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Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 2, 2020

President for life? Russians grant Putin right to extend rule until 2036

Russians opened the door to Vladimir Putin staying in power until 2036 by voting overwhelmingly for constitutional changes that will allow him to run again for president twice, but critics said the outcome was falsified on an industrial scale.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 2, 2020

Takashi Kokubo: Creating ambient music out of art and the environment

The rerelease of Takashi Kokubo's Bauhaus-inspired album from the 1980s is just another sign that ambient music seems to be making a comeback.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 2, 2020

‘Mother’: When parental bonds turn toxic

Director Tatsushi Ohmori takes a cue from Alfred Hitchcock in “Mother,” a drama about an abusive mother-child relationship that takes a psychological toll on the son.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2020

U.S. tells Japan it hopes for in-person G7 summit in late August, Japanese sources say

Tokyo told Washington in response that Prime Minister Abe would be willing to attend the summit if it were to be held in late August.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jul 1, 2020

Episode 55: The case to legalize same-sex marriage in Japan

Japan is the only country in the G7 not to offer any form of legal recognition to same-sex couples, despite a 2018 survey showing almost 80 percent of 20 to 59 year olds in Japan are in favor of same-sex marriage.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 1, 2020

Japan's immigration authorities resume processing of visa applications

The move is expected to speed up entry clearance for foreign nationals with applications stuck in pending.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2020

Japan's return to state of emergency an option, but only in 'worst-case scenario'

Remarks by the government's top spokesman came before Tokyo confirmed 67 COVID-19 cases — the highest daily figure since 87 were reported on May 4.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2020

Xi’s Hong Kong power play puts China ever more at odds with West

Minutes after reports broke that China passed a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong, Carrie Lam stood in front of a backdrop of the city’s iconic skyline for a weekly press briefing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2020

Tokyo reports 67 new COVID-19 cases, highest in almost two months

Infections in the capital topped 50 for the sixth day running, a day after Gov. Yuriko Koike announced changes to guidelines on monitoring the spread of the virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 1, 2020

With Merkel at the helm, Europe faces a crisis with many fronts

For a leader who has steered Europe through two economic meltdowns, a migration crisis and a simmering showdown with Russia, Angela Merkel’s final act as German chancellor may be her biggest performance yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2020

Boeing kept FAA in the dark on key 737 MAX design changes, U.S. says

The plane has been grounded from commercial flight since March 2019 after two crashes killed 346 people in Ethiopia and Indonesia over a five-month span.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2020

Tokyo puts forward new virus monitoring guidelines

The new approach will continue to reference case numbers but will shift the emphasis to the city's health care system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2020

Kanagawa reports 31 new COVID-19 cases as Tokyo tops 50 for fifth straight day

New cases of COVID-19 infections jumped to 31 in Kanagawa Prefecture on Tuesday, up from seven the previous day, the largest daily rise in a month, while neighboring Tokyo confirmed 54 cases, recording more than 50 for the fifth straight day.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2020

China’s rise heralds return of the domino theory

Seventy years ago the Korean War raised legitimate fears that one U.S. loss could set off communist victories across the globe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2020

America's uncertain recovery

Policymakers must boost incentives to work in normal times when jobs are plentiful, while strengthening the safety net for when they are not.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2020

Google stymies media companies from chipping away at its data dominance

Alphabet Inc's Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers and slash some of its dominance in online advertising, seven people involved in the talks said this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 30, 2020

Britain locks down city of Leicester after coronavirus spike

Britain has imposed a stringent lockdown on the English city of Leicester following a local flare-up of the novel coronavirus just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempts to nudge the United Kingdom back to normality.
SPORTS
Jun 30, 2020

Expert calls on Japanese sports industry to innovate after pandemic

Managing director of Sports Branding Japan believes leagues and teams must come up with new business models in the wake of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2020

Reddit bans 'The_Donald' forum amid broad social media crackdown

Social media site Reddit on Monday shut down r/The_Donald, a forum which long served as a popular online home base for fans of President Donald Trump, saying it violated the site's hate speech rules.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 30, 2020

Don't get panicked when learning how to use 'oro-oro'

The words 'oro-oro' and 'atafuta' are used in a panic, but the former is used when you're at a loss of what to do.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 30, 2020

Let's discuss face masks

Today's lesson looks at the demand for masks and asks what your 'perfect mask' would look like.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 30, 2020

U.S. starts paring back Hong Kong's special status due to security law

The United States began eliminating Hong Kong's special status under U.S. law on Monday, halting defense exports and restricting the territory's access to high technology products as China prepares new Hong Kong security legislation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2020

CanSino's COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China

China's military has received the green light to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and showed some efficacy, the company said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2020

Scores of children killed in Philippines' war on drugs, report says

Minors have been directly targeted, punished as proxies, or victims of mistaken identity, the report said.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2020

Japan adds Cuba and 17 other nations to entry ban list amid pandemic

The strict entry rules have been met with strong criticism from the expatriate community and foreign business lobby groups.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
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.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreign nationals
The new administrative body would serve as a cross-agency "control tower" to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign nationals, according to the government.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
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.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

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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