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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 7, 2020

Efforts to decentralize Japan have a long history

Moves to address the nation's obsession with Tokyo have long seemed futile, but recently the capital's population shrunk for the first time since 1956.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2020

Harsher treatment or second chances? Japan at crossroads in juvenile law debate

A Justice Ministry panel has proved sharply split over whether to exclude 18- and 19-year-olds from correctional programs guaranteed by the law.
Rugby
Sep 5, 2020

Can Japan make the most of its Rugby World Cup legacy?

One year after the global tournament kicked off, the impact of COVID-19 is hampering efforts to build on the hugely successful event.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2020

Our weird pandemic spending ways could change soon

There's been a lot of talk about the U.S. experiencing a K-shaped recovery, with large companies and the rich recovering while smaller companies and lower-paid service workers struggle. But this divide also shows up in the way Americans are shopping.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2020

Japan's 2Q capital expenditure sees biggest decline since 2010

Capital spending shed 11.3 percent between April and June year-on-year, as the COVID-19 crisis hit investments by the manufacturing and service sectors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2020

Moon risks U.S. rift with China policy, top South Korean opposition lawmaker says

South Korea is caught between maintaining strong ties with China — its biggest trading partner — and the U.S., its main military ally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2020

How does the COVID-19 recession compare?

Although every recession is different, history offers lessons for the current pandemic-induced downturn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 20, 2020

Japanese startup raises $28 million to help fund moon mission

Ispace plans its first lunar landing mission in 2022, and another the year after to explore the moon's surface with a rover.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2020

Defying Trump, California locks in vehicle emission deals with major automakers

The Center for Biological Diversity estimates the deal will improve fuel economy 3.7 percent year over year between 2022 and 2026.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2020

South Korea and U.S. to hold smaller military drills due to coronavirus

South Korea and the United States will kick off their annual joint military drills this week but without mobilizing U.S.-based troops after scaling back the program due to coronavirus concerns, South Korean media reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 11, 2020

Tour de France 2021 to begin in Brittany after Denmark postponement

The 2021 Tour de France will start in Brittany after Copenhagen's staging of the 'Grand Depart' was pushed back by a year due to a potential clash with soccer's postponed European Championship, race organizers said on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2020

The geopolitics of sports: Japan’s Summer Games on the world stage

There is no bigger stage for how the world will see the Olympics and Japan's ability to “bend adversity,” as it has done throughout its history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2020

Working from home is terrible news for landlords

First there was the decline of the shopping mall, now it's the end of office working. It's tough being in commercial property.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 25, 2020

Singapore reshuffles Cabinet, giving finance minister new role

With a new team in place, the government will turn to key issues such as job stability as the city-state heads for its worst recession ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2020

China refuses to quit on the Philippines

China may have missed a golden opportunity to kill a military pact between Manila and Washington, but Beijing still wants to exploit gaps between the U.S. and its ally.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jul 24, 2020

Japan's nursing care facilities face challenge of safely evacuating during disasters

Only 24 percent of nursing homes in Kyushu have evacuation plans in place
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2020

Chinese millennials drink milk to boost immunity amid pandemic

A growing debate in the country fueled by the coronavirus is about whether to have steamed buns and congee for breakfast, or milk and toast.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 22, 2020

Britain's economy racing as lockdown lifts, but outlook has not improved

Britain will expand at its quickest pace in decades this quarter after shrinking at its fastest pace in centuries last quarter, a Reuters poll found, as vast swathes of the economy have reopened following a nationwide shutdown to control the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 19, 2020

Japanese robot to clock in at a convenience store in test of retail automation

FamilyMart hopes to have robots working in 20 stores around Tokyo by 2022.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2020

You want the truth? You can't handle total lockdown

While measures to keep people apart can help curb the spread of COVID-19, they may also be decimating economies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jul 17, 2020

Fukushima localities speak out against dumping radioactive water in sea

The resolutions and statements described measures taken by the central government as inadequate to combat reputational damage to produce from the prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2020

Apple watch supplier Japan Display in talks on smartphone OLED investment

Japan Display is developing a technology that will deliver OLED screens that are sharper, less power hungry and easier to produce, the company's CEO says.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2020

Training for the pandemic economy

Policymakers must take the right steps to ease the transition to the world being created by COVID-19.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 15, 2020

B. League revises criteria for club licenses due to COVID-19 fallout

The decision was made to help clubs cope with the financial fallout of the COVID-19 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