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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2021

Xi won’t attend Rome summit, Chinese envoys tell G20 sherpas

China's COVID-19 protocols, which can include quarantine mandates for returning travelers, were cited as a reason the leader did not intend to go to Rome, sources said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2021

U.S.-EU tech control talks raise hopes and concerns

Governments are beginning to wake up to the significance of new technologies and the inadequacy of existing control regimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 4, 2021

Hiroshima university students making documentary on 'black rain' hibakusha

The film, motivated by anger at a lack of government support for the A-bomb victims, documents the hardships residents in Hiroshima's Saeki Ward have endured over the years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 4, 2021

Gifu's COVID-19 plans overwhelmed by Japan's fifth wave

After all of its hospitals and repurposed facilities became full on Aug. 21, the prefecture had to change its policy on patients isolating at home.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Sep 27, 2021

Premature birth in Okinawa highlights COVID-19's impact on pregnant women

When an expectant mother is infected with the coronavirus, the risk of having the baby prematurely increases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Sep 27, 2021

Fukushima towns see hope in resumption of suspended train services

The opening of the Tadami Line 50 years ago was crucial to improving the region's connectivity, and now residents hope resumed operations will help draw in tourists.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 27, 2021

You can’t feign ignorance in a connected world

The lecture circuit is its own thing, but you can give your own presentations on a smaller scale and still have an impact.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2021

Mental health could be the next casualty of global warming

The sheer number of people across the globe susceptible to climate-induced stress has fostered a sense of urgency among mental health professionals seeking to understand the issue.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 24, 2021

Buffalo Daughter emerges from the pandemic with a new sense of current affairs

The rock trio takes a political turn on their latest album, 'We Are the Times.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2021

Library named after alum Haruki Murakami at Tokyo's Waseda University

The university will open the Waseda International House of Literature, also known as the Murakami Haruki Library, on Oct. 1 at its campus in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 22, 2021

Will Japan’s next PM take a shot at constitutional amendment?

An important political factor at play here is that every single LDP candidate has to voice support for constitutional amendment if they hope to win the party presidential race.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Sep 20, 2021

Sendai throws weight behind efforts to develop tech for disasters

Companies in the Tohoku region are developing apps to help with the distribution of relief supplies and the management of evacuation centers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2021

Xi’s celebrity crackdown no match for Universal Studios in China

A commentary published widely in state-run media last month warned against 'fan culture” and 'worshiping Western culture.”
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2021

What does each LDP contender have in store for Japan's economy?

The ruling party's leadership candidates stand apart on how to revive the nation's pandemic-hit economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2021

Afghanistan’s forsaken gender

While those of us in advanced economies contemplate the excesses of our modern society, Afghan women face an acute threat of being plunged back into the dark ages.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 16, 2021

‘A Balance’: The real-life dangers of telling the truth

Yujiro Harumoto's drama about a documentary filmmaker who struggles with a moral dilemma as she looks into the cover-up of a bullied schoolgirl's death is a rare achievement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 15, 2021

Biden floated meeting with Xi that Chinese leader declined

Biden suggested an in-person meeting with Xi, but the Chinese leader declined as he continues to avoid leaving his country even for major gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 13, 2021

Nagoya's health centers swamped as over 6,000 COVID-19 patients wait at home

For some, immediate hospitalization would be impossible, even if their pneumonia worsened to the point where they needed to be put on oxygen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Sep 13, 2021

Three years after Hokkaido quake, hard-hit communities facing depopulation

Their homes destroyed, older residents moved into town, but the outlook is bleak despite revitalization efforts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2021

After the 'bazooka', Bank of Japan dismantles the work of its radical chief

After years of shock-and-awe stimulus, the Bank of Japan is quietly rolling back radical policies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 11, 2021

Biden-Xi phone call raises key question: Who will blink first?

For Biden, giving in on any of China's requests could prove politically difficult, even as a contingent of Wall Street veterans push to improve ties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2021

Biden team weighs China trade probe in bid to press Beijing

USTR has asked outside consultants to help quantify the damage from Chinese subsidies in order to measure the kind of response that's appropriate should an investigation proceed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Sep 6, 2021

Hiroshima government office reverses course on anti-smoking measures

Smoking areas for workers will be restored after residents complained about them smoking on the street and outside an existing smoking booth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 6, 2021

Nighttime emergency rooms busier as more COVID-19 patients recuperate at home

Overnight emergency medical services are intended as a last resort, but doctors fear the facilities will soon be too full to offer care.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 6, 2021

Former tennis star can relate to what Naomi Osaka is going through

Mardy Fish now acts as a mentor, sharing his experience as a prominent athlete who had to deal with mental health problems when the subject was close to taboo in pro sports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2021

Suga's ratings hit record lows as party leader race looms

A Mainichi newspaper poll showed public support for Suga slid below 30% for the first time, to stand at a dismal 26%, while the Nikkei daily put his rating at 34%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 30, 2021

Agricultural income insurance gains traction in Japan's Tohoku region

The insurance covers nearly all products as well as losses resulting from a wide range of circumstances such as lower yields due to typhoons and the effects of the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Aug 30, 2021

Hokkaido lumber companies struggling to boost production despite soaring prices

Amid a global 'wood shock,' a shortage of loggers and difficulty tracking down landowners to get consent for forest harvesting is making it difficult to raise production.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
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.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.

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