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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 12, 2021

Japan’s handling of COVID-19 lacks transparency

Japan's relatively rosy figures on COVID-19 are a reflection of several issues that illustrate the lack of transparency in government and public health authorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2021

Facebook said to be building a product to compete with Clubhouse

Facebook has a history of breaking into new technologies and chasing different mediums that have attracted users, especially if those audiences are young.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2021

Will mobile carriers' price cuts boost smaller rivals or doom them?

Budget SIM providers face an uphill battle in differentiating themselves from the likes of NTT Docomo and SoftBank based on price and innovative services.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 10, 2021

Australia tennis chief urges strict quarantines for Tokyo Olympics

Craig Tiley believes that Tokyo 2020's recently released playbook does not go far enough in order to protect athletes from the risk of infection.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2021

Japan's most famous activist investor steps up takeover battle with Carlyle

Analysts say Yoshiaki Murakami may have a controversial past, but his campaigns generate returns for other stock owners.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 10, 2021

Spring Basho's Tokyo relocation a loss for Kansai-area sumo fans

Even though the March tournament will go ahead this year, the fact that it will be in Tokyo rather than Osaka means the annual event will be missing some of its trademarks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2021

The Great Firewall cracked, briefly. A people shined through.

For years, the Chinese government has prevented its 1.4 billion people from speaking freely online. Then, for a precious few days, that wall was breached.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2021

The nicest Clubhouse on the internet

If you don't already know, Clubhouse is a year-old social media service consisting of virtual 'rooms” where people can talk to each other — by voice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2021

Don’t isolate Myanmar

Crippling U.S.-led sanctions from the late 1980s paved the way for China to become Myanmar's dominant trading partner and investor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2021

'I'm not a cat,' says lawyer after Zoom meeting mishap

When Judge Roy Ferguson opened up virtual proceedings of a court in Texas on Zoom on Tuesday, he was not expecting to see two lawyers and a kitten.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2021

U.S. sends two carriers to disputed South China Sea

The dual carrier operations in the flash point waterway were the first there since last July and come just under three weeks since Biden was sworn into office.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 9, 2021

From a world away, one ageless wonder marvels at another

Serena Williams, who is on the verge of tying the career record for Grand Slam singles titles held by Margaret Court, continues to be inspired by evergreen Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2021

Hong Kong’s present is Tibet’s past

Both the “1959 Tibet Rebellion” and the “2019 Hong Kong riots” were flashpoints triggering the end of these region's distinct ways of life under their respective autonomous frameworks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2021

COVID-19 brings sister cities closer together

Japan and the United States share more sister city relationships with each other than with any other country.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 8, 2021

Tom Brady’s seventh Super Bowl win ends NFL’s most challenging year

Brady guided the Buccaneers to a 31-9 romp that recalibrated his own standard for greatness.
SPORTS
Feb 8, 2021

NPB and J. League to push for shorter quarantines for athletes

Both leagues hope to hasten the integration of dozens of players and coaches who are waiting to enter the country and join their teams ahead of their respective seasons.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 7, 2021

Is there a best time of day to exercise?

A useful new study of exercise timing and metabolic health suggests that, at least for some people, the answer is a qualified yes.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 7, 2021

Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson highlight eight-member Hall class

Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson and Calvin Johnson were among the eight players selected Saturday night for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as headliners of the Class of 2021.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 7, 2021

Leon Spinks, who took Muhammad Ali’s crown and lost it, dies at 67

The St. Louis native, who rose to prominence with a gold-medal performance at the Montreal Games, outlasted Ali in their famous 1978 bout before his career began to decline.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2021

Biden ends military aid for Saudi war in Yemen. Ending the war is harder.

Nearly six years of war have shattered Yemen in a way that could thwart efforts to make peace, regardless of whether American bombs are no longer used.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2021

What awaits Navalny in Russia’s brutal penal colony system

Its prison camps, descended from the Soviet gulag, are notoriously harsh. But in a shift from the Stalin era, inmates have treated political prisoners with respect.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2021

Budget talks overshadowed as more issues pile up for Suga

There is mounting pressure on the prime minister on issues ranging from a potential ethics violation involving a family member to sexist remarks by the Tokyo Games chair.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2021

Biden and Xi: Cooperation should come first, tit-for-tat later

If neither Biden nor Xi wants to risk any political capital to make the first move, the U.S.-China relationship is highly likely to worsen further.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 4, 2021

NFL's female pioneers eager to see more women in football

The ascent of women to top sports jobs remains an aberration and not the norm.

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