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Aug 6, 2020

Former troublemaker Yuya Wakamatsu closing in on ONE Championship flyweight title shot

Now riding two consecutive wins, Wakamatsu has earned the No. 4 spot in the official ONE Championship flyweight rankings.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2020

Virtual work strengthens the outsiders and the weak

The grip that hierarchies have on all sorts of organizations was already breaking down. The pandemic has sped up the process.
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BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 5, 2020

TikTok’s price is a giant question mark in an already complex deal

Analysts and bankers have pegged the value of the video-sharing app's U.S. business at anywhere from $20 billion to $50 billion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2020

Delay the election? U.S. presidents often do things they can’t do

The stock response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the general election might be delayed because voting during a pandemic would involve a record number of mail-in ballots, a format he argues is unreliable and susceptible to fraud, is that he doesn’t have that power.
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JAPAN
Aug 4, 2020

Sharing Hiroshima's legacy in the age of COVID-19

Amid the pandemic, the city has been looking for ways to help hibakusha tell their stories and let the past live on.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 4, 2020

78% of A-bomb survivors feel difficulty in conveying experience: poll

As survivors of the atomic bomb get older, it's hard for them to keep up their important educational activities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 3, 2020

Eat or stay cool? Cities test ways to protect the vulnerable from rising heat

Many people do not realize that they are at risk from the heat inside their homes, and may lack the resources to do anything about it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2020

With heavy hand, India rides out Kashmir's year of disquiet

Local politicians warn that anger is rife with young men still picking up stones and arms.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 3, 2020

‘Japan has to remember that it is not just importing workers, it is importing people who have hopes’

Alfred Weinzierl has an eccentric way of doing business, but everything he does comes from the heart.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 3, 2020

Breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it needs to be done

Amy Chavez came to Japan in 1993 and, four years later, met her best friend. From there, things were a roller coaster.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Aug 2, 2020

Japan on air: The best podcasts about the Land of the Rising Sun

The Japan Times' recommendations for nine Japan-related podcasts, covering everything from the day's headlines to language and culture.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 2, 2020

Will Japan pursue a strike capability in lieu of Aegis Ashore?

Hard decisions lie ahead to make sure the nation has an effective defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 1, 2020

Kabukicho host clubs under fire for spreading coronavirus

Some media outlets are weighing the pros and cons of mounting an actual 'blockade' of Tokyo's well-known entertainment district.
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CULTURE / Books
Aug 1, 2020

Step into another world with isekai, the fantasy subgenre ruling the manga market

In recent years, the manga and light novel market has been inundated with 'isekai,' a subgenre in which protagonists are transported to a fantasy world.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 1, 2020

Struggling to cope with a protracted rainy season that took forever to end

Summer has been a damp squib so far this year for many parts of the country, with annual events canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on top of a protracted rainy season that seemingly took an eternity to end.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Aug 1, 2020

Jewels on the table: Mamezara in the home

With the passage of time, mamezara can take on a distinctive aura or energy that attaches itself to items that have passed through human hands.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2020

'Higher culture' Japan acted like it had the virus under wraps, but now it’s everywhere

Japan risks becoming a warning for what happens when a country moves too fast to normalize its economy and doesn't adjust its strategy when the outbreak changes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2020

Undead economies are the price of mini-lockdowns

After pocket lockdowns, get ready for pint-sized recoveries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2020

Split over Japan's virus law between cities and government widens

A nationwide surge in new infections has triggered debate at all levels of government on not only how the law should be changed but when.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 30, 2020

Good time for a 'workation' but is Japan Inc. ready?

Are the nation's employers ready to let workers telecommute from hotels, resorts and other destinations where they can escape the mundane reality of life?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 30, 2020

NASA set to launch robotic rover to seek signs of past Martian life

The mission will involve the collection of rock samples and the test of an autonomous helicopter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2020

The shape of post-pandemic university education

Will online teaching and distance learning become the 'new normal'?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2020

The geopolitics of sports: Japan’s Summer Games on the world stage

There is no bigger stage for how the world will see the Olympics and Japan's ability to “bend adversity,” as it has done throughout its history.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2020

Kashmir domicile law raises fears of losing land and culture

At 75 years old, Zareef Ahmad Zareef has been witness to several major events that have shaped Kashmir — for the worse, he says — since it became part of India in 1947.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Infectious diseases to watch for in Japan this summer amid surge of cases
An illustration of a colony of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium that causes pertussis, or whooping cough. As of Aug. 10, there were 64,467 cases reported this year, according to the latest data from the Japan Institute for Health Security.
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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