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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2021

The FDA’s caution on the J&J vaccine is a costly mistake

The FDA acted after blood clots were observed in less than one in a million people who have received the J&J vaccine. COVID-19 has already killed 1,712 out of every million Americans.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2021

Yemen faces public health catastrophe from war and pandemic

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted that the conflict in the country has claimed some 233,000 lives over a six year period.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2021

Government OKs discharge of Fukushima nuclear plant water into sea

Any release of treated water into the Pacific will be done in small quantities each time and carried out over a period of about 30 years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2021

Second night of unrest after police shoot dead Black man near Minneapolis

The shooting of Daunte Wright, 20, appeared to result from an officer mistakenly opening fire with her gun instead of a Taser during a traffic stop, the city's police chief said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2021

Hideki Matsuyama: A quiet Masters winner long lionized in Japan

In 2017, his penchant for privacy became clear: He announced that he'd married months earlier and that he and his wife had had a child.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2021

With its economy in free fall, Myanmar braces for the worst

Small businesses are on the front lines of an economy now facing crisis after a group of generals seized power on Feb. 1.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Apr 12, 2021

Tigers hit ground running as Teruaki Sato continues to excite

Let’s all stand back for a minute and marvel at Teruaki Sato.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 12, 2021

The dangerously flawed U.S. Senkakus policy

Earlier this week Kyodo News dropped a bombshell (pun intended) by introducing the contents of declassified U.S. documents that the U.S. government turned down a request in June 1978 for its military based in Japan to use its firing and bombing ranges in the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2021

Chinese shows blur Western brands over Xinjiang cotton dispute

The censorship has exposed the unexpected political tripwires confronting apolitical entertainment platforms.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Apr 11, 2021

Pop culture paraphernalia is where fashion is at — if you can afford it

After many stores shut their doors last month, there's now a pop culture-tinged positivity imbuing Japan's fashion scene.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 11, 2021

‘Terminal Boredom’ is a treasure trove of Izumi Suzuki’s subversive science fiction

Izumi Suzuki, a prolific writer of speculative science fiction and a counterculture figure in the 1970s and '80s, has gone largely overlooked by modern readers — until now.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 11, 2021

Here's how to say 'sorry' to your kids

Here's expert advice for coming back from saying things you regret, how to empathize with your kids and how to cut down on snapping when it's possible.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2021

Japanese drug regulator to fast-track any modified vaccines to fight variants

Vaccines targeting new variants of the coronavirus won't require domestic clinical trials if the production process and handling of the shots are similar to those of the original.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2021

Chinese aircraft skirt Taiwan in second show of force this week

The Chinese air force sent a fleet of aircraft close to Taiwan for the second time this week in the latest sign of military intimidation against the separately ruled island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2021

Filipino reporters chased by armed Chinese ships in disputed South China Sea

The U.S. and Philippines have expressed concern over China’s decision to mass militia vessels in the South China Sea, as a Filipino civilian ship carrying local journalists reported it had been chased down by armed Chinese Navy vessels while sailing within its own exclusive economic zone on Thursday....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2021

Aggressive U.S. climate plan puts pressure on China and India

It's uncertain whether the U.S. can actually deliver on the plan, but the indication that it is willing to significantly up the ante on emissions targets may put pressure on China.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 10, 2021

Rapper and actor DMX, five-time Billboard chart topper, dead at 50

American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name DMX or Dark Man X, died on Friday, his record label said, after he suffered a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug overdose. He was 50 years old.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 10, 2021

For Japanese men, perhaps money really can buy happiness?

A survey shows that men paid higher salaries (surprise, surprise) have felt less lonely during the pandemic, while a new film group plans to revisit Japan's samurai past.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Apr 10, 2021

Go on a ‘sake voyage’ right in Tokyo’s backyard

The Yottemikke Sake Tourism Association entices travelers to explore Utsunomiya's gastronomic delights.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2021

Former NFL player fatally shoots five in South Carolina

A former NFL player shot and killed a prominent South Carolina doctor, his wife, two grandchildren and another man before taking his own life at his home a short distance away, authorities said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 9, 2021

India's top court paves way for Rohingya deportations to Myanmar

'We have to state that we cannot comment upon something happening in another country,' the judge said in his order.
PRESS / Events
Apr 9, 2021

2050年ゼロエミッションの実現に向けて

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2021

New Asahi CEO sees post-pandemic bounce in Super Dry beer demand

Atsushi Katsuki, who wants to see the beer break into the top 10 globally, predicts that post-pandemic consumption will surge due to people's pent-up demand for socializing.
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.
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.
In Upper House race, younger voters in Tokyo turn to DPP for new direction
The Tokyo district has the highest number of candidates in the 2025 Upper House election with 32 people in the running for seven seats.
Concerns grow in Japan over possible Russian interference in Sunday’s election
A think tank researcher said anti-government propaganda by Russian bot accounts was what has made the small far-right party Sanseito so popular leading up to the Upper House election.
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.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
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