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Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 17, 2021

Antibody cocktails to treat COVID-19 take off as delta surges in U.S.

As the delta variant surges, one drug cocktail is rapidly becoming a more common, even routine medical response to positive coronavirus tests in high-risk patients in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 17, 2021

U.S. declares first Western reservoir water shortage, triggering cuts

The shortage will reduce water apportionments to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico for the year beginning in October, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said in a statement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2021

Sports betting is in the midst of another seismic shift

The sports betting industry will continue to be dominated by today's large players, but augmented by acquisitions of smaller bookmakers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Aug 16, 2021

Japanese soldier recalls lucky survival on Burma front in World War II

Shoichi Sato, 98, survived malaria, bombings and a siege, but many of his comrades weren't so fortunate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2021

China’s recovery weakens as delta outbreak adds new risks

China's slowdown has added to signs that the global recovery is faltering.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2021

Spring Airlines Japan bets on post-pandemic China tourism boom

Spring Airlines Co. and Japan Airlines Co. are anticipating a post-pandemic tourism boom between China and Japan for their joint-owned budget carrier.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 14, 2021

Yoasobi’s breakout hit song is just as catchy in English

YouTube viewers are praising music director Konnie Aoki's English translation of “Yoru ni Kakeru,” which sounds strikingly similar to the original Japanese version.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2021

PETA calls on IOC president to remove equestrian events from Olympics

In an incident that went viral on social media, Germany's Annika Schleu was filmed whipping her horse Saint Boy after he refused to jump during the modern pentathlon competition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2021

Taliban seize more Afghan cities, with assault on capital Kabul expected

Taliban insurgents seized Afghanistan's second- and third-biggest cities, as resistance from government forces crumbled and fears grew that an assault on the capital Kabul was days away.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 14, 2021

Tokyo’s restaurants push through another state-of-emergency summer

The Japan Times gives you the lowdown on what new gems opened, what closed and what restaurants are ready and waiting to throw open their doors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 14, 2021

How to stock your home bar (with a Japanese twist)

It's quasi-prohibition time once more in much of Japan, and if ever there were a time to build a home bar, it's now. Here's how to get started, with tips from some of Japan's best bartenders
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 13, 2021

Kengo Kuma on the future of urban architecture … and cats

The architect's first major solo exhibition showcases 74 public spaces and facilities, and an installation featuring CGI cats that reveals a deeper contemplation of urban landscapes.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2021

An extraordinary Olympics — by every measure

There were amazing performances and Olympic records aplenty. Just as important, there were no crises and no COVID-19 outbreaks at the Games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2021

Pirated-entertainment sites are making billions from ads

Websites and apps featuring pirated movies and TV shows make about $1.3 billion from advertising each year, including from major companies like Amazon.com Inc., according to a study.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2021

Japan eases quarantine procedures for countries including U.K. and Pakistan

In some cases, measures are being tightened, with travelers from France, Israel and Lebanon again having to partially quarantine in government-designated facilities.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 12, 2021

Olympics were a missed opportunity for sumo

Hakuho would have been an ideal candidate to represent Japan's national sport at the Games, but neither he nor anyone else was given that chance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 12, 2021

Shimoji Island's airport takes on new importance amid China threat

Clearly, circumstances are different today compared to 1971. So the outdated Yara memo preventing Okinawa's Shimoji Airport from being used for military purposes needs to be reconsidered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2021

China signals firms will face tougher regulation in coming years

Investors have been seeking to make sense of a regulatory onslaught in recent weeks that has roiled markets.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 12, 2021

Is it sunrise or another false dawn for tech that buries carbon dioxide emissions?

Some experts say behavioral change alone is insufficient — carbon capture and storage technology will be essential to realizing net-zero by 2050.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2021

The world told Afghan women it had their backs — it doesn’t

More women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since records began in 2009.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021

Alibaba worker’s desperate plea for help sparks #MeToo reckoning

The episode has triggered what many say is a long overdue examination of the ways Chinese women are too often treated at work.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

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

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The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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