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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 17, 2021

Shoku-Ishinho: Healing cuisine for body and soul

Shoku-Ishinho serves traditional yakuzen cuisine, which incorporates elements of Chinese herbal medicine, in an entirely contemporary aesthetic.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 17, 2021

Japan’s foundational ferment takes pride of place at Sano Miso

This preeminent purveyor's Ginza branch stocks 45 varieties of miso which you can sniff and sample with its in-house “misommelier.”
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2021

Shadow hangs over Olympics once more with Japan virus surge

Japan is one of several countries where the virus has made a comeback in winter months with Tokyo finding a record 2,447 cases on Jan. 7.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 12, 2021

Cash piles and hostile bids set stage for a wild year in Japan M&A

While the broader trends that have driven recent overseas moves will likely hold, companies are also focusing inward, as they restructure assets and evaluate domestic competition.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 10, 2021

A ‘new wind is blowing’ for Japan’s coffee culture

Japan's kissaten and coffee shops are no strangers to social change. COVID-19 is pushing both shops and their customers into digital-driven habits.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 9, 2021

The search for positive takeaways from a year of COVID-19 on social media

Some users discovered they quite like the solitude they faced in 2020.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2021

Mike Pompeo angers China with Hong Kong threat and plan to send envoy to Taiwan

Hong Kong police arrested 53 democracy activists in dawn raids Wednesday in the biggest crackdown since China imposed a law last year opponents say aims to crush dissent.
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WORLD
Jan 8, 2021

Capitol Police under intense scrutiny after failing to stop mob in U.S.

Outmatched officers failed to prevent a mob of President Donald Trump supporters from invading the Capitol on Wednesday, sending lawmakers fleeing for safety.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 7, 2021

China reports most COVID-19 cases in five months as Hebei infections rise

Authorities in the capital of China's Hebei province strengthened travel restriction on Thursday to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the country reported the biggest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in more than five months.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 6, 2021

Hakone ekiden's stubborn crowds cause for Olympic concern

The 2021 Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race concluded as a last-mile thriller between the eventual winner Komazawa University and runner-up Soka University.
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WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 6, 2021

Climate action is embedding into how the world works

Positive developments in 2020 are perhaps a strong sign that climate action is starting to be 'institutionalized.”
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 4, 2021

Shuka Nomoto: An intimate toast to 2021

This Ebisu-based izakaya is small, stylish and serves top-notch food — just what we need to carry us through 2021.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2021

How Taiwan plans to stay (mostly) coronavirus-free

Consider for a moment, in this time of anguish and loss and death, of mass unemployment and flattened national economies, the Twilight Zone alternate reality that is Taiwan.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 2, 2021

Soka University races to Day 1 lead at Hakone ekiden

The Hachioji-based school captured the Day 1 crown for the first time, crossing the finish line in 5 hours, 28 minutes, 8 seconds.
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CULTURE / Books
Jan 2, 2021

Exciting books and translations from Japan to look out for in 2021

It's time to put 2020 behind us and look ahead to a new year with a new reading list. Here's a selection of intriguing titles coming out in the next 12 months.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Dec 31, 2020

2020 was a watershed year for Japan's foreign residents

Increased discussion on the status of biracial Japanese, media misinterpretations of foreign communities and a bungled border policy made up our 2020.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 31, 2020

Crime prevention tips for seniors among highlights of new year publications

From looking at the contents, you'd never have guessed what a crazy year 2020 has been.
JAPAN / 2020 in Review
Dec 28, 2020

Images of 2020 | COVID-19: The only story

A brief look at images that reflected the coronavirus pandemic's impact on Japan
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2020

Trump leaves a mess behind at NASA

President-elect Joe Biden needs to focus on what has made the U.S. space program distinctive in recent years: the power of private competition.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2020

She chronicled China’s crisis. Now she is accused of spreading lies.

Woman who became a symbol of Beijing's efforts to deny its early failings in the pandemic set for first known trial of a chronicler of China's coronavirus crisis.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020

We’re never going to mine the asteroid belt

One factor rules out most space mining at the outset: gravity. It guarantees that most of the solar system's best mineral resources are to be found under our feet on Earth.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2020

Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision

Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers are expected to emigrate as Beijing tightens its grip over its most restive city.
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BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2020

China’s online shopping addiction is killing its green packaging drive

Greenpeace estimates that China's Singles' Day generated 52,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide from manufacturing, packaging and shipping in 2017.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2020

No ‘negative’ news: How China censored the coronavirus

Officials scrambled to suppress inconvenient news and reclaim the narrative, according to confidential directives sent to local propaganda workers and news outlets.

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes