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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2021

Japan prepares to dispense Pfizer vaccine from Wednesday after formal approval

Up to 20,000 front-line medical staffers at state-run hospitals are set to be the first to receive the vaccines, followed by 3.7 million other health care workers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 13, 2021

How to truly define a Japanese garden

Japanese gardens come in many forms that are each interpreted differently, redefining what such spaces represent in the first place.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 13, 2021

Bicycle boom: Why transportation in the ‘new normal’ is on two wheels

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent cycle sales soaring, but will the momentum keep rolling forward in Japan?
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Evonne Yiu, U.N. researcher and champion of forests and sea

The early morning sea off Ishikawa Prefecture was gentle, the fisherman sitting casually at the boat’s bow. They were idling just inside a breakwater, an artificial reef made of massive concrete blocks. He pointed at the water and spoke in a local Japanese dialect to his passenger, a polite female...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2021

We need an operation warp speed for the world

More than half of the 12.5 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses planned for delivery this year are spoken for, mostly by developed nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 11, 2021

Diversity is key to Japan’s relations with the U.S.

In the words of a recent study by the Brookings Institution, “the Biden team is on track to assemble the most diverse set of Senate-confirmed appointees in American history.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2021

Trump’s environmental policies killed thousands of people, scientists say

The Trump administration deliberately harnessed racism and class animosity to push policies that caused hundreds of thousands of American deaths, according to The Lancet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2021

COVID-19 brings sister cities closer together

Japan and the United States share more sister city relationships with each other than with any other country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2021

U.K. plans annual vaccinations to fight new coronavirus strains

U.k. Health Minister Nadhim Zahawi has predicted annual vaccination drives similar to the program of injections given for influenza each year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Feb 8, 2021

Blossom The Project starts a much-needed bilingual discussion on mental health in Japan

Meg Hoffmann Nakagawa's Instagram account Blossom The Project provides explanations in English and Japanese on a wide range of current affairs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 6, 2021

Dagashiya in decline: The slow fade of a traditional sweets institution

These classic shops, where you could buy sweets for u00a530, once held a key social role. A few still remain, peddling nostalgia to both kids and adults.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 5, 2021

Macron calls on China to be more transparent on COVID-19 shots

'It seems that we can have more information about the Russian vaccines,” he said, citing a recent study and Russia's initiatives to register its Sputnik V shot with EU authorities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 5, 2021

The art of the Japanese pun: From classic poetry to dad jokes

Wordplay is used in a non-comical way even in traditional Japanese dishes at the holidays, with the names of ingredients recalling expressions of good tidings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2021

How one of the world’s wettest major cities ran out of water

The ancient south Indian port city of Chennai has become a case study in what can go wrong when industrialization, urbanization and extreme weather converge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2021

Two Hokkaido villages at the heart of race to host nuclear waste

The move has split communities between those seeking investment to stop their towns from dying, and those haunted by the 2011 Fukushima disaster, who are determined to stop the project.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2021

South Korea wants pandemic winners to share profits with hard-hit firms

The idea has gained traction within the ruling party in recent weeks as the K-shaped nature of the recovery became clearer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2021

Study shows COVID-19 variant spreading in Britain could become resistant to vaccines

Experiments in test tubes suggest that some of its mutations allow the coronavirus to hold onto cells more tightly.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Feb 1, 2021

Living in Japan doesn't have to break the bank

Japan is often touted as an expensive place to live. With a high quality of living, national health system, vibrant cultural scene, admirable levels of education and safety — it’s not hard to understand some of the reasons why people want to call it home. These desirable factors come at a cost, though....
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2021

Which COVID-19 vaccine should you get? Experts cite the effect against severe disease

Infectious disease doctors say getting a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which has a lower efficacy against the virus than other vaccines, would still be well worthwhile.
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 28, 2021

'Japan’s Marine Corps': The nation's first responders for remote island defense

The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade was established in 2018 to respond to security situations that require faster mobilization of land, sea, and air forces.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2021

Rumors and fear hinder Philippine plan for coronavirus vaccine drive

According to one rumor circulating in the Philippines, the coronavirus vaccine will allow President Rodrigo Duterte to kill people at the push of a button.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2021

Thurgood Marshall’s visit to Japan 70 years on

Marshall called his January 1951 trip to Japan “the most important mission thus far of my career.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2021

Indonesia boosts steps to curb climate risks as disasters hit growth

The country is expanding programs to mitigate the impact from climate change following a recent spate of natural disasters that has added pressure to economic recovery.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2021

Hong Kong’s slum landlords put everyone at risk

Subdivided apartments — cubicles carved out of existing flats or buildings — are an emblem of the government's failure to tackle the city's housing shortage.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2021

The battle lines are forming in Biden’s climate push

What may well stand in the U.S. president's way is political intransigence from senators from fossil-fuel states in both parties.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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