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Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 5, 2021

Naomi Osaka shows what a real champion is made of

Osaka is an introvert with high expectations of herself and who battles anxiety and depression. Success and those earnings have not eliminated her unease.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2021

More typhoons than usual forecast for East Asia by September

Such storms have wrought havoc running into damages of more than $175 billion across Asia in the past decade, international disaster database EM-DAT shows.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2021

Chinese drugmakers take aim at lucrative U.S. anti-cancer market

In recent years, medicines that free the immune system to attack tumors have become blockbusters in a $150 billion global market.
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WORLD
Jun 4, 2021

Biden sets out plan to share 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with the world

Concern has been growing about the huge disparity in vaccination rates between developing countries and advanced economies.
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2021

Biden order bans investment in dozens of Chinese defense and tech firms

The order prevents U.S. investment from supporting the Chinese military-industrial complex, as well as military, intelligence, and security research and development programs.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2021

Taiwan’s foreign minister plays down threat of war even as tensions soar

“We don't really anticipate that conflict or war are going to break out any time soon, but we are trying to get ourselves ready,” Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told a news conference.
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MORE SPORTS
Jun 3, 2021

Packers not sure if Aaron Rodgers will attend minicamp

With a week to go until mandatory minicamp, the Green Bay Packers have no clue if star quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be in attendance or not. Head coach Matt LaFleur, admitted as much on Wednesday to Packersnews.com.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2021

Hacks force Biden into more aggressive stance on Russia

The U.S. president has launched a review of the threat posed by ransomware after an attack on JBS, the world's largest meatpacker.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 3, 2021

Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases

Israel's Health Ministry said on Tuesday it had found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2021

Prosecute the populists?

Until the cease-fire, the world’s attention was trained on Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza, which may have suited Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is facing trial on corruption charges. And Netanyahu is hardly the only populist leader in legal peril.
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BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2021

JBS moves to reopen ‘vast majority’ of beef plants after cyberattack

The JBS attack is thrusting America's system of churning out cheap meat back into the spotlight.
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SOCCER
Jun 2, 2021

Brazil names Rio among host cities for 2021 Copa America

The legendary Maracana will be among venues chosen to hold the tournament, which was moved from Argentina due to that country's worsening COVID-19 situation.
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JAPAN
Jun 1, 2021

Olympics buzz fades as Japan loses training camps

Most of the cancellations so far have been in the 500 or so municipalities involved in the Olympics 'host town' program.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2021

An overconfident and assertive China forces a tough U.S. response

As the Chinese government is telling foreign audiences to purchase Huawei products, it is warning domestic audiences of the dangers of reliance on foreign technology.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 1, 2021

South Korea conservatives seek ex-prosecutor for presidency run

Yoon Seok-youl resigned in March in protest against Moon Jae-in's policy of stripping the prosecutors' office of investigative powers, opening a path for a presidential run.
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JAPAN
May 31, 2021

Olympic fans may need negative virus tests and vaccinations, report says

The report was met with outrage among some social media users, with thousands of tweets criticizing the country's continued push to host the Olympics in the middle of a pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2021

Democracy in the digital age

While populism is hardly new, the internet — especially social media — has enabled misinformation and reckless promises to be disseminated more efficiently than ever before.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2021

North Korea slams end to U.S. guidelines limiting South's missile range

Pyongyang criticized the recent termination of a U.S.-South Korea pact that capped the development of Seoul's ballistic missiles, calling it a sign of Washington's 'shameful double-dealing.'
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2021

Taiwan delays further water curbs after heavy rainfall

Subtropical Taiwan is dealing with its worst drought in history after no typhoons directly hit the island last year, meaning much less rain.
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TENNIS
May 31, 2021

French Open deletes tweet targeting Naomi Osaka's choice to skip news conferences

The tweet showed pictures of Rafael Nadal, Kei Nishikori, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff engaging with the media along with the caption: 'They understood the assignment.'
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
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.
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.
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.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
‘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
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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