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OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2020

How the postponement ended the Olympic dreams of athletes

Some athletes have chosen not to wait another year to participate in the delayed Tokyo Games.
JAPAN / History
Jul 31, 2020

Time fails to dim Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Peace Declarations

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have some effect on this year's ceremonies marking the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 31, 2020

Xi calls for pivot to domestic economy as China recovery continues

China, where the coronavirus originated, appears to be weathering the pandemic and seeing its situation improve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2020

As pandemic rages on, world economic recovery looks ever more shaky

Many economists believe it could take a year or two for the global situation to get back to normal.
Japan Times
Jul 31, 2020

The Japan Times implements a new print viewer and released “ePaper Edition”, a newspaper you can read anytime, anywhere

The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson and publisher: Minako Suematsu) will launch the ePaper Edition print viewer service as one of the benefits of the Japan Times Digital Full Plan, which is currently being offered. The aim of this is to make the newspaper more convenient...
PRESS
Jul 31, 2020

The Japan Times implements a new print viewer and released “ePaper Edition”, a newspaper you can read anytime, anywhere

The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Chairperson and publisher: Minako Suematsu) will launch the ePaper Edition print viewer service as one of the benefits of the Japan Times Digital Full Plan, which is currently being offered.  The aim of this is to make the newspaper more convenient...
PRESS
Jul 31, 2020

ジャパンタイムズが紙面ビューアを新たに実装、いつでもどこでも読める新聞『ePaper Edition』をリリース

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役会長兼社長：末松弥奈子）は、現在提供している『ジャパンタイムズ・デジタルフルプラン』への特典の一つとして、より便利に活用できる新聞を目指し、紙面ビューア『ePaper...
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2020

No more 'lost decades' for women's empowerment

How many years must we wait until Japan becomes an ordinary country?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2020

About 3 billion animals were harmed in Australian bush fires, WWF says

Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, according to a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), triple the organization's earlier estimates.
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
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2020

U.K. and Japan close to post-Brexit trade accord replacing EU deal

The U.K. and Japan are close to agreeing on a post-Brexit trade accord, a deal that would replace the free-trade agreement Britain enjoys through its membership of the European Union and avoid the introduction of tariffs next year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2020

U.S.-China reconciliation is drifting further away

A recent speech by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deepens the view that peaceful coexistence with an authoritarian and increasingly powerful China isn't possible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2020

Nomura cuts dozens of jobs at U.S. investment-banking unit

The firm has also said it will look at cutting office space in a move to stave off the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2020

McDonald’s to sell chunk of Japan business and speed closures in U.S.

McDonald's said it will cut its ownership in McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan to at least 35 percent from 49 percent.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2020

Canon suffers first quarterly loss amid pandemic

Canon Inc. on Tuesday reported a group net loss of ¥8.8 billion for April to June due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, suffering the first red figure on a quarterly basis since it started earnings disclosure in 2001.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2020

Japan’s China engagement conundrum

Should “business as usual” continue if liberal, democratic values are threatened?
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
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2020

Working from home is terrible news for landlords

First there was the decline of the shopping mall, now it's the end of office working. It's tough being in commercial property.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 28, 2020

Cushy coronavirus aid contract puts Japan ad giant Dentsu under spotlight

The ad giant has acquired the task of distributing a $20 billion package to help ailing businesses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2020

Germany's Bund may be about to lose its crown

The EU's new pandemic bond will represent a challenge to Europe's undisputed credit market champion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2020

Europe rescues itself

A groundbreaking agreement for a new EU-financed recovery fund doesn't satisfy all of Europe's needs.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2020

China's 100-day push near Senkaku Islands comes at unsettling time for Sino-Japanese ties

Japan is being forced to rethink how it will approach an increasingly belligerent China after years of work trying to mend ties with Beijing.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Niseko Summer special 2020
Jul 27, 2020

Festival boasts local brews and eats

Autumn marks a sense of accomplishment for Niseko’s farming community. The district is renowned for its fertile landscape and nutrient-rich volcanic soil, which contributes to some of the best produce to be found in Japan.
University of Tokyo lands its highest spot ever in global higher education ranking
The University of Tokyo in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
After ruling bloc breakup, CDP and Komeito eye unified PM candidate
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
As the Osaka Expo comes to a close, what will its legacy be?
After a run-up marked by apathy, organizers soon found they had the opposite problem as crowd control became a concern.
Why Japan's coalition collapsed — and what's next
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi enters party headquarters in Tokyo on Thursday.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
A Japanese comedian walks into an Aussie bar … and stays there
Takashi “Waka” Wakasugi stopped by the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya Ward last month following his stint at Edinburgh Festival Fringe performing his show “Comedy Samurai.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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