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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
May 17, 2020

Japan role equal parts coincidence and destiny

Stefan Linde Jakobsen's path to becoming president of Coloplast Japan and chairperson of the Danish Chamber of Commerce Japan is a journey spanning multiple countries, languages and interests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 17, 2020

Chinese media blasts 'lawless' Hong Kong schools over Japan history question

Chinese state media said Hong Kong schools have become "lawless" as controversy builds over a history question in a school exam, rekindling tensions over academic freedoms in the semiautonomous city.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 17, 2020

Bears' quarterback competition on hold during virtual era

One thing Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy is certain of is that a quarterback competition can't be staged until both players are on the practice field.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 16, 2020

Romancing the phone: Japan navigates love in the time of coronavirus

With social distancing measures likely to stay in place in Japan for some time, what impact will they have on the way we interact with each other?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 16, 2020

The suspended traveler’s reading list

Travel writing can change your life, or at least nudge it in a different direction. In these troubled times, it can also console and inspire.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 15, 2020

Shibuya's Club Asia stays steady and looks ahead to post-coronavirus clubbing

As some of Tokyo's clubs face permanent closure as a result of COVID-19, others look to the future and ways of ensuring they survive the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2020

Standing up to economic coercion requires middle power solidarity

Japan can lead the way in building an alliance to blunt China's advances.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2020

Keeping up with the Fed

Economies like Japan will have little choice but to pursue post-pandemic monetary expansion.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 13, 2020

BayStars owner says NPB facing unprecedented situation with pandemic

The owners of the 12 NPB clubs recognize the league could face a “critical situation” due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, Yokohama DeNA BayStars owner Tomoko Namba said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
May 8, 2020

What will Tokyo’s postponed Olympics mean for Japanese politics?

The possibility of the 2020 Games' cancellation and the economic fallout created by the pandemic could deal a blow to Abe's legacy.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
May 7, 2020

Iconic Ginza clock tower chimes to show thanks

Buildings and landmarks across the globe — from New York City’s Empire State Building to Niagara Falls — have been lit up in support of front-line health care staff, first responders and essential workers dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2020

Nuclear power is getting hammered by green energy — and the pandemic

Generating power without harmful carbon emissions has never been more urgent, yet one of the biggest sources of clean power is struggling to turn a profit.
JAPAN
May 4, 2020

Japan school closures reignite debate on shifting academic year to September start

The pandemic has created an opening to put Japan's students back in sync with their global counterparts, but resistance remains.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 4, 2020

Tiny Nagoya game studio finds Nintendo stardom through Sony’s obsolete Vita

Petit Depotto reasoned that by sticking with that platform, they were giving their title the best chance of being noticed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
May 2, 2020

Japan's gangs find themselves in a losing battle to mark territory

Carrying a business card bearing a gang crest is 'effectively a license to collect cash,” a former gang member says. “Without the crest, it's just a sheet of paper.”
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 / EXPLAINER
Apr 28, 2020

Odd couple: LDP-Komeito political marriage faces testing times

Power struggles in Abe's party could further strain the two-decades-old coalition in the weeks to come
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020

U.S. reels toward meat shortages and the world may be next

Plant shutdowns are leaving the U.S. dangerously close to meat shortages as coronavirus outbreaks now spread to suppliers across the Americas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 25, 2020

Pundits pore over pandemic's impact on employment

Asahi Geino warns warns that economic calamities from the COVID-19 outbreak are likely to arrive in the form of three successive waves. The third wave, if it comes, will make the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987 seem like a picnic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2020

Brain drain: Philippines sends nurses around the world but lacks them at home

The Philippines is known for training nurses and exporting them to all corners of the world, but now the nation finds itself shorthanded just as its number of coronavirus infections and deaths skyrocket.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 23, 2020

Not even a global pandemic can keep jazz musician Haruka Kikuchi from her trombone

Japanese jazz trombonist Haruka Kikuchi is coping with COVID-19 restrictions by streaming live performances from her home in New Orleans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2020

IMF and regional bodies agree to cofinance pandemic responses

The heads of the International Monetary Fund, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and other regional financing arrangements on Tuesday agreed to work together to mitigate the economic and financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 21, 2020

Belgian club Lokeren faces bankruptcy after failing to find investors

Belgian second-tier club Lokeren face going out of business after its owner on Monday said that the club had failed to meet a deadline to find an investor to ward off bankruptcy.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 18, 2020

COVID-19 puts the squeeze on Japan's most vulnerable

Some news outlets are calling on the government to become more proactive in keeping workers and small businesses afloat during the coronavirus crisis in order to stave off the kind of despair that could lead to an increase in suicides.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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