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BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 19, 2020

Yuta Watanabe has mixed feelings over 2019-20 season

The 25-year-old described the 2019-20 season as a campaign where he grew to a degree.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 19, 2020

New political party set to become Japan’s largest opposition force

The new group, likely to count around 150 lawmakers as members, could pose a serious challenge to the ruling coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 19, 2020

Much changed world, same Joe Biden seeking to undo what Trump has done

Global affairs have strayed a great distance from the status quo Biden might recall from the last time he stepped out of the Situation Room.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2020

Democrats make Biden’s nomination official in virtual roll call

Democrats officially nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, culminating a comeback that saw the former vice president emerge as the party’s choice to take on Donald Trump in Biden’s third campaign for the White House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2020

She was a Communist Party insider in China. Then she denounced Xi.

Cai Xia is among a cluster of Chinese dissenters who have recently decried Xi's policies, including his handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2020

North Korea calls party meeting to discuss ‘crucial’ issue

The announcement comes as the country battles catastrophic flooding that's dealt a blow to its staggering economy and tries to head off a coronavirus crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2020

Bank of Japan refuses trader requests to work from home

The central bank doesn't allow home computers to connect to its network for conducting asset purchases, raising concerns at financial firms as virus cases in Tokyo surge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2020

SoftBank bets $3.9 billion on U.S. giants, from Amazon to Tesla

SoftBank is expanding investment activities from private startups to publicly traded equities at a time the biggest technology stocks are near record highs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2020

India’s tense borders threaten plan to ban some weapons imports

The country is committed to manufacturing its own defense equipment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 15, 2020

The popularity of jeans in Japan begins to fray

According to industry data, total sales of jeans of all types reached 78 million pairs in 2002. The current annual figure is believed to have fallen below 40 million.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 15, 2020

As climate change bites, Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return

Greenland's ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2020

Moon Jae-in to focus on victims in 'comfort women' row with Japan

South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea's last few surviving "comfort women," who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II, in efforts to resolve a dispute with its neighbor over the thorny issue.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Aug 14, 2020

B. League MVP Daiki Tanaka among three Alvark Tokyo players with virus

Results for the three players, who are asymptomatic according to the club, were received on Thursday evening, two days after all players and team staffers were tested.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2020

'Sponge city': China tries new tack after centuries of trying to curb floods

In Chongqing’s ramshackle neighborhood of Old Street, down by the Yangtze River, shopkeeper Liu cleans up the mess from last month’s floods. She lines up dozens of pairs of sodden, mud-caked shoes on the pavement outside, appealing hopefully to a passerby. "I will sell at any price,” she says....
Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2020

Kamala Harris is Donald Trump's nemesis

Regarding the Aug. 12 article “'Fearless Fighter’: Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate,” Trump's laughably lame attacks against Harris since then ("nasty," "disrespectful" "most horrible") have been typically predictable and embarrassingly ineffective. The obvious truth is that Trump despises...
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2020

Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say

A probe reveals an intricate tale of missing documentation, secrecy and a web of small, obscure companies that span the globe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 12, 2020

Back from the dead? Stem cells give hope for revival of Malaysia's extinct rhinos

Some skin, eggs and tissue samples are all that remain of Malaysia's last rhino, Iman, who died last November after years of failed breeding attempts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2020

Eyes on the skies: SkyDrive plans to launch flying cars in three years

The human race is about to witness another mobility revolution, according to the former Toyota Motor Corp. engineer who now heads the ambitious startup.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2020

Chinese influence operations struggle for traction in Japan

There is little evidence that China has tried to impact debate in Japan as it has done in other countries.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Trump says India and Pakistan have agreed to 'immediate ceasefire'
A man stands amid debris on the roof of a damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, on Saturday.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
Suspect in Tokyo Metro stabbing chose station to highlight ‘educational abuse’
Yoshitaka Toda is escorted out of a police station in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Friday to be sent to prosecutors.
Japan stuck at starting line in tariff talks with U.S. as U.K. inks deals
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s top tariff negotiator, speaks to the press on Friday. Japan and the United States are still discussing what to negotiate.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 expands to become one of Asia's largest startup events
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 was bustling with participants of various nationalities Thursday, and multiple languages could be heard around the room as many engaged in conversations throughout the day.
Celebrating Japan’s defeat at Shimoda’s Black Ships Festival
Tatsumi Onose (right), who plays the part of Commodore Matthew Perry in Shimoda's Black Ship Festival, says the historical episode the event is based on should be remembered for its positives more than its negatives.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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