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JAPAN
May 5, 2020

Japan's travel security info service to cover Line users

The Foreign Ministry's email-based security information service for Japanese travelers overseas will become available for users of the Line free messaging app.
BUSINESS
May 5, 2020

Japan to launch model project for land banks to manage plots left unused

The land ministry will begin a model project for so-called land banks this fiscal year, aiming to appropriately manage land plots that are left unused and find new ways to utilize them through regional cooperation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2020

It’s 2024, and we’re still stuck at home

Wishful thinking can't overcome the scientific models that point to years of COVID-19 outbreaks.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 4, 2020

Itsuki Hirata not rushing on road to ONE Championship gold

The Tokyo native has found early success in the cage after converting from judo to mixed martial arts.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 1, 2020

Anthony Joshua would fight behind closed doors only as last resort: promoter

Britain's world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua would fight behind closed doors only as a last resort, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 30, 2020

LDP secretary-general: The power behind the PM

Those in the position are de facto the most powerful person within the party after its president.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2020

Putin has a Syria ‘headache’ and the Kremlin’s blaming Assad

Russian President Vladimir Putin is letting his impatience show with Syrian ally Bashar Assad, who isn’t proving as grateful for being kept in power by Russian intervention in his country’s brutal civil war as the Kremlin leader needs him to be.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2020

Embraer takes Boeing to arbitration over failed deal as Brazil eyes China tie-up

The U.S. plane maker abruptly canceled a u00a5451 billion deal this weekend that had been years in the making.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020

Countries and companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine

Governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are making huge bets with extraordinarily low odds of success.
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
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 25, 2020

B. League realigns conferences for upcoming season

The B. League has announced its conference assignments for the 2020-21 season
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2020

Foreign students in Japan fear pandemic narrows job opportunities

As the outbreak continues to take a serious toll on Japan's economy, those hoping to find work here now fear they will be first to miss out.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 23, 2020

Long layoffs could prove detrimental to amateur and pro rikishi

The cancellations caused by the coronavirus will likely have an adverse effect on the sumo world.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Apr 18, 2020

Pandemic forces organizers to mull options for 2025 Osaka Expo

Organizers of the quinquennial event are confident it will go ahead as planned, but what are their options if the pandemic forces a change?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Apr 18, 2020

Delay to games, while frustrating, may allow Kumamoto runner to showcase Aso Bridge rebuilt after earthquakes

As a torch relay runner for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, second year junior high school student Teppei Miyata had planned to run near the Aso Bridge in his village in Kumamoto Prefecture, which collapsed during the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Then the games were postponed to next summer, due...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 17, 2020

Restaurant industry unlikely to look the same even after outbreak subsides

American restaurants, battling for survival amid the coronavirus, are starting to ask the question: Even when the lockdown lifts, how do we lure back skittish diners? Their margin for error is very small.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 17, 2020

Ambition deferred, Rio champion Kyle Chalmers eyes greatness at 'biggest' Olympic Games

Kyle Chalmers stunned the swimming world when he stormed to gold in the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics, and the Australian believes greatness awaits if he can retain his title in Tokyo next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 17, 2020

Sony plans limited PlayStation 5 output in first year

Sony Corp. plans to produce far fewer units of its upcoming PlayStation 5 in its first year than it had for the previous-generation console’s launch, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 16, 2020

Flavorful soup and baked goods to go

Everyone has the best of intentions, but home-cooked meals tend to lose their appeals after a while. Grand Hyatt Tokyo, in Roppongi, aims to help.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 16, 2020

IMF sees Asia-Pacific economic growth at standstill in 2020

Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region will likely slow to a standstill in 2020, something that hasn’t happened in the last 60 years, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic prompts a digital revolution

Even as the novel coronavirus pandemic throws the global economy into turmoil and as commercial activities are paralyzed in Japan under the state of emergency declared by the government, at least one sector is seeing an expansion in demand — “virtual” business models and online transactions that...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 14, 2020

B. League to realign teams into two conferences for 2020-21 season

The B. League will play its 2020-21 season with teams split into two conferences — the East and West — instead of three, which has been the format since its inception in 2016, the league announced following a meeting of its governors on Tuesday.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Japan, India to set up new consultation defense cooperation framework
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (right) stands alongside his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, during a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on Monday.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.

Podcast

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

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
By Hanako Lowry

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