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JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
May 17, 2021

The challenges of vaccinating children against COVID-19 in Japan

Trust issues and safety concerns loom as potential hurdles as Japan looks to follow the United States and provide shots for the young.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2021

Private firefighters fuel tensions while saving California vineyards and mansions

The controversy over private firefighting comes as a record 4.2 million acres burned last year in California amid heat waves and dry-lightning sieges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2021

How to be smart about taxes on Bitcoin

Lots of crypto investors might be tempted to hide their heads in the tax-planning sand, and it's easy to see why. The tax issues are complex.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2021

Russia’s bear economy

Lacking secure property rights and being subject to Western sanctions, Russia can attract only fools and crooks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 15, 2021

Beneath Biden’s folksy demeanor, a short fuse and an obsession with details

As Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 15, 2021

Pioneering composer Terry Riley finds himself comfortably marooned in Japan

Performer-composer Terry Riley's 1964 piece 'In C' has been compared to Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring.'
JAPAN
May 14, 2021

Japan expands and extends emergency measures as cases rise across the nation

Japan officially adds Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures to the state of emergency now covering Tokyo, Osaka and four other prefectures.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2021

Hundreds of epidemiologists expected public mask-wearing for at least a year

The latest advice from U.S. federal health officials came as a surprise to many involved in public health.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2021

‘COVID-Zero’ havens may find reopening harder than taming virus

Some fear territories that prioritized safety early in the pandemic may be left behind by rivals with higher caseloads that have boosted vaccine uptake.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2021

U.S. lifts most mask guidance in key step back to normal

The guidance shift Thursday is a turning point in the fight against COVID-19 and comes as U.S. caseloads fall and vaccinations rise.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 13, 2021

Chinese shot takes controversial path to vaccinating the world

Used to operating within China, where public opinion is censored, Chinese vaccine-makers have had a tough time showing their 'growth in front of the world,' an expert said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 13, 2021

‘Headless Girl’: A lighter approach to the act of historical interpretation

A planned peace memorial triggers open conflict in Ken Kawai's “Headless Girl,” a scattershot satire about who gets to write history.
JAPAN
May 12, 2021

Arrivals to Japan worry that flawed tech shows them as violating quarantine

Some have experienced problems with reporting their location or health condition during their self-isolation, and foreign violators can even have their residence status revoked.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2021

After $260 billion slide, Alibaba aims to show the worst is over

Alibaba has agreed to a record $2.8 billion penalty from Beijing and vowed to change certain practices deemed anti-competitive.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 12, 2021

How domestic clinical trials slow Japan's vaccine approval process

To achieve greater efficiency and flexibility, some have argued that Japan should institute its own version of the emergency use authorization framework seen in the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2021

It’s time we learn to live with coronavirus

In reality, no one has definitive answers and stronger restrictions have not resulted in fewer COVID-19 deaths.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2021

China’s Sinovac shot found highly effective in real world study

Indonesian data adds to signs out of Brazil that the shot is more effective than it proved in the testing phase, which was beset by divergent efficacy rates and questions over transparency.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2021

U.S. pipeline hack exposes brutal vise of cyberextortion schemes

Colonial said Monday it expects service to be mostly restored by the end of the week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2021

Hong Kong’s fading attractions: Will the new Carrie Lam Show help?

Hong Kong is changing so much that it is quickly becoming unrecognizable. With China tightening its grip over the former British colony, it is losing much of its old attraction.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2021

The A-word (apartheid) gives Palestinians a new path to normalcy

The new HRW report relies on international legal definitions of apartheid and draws a direct connection between Israeli policies towards Palestinians in the West Bank and inside Israel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2021

Unused doses pile up as mistrust blights Hong Kong vaccine drive

So many shots are languishing that the government has warned that some will expire in September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2021

EU and India agree on trade reboot to confront China threats

The EU's push to deepen its ties with India as well as other Asian nations comes as tensions with China grow.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 6, 2021

Japanese town builds giant squid statue with COVID-19 relief funds

The town of Noto used u00a525 million of a government grant to part-fund the u00a530 million, nine-meter-long statue, news reports said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2021

France battles over whether to cancel or celebrate Napoleon

By choosing to lay a wreath Wednesday at Napoleon's tomb under the golden dome of Les Invalides, Macron is stepping into the heart of France's culture wars.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2021

Indian minister to self-isolate at G7 meeting of top diplomats due to COVID-19 scare

A meeting of top Group of Seven diplomats being held in person in London risked being derailed after India’s foreign minister said he would self-isolate over possible exposure to the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 4, 2021

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce with $146 billion at stake

The announcement has the power to ripple through the tech industry and a vast portfolio of business, and into the realms of global health, climate change policy and social issues.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami