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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2020

South Korea closes most schools in Seoul area to battle resurgent coronavirus

South Korea on Tuesday ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online, the latest in a series of precautionary measures aimed at heading off a resurgence in coronavirus cases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2020

Facebook blocks group of 1 million critical of Thai monarchy amid government pressure

Facebook blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that has criticized the country's king, but said it was planning a legal challenge to the government's demand that it block the group.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 25, 2020

Usain Bolt tests positive for coronavirus

World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after last week celebrating his 34th birthday with a big bash mask-free.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 24, 2020

China investors predict record defaults in risky end to 2020

Some fund managers are bracing for defaults on domestic Chinese debt to hit record highs this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 24, 2020

European battery-makers power up for a 'green' recovery

European firms are focusing on niche markets and new technologies rather than taking on Asian firms whose mass production is aimed at supplying electric vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2020

Japan’s creaking computer systems are hampering economic recovery, experts say

Economists say the shoddy state of Japan's digital services is dampening the benefits of fiscal stimulus and holding back technological progress in the private sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2020

TikTok to challenge Trump's executive order

TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order that prohibits transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance, confirming an earlier Reuters report. Reuters exclusively reported on Friday that TikTok would challenge...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 22, 2020

Top 5: The best burger restaurants in Tokyo

The Japan Times tried over 20 of the best burger shops in town, narrowing it down to five places that more than sate the hunger for a proper burger.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 22, 2020

'The Iconoclast' tackles Shinzo Abe’s political legacy

Tobias Harris' sweeping new biography serves as a definitive work on Japan's longest-serving prime minister.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / The World of Translators
Aug 22, 2020

Jay Rubin: An academic’s path to translation

To introduce our readers to translators of Japanese literature, we'll be highlighting one working translator each month, starting with Jay Rubin.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Aug 22, 2020

Hakkō: Cradled in a storehouse, nesashi miso sleeps as it matures

In the miso-making business since 1849, Miura Fermented Foods has long been known for its nesashi miso, which has a strong, unique flavor.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2020

South Korea expands social distancing rules as coronavirus outbreak grows

South Korea said on Saturday it will roll out tougher social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of coronavirus nationwide as it battles a new outbreak of the disease spreading from the capital, Seoul.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2020

Vaccines use bizarre stuff. We need a supply chain now.

The rarity of horseshoe crab blood and shark liver oil mean proper measures need putting into place to enable mass production of vaccines.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2020

U.S. No. 2 diplomat to visit Russia and Lithuania to discuss Belarus

The No. 2 U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus, two sources familiar with the matter said Friday, as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that country's election crisis that averts Russian intervention.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2020

Joe Biden campaign pulls in $70 million for convention week

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $70 million over the four-day Democratic National Convention, the campaign announced Friday.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 22, 2020

People of Mauritius mobilize to save nation's natural treasures

Mauritius declared a “state of environmental emergency” earlier this month after MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned ship ran aground near the island nation in late July, began spilling much of its 4,00 tons of fuel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 21, 2020

Would Joe Biden be 'Obama 2.0' when it comes to Northeast Asia?

The former vice president, who formally accepted his party's nomination Thursday, is renowned for his foreign policy chops.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 21, 2020

Foreign trainees in Hiroshima face illegal hours and unpaid overtime

Fewer Japanese people want to work in sewing jobs, one industry insider said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2020

Steve Bannon, who rocketed to power alongside Trump, is charged in U.S. border wall scam

After Steve Bannon joined the online campaign We Build the Wall to raise private funds for the construction of a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, he made it clear there'd be “no deals I don't approve.”
Reader Mail
Aug 21, 2020

Local shopping districts deserve our support

The Aug. 8 article “Face value; Japan’s traditional shopping arcades struggle to remain relevant” inspired me to write about the shōtengai, the retail sector around us.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2020

Why Japan's opposition parties falter

Coalescing a viable opposition is not as simple as combining parties.

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