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Reader Mail
May 30, 2020

World must unite and stand by Hong Kong

Regarding the May 23 article “How China pounced on Hong Kong while the world focused on COVID-19,” when the coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan several months ago, the totalitarian bureaucrats in the Chinese Communist Party went above and beyond in an attempt to hide the disease from the global community....
SOCCER / J. League
May 29, 2020

J. League first division to resume on July 4

The second and third division will restart on June 27, with initial game in all three flights taking place without fans.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2020

Masayoshi Son's SoftBank strained by losses and infighting at the top

In early March, before the coronavirus pandemic triggered a global economic lockdown, SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son paid tribute to Rajeev Misra, the man who runs his $100 billion technology investment fund. Wearing a $70 (¥7,500) Uniqlo down jacket, the Japanese billionaire put his arm...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 28, 2020

Daughter inherits gambling empire with death of Stanley Ho

About an hour after the death of Stanley Ho, the billionaire who built the Chinese territory of Macao into the world’s biggest gambling hub, his large clan gathered in front of the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital to break the news. They were also there to send a clear message of unity.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 28, 2020

Composer Joe Hisaishi opens up to streaming

Film composer Joe Hisaishi says he is writing more as a result of COVID-19, but is determined not to write about the pandemic itself.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 28, 2020

Tokyo joins world film festivals for 10-day YouTube event

Tokyo International Film Festival's competition programmer says that We Are One is just the start of a more digital-friendly future for festivals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2020

How the Hong Kong calamity will play out

The worst is yet to come, as Chinese leaders' efforts to enforce full political control over the city meet fierce local resistance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2020

Death of 'Mr. Big' stirs memories of Singapore's gangland past

Early one October morning in 1969, Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain. He had been stabbed to death, police said, in what became one of the country's most notorious gang killings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2020

Army and police enforce Indonesia's 'new normal' virus restrictions

Indonesia's military ordered the deployment of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police on Monday to enforce rules on wearing masks and safe distancing after reports of people in the world's fourth-most populous nation flouting them.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB
May 25, 2020

NPB can play ball in Japan from June 19, but minus fans

The Japanese baseball season, which was scheduled to open in late March, will be reduced from 143 games to about 120.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2020

Facebook embracing remote work beyond Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg says

Facebook will also build three new 'hubs' in Atlanta, Dallas and Denver where remote workers in those areas could occasionally convene.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2020

How South Korea turned urban planning system into a virus tracking database

System seen as critical in helping health authorities identify coronavirus hotspots.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 21, 2020

Save jobs and businesses endangered by the pandemic

With the economic downturn likely to be protracted, the key to a subsequent recovery is preventing mass unemployment and bankruptcies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 21, 2020

Early summer desserts for a sweet reprieve

Desserts and cakes are always a welcome distraction, perhaps now more than ever. The New Otani Hotels group of hotels in Tokyo, Makuhari in Chiba Prefecture and Osaka is running an early summer sweets fair campaign until June 30, with matcha, melon and chocolate as the starring ingredients.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 21, 2020

'Happily ever after' eludes some in Taiwan a year after Asia's first same-sex marriages

When Taiwan became the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage last year, university professor Lois was among thousands of gay people who cheered and waved rainbow flags on the streets of the capital Taipei.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 20, 2020

John Millman says resumption of tennis season will reveal where officials' priorities lie

The timing of professional tennis' return will reveal whether the tours and federations are more interested in making money or looking after the health of players, Australia's John Millman said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
May 20, 2020

Millions of newly jobless in China pose a looming threat to Xi

The Pearl River Delta industrial belt has served as one of China’s most important growth engines since the Communist Party opened the economy four decades ago, propelling its rise to become one of the world’s leading powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2020

COVID-19 and the lessons of xenophobia

Xenophobia must be treated as a grave risk that is as contagious and as deadly as any virus.
Rugby
May 18, 2020

Super Rugby's Reds bench three for refusing pay cuts

Super Rugby side Queensland Reds have suspended Wallabies lock Izack Rodda and two other players for declining to accept pay cuts that were agreed to by the players' union amid a shutdown of the season due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2020

Pandemic could foster new attitudes toward immigration

In recent weeks, doctors, nurses and care workers for the British National Health Service — in particular, immigrants — are presently being hailed for their gritty sense of duty, for standing between many people and premature death.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.

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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