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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2020

Coronavirus-hit airlines swap passengers for cargo to stay aloft

Unable to fill planes with passengers as the coronavirus destroys travel demand, airlines are instead using their fleets to transport more cargo, including medicines, smartphones and Korean strawberries.
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WORLD
Mar 26, 2020

Kenyans brace for second — and possibly worse — onslaught of locusts

After desert locusts invaded her farm in central Kenya, Mary Muthoni, 61, ran around her corn fields shouting and banging on an old iron sheet in a desperate attempt to drive them away.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos
Mar 26, 2020

Making sure you're prepared for a Japan-wide lockdown

With a lockdown looming, it has never been a better time to update your emergency earthquake kit.
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CULTURE / Music
Mar 26, 2020

Ron Carter: A record-breaking jazz legend returns to Tokyo

"I think people still want to hear the old man playing on an antique,” says Ron Carter. “And as long as they want that idea, I’m kind of available.”
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CULTURE / Film
Mar 26, 2020

'Mishima: The Last Debate': Careful revival of a battle of wits

It was the title match of the decade: the rumble in the academic jungle. On May 13, 1969, literary titan Yukio Mishima strutted onstage in front of a 1,000-strong audience at the University of Tokyo to debate with representatives of the All Campus Joint Struggle Committee, otherwise known as Zenkyoto....
WORLD
Mar 25, 2020

Istanbul prosecutor indicts Saudi suspects for Khashoggi killing

Istanbul prosecutors said on Wednesday they had prepared an indictment against a close aide to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a former deputy head of general intelligence over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 25, 2020

Finding strength and unity within our uncertain 'socially distant' future

Japan's long history of 'bending to adversity' prepares Tokyo for what comes next in terms of global and international implications.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2020

80% of Diamond Princess coronavirus patients had mild or no symptoms

The SDF report is believed to be one of the largest analyses of symptoms caused by the new virus to be compiled in Japan, according to the Defense Ministry.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 25, 2020

An old dog makes for a solid companion

Chibikoro arrived at ARK some 13 years ago when he was just a young pup. He’d been rescued from a place in Tokushima where dogs lived and bred at will with no real human contact. Sadly, this quiet, gentle dog is still at the shelter. Described as a “real sweetie,” Chibikoro is slow to engage with...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2020

New Zealand declares national emergency to tackle coronavirus

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday declared a state of national emergency as the country prepared to go into a complete lockdown at midnight to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2020

Modi announces 21-day national lockdown as India battles coronavirus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed a three-week long nationwide lockdown and allocated an extra $1.97 billion for health care to contain the spread of coronavirus infections which are now spiking in the South Asian nation.
OLYMPICS
Mar 24, 2020

It's official: Tokyo Olympics delayed until 2021 due to coronavirus

In a stunning but foreshadowed move, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced late Tuesday night that Japan had reached an agreement with International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to be postponed until next summer at the latest as the coronavirus pandemic...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 24, 2020

Don't squander the chance to shine as a COVID-19 outlier

Despite Japan's ability to keep COVID-19's spread in check, few countries have looked to the Abe administration as an example to follow.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2020

China wants to rule the waves; here's how the U.S. can stop it

It will take the right kind of 355-ship U.S. Navy to blunt Beijing's goals in the South China Sea and beyond.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2020

Japan to join trial to test Ebola drug on COVID-19 patients

The National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) said Monday that it will join an international clinical trial on the use of remdesivir, which is being developed as a remedy for Ebola, to treat people infected with the new coronavirus.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 24, 2020

Let's discuss the mask shortage

The reselling of face masks for profit will become a crime punishable by a one-year prison term or a u00a51 million ($9,800) fine — or both — as demand surged amid the growing coronavirus epidemic, the government said Tuesday.
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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Mar 24, 2020

Pointing out the family with 'ni ataru'

Mari-chan wa Nana no obasan ni ataru. (Mari is Nana’s aunt.)
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 24, 2020

Spat between China diplomats signals internal split over how to handle Trump

An unusual public spat between two top Chinese diplomats points to an internal split in Beijing over how to handle rising tensions with a combative U.S. president.
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OLYMPICS
Mar 24, 2020

2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed, IOC member Dick Pound says

The International Olympic Committee has decided to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound said on Monday, as a window slowly began to open that would allow the showcase to be staged next year.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2020

Coronavirus death toll reaches 52 in Japan

The number of fatalities linked to the coronavirus in Japan rose to 52 on Monday following the deaths of three elderly people, including a man in his 80s in Aichi Prefecture.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 23, 2020

Rui Hachimura participates in video collaboration with WHO

Washington Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura is one of three NBA players who appear on a short video released on social media early Monday morning.
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BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Mar 23, 2020

Top economists see echoes of depression in U.S. economy's sudden halt

The U.S. is entering a recession. The ultimate fear is that could turn into a protracted malaise that has some flavor of a depression.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2020

Warmest oceans ever force tuna titan to start protecting fish

Helping the canned tuna industry cope with climate change tops an already lengthy to-do list for Darian McBain, chief sustainability officer at the Thailand company that owns the Chicken of the Sea and John West brands.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2020

U.S. raids unlikely to crack Mexican capo's drug empire

A major bust by U.S. drug authorities targeting Mexico's fastest-growing gang will likely do little to stem the rise of the ultraviolent Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and its shadowy leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias 'El Mencho.'

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