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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 6, 2020

Japan should continue to speak up on China's human rights abuses

Taking a tough, meaningful stand against Beijing is not easy, but Tokyo must continue to demonstrate the depth of its commitments to human rights.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2020

Pandemic offers solution to tech industry’s big Brexit problem

The pandemic taught Britain’s technology executives that business can still happen even if everyone’s working from home. That lesson is providing a source of relief as the nation’s year-end departure from the European Union looms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 2, 2020

Hong Kong faces arrests, confusion and despair after China shock

Hong Kong faced a new reality on Wednesday as China began enforcing a sweeping security law that could reshape the financial hub’s character 23 years after Beijing took control of the former British colony.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2020

With support for Black Lives Matter, China crosses a thin line

Beijing's propaganda use of the anti-racism movement risks backfiring.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / The Great Reset
Jun 29, 2020

How COVID-19 has shown us that society needs resetting

As our reliance on technology is laid bare, countries are faced with questions of what measures they can implement to help them survive.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2020

Japan's pragmatic approach to COVID-19 testing

At this point it is necessary to develop a stepwise approach from the end of the state of emergency to a final exit strategy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 28, 2020

As Tokyo coronavirus cases spike, experts dismiss second wave fears — for now

Distinguishing first waves from second waves is no easy task, and discerning the progression of outbreaks might only be possible in retrospect.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 28, 2020

As world passes 10 million COVID-19 cases, doctors see hope in new treatments and lessons learned

Nearly 30 doctors around the world, from New Orleans to London to Dubai, said in interviews that they feel more prepared should cases surge again in the fall.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2020

Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say

Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned "clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 27, 2020

Bradford Smith's years in Japan influenced his writing career

For author and educator Bradford Smith, years in Japan inspired a lifelong fascination with the country that influenced his writing career.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 27, 2020

Tokyo caught in a bind over restrictions placed on park demonstrations

Organizers must formally pledge that they will not do anything that interferes with park management before permission to hold protest is granted.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2020

Japan Black Lives Matter marches reflect shared sense of justice, U.S. envoy says

'Perhaps some people feel that it's important to hold the ideal America up in the mirror and hold it to account,' says Osaka-Kobe Consul General Karen Kelley.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jun 26, 2020

Waste center swamped as homebound Hokkaido residents declutter

The number of vehicles coming to the facility reached a high in May, with the site charging only u00a5140 to dispose of 10 kilograms of items.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 26, 2020

Comic Saku Yanagawa was on his way to cracking the U.S. — then COVID-19 happened

Comic Saku Yanagawa is making a name for himself in the U.S., but with racist hecklers and awkward Zoom gigs, he's facing his toughest crowds yet.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 25, 2020

Time to do something about overpopulated Tokyo

The COVID-19 crisis should prompt renewed action to address the overconcentration of people and business in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2020

Aging administrative pipeline holds back Japan's ¥230 trillion virus-response aid

Slow response due to small government and lack of digitalization has seen some companies go out of business.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2020

In Thailand, it's statues of democracy leaders that are disappearing

Certain historical statues have been disappearing in Thailand, but they are not effigies of colonialists or slave owners torn down by protesters.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2020

Japan braces for perfect storm of COVID-19 spreading at flood shelters

The nation's usual approach leaves little room for social distancing, with each person allotted space for one straw tatami mat — about 1.6 square meters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 23, 2020

Beijing outbreak shows COVID-19’s insidious ability to hide

Just as Beijing looked poised to claim victory over the coronavirus, a 52-year-old man with fever and chills showed how the pandemic can come roaring back from apparent obscurity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2020

Fujitsu brings hand-washing AI to COVID-19 fight in Japan

The artificial intelligence program was developed based on thousands of hand-washing patterns that can help it detect when people aren't using soap.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 20, 2020

Japan's essential care workers currently languish at the bottom of the health care pyramid

Caregiving companies are going out of business even as the demand for their services increases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2020

‘We lost our sight’: Life in Myanmar under world's longest internet shutdown

Since Myanmar shut off the internet in two states a year ago, lawyer Oo Twan Hla, who was once able to check online when his cases were scheduled, said he must now travel through a war zone to read a signboard.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 13, 2020

Emil Pacha Valencia: Building a bridge with Tempura

Emil Pacha Valencia examines the difference between modern and traditional Japanese culture in his magazine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 12, 2020

Pandemic-hit temple in Gifu's Takayama opens doors to teleworkers

The facility, which belongs to the Jodoshu sect, was built in 1896, and now offers overnight stays for Gifu residents.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jun 12, 2020

Video gamers have pandemic entertainment figured out

Video games Final Fantasy VII Remake and Animal Crossing: New Horizons have engaging storylines, graphics that are worthy of Hollywood and now — a captive audience
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 11, 2020

Online abuse is a silent pandemic affecting millions

Effective measures needed to address cyberbullying
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2020

Protesters hit Tokyo and Osaka streets with rallies against racism and police brutality

Protesters said racial discrimination and the treatment of foreigners in Japan are topics often avoided by the media and in public discourse.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 6, 2020

'City on Fire' shows a beaten, divided Hong Kong fighting for its identity

In smooth, heady prose, Antony Dapiran shows what he calls “a fight for the very soul of Hong Kong.”

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