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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2020

Misreading the Chinese tea leaves: A dangerous escalation

Building a U.S. strategy on false premises and no overarching goals is hugely problematic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2020

Split over Japan's virus law between cities and government widens

A nationwide surge in new infections has triggered debate at all levels of government on not only how the law should be changed but when.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2020

What Spain is telling us about the coronavirus' second wave

Europe's new COVID-19 flare-ups are a serious test of governments' pandemic strategies.
SUMO
Jul 29, 2020

History shows Abi's flouting of virus protocols will likely be last straw for Japan Sumo Association

Many of those who have transgressed against the JSA's myriad rules (whether official or unwritten) in the past have found themselves out of the sport in short order.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2020

Osaka questions arbitrary ban on five-person outings amid virus resurgence

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura admits that the request was a political decision with no clear scientific rationale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2020

Uber and Lyft drivers win unemployment insurance payments in New York

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that New York Department of Labor was taking too long to make payments, citing a backlog of claims by the ride-share drivers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2020

Working from home is terrible news for landlords

First there was the decline of the shopping mall, now it's the end of office working. It's tough being in commercial property.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 28, 2020

Cushy coronavirus aid contract puts Japan ad giant Dentsu under spotlight

The ad giant has acquired the task of distributing a $20 billion package to help ailing businesses.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2020

China's 100-day push near Senkaku Islands comes at unsettling time for Sino-Japanese ties

Japan is being forced to rethink how it will approach an increasingly belligerent China after years of work trying to mend ties with Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 27, 2020

China questionnaires fan fears of ban on Hong Kong candidates

At least seven potential pro-democracy candidates for Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections have received questionnaires from the government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2020

Britain's response to COVID-19 has been world class

One country has done more than any other to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 26, 2020

Malaysia faces crucial graft test as Najib’s first 1MDB verdict looms

Malaysian former prime minister Najib Razak, fighting dozens of charges over a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal at state fund 1MDB, faces his first verdict on Tuesday in a landmark case that tests the country's efforts to stamp out corruption and could have big political implications.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2020

Don’t get depressed over those COVID-19 antibody studies

A real solution to the pandemic won't be found overnight, so be prepared for good news and bad along the way.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2020

China refuses to quit on the Philippines

China may have missed a golden opportunity to kill a military pact between Manila and Washington, but Beijing still wants to exploit gaps between the U.S. and its ally.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2020

China demands U.S. close Chengdu consulate in tit-for-tat move

China ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, after the American government forced China to leave its mission in Houston earlier this week in a rare decision.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2020

Chinese millennials drink milk to boost immunity amid pandemic

A growing debate in the country fueled by the coronavirus is about whether to have steamed buns and congee for breakfast, or milk and toast.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2020

Mike Pompeo urges more assertive approach to 'Frankenstein' China in major speech

Speaking at the Nixon Library in California, Pompeo said the late U.S. leader's worry about what he had done by opening the world to China's Communist Party in the 1970s had been prophetic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2020

Top scientists have ruled out best-case global warming scenarios

A group of 25 leading scientists now conclude that catastrophic warming is almost inevitable if emissions continue at their current rate.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 22, 2020

After troubled start, Go To Travel campaign still likely to achieve some aims

Battered by the health crisis, the domestic tourism industry sees a glimmer of hope in the campaign and its gargantuan u00a51.35 trillion budget.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 22, 2020

Summer music festival adapts classical music program with stage and livestream performances

The annual Festa Summer Muza Kawasaki is going ahead with its 2020 edition by holding 17 concerts in front of limited audiences alongside livestream performances.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2020

What’s in a name? NFL team’s decision should make us ask

The fight over naming — whether it's a sports team or a country music band — is really a fight about power.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 21, 2020

Japanese brewed with some tea-tinged idioms

Tea is such an important part of Japanese culture that it spills into the language on a regular basis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 21, 2020

China begins to dismantle democratic Taiwan’s toehold in Hong Kong

For decades, Hong Kong served as a bridge between China and Taiwan. Now, that appears to be just one more thing that’s changing in the former British colony.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2020

China’s deepening geopolitical hole

The U.K.'s decision to ban Huawei from its 5G networks is only the latest diplomatic setback for China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2020

Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell’s wealth hangs over sex-abuse case

Evidence of great wealth on Maxwell's part could bolster prosecutors' depiction of her as fully complicit in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
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.

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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