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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 7, 2020

Paradise lost: Japan longs for simpler times in trying days

The Japanese weren't always workaholics. Once upon a time, work had its place and knew its place. It didn't swallow life whole. Other pursuits were given their due. People worked without being consumed by work.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2020

Planet Earth is a giant cruise ship

Fear of disease can change everyday habits. Sometimes that's a good thing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2020

COVID-19 crisis reveals the CCP's true colors

When the Chinese Communist Party feels threatened, the world should not expect to see anything other than Beijing utilizing any means possible to reduce that threat.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 6, 2020

Women in Japanese politics: Why so few after so very long?

To mark International Women's Day on March 8, there will be worldwide marches, parades, protests and public awareness activities on the contributions of women and the barriers and discrimination they still face.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2020

Use the coronavirus crisis to promote teleworking

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to change Japan's archaic corporate culture and promote telework.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2020

Tech firms can track your COVID-19 searches

Facebook, Google, Amazon and others have their fingers on the pulse of public sentiment about the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2020

Innovation: The front line of the new great power competition

The race to innovate is behind the new U.S.-China cold war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2020

The financial fight against COVID-19

Fiscal, not monetary measures, should be when disasters and epidemics strike.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2020

Burden of viral outbreak threatens Abe's government and his legacy

On the road to becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe has overcome countless political perils. He may have met his match with COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2020

How democratic Taiwan outperformed authoritarian China

The free flow of information provides the best defense against the spread of COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2020

Abe has crossed the coronavirus Rubicon

Leaders need deft political skills to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2020

A kiss is just a kiss — except when it spreads a virus

King Henry VI of England banned kissing in 1439 to battle the plague. As the world confronts the coronavirus spreading from China, some health authorities are again urging people to refrain from physical displays of affection.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2020

Air pollution vanishes across China's industrial heartland amid virus lockdown

China's lockdown measures to minimize further coronavirus infections have created one unexpected benefit — a dramatic improvement to the nation's air quality.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 1, 2020

Birhanu Legese wins Tokyo Marathon title as Suguru Osako sets new national record

Reigning champion Birhanu Legese successfully defended his title while local star Suguru Osako got closer to securing the final spot on Japan's Olympic team with a national-record-setting performance in the men's race at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2020

Kagoshima isle has sights set on brewing its own cup of joe

A project is underway to produce premium coffee from beans grown on Tokunoshima, an island in Kagoshima Prefecture, on a commercial basis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 29, 2020

Discovering who's behind Japan's English rail announcements

Tokyo’s train system is considered to be one of the most expansive and most reliable in the world, but it can be pretty intimidating for anglophones trying to navigate the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 29, 2020

Mainland China, excluding Hubei, reports lowest new daily infections

Mainland China — excluding Hubei province, where the new coronavirus outbreak originated — reported four new cases of infection on Friday, the lowest since the national health authority started compiling nationwide data in January.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2020

China's COVID-19 moment

At a time of unprecedented global interconnectedness, our biggest challenges are shared. Every country must work to build its resilience, or no one will be safe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2020

From watches to lobsters, the new coronavirus is interrupting supply chains globally

A Hong Kong watchmaker who can't get coils or wheels. New Zealand lobsters released back into the wild. A San Diego game studio facing delays to its latest fantasy board games.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 28, 2020

Deconstructing the avant-garde art of butoh with Taketeru Kudo

As Taketeru Kudo takes a new approach to butoh, the dancer says the art is gaining a strong following overseas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2020

How fast can a virus destroy a supply chain?

Just-in-time networks are very efficient but extremely fragile.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
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
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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