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LIFE / Food & Drink / DESSERT WATCH
Jul 18, 2020

It’s a clash of creamy and crunchy at Beard Papa’s

With two new takes on its signature sweet, cream puff specialist Beard Papa's isn't holding back for summer 2020.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2020

The Abe doctrine on 'Quad plus'

The narrative offers a strategic direction for Japan's international activism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 17, 2020

Mask rules expand across U.S. as clashes over the mandate intensify

A tidal wave of new mask requirements have recently been issued in the U.S., but resistance is still strong in many circles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2020

Piracy in Asian waters rises to highest in five years, data show

Piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asian waters in the first half of 2020 shot up to its highest level in five years and nearly double the number recorded in the same period a year earlier.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 17, 2020

The world has changed too much for Joe Biden to erase the Trump effect

At last year’s Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of military chiefs and political leaders, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a promise to America’s allies: "This too shall pass,” he assured them, "we will be back.”
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2020

Japan in talks with Johnson & Johnson to secure COVID-19 vaccine

The company has already agreed to prioritize an allocation to the United States as part of a funding agreement, according to the firm's chief financial officer.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 16, 2020

Twitter hack spotlights disinformation fears as U.S. election looms

Lawmakers were swift to call for the company to answer questions or for the U.S. to bolster its cybersecurity position.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 16, 2020

China's economy rebounds in second quarter after steep slump

Authorities are widely expected to maintain policy support in the second half to bolster the revival, despite concerns over rising debt risks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2020

With polls sliding, Trump replaces Brad Parscale in campaign shake-up

U.S. President Donald Trump ousted Brad Parscale as manager of his campaign, replacing him with Bill Stepien as the president seeks to reverse a decline in the polls with less than four months before the November election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2020

Trump and Putin by the book

Both leaders were long prefigured in classic works of political satire.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2020

Training for the pandemic economy

Policymakers must take the right steps to ease the transition to the world being created by COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2020

Libya's double tragedy

With Turkey and Egypt now locking horns in the country, Libya's agony is even less likely to be resolved at the ongoing U.N. talks in Geneva.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2020

Is Japan ready for transformational change?

If the nation loses this opportunity, it will be known as the country that never changes.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 14, 2020

The word 'werewolf' gets new life during the COVID-19 pandemic

Every month, publishers Shogakukan make a list of words and meanings that aren't in the dictionary yet, but are being used more often.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 13, 2020

Can Japan get out of its downward spiral?

To turn the nation around, Japan needs more effective political leadership.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2020

The political logic of China’s strategic mistakes

The Chinese Communist Party is firmly convinced that the world is a Hobbesian place where long-term survival depends solely on raw power.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jul 13, 2020

Yuki Yanagita powers Hawks past Eagles in six-game series

With no All-Star Game, Yuki Yanagita held his own personal home run derby last week in Fukuoka.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 12, 2020

New intimacy: COVID-19 offers a chance to take things slow

Online dating is a safer alternative for those looking for relationships during COVID-19. But that doesn't mean physical intimacy is on pause.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2020

Japan urges urbanites to tour country, sparking fear of virus's spread in countryside

A central government campaign to spur domestic tourism has drawn both enthusiasm and ire, with some social media users telling urbanites to stay away from rural areas.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 11, 2020

Social media finds itself in a new role as businesses reopen

Many residents of Japan are still a long way from feeling remotely like they did before the COVID-19 pandemic began, but that hasn’t stopped a number of nonessential businesses from starting up again after months of being closed.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 10, 2020

With a year to go, experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid pandemic

In interviews with dozens of experts, a common theme emerged: The Olympics would increase the risk of a coronavirus outbreak.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2020

For some in LDP, Koike's Tokyo win strengthens case for snap poll

Landslide triumph for the incumbent in Sunday's gubernatorial election underscored the current weakness of the opposition and voters' preference for the status quo.
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.
‘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.”
Chemistry Nobel winner Kitagawa says downtime helped him think up new material
Susumu Kitagawa speaks to reporters at Kyoto University on Wednesday after receiving the news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry the same day.

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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