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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 9, 2021

Europe’s watershed year

Despite much naysaying, Europeans not only stuck together during the COVID-19 crisis, but grew together, forging a more cohesive bloc.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 6, 2021

The post-truth pandemic

Scientific “facts,” even when generated and published in good faith, immediately are run through an ideological meat grinder and beaten into a political mold.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 5, 2021

A new ‘Year Zero’

While COVID-19 delivered the final blow, it has been clear for at least two decades that the postwar model is no longer sustainable, environmentally or socially.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2021

South Korea reviews AstraZeneca vaccine and expands ban on gatherings

South Korea is reviewing AstraZeneca's request for approval of its coronavirus vaccine, as it expands a ban on private gatherings of more than four people to the whole country with daily cases topping more than 1,000 in four days.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 3, 2021

Can Suga lead beyond September or is he destined to be a short-term PM?

Entering a high-stakes election year, the prime minister will be faced with a series of uphill battles over the global health crisis, his policies — and his own political fate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2020

What do the new coronavirus strains mean for a return to normality?

Although experts say vaccines should still work despite the mutations, there are still big obstacles to stamping out the virus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2020

Undoing Trump regulations may divide Biden’s coalition

Some of the Trump administration's midnight rules will deserve wholesale repudiation. But others should be approached with a scalpel, not an ax.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 26, 2020

Japanese abroad adjust to new realities of life in a foreign community amid COVID-19

Uncertainty surrounding the outbreak has forced many Japanese living overseas to view their future with fearful optimism.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2020

Brexit deal done, Britain now scrambles to see how it will work

For many Christmas was only the beginning, Day 1 of a high-stakes and unpredictable experiment in how to unstitch a tight web of commercial relations across Europe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 24, 2020

Fables inspired by life in lockdown resonate with Japanese readers

Barry Yourgrau's struggle to cope with life during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired a burst of creative writing, which culminated in a book of short stories that became a hit in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 23, 2020

Need to get a PCR test? Here’s what to expect from Japan’s new low-cost testing facilities.

With COVID-19 entrenched in daily life, people are more open about testing and the private sector is stepping in to expand testing options.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2020

‘Each day is critical’: South Korea’s 11th-hour battle with COVID-19

In several provinces across South Korea, there are no ICU beds available to treat the rapidly rising number of COVID-19 patients. As of Monday, the government confirmed that there were only 42 beds available nationwide. In the Seoul metropolitan area, home to half of the country’s population and the...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2020

Local case ends Taiwan's virus-free streak of eight months

A 30-year-old woman was confirmed to have caught the coronavirus after coming into repeated contact with a pilot from New Zealand who had caught the virus in the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2020

What happens when a superspreader event keeps spreading?

A new analysis of a conference at a Boston hotel has concluded that the coronavirus strains loosed at the meeting have since migrated worldwide and sickened about 245,000 Americans.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 11, 2020

Michael Phelps says world records unlikely at Tokyo Olympics

The 23-time Olympic gold medalist believes the one-year delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic will prevent swimmers from hitting new marks in Tokyo.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2020

African nation worst hit by COVID-19 falling behind on vaccines

Almost 22,000 people have died of COVID-19 in South Africa, the 14th-highest figure worldwide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2020

‘He is a thug’: Polarizing Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab returns to Indonesia

Rizieq Shihab is calling for a renewed 'moral revolution” to push Indonesia toward a more conservative vision of Islam.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2020

How wrong was Milton Friedman? Harvard team quantifies the ways.

'Without monetizing impacts, we're left with the illusion that businesses have no impact,” says Professor George Serafeim of Harvard Business School.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine rush in China raises fears of booming black market

Chinese vaccine-makers have also yet to release any public data on the efficacy of their shots, making it difficult to tell how successful their efforts have been.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 26, 2020

Diego Maradona, one of soccer’s all-time greats, dies at 60

News of the death brought an outpouring of mourning and remembrance in Argentina, becoming virtually the sole topic of conversation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 20, 2020

Vulnerable foreign workers in Mie suffer as firms face downturn

“My daughter and son lost their jobs at the same time, and we are at loss as to what to do next,” said Raquel Garcia, 45, who worked at the Mie factory for nine years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Nov 17, 2020

What you need to know about the latest travel restrictions for Japan

Japan is cautiously relaxing its strict border control policy to start allowing more foreign nationals to enter the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 14, 2020

Before Biden inauguration, 70,000 more could die from COVID-19 in the U.S.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more fiscal stimulus to keep businesses and workers afloat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 30, 2020

Medical students in Aichi struggle to get on-site training amid pandemic

Medical departments in universities are having difficulty conducting anatomy classes, clinical rotations and other training for students.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use
The Toyoake Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture is planning to enact an ordinance to urge all smartphone users in the city to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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