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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Nov 27, 2020

Incident-free Japan Series could aid push for fans to attend Olympics

NPB's ability to admit just under 70,000 fans to the series' four games, held across two cities in domed venues, may provide hints to organizers aiming to pack Tokyo 2020 stands next summer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Nov 27, 2020

Shoplifting becomes unforeseen side effect of ban on free plastic bags

More and more customers are now taking advantage of their own personal, reusable bags to conceal unpaid items, making theft harder to spot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2020

Japan’s ‘misunderstanding’ about a Biden administration

The U.S. alliance is more important than ever before for Japan, which must address national security concerns in the face of a rising China while dealing with the threat from North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2020

A soaring monument to beauty in China is stirring passions. Mostly anger.

To officials, the statue of Yang Asha, a goddess of beauty, serves as a tribute to the rich culture of the local people. To many others in China, she is another white elephant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2020

'Wolf warrior' diplomacy sours Britain's Conservatives on China

Burning bridges with China is a particularly risky path for the U.K. as it exits the European Union's orbit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2020

Climate scientists turn Mount Everest into a lab

Climate science started on mountaintops. John Tyndall was a mid-19th-century British scientist and devoted mountaineer who scaled several Continental peaks, making the first recorded trip up Switzerland's Weisshorn. He sketched out the glaciers he saw there, and how they moved. By 1859, he’d become...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2020

Hong Kong campus rocked by protest becomes ‘prison’ a year later

Today, what had once been a bustling, freely accessible campus is locked down, its protest movement extinguished in a series of aggressive moves to stifle dissent in the Asian financial hub.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 24, 2020

Which of these faces is real?

Computers are getting ever better at generating realistic, entirely imaginary people. But the flaws are all ours.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 23, 2020

Raise a glass in memory of Tokyo's messier tourist traps

Robot Restaurant and MariCar (or Street Kart or whatever you want to call it) were problematic tourist experiences, sure. That doesn't mean they weren't bold.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2020

The secret origins of China’s 40-year plan to end carbon emissions

With a September speech to the United Nations, Chinese President Xi Jinping put a 2060 end date on his country's contribution to global warming, taking almost the whole world by surprise.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 22, 2020

Work from home in style with these design-focused office goods

As remote working becomes the norm, “On: Design” picks its favorite interior goods designed to help make the home office space less of an eyesore.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 22, 2020

Kimchi-making at home was going out of style. Rural towns to the rescue.

Families that have grown weary of eating commercial kimchi in big cities have started making pilgrimages to the countryside where they can learn how to prepare it on their own.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 22, 2020

Joy Jarman-Walsh: 'Japan could be a world-leader in post-COVID-19 travel'

Joy Jarman-Walsh pushes sustainable tourism in her podcasts and YouTube series, and she's optimistic about Japan's role in it.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2020

Hospitals in Japan's hard-hit areas stretched amid COVID-19 surge

There is concern that a rising trend in the number of severely ill patients could overwhelm hospitals, health care facilities and intensive care units, delaying critical care.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 20, 2020

Vulnerable foreign workers in Mie suffer as firms face downturn

“My daughter and son lost their jobs at the same time, and we are at loss as to what to do next,” said Raquel Garcia, 45, who worked at the Mie factory for nine years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2020

COVID-19 mutated. Can vaccines keep up?

So far, scientists have found only one mutation that improves the survival ability of the virus. The more transmissible strain is referred to as G614.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 19, 2020

How Tokyo can navigate the Japan-U.S.-China trap

The relationship between the world's three largest economies is a beneficial one, but must be maintained with delicacy and skill to keep conflict at bay.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2020

In Indonesia, making of a mayor sparks talk of nation's newest dynasty

The political aspirations of the president's son have raised suspicions that the leader is forming a new dynasty to elbow its way in among Indonesia's old elites.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2020

Tokyo to raise alert as Japan sets daily record with 2,000-plus COVID-19 cases

The alert level was established to warn residents to exercise further caution but can also be used to signal the announcement of additional virus countermeasures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 18, 2020

How Pfizer and BioNTech sprinted ahead in extraordinary race for a COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers were asked to tackle something that had never been done before: design a vaccine to stop a pandemic in its tracks in less than a year.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 16, 2020

B. League All-Star Game to become two-day event

The first night of the All-Star event will feature a skills challenge, dunk contest and three-point contest. The All-Star Game will be played the next day.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 16, 2020

How a human rights angel lost her halo

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has turned into an apologist for the very generals who once locked her up, downplaying their murderous campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2020

U.S. doctors are calling it quits under stress of the pandemic

Thousands of medical practices have closed during the pandemic, according to a July survey of 3,500 doctors by the Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit group.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 13, 2020

Japan faces another coronavirus wave, but this one’s different

A high number of asymptomatic cases compared to previous outbreaks, as well as more transmissions in households and workplaces, are forcing a rethink.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2020

Truth and de-Trumpification

Historically, plenty of other countries' transitions from authoritarianism have been characterized by a willingness to leave former power-holders unpunished.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 13, 2020

Harvard wins appeal on race but the battle is far from over

Harvard University can continue to consider race in its admissions decisions, after a federal appeals court ruled that it isn’t intentionally discriminating against Asian Americans and the policy doesn’t violate the U.S. Constitution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2020

Republicans urge Trump to allow Biden briefings as vote challenges sputter

A growing number of Republican senators urged Trump's administration to allow Biden access to presidential daily intelligence briefings.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 11, 2020

Tokyo logs 317 COVID-19 cases — most since August — amid nationwide surge

The spike in coronavirus cases is prompting concern at the highest levels of government, with a virus subcommittee urging officials to take countermeasures.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
1,010 food and beverage prices to rise in Japan in August
The price increases in August will be especially noticeable for dairy products, including milk and yogurt, according to the research firm Teikoku Databank.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.

Podcast

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

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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