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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2020

The post-COVID-19 international order

The postwar movement toward an open, free, rule-based and truly globalized international order must be put on hold.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2020

Why science won’t ace its COVID-19 test

In normal times, the decentralization of research works remarkably well. In a crisis, the usual process is inadequate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2020

Strength in numbers: A more open approach to tracking the virus in Japan

Like many foreign residents of Japan during the early days of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, Shane Reustle and Jiahui Zhou recall poring over websites run by the health ministry and local municipalities to try to get a clear picture of how infections were spreading in the world’s third-largest economy....
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 20, 2020

In shadow of coronavirus, Muslims face a Ramadan like never before

Days before the holy fasting month of Ramadan begins, the Islamic world is grappling with an untimely paradox of the new coronavirus pandemic: enforced separation at a time when socializing is almost sacred.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 19, 2020

Warmest oceans on record could set off a year of extreme weather

The world’s seas are simmering, with record high temperatures spurring worry among forecasters that the global warming effect may generate a chaotic year of extreme weather ahead.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 18, 2020

‘Healing Resistance’ review: Murder, reconciliation and a commitment to nonviolence

For the past 20 years, Japanese-American author Kazu Haga has taught the philosophy of nonviolence in schools, nonprofit organizations and prisons.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 18, 2020

Hard-to-trace coronavirus cases put pressure on Japan’s hostess bars

In the fantasy world conjured up by Japan's hostess clubs, the coronavirus pandemic has delivered an unwelcome dose of reality.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 17, 2020

Bubba Wallace condemns Kyle Larson for using racial slur in esports event

Bubba Wallace, one of NASCAR's most successful African-American drivers, has condemned Kyle Larson for using a racial slur during an esports event, saying his fellow American needs to get such words "out of his vocabulary."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 17, 2020

In China, demands for more free speech outlast coronavirus lockdowns

Even as China seeks to revive its economy under a host of restrictions meant to prevent another outbreak, some are urging looser limits on speech.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 16, 2020

Tokyo's bumper virus emergency fund highlights yawning wealth gap

The Tokyo package offers u00a5500,000 to u00a51 million in cash for small businesses that voluntarily comply with virus countermeasures and curtail or suspend their operations.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 16, 2020

Japan's governors under the spotlight as coronavirus pandemic rages

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the national government to declare an emergency in seven prefectures. This, in turn, has put the spotlight on the powers and responsibilities of prefectural governors. Though often compared to state governors elsewhere, there are key differences.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 15, 2020

Inside Hong Kong judges’ battle with China over courts’ autonomy

The independence of Hong Kong's judicial system is under assault from the Communist Party leadership in Beijing, senior judges in the city have said, posing the gravest threat to the rule of law since Britain handed its former colony back to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2020

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, old tensions rear their heads

Amid an all- consuming fight against the coronavirus, the U.S. and Japan must be ready for renewed tensions with China over Taiwan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 13, 2020

Facing our values and characters while being on our own

The state of emergency declared by the government has given us a launching pad to start transforming ourselves.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Food Sustainability in Japan
Apr 11, 2020

To meat, or not to meat: The future of Japanese cellular agriculture

Would you notice if the cubed meat in your cup noodle wasn’t “real” meat? If you did, would you care? What if the future of our meat supply counted on it?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 11, 2020

Dean Newcombe wants Japan to clean up its act

Name: Dean Newcombe
SOCCER
Apr 11, 2020

Mexican League players jump on esports bandwagon to hold virtual season via FIFA 20

The Mexican League joined other sports leagues around the world Friday by using its players to conduct an esports tournament that will be broadcast to fill the time while play on the field is halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2020

Shizuoka's Rainbow Disco Club to stream online

On April 18, Rainbow Disco Club will host a 12-hour paid-streaming party featuring artists performing sets from Izu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2020

Tokyo announces monthlong action plan to contain coronavirus outbreak

The plan, which took effect Saturday and lasts until May 6, requests the temporary closure of a long list of businesses and private facilities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2020

It’s now or never for global leadership on COVID-19

A G20 task force and a donors conference are needed to raise and coordinate support to fight the pandemic.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2020

Spain warns EU future at risk over financial response to coronavirus

The European Union's future is in jeopardy if it cannot come up with a joint financial response to combat the new coronavirus, Spanish officials warned on Wednesday, after the bloc failed to agree on more support for their reeling economies.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 8, 2020

Osaka Evessa announce three more infected players

The Osaka Evessa announced Tuesday that three more of their players have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected players and team officials to eight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 7, 2020

Crisis offers an opportunity for radical educational reform

Shifting the start of the school year to fall would bring the nation a number of benefits.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2020

Masks should be prioritized for health workers to avoid shortage against coronavirus, WHO says

The World Health Organization voiced concern on Monday that the wearing of medical masks by the general public could exacerbate the shortage for health workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2020

Sunday in the park with COVID-19

The only way to safely enjoy nature these days is to keep away from one another.
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 area 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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