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Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Aug 28, 2020

“The Japan Times and Cybozu-owned media Kintopia launch a joint series on diversity and the future of the Japanese workplace”

The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson and publisher: Minako Suematsu) and Cybozu Inc.’s (Head Office: Chuo-ku; Tokyo; President Yoshihisa Aono) Kintopia, an English-language online media, have jointly launched a six-part feature series titled "Diversity and the Future of...
Aug 28, 2020

“The Japan Times and Cybozu-owned media Kintopia launch a joint series on diversity and the future of the Japanese workplace”

The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson and publisher: Minako Suematsu) and Cybozu Inc.’s (Head Office: Chuo-ku; Tokyo; President Yoshihisa Aono) Kintopia, an English-language online media, have jointly launched a six-part feature series titled “Diversity and the Future...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 27, 2020

Abe's milestone marks mixed and incremental record

Say what you will, his long tenure has been consequential.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 25, 2020

I'm happy to be in Japan, but it shouldn't have taken this long to get back

After six months stuck outside Japan, a British student reflects on his journey back to some kind of normalcy.
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 Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2020

Travel bans throttle Japanese universities’ global ambitions

Non-Japanese students and faculty find study and research plans upended by pandemic restrictions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2020

Nomura cuts dozens of jobs at U.S. investment-banking unit

The firm has also said it will look at cutting office space in a move to stave off the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2020

COVID-19 tests nations' communitarian values

The world's most communitarian countries are handling the pandemic well. The most individualistic countries are doing the worst.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 18, 2020

Overindulging at home and playing the online ratings game amid a pandemic

One man reportedly left as many as 18 empty wine bottles and four large empty sake bottles out to be recycled each week during the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 6, 2020

Who lost Hong Kong on June 30?

While Xi Jinping may feel that he is winning the battle over Hong Kong, he is actually losing the war against the international community.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jul 6, 2020

Eagles soar to front of line in Pacific League after strong week

The top teams and the Central and Pacific Leagues had very good weeks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 18, 2020

French-Japanese director Noemie Nakai finds strength in vulnerability

The French-Japanese filmmaker hopes to make a difference in the world by embracing the areas outside our comfort zones and making films about vulnerability.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 2, 2020

Olympic skateboarding hopeful Sky Brown fractures skull

Eleven-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown, who is hoping to become Britain's youngest Olympian next year, fractured her skull and broke bones in her left hand after falling from a ramp during a training session in California.
MORE SPORTS
May 29, 2020

Show will go on at Japanese Derby despite coronavirus

The countdown is on for one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan, as the clock ticks down to 3:40 p.m. on Sunday, when the Japanese Derby will be run. This year, with things as they are in the world of sport, the race will be held behind closed doors, taking away its colorful atmosphere and vibrancy....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 28, 2020

Japan seeing fewer deaths than last year despite coronavirus, ministry data shows

Deaths across the nation fell 0.7 percent in the first three months of 2020 compared with an average of the period over the past five years.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 20, 2020

U.S. military faces down two challenges in western Pacific: COVID-19 and China

The U.S. military has battled to maintain its formidable presence in the western Pacific while reassuring allies about its readiness.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 16, 2020

In a rare move, entertainers air criticism of Japan's response to COVID-19 crisis

Members of the show business industry usually avoid anything smacking of politics so as not to jeopardize employment opportunities.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 25, 2020

Klaus Petersen: A robotics CEO with business sense

Engineer and CEO Klaus Petersen on what got him into robotics, the challenges of running a small business in Japan and how he defies expectations.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 9, 2020

A crucial time to keep coronavirus crisis under control

The state of emergency declared by the government this week due to the rapidly expanding number of coronavirus infections in Tokyo and six other prefectures should cause us not to panic but take the situation seriously.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 6, 2020

Brex star Ryan Rossiter reflects on virus-shortened season, career

When the 2019-2020 B. League season was forced to end abruptly last month because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Utsunomiya Brex were among the contenders who lost their chance to capture the league title.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2020

Abe urges vigilance to avoid COVID-19 spike and vows extraordinary steps to aid economy

The prime minister said the virus battle would be a long one, especially if people drop their guard, but pledged economic relief surpassing that for the 2008 financial crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2020

Abe seeks to calm a nervous nation, vowing new steps amid coronavirus outbreak

In a nationally televised news conference, Abe aimed to placate concerns about newly enshrined powers to declare a state of emergency.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
The self as a muse: Leonard Foujita's world in paintings and photos
One of Leonard Foujita’s biggest muses was himself. He painted self-portraits, often with a cat on his side, looking back at the viewer. He posed for photographers throughout his life, the displayed photos showing he retained his signature bowl cut and round glasses.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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