-19 is killing good manners

With social distancing now part of everyday life, simple actions like shaking hands may be consigned to history.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2020

Can Japan balance controlling COVID-19 with rebooting the economy?

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike once likened pursuing both as “stepping on the gas and brakes at the same time,” and experts say mixed messages may confuse the public.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2020

Winter crisis plan to save U.K. jobs from virus announced

Subsidized wages and loans for businesses are part of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's package.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2020

Advice on virus transmission vanishes from CDC website

The rapid reversal prompted consternation among scientists and again called into question the credibility of the world's premiere health agency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 20, 2020

In South Korea, COVID-19 comes with another risk: online bullies

Governments around the world have grappled with misinformation and outright lies about the coronavirus. In South Korea, that struggle has become uniquely personal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2020

Working from home was fine for 6 months. Not any more.

The dream of doing your daily job from the comfort of your sofa may be about to end, although COVID-19 is here to stay a while longer.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2020

South Korea eases social distancing for two weeks ahead of major holiday

South Korea on Sunday eased its tough social distancing policy for the next two weeks in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, with new daily novel coronavirus cases hovering stubbornly within triple digits.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Sep 12, 2020

The ever-evolving curiosity of Ayako Suwa

Food performance artist Ayako Suwa harnesses emotions such as anger, happiness and remorse, translating them into sensory culinary experiences.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2020

Tokyo to be included in Go To Travel campaign from October

The campaign kicked off in late July without the capital, despite criticism that subsidizing travel during a pandemic would help spread the virus throughout the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 7, 2020

Tokyo reports 77 new coronavirus cases Monday, lowest in two months

On Sunday, a total of 451 new cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed in 23 prefectures and airport quarantine stations across Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2020

With borders closed, airlines invent wild ways to stay afloat

From fresh vegetables to peanuts and pajamas, they're selling almost anything to make it through the pandemic.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan