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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2020

Taiwan can help the world recover better together

Only by working in solidarity can we end the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively tackle its consequences.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2020

3.4 million, or 6%, in England had COVID-19, antibody study shows

Around 3.4 million people in England — 6 percent of the population — have contracted coronavirus, with infection rates twice as high in London, a major antibody study found.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Aug 11, 2020

NPB and J. League hope to continue play even if positive cases found

Following recent infections of players in both leagues, the two competitions discussed strategies to improve the speed and accuracy of contact tracing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2020

South Korean trainee doctors strike over plan to boost student numbers

Thousands of South Korean trainee doctors went on strike Friday, protesting outside parliament against a government plan to boost the number of medical students in the country, arguing it would be a poor use of additional funding for the sector.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 5, 2020

Heat wave Harry? As temperatures soar, naming the threat may save lives

Giving heat waves names and strength ratings, as is done with typhoons and hurricanes, could drive home the spiking danger from a threat that kills more people in the United States each year than storms and floods but rarely hits headlines, heat experts said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 1, 2020

Kabukicho host clubs under fire for spreading coronavirus

Some media outlets are weighing the pros and cons of mounting an actual 'blockade' of Tokyo's well-known entertainment district.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 23, 2020

Support medical institutions and staff combating COVID-19

The pandemic's financial toll on hospitals and clinics has been staggering.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2020

U.S. must do better on its second COVID-19 test

The nation needs to incorporate lessons from its first “natural experiment” about policy relief, social distancing, testing and contact tracing.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jul 21, 2020

Debate over Japan's virus testing resurfaces amid nationwide outbreak

While the country is conducting more tests now than it was during the first outbreak, it's still lagging far behind most nations still ensnared in the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus cold war flares up with claims of Russian vaccine hack

The international race for protection from the virus escalated to a new level with allegations that vaccine development has become a target of Russian cyberattacks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2020

Tokyo raises virus alert to highest level in move seen as largely symbolic

The level-four alert was the first to be declared for the capital since it revised its COVID-19 monitoring system guidelines on June 30.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 15, 2020

Virus outbreak at U.S. Okinawa bases highlights immigration 'loophole'

A lack of transparency on the part of the U.S. military is compounding fears as COVID-19 cases spread.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2020

U.S. tops 3 million known infections as coronavirus surges

The U.S. coronavirus outbreak crossed a grim milestone of over 3 million confirmed cases on Tuesday as more states reported record numbers of new infections, and Florida faced an impending shortage of intensive care unit hospital beds.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 7, 2020

Let's discuss video game addiction

A Kyodo story looks at gaming addiction, which starts a conversation on how much is too much of a good thing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 29, 2020

To construct a winning narrative, Trump dismisses pandemic, polls and recession

Trump's detailed descriptions of life in America today run so counter to reality that even some of his allies are urging him to change course.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
Jun 26, 2020

What will it take to achieve virus herd immunity and how close is Japan?

Tests on randomly selected people in Tokyo, Miyagi and Osaka prefectures showed an extremely low infection rate in all three locations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2020

Coronavirus further widens India’s devastating gender gap

Women around the world have been hurt financially by the coronavirus outbreak, but the situation in India, where women suffer from a wide gender gap in employment, wages and education, is more precarious for them than almost anywhere else.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2020

America is on the road to relapse, not recovery

The U.S. isn't following the example of countries that have shown what a “smart reopening” entails.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 16, 2020

Abe confronts his sinking popularity as coronavirus-dominated Diet session wraps up

Failure to shore up his support could hamper the prime minister's ability to call a snap Lower House election and advance his dream of constitutional amendment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2020

Rage against the pandemic

Racial disparities in the impact of the COVID-19 crisis are fueling the U.S. protests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2020

Protests threaten to set back long-awaited reopenings

As the U.S. shifts its attention away from the pandemic, turmoil in the streets could hobble the recovery from COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2020

Pandemic gives Yuriko Koike the edge as key Tokyo poll approaches

The election is expected to give a measure of how much voters trust Koike to lead Tokyo through this tumultuous chapter in the capital's history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 1, 2020

After fast-tracking Japanese COVID-19 drug, Russia to roll out 'game changer' next week

Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it described as "a game changer" that should speed a return to normal economic life.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2020

What COVID-19 means for the Japan-U.S. alliance

With both militaries having to fight the pandemic alongside their existing operations, how can Japan and the U.S. keep deterrence robust?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2020

How Germany contained the coronavirus

In addition to a properly funded health system, technological edge and decisive leadership, public trust played a key role.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2020

Recovering from COVID-19: The risks we must anticipate to build back better

We can no longer wait for the right moment to time such reforms, but we can still make sure they are the right ones.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 17, 2020

New Zealand players return to 'second preseason' on Monday

New Zealand's Super Rugby players will begin what coaches have deemed to be a "second preseason" on Monday as they return to training following a relaxation of health and travel restrictions imposed after the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers