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JAPAN
Aug 16, 2022

Japan COVID deaths up sevenfold over month amid latest virus wave

Since hitting 250 on Aug. 9, the number of death cases in the country has topped the 200-mark almost every single day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2022

The forgotten virus: Zika families and researchers struggle for support

When Zika failed to rage globally, governments and institutions scaled back funding to study it, but researchers still don't know how it works.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Aug 16, 2022

Creating parity in the field of science in Japan

Noriko Osumi is one of the highest-ranking female scientists in Japan, and has worked to address the structural causes behind the severe lack of women within certain academic fields.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2022

U.S. and Japan defense chiefs vow cooperation in 'any situation' amid Taiwan concerns

Yasukazu Hamada and Lloyd Austin 'strongly condemned' China's launching of missiles into waters near Japan's southwestern islands as part of exercises aimed at Taiwan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2022

What if India and Pakistan actually got along?

Full reunification is difficult to imagine, but there are many possible arrangements that fall short of that.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2022

The world of fashion and design has lost a titan

Famed Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake didn't just dress his clients, he challenged them.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 16, 2022

Troops, noodles and familial love: China lays out its ideal Taiwan

Alongside its flashy display of power, China has been laying out its most forceful vision — political, economic, cultural — of a unified future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2022

Renewed Ukraine grain exports helping lower food prices, World Bank economist says

The World Bank does not expect food prices to increase for the rest of the year, the organization's senior agriculture economist said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 16, 2022

Peloton, Calm and LinkedIn add to growing list of tech layoffs

According to Layoffs.fyi, a website tracking job cuts at startups and recently public companies, more than 37,000 positions were eliminated at 467 firms globally in the second quarter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 16, 2022

Growing number of shareholder meetings held online in Japan

The number of such companies is expected to increase 60% from the previous year to some 800 this year, according to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2022

Worries persist for Afghans in Japan one year after Taliban takeover

The Islamist group's power grab in August 2021 has kept many Afghans from returning to their country due to fears of persecution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2022

Singapore’s next prime minister warns U.S. and China may ‘sleepwalk into conflict’

Lawrence Wong said the relationship between the world's biggest economies was on a 'very worrying” trajectory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2022

Even with biggest-ever climate bill, U.S. lags China’s green spending

Many countries have passed climate regulations and invested in green infrastructure, but the scale of the Inflation Reduction Act has few parallels.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2022

Congress forces Biden toward risky face-off with China over Taiwan

More hawkish moves by Congress could leave the U.S. president with a choice of whether he would rather look weak in Washington or in Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2022

Xi crackdown foils Shanghai-like COVID unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet

Broad surveillance measures used over the years against Tibetan Buddhists and mainly Muslim Uyghurs, both minority groups in China, are helping enforce lockdown rules.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 15, 2022

Japanese photographer blows whistle on treatment of ‘comfort women’

The 51-year-old photographer from Japan finds himself at the center of a current scandal about the treatment of the women, more than three-quarters of a century after the end of WWII.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 15, 2022

At a time of political transition, Nippon Ishin ponders its next leader

The Osaka-based party could become more prominent on the national stage by aligning itself more closely with the LDP, but the risk of a split looms too.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2022

Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy

In June 2020, California's employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer who accused two higher-caste bosses of blocking his career.
BASEBALL
Aug 15, 2022

Hideki Kuriyama considers options for Samurai Japan roster after trip to U.S.

The Japan manager is gauging the interest Japan's MLB stars have in competing in the World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2022

China has painted itself into a semiconductor corner

Lost billions, graft probes, and broken dreams are the result of over-ambitious goals to build a leading chip sector.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2022

China's Taiwan drills accompanied by wave of misinformation

As millions watched a Weibo livestream of a flight-tracking site showing Pelosi's flight landing in Taiwan, unsubstantiated claims emerged that her plane was forced to turn back to the U.S.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 15, 2022

Emma Raducanu looking forward to match against Serena Williams

'For our careers to have crossed like this ... I'm fortunate to be able to play her.'
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 15, 2022

Ian Foster's future with All Blacks in limbo despite win over Springboks

Ian Foster's future as head coach of New Zealand remained up in the air on Monday despite the All Blacks' impressive turnaround against South Africa in the Rugby Championship over the weekend.
Singer Crystal Kay reunites with producer Taku Takahashi for her single “That Girl,” which dips into the sounds of the 2000s as well as the modern thump of Jersey Club, a high-energy American style of dance music.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 16, 2024

Crystal Kay's star sparkles anew with Gen Z fans

The singer marks the 25th anniversary of her debut in J-pop with new single, "That Girl."

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years