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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2021

Modi fights pressure to lock down India as virus deaths rise

The debate has been complicated by Modi's move last year to impose a nationwide lockdown without warning, spurring a humanitarian crisis as migrant workers fled on foot to rural areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2021

Amid pandemic chaos and protests, India's farmers eye record wheat crop

While India battles soaring COVID-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi, thousands of farmers still occupy camps where they are keeping up a monthslong sit-in protest against government legislation that they say harms them.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2021

Line data scandal alerts Japan of need to get serious about data protection

Following the news that the firm had allowed a Chinese software company to access users' personal information, calls are being made for better regulation of information.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2021

Suga-Biden summit offers chance to hash out a plan on China

Although the summit will be largely symbolic, it'll also be a chance to cement a unified stance on China — or at least clarify how far they're willing to go together.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2021

World powers and Iran hold 'constructive' talks on reviving nuclear deal

While longtime foes the United States and Iran say they do not expect any quick breakthroughs, both governments and the EU described the early exchanges in positive terms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2021

North Korean missile test: The start of a fresh cycle of provocations?

The fresh weapons test could put Washington in a tough spot as it prepares to brief allies in Tokyo and Seoul next week on a review of U.S. policy toward Pyongyang.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2021

Vaccine techno-populism is how Europe loses

Even with four vaccines approved by EU regulators, governments are fumbling the logistics of getting needles in arms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2021

Hong Kong vaccine rollout hampered by reliance on Chinese shots

Confidence in both the Sinovac shot and the government's vaccine drive has plummeted.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2021

Canadian judge rejects Huawei CFO's push to use employee statements as evidence in U.S. extradition case

The Canadian judge in Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's U.S. extradition case rejected her request to admit as evidence Huawei employee statements that contradict a U.S. claim she misled bankers about the company's business in Iran, a ruling said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 10, 2021

Japan’s lack of preparedness: Lessons from Fukushima and COVID-19

Abrupt decisions, poor information dissemination and a lack of foresight hampered efforts to assist the country through crises.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2021

A glimpse of the future in Texas: Climate change means trouble for power grids

Huge winter storms have plunged large parts of the central and southern United States into an energy crisis this week as frigid blasts of Arctic weather crippled electric grids and left millions of Americans without power amid dangerously cold temperatures.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 6, 2021

Marijuana law reform in Japan contingent on the message

Japanese authorities have demonstrated a strong resistance to trends in other countries to decriminalize and even commercialize the drug's medicinal and recreational consumption.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2021

China gene firm providing worldwide COVID-19 tests worked with Chinese military

BGI Group's links to the People's Liberation Army, which have not been previously reported, include research with China's top military supercomputing experts.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 29, 2021

Racing the virus: Why tweaking vaccines to fight variants won't be simple

After developing and rolling out COVID-19 vaccines at record speed, drugmakers are already facing variants of the rapidly-evolving coronavirus that may render them ineffective.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2021

As virus grows stealthier, vaccine makers reconsider battle plans

As the coronavirus assumes contagious new forms around the world, two drugmakers reported on Monday that their vaccines, while still effective, offer less protection against one variant and began revising plans to turn back an evolving pathogen that has killed more than 2 million people.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 24, 2021

How U.S. CDC missed chances to spot COVID-19's silent spread

At a key moment in the pandemic when Americans were quarantined after possible exposure to the virus, the CDC resisted studying if the disease could be spread by those without symptoms.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2021

How will Biden deal with China?

Back in 2008, when Joe Biden was on the campaign trail running for vice president, the Democratic senator from Delaware once told fundraisers that the world will “test the mettle” of Barack Obama.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2021

Emerging coronavirus variants may pose challenges to vaccines

Experts said it was possible that people who had survived mild infections with the coronavirus may still be vulnerable to infection with a new variant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 18, 2021

How to (literally) drive the coronavirus away

In a new study, researchers used computer simulations to map how virus-laden airborne particles might flow through the inside of a car.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 13, 2021

Marie Kondo eyes fresh ways to tidy up in 2021

The lifestyle expert, who is well-known for her books and Netflix reality series, 'Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,' encourages practicing mindfulness for a much-needed reset in the new year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 9, 2021

North Korea's Kim greets Biden era with plan to upgrade nuclear capabilities

Kim vows to bolster arsenal — including via new weapons tests — but leaves door open to diplomacy with the United States.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 7, 2021

Japanese films you won't want to miss in 2021

This year's release lineup is stacked with domestic films that have little competition for audiences as many Hollywood films have been set back by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 1, 2021

Japan to play placeholder role in Asia as Biden gets his house in order

Tokyo will be particularly interested to see how the next U.S. president tackles China, trade, regional security as well as its relationships with Southeast Asia and the two Koreas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 21, 2020

The coronavirus is mutating. What does that mean for us?

It will be very hard for the coronavirus to escape the body's defenses, despite the many variations it may adopt.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 19, 2020

Trump claims credit for vaccines. Some of his backers don’t want to take them.

Elizabeth Graves, an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, is not opposed to vaccines. She said she had taken flu shots and pneumonia shots and, having just turned 50, was interested in being vaccinated against shingles.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2020

Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine deliveries could start 'before Christmas'

Final trial results showed the vaccine had a 95% success rate and no serious side effects, the drugmakers said.
Ishiba vows Japan will stand its ground, demanding U.S. lift auto tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House committee meeting on Friday.
U.S. and China agree to lower tariffs in 90-day cooling-off period
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend a news conference after trade talks with China, in Geneva on Monday.
'Treasure hunt': Tourists boost sales at Japan's Don Quijote stores
The entrance to the discount retailer Don Quijote in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, known as Don Don Donki outside the country
High school student arrested over deaths of his grandparents
A high school student was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing his grandparents at their home in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.

Podcast

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

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

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