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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2020

Japan's take on a most unconventional Democratic convention

The reaction in Tokyo was mostly even-handed, if a little less enthusiastic than the coverage in the U.S. media.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2020

Japan’s creaking computer systems are hampering economic recovery, experts say

Economists say the shoddy state of Japan's digital services is dampening the benefits of fiscal stimulus and holding back technological progress in the private sector.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 21, 2020

Japan may allow in all stranded foreign residents from September

Japan has faced criticism for its failure to lift the ban on legal residents, which stands in stark contrast with the practices of the rest of the G7.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 21, 2020

Inflation remains at zero even as Japan's economy starts to reopen

Consumer demand has collapsed amid resurgent infections, which will in turn hit profits, jobs and business investment, analysts say.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2020

Japan's low jobless rate masks deepening despair among workers

Official figures belie worsening prospects for temporary workers, who make up about 40 percent of the employment market, and 2.4 million furloughed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2020

Bank of Japan refuses trader requests to work from home

The central bank doesn't allow home computers to connect to its network for conducting asset purchases, raising concerns at financial firms as virus cases in Tokyo surge.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 17, 2020

Japan and the 'great power competition'

Return to first principles to get the region and the world right.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2020

Moon Jae-in to focus on victims in 'comfort women' row with Japan

South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea's last few surviving "comfort women," who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II, in efforts to resolve a dispute with its neighbor over the thorny issue.
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2020

Japan’s economy set to crater by a record in awful quarter

Analysts see gross domestic product contracting at an annualized pace of 27 percent in the three months through June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2020

Tabletop games on a roll as families in Japan stay home in pandemic

Sales of board, card, dice and other traditional games have skyrocketed as people spend more time indoors.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2020

Japan's summer holiday begins quietly amid requests to avoid trips

Japan's summer holiday season started quietly on Saturday, with no congestion at stations and airports after local governments asked residents to avoid traveling to help keep the coronavirus spread from worsening.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 5, 2020

COVID-19 cases are climbing in Japan. Where is Shinzo Abe?

'The supposed position is that authorities will provide health care, medicine and vaccines, but if you get infected that's on you,' said one observer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 3, 2020

Japan’s economy shrinks at same pace in first quarter as capital expenditures hold up

The data that continued to show Japan was in a recession before the coronavirus pandemic took its heaviest toll.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2020

Autumn snap election speculation recedes amid Japan's coronavirus resurgence

An election win this fall could help Abe pick a successor or extend his term past 2021, but it would also prove highly unpopular in the middle of a pandemic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 1, 2020

Let Tokyo Eat Cake: One man’s cake-baking journey to support Japan’s food banks

Justin Mackee has been baking his way through COVID-19, selling cakes and donating the profits to nationwide food bank Second Harvest Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2020

Japan's post-pandemic information technology challenges

A 'shock therapy' policy that identifies clear targets and timelines, and implements reforms in one go, is needed to push forward Japan's digital transformation.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 31, 2020

Japan Basketball Association to host marquee event in Yoyogi

Elite players from the country's men's and women's teams as well as members of Japan's 3x3 and wheelchair basketball sides are set to participate.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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