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BASKETBALL
Jul 20, 2020

Yudai Baba excited about new challenge with NBL's Melbourne United

Yudai Baba's ultimate goal is to earn a spot on an NBA team in the future.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 11, 2020

What’s the future of international food tourism in post-coronavirus Japan?

Food remains one of Japan's greatest assets as a travel destination, and industry insiders are cautiously optimistic about the future of culinary travel.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jul 10, 2020

‘Mottainai Grandma’ spreads her environmental message in new cartoon series

The animated series “Mottainai Grandma” teaches youngsters the importance of respecting the environment around them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2020

Meet Trump's new political football: TikTok

The White House needs to show the evidence it has for being concerned about the Chinese-owned short-video app before banning it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 9, 2020

Power pioneer Hideaki Horie invents new battery 90% cheaper than lithium-ion

Lithium-based batteries play a central role in the world of technology, but producing them is complicated and they have been the cause of fires.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2020

JR East to consider time-of-day fare system

The study comes in response to a drop in the number of passengers and changes in lifestyles following the novel coronavirus crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2020

'Horrifying' new U.S. rules on online college courses leave Japanese students in limbo

Depart the country or transition to another college if classes are moved entirely online, new Trump administration regulations say.
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2020

Positive rates needed to meet inflation target, says new BOJ board member

The bank must 'respond early' to downside risks that could emerge from the pandemic, said former Hitachi executive Toyoaki Nakamura.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Food Sustainability in Japan
Jun 28, 2020

How to compost in a cardboard box at home

Cardboard box composting, a method that's become popular in Japan, is cheap, simple, bad-odor-free and well-suited to small spaces.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 24, 2020

Wanted: More COVID-19 patients in Japan ... for clinical trials

Japan has become a victim of its own success as slowing new infections have led to a shortage of patients to enroll in trials for treatments and vaccines.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2020

Japan braces for perfect storm of COVID-19 spreading at flood shelters

The nation's usual approach leaves little room for social distancing, with each person allotted space for one straw tatami mat — about 1.6 square meters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 21, 2020

Pope says coronavirus should spark new environmental awareness

The drastic reduction in pollution during coronavirus lockdowns around the world should lead to greater concern for the environment as restrictions are lifted, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2020

Trump to order new restrictions on H-1B visas in next two days

President Donald Trump said he will announce new restrictions on employment-based immigration visas in the next two days, as the nation recovers from pandemic-related unemployment.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 21, 2020

Has Black Lives Matter’s Osaka march inspired new generation of rights activists in Japan?

The vast majority of participants at a Black Lives Matter march on June 7 appeared to be under 40 — with many likely in their teens and 20s.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jun 20, 2020

Rethinking summer in Japan amid a pandemic

Japan struggles to deal with the cancellation of annual seasonal events that serve as a lifeblood for local communities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2020

Tokyo reports 35 new coronavirus cases Friday

The cumulative number of new coronavirus infections in the capital now stands at 5,709, media reports quoted Tokyo Metropolitan Government sources as saying.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2020

The office isn't dead, it's just convalescing

As business starts to resume across Asia, some companies begin to look at whether teleworking can be extended for those who want it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jun 12, 2020

Okinawa cultural hall shows what the new normal will look like for theaters

In publishing a composite image of a socially-distanced theater crowd, the hall painted a bleak image of the future of stage in Japan.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 10, 2020

Coronavirus will force sumo fans and wrestlers to adjust to new normal

Things won't be the same when sumo resumes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 6, 2020

Fakalo Pizza Gallery: New digs, same heartfelt pizzas

Fakalo Pizza Gallery remains a labor-of-love operation with a half-dozen varieties each of red (tomato) and white (cheese) on the menu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2020

Tokyo reports 20 new coronavirus cases

Friday's figure brings the total COVID-19 infections in the capital to 5,343, media reports quoted Tokyo Metropolitan Government sources as saying.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2020

India's Yamuna River regains sparkle as coronavirus lockdown banishes waste

The sparkle has returned to the Yamuna River flowing through India's capital of New Delhi, residents say, after decades of filthy and stinking waters, matted with garbage and polluted with toxic effluent from industry.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of an indiscriminate fatal attack on a street of Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

Podcast

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

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic
By Alex K.T. Martin

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