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Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
May 26, 2020

Tell people your hopes and wishes using 'kana'

Stating your desires in Japanese can be done using a number of different structures.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 26, 2020

Plastic pods offer stylish solution for COVID-19 dining

For restaurant owners worrying how they can welcome back customers, a French designer has created a cylinder of transparent plastic for coronavirus protection
Special Supplements
May 26, 2020

Embassy of the Republic of Uganda

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2020

NASA should beware of viruses from outer space

As the space agency prepares to bring home Martian soil samples, it needs to update its planetary-protection rules — and soon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 25, 2020

Fading fossil fuel prices next big test for Russia’s battered economy

Some predict the peak for oil prices was in 2019, about 15 years earlier than the Kremlin was expecting.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 25, 2020

Huddersfield owner says up to 60 clubs could go bust in next year

Up to 60 English lower-league soccer clubs could go out of business if the sport fails to plan for the impact of COVID-19 beyond the current season, Huddersfield Town owner Phil Hodgkinson said on Sunday.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Work from Home Special
May 25, 2020

Cultivating well-being while working from home

Working from home, remote working or teleworking. Whatever the wording, this may very well set a new precedent as a widespread lifestyle worldwide, and setting up a home office or an environment where one can work comfortably on business-related tasks need not be a chore.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 24, 2020

New York and Fukushima hospitals share coronavirus treatment guidelines

Guidelines for treating novel coronavirus patients drawn up by doctors at a medical school and hospital in New York have been used to treat patients at a university hospital in Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2020

Good riddance to China's scrapped growth target

These figures had outlived their usefulness and only fueled cynicism about accuracy.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 23, 2020

Crowdfunding campaigns offer hope to ailing firms facing COVID-19 insolvency

Communities rally behind their favorite establishments, but can they save them all?
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 23, 2020

Tokyo confirms two new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday

Tokyo reported two new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, the lowest daily figure in months, NHK and other media reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 23, 2020

Pro wrestler and ‘Terrace House’ star Hana Kimura dies at 22

Professional wrestler and current cast member of the Netflix series “Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020” Hana Kimura was confirmed dead Saturday by World Wonder Wing Stardom, a women’s wrestling league in Japan she was signed to. Kimura was 22.
JAPAN
May 23, 2020

Aichi and Mie governors urge continued restraint on cross-prefectural travel

“I want everyone to be strict about refraining from unnecessary travel back and forth to other prefectures,” Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 23, 2020

Trump officials discussed conducting first U.S. nuclear test since 1992, report says

White House officials discussed whether to conduct the first nuclear test explosion since 1992, The Washington Post reported Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 23, 2020

Gilead’s remdesivir mainly helped healthier COVID-19 patients

Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir, the first medicine cleared for the treatment of COVID-19, mainly benefited healthier patients who weren’t dependent on ventilators or heart-lung bypass machines, according to published results of the study used to get the medicine on the market.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 22, 2020

COVID-19 versus Japan's culture of collectivism

Has the nation's group mentality helped it weather the coronavirus storm?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2020

The coronavirus recovery is doomed before it even begins

As swiftly as lockdowns were imposed across Asia, the process of lifting them will be slow and uneven.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
May 22, 2020

Ep. 42 ‘Woman Who Makes Everyone Dream’

I enjoy a good cliffhanger as much as the next person, but I wasn’t eager to see how Toshiyuki and Yume’s night in Sapporo would unfold. When we last saw these two, they were sitting close to each other in a dark bar. Toshiyuki was urging Yume to drink more alcohol as he mustered the courage to express...
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.

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

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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