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OLYMPICS
Sep 17, 2020

Professor helps Japanese athletes deal with mental health after Olympic postponement

Some who had hoped to compete in this year's games have found the mental challenges of COVID-19 disruption more taxing than its impact on their physical training.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Sep 17, 2020

From the battlefield to manga to Zoom: A Kyushu samurai clan and its legendary warrior get an online outing

Sengan-en, the estate of a samurai clan, is going virtual in honor of the family's legendary warrior, Shimazu Toyohisa, and the manga modeled on him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 17, 2020

Hurricane Sally’s fierce rain shows how climate change raises storm risks

Climate change likely made the storm more dangerous by slowing it down and feeding it more moisture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2020

Biden leads Trump nationally by 9 points, with suburbs focused on coronavirus, not crime

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Trump's "law and order" message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2020

China’s Nobel Peace Prize problem

The Chinese government reportedly wants Oslo to guarantee that a Chinese dissident would never again win the Nobel Prize as a precondition for re-normalized relations.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 15, 2020

Japan's table tennis players assemble for first exhibition since pandemic

The T. League hopes the successful event will be a springboard toward the start of its third season in November.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 15, 2020

Life on Venus? Astronomers see a signal in its clouds

Scientists detected a chemical — phosphine — in the thick Venus atmosphere, and they assert that something now alive is the only explanation for its source.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 12, 2020

Philippines' Duterte tells China defense chief to follow the law in South China Sea dispute

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe that South China Sea disputes must be resolved using international law, including a treaty used as the basis for a 2016 ruling that refuted China’s claims in the area.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2020

Meet the ‘shadow shogun’ behind the making of Japan’s next prime minister

Yoshihide Suga's rise to pole position in the race to succeed Shinzo Abe is largely the making of political operator Toshihiro Nikai.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2020

High crimes against journalism and decency

Jeffrey Goldberg's insane 'Trump called troops suckers' piece is a new low.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2020

Emissions are already back at pre-pandemic levels

While overall emissions will fall more than ever this year, the drop won't slow climate change, according to a U.N. agency report.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 11, 2020

'Twelve Angry Men': 1950s courtroom drama about confronting prejudice still rings true

Director Lindsay Posner hopes his staging of “Twelve Angry Men” in Tokyo will make audiences assess how their attitudes affect their perceptions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 11, 2020

Radioactive soil plan casts shadow over Fukushima village

The government wants to use the earth to create arable farming land in Fukushima Prefecture.
SUMO
Sep 10, 2020

Autumn Basho shaping up to be another drama-filled affair

Life as a sumo columnist in 2020 is akin to being a TV critic in 2019 writing about 'Game of Thrones.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2020

Hopes rise for reforms as China focuses on inward economic shift

Economists say further transformation is needed to help China evade the so-called 'middle-income trap,' a situation where an economy stagnates at middle-income levels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2020

Bank of Japan coronavirus loans may ensure ‘zombie’ firms limp on

The total lent so far is already more than four times the amount deployed from January 2009 to support firms during the global financial crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 10, 2020

‘Illegal thoughts’: How some exiled critics of Thai king are fueling a revolt

Protesters say writings and social media posts by the critics, including a Kyoto University professor, have helped to loosen the taboo on questioning the monarchy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 10, 2020

‘A Beloved Wife’: Marital woes deliver laughs and pull at the heartstrings

Director Shin Adachi's comedy about sparring spouses is based on his 2016 semi-autobiographical novel, “Chibusa ni Ka” (“Mosquito on the Breast”).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 8, 2020

John Baumlin: Getting out the U.S. vote in Japan

The national chair of Democrats Abroad Japan says it's not difficult for Americans overseas to continue to engage in their democracy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 8, 2020

Boris Johnson’s taste for Brexit danger could doom EU trade deal

For economists, business leaders and European Union officials, the question is whether to believe that he won't back down.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

Podcast

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

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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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