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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
May 11, 2020

How the coronavirus widens a cultural divide

If you'd like your Japanese colleagues to come around to your way of thinking, you'll need to convince them in a way that's common in the culture.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 9, 2020

A pandemic potpourri of Golden Week news gems

As if the COVID-19 pandemic didn't give Japan enough things to worry about, the unseasonably warm winter and resulting lack of snow may spell severe shortages of water by this summer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2020

Why I just volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial

The notion of testing COVID-19 vaccines by deliberately infecting volunteers with the novel coronavirus — something that’s now on the table — isn’t necessarily crazy or unethical. It’s smart, and has benefits that far outweigh the risks.
JAPAN
May 9, 2020

Japan's hotels in a bind as mild and asymptomatic coronavirus patients opt to heal at home instead

Despite legislative attempts to persuade mild and asymptomatic patients to isolate in hotels, most cooperating facilities are nearly empty.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 8, 2020

South Korea tracks new coronavirus outbreak in Seoul nightclubs

South Korean health authorities are investigating a small but growing coronavirus outbreak centered in a handful of Seoul nightclubs, seeking to keep infections in check as the country moves to less restrictive social distancing measures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2020

Coronavirus resurgence carries warning signs in home of India’s Taj Mahal

Agra, once celebrated for appearing to have contained the virus, is experiencing a second wave.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 2, 2020

How to best stock your fridge and pantry in Japan

Since most Japanese apartments are compact, it's more important than ever to maximize storage space. The Japan Times talked to three experts about how to stock your pantry with ingredients that are easy to find in your local Japanese supermarket.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 29, 2020

Episode 48: The Great Konbini Debate

Which Japanese convenience store is best and why? That's the question Newspick's Yuzuha Oka and The Japan Times' Chris Russell, Joel Tansey and Oscar Boyd attempt to answer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2020

Coronavirus has exposed the EU’s creeping irrelevance

Europe's nations were supposed to find a common identity and strength in unity. The pandemic has shown this to be a figment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2020

Kim rumors rekindle fears of a ‘weak’ North Korea

Instability in North Korea could spark a clash between the U.S. and China over the future of the northern half of the peninsula.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2020

How the U.S. and China can learn to live with each other

Mutual anger over COVID-19 will make co-existence difficult, but the alternative is worse.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Apr 26, 2020

How to spend a day (or a month) at home with the kids

Entertaining the kids while staying home is becoming easier for families across Japan as services normally confined to Tokyo begin putting themselves online.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 25, 2020

A decentralization opportunity goes begging amid COVID-19 outbreak

In Japan, the main obstacle to achieving the kind of widespread self-isolation necessary for limiting the spread of the coronavirus is thought to be the country's work culture. The government, which has always favored policies that benefit the private sector, is averse to countermeasures that would place...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2020

Gov. Koike urges Tokyo residents to step up social distancing for Golden Week

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike pressed residents Friday to step up social distancing efforts over the next two weeks after previous countermeasures produced unsatisfactory results.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 24, 2020

Women bear brunt of U.S. job losses in coronavirus crisis

Women have lost the lion's share of U.S. jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, researchers said on Thursday, as family responsibilities and the industries they dominate make them especially vulnerable.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 23, 2020

Web-conferencing biz booming as pandemic sends Japan's workers online

Japan’s biggest power producer, Jera Co., holds executive and other important meetings on the internet and, except for power plant personnel, about 1,300 of the 1,700 employees at its headquarters and branch offices worked from home last week in response to the government’s call to curb social interaction...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2020

Will the comeback of plastic bags outlast the COVID-19 pandemic?

Reusable products are eyed with suspicion now, but sustainability still has a bright future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2020

How Singapore flipped from virus hero to cautionary tale

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore was a global standard bearer for taming the deadly illness. Now it’s home to Southeast Asia’s largest recorded outbreak and is racing to regain control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2020

Be the boss parents working from home need

To provide flexibility and establish trust, managers have to set the right priorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 20, 2020

Houseparty vies with Zoom to be homebound chatters’ app of choice

Sima Sistani has been getting through the coronavirus outbreak’s shelter-in-place order the past month in many of the same ways others have: home-schooling her 7-year-old, trading off parenting shifts with her husband, and jumping from room to room to find a quiet space for phone calls.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2020

Viral Authoritarianism

COVID-19 is a threat not just to public health, but also to human rights.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2020

Can China end its wildlife trade?

The government's latest crackdown on the $75 billion business won't work. Here's what might.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Apr 18, 2020

A weekend inside: Toy art, 'Tiger King' and a candle-lit bubble bath

Ideas to keep you entertained over a weekend indoors.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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