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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2020

Words outpace reality in U.S.-India relationship

In many ways, Japan and India are more natural partners than are India and the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 27, 2020

BOJ board member urges inflation policy review and stronger steps to avert virus-linked recession

A member of its BOJ's Policy Board has called for stronger action by the central bank as the widening fallout from the coronavirus outbreak risks tipping the economy into yet another recession.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2020

Tokyo Olympics will most likely go ahead as planned, but coronavirus could still damage attendance

As outbreaks of COVID-19 continue to spread in Japan, so too does speculation that they could force the cancellation or postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 26, 2020

In night of violence, Greeks try to block access to island migrant camp building sites

Police in riot gear threw teargas and fired water cannon at Greek islanders as they tried to prevent access to construction sites for new migrant detention centres by setting fires, hurling flares and blockading the gates.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2020

Trump denies seeking or getting election help from another country despite intel report on Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no country was trying to help him win the November election, after a top intelligence official told lawmakers Russia was interfering in the 2020 presidential vote to help Trump win a second term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2020

Democrat centrists shouldn't worry — Sanders isn't radical

He's a classic liberal Democrat.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 25, 2020

Shares of Juventus plunge amid fears virus will keep fans away

Shares of Juventus Football Club S.p.A., home to star player Cristiano Ronaldo, fell as much as 14 percent in two days amid fears the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy could lead to some top division matches being played in empty stadiums.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 25, 2020

Lawyer for U.S. says Julian Assange put lives at risk but his side claims he's target of Trump war on journalists

Julian Assange is wanted for crimes that put at risk the lives of people in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan who had helped the West, some of whom later disappeared, said a lawyer acting for the United States in its bid to extradite him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020

Democratic candidates aim to change U.S. foreign policy

The Democratic presidential candidates have no shortage of issues on which to criticize Trump for his handling of foreign policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020

The end of the EU's Brexit bounce

Negotiations over the future of U.K.-EU relations will divide Europeans and offer fodder to Euroskeptics
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020

U.S. can't afford to lose the Philippines

Cancelling the Visiting Forces Agreement will help al-Qaida and bolster China's hand.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2020

Japan's next restroom revolution? Phasing out squat toilets for Tokyo 2020

On southwestern Miyajima island, Hiroshima Prefecture, a short walk from one of the country's most famous ancient temple sites, there's a brand new attraction for tourists — a state-of-the art public toilet block nearly as big as a tennis court.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 22, 2020

Jonah Salz: What's life without the drama?

Theater scholar and director Salz on Beckett, kyogen and teaching in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2020

WHO should demand more of China

The coronavirus poses a global health risk that's more important than appeasing a major donor to the agency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2020

Japan can't run out the clock on coronavirus

Next month the Olympic torch will arrive in Japan for a four-month relay to launch the opening ceremonies for the Tokyo summer games. But rather than anticipating the sight of Olympic torchbearers, much of Japan is fixated on a different relay: hundreds of masked passengers grimly walking off the quarantined...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2020

Japan and Australia economies already feeling impact from COVID-19

Asia's biggest economies are already feeling the brunt of new coronavirus COVID-19.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Feb 21, 2020

Six-time world champion Shu Takada has got the world on a (yo-yo) string

Six-time world champion yo-yo performer Shu Takada wants to take the yo-yo mainstream and show his tricks to the world
EDITORIALS
Feb 20, 2020

Review the nation's quest for a nuclear fuel cycle

The government and the power industry need to proceed with a long-overdue review of the the MOX nuclear fuel cycle policy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 20, 2020

Taigen Kawabe's Ill Japonia: Allowing yourself to learn from the new wave

Bo Ningen's Taigen Kawabe drops the guitars and starts rapping on his first release as III Japonia.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 19, 2020

CDP accuses Abe of lying about paper trail from cherry party dinner

Opposition lawmakers claim there have been contradictions in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's answers to parliamentary questions about a controversial dinner event, related to a publicly funded cherry blossom-viewing party that has become the focus of a political scandal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 19, 2020

Changing attitudes, not regulations, is the key to Japan's future

There is little indication that the Japanese public will change and allow the reforms required to put Japan's economy on a more stable footing and facilitate growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2020

Who can beat Donald Trump?

U.S. President Donald Trump is such an alarming figure that many Democratic voters so far appear willing to overlook in Michael Bloomberg what they would never forgive otherwise. And that, perhaps, is the clearest sign yet that American democracy is in crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2020

WHO says no indication of COVID-19 cases in North Korea

There are no indications that there are cases of the new coronavirus in North Korea, a World Health Organization official said, despite South Korean media reports suggesting the outbreak had spread to the isolated country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2020

In fighting outbreaks like COVID-19, Big Pharma struggles to get out front

Sanofi has joined the race to combat coronavirus as the outbreak is kindling fears of a pandemic. The question is whether its effort will prove more effective than some of Big Pharma's past attempts to tackle dangerous new pathogens.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 18, 2020

Let's discuss plastic bag fees in Japan

Would you be willing to pay an extra fee for plastic bags if it meant we were able to use the money to help with larger environmentally friendly efforts?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2020

A new place for Tokyo on the international stage

The problems of international relations and foreign policy are too great to be left to governments alone.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Feb 17, 2020

Bureaucrats are to blame for copy-happy hotel clerks

With data privacy being a huge issue, you may feel uneasy about hotels photocopying your passport. However, Colin P.A. Jones says the rule is more about bureaucratic culture than privacy.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan should produce its own AI defense solutions, Sakana AI CEO says
Sakana AI CEO David Ha speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan gets ‘wake-up call’ with $4.5 billion annual net loss
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa in Tokyo as the company releases its results
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.

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