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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2020

Protests threaten to set back long-awaited reopenings

As the U.S. shifts its attention away from the pandemic, turmoil in the streets could hobble the recovery from COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2020

Japan’s challenges balancing national security and economics

National security and economic interests are perhaps more tightly bound together than ever before.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2020

The U.S. presidential election: Four surprises, four challenges

The pandemic, the economy, race relations and foreign affairs are likely to affect the outcome of the elections, not only for the White House but also for Congress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2020

Travel restriction poses challenges for Japanese firms with international workforce

Researchers who work in laboratories and new employees expected to acquire skills during workplace training sessions have been left in limbo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2020

Xi Jinping's strategic folly in Hong Kong

New national security law highlights China's insecurities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2020

Russian derangement syndrome

The Democrats and American media's obsession with the Kremlin's antics is becoming self-defeating.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2020

Masayoshi Son's SoftBank strained by losses and infighting at the top

In early March, before the coronavirus pandemic triggered a global economic lockdown, SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son paid tribute to Rajeev Misra, the man who runs his $100 billion technology investment fund. Wearing a $70 (¥7,500) Uniqlo down jacket, the Japanese billionaire put his arm...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2020

The end of Europe's Chinese dream

Three developments have led the EU to abandon its goal of closer economic ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 26, 2020

High-stakes power play: Xi moves to subdue Hong Kong

In the aftermath of last year's protests, Beijing appears determined to stamp out any renewed rebellion against the Communist Party's authority.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 25, 2020

Japan must start drafting an Indo-Pacific charter

After watching dozens of webinars, including one co-hosted by the Canon Institute for Global Studies and the Stimson Center, it seems clear that no one knows what will happen to the international order in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
JAPAN
May 21, 2020

Kansai sees end to virus state of emergency, but Tokyo area must wait

Experts caution that the rolling back of measures introduced by the emergency declaration does not mean the virus has disappeared.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2020

Tokyo unveils plan to reopen while preventing second virus wave

The city will closely monitor daily cases, untraceable cases and the infection rate from week to week.
JAPAN
May 14, 2020

Japan to lift coronavirus state of emergency in 39 prefectures

The nation's capital and seven prefectures will maintain emergency measures for now.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 11, 2020

What will happen to inclusion in COVID-19's wake?

The business sector has an unprecedented opportunity to take drastic and audacious initiatives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2020

COVID-19 and the advent of a 'contactless economic system'

The surveillance technology that helps suppress the spread of coronavirus is a double-edged sword.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 9, 2020

U.S. rearms to nullify China's missile supremacy in the western Pacific

A long-term struggle between the Beijing and Washington is at a turning point, with the United States rolling out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2020

Trump to refocus coronavirus task force on economic revival

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday his coronavirus task force would shift its primary focus to reviving U.S. business and social life, while acknowledging that reopening the economy could put more lives at risk.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 5, 2020

Trump administration stepping up efforts to rip global supply chains from China

Recent U.S. policy has been defined by tussles between pro-trade advisers and China hawks; now the latter say their time has come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2020

Lockdown critics may have some valid points

It's always worth listening to smart people with ideas that go against the grain.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2020

Coronavirus resurgence carries warning signs in home of India’s Taj Mahal

Agra, once celebrated for appearing to have contained the virus, is experiencing a second wave.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 1, 2020

Half of U.S. states easing coronavirus restrictions as jobless numbers grow

As White House economic reopening guidance expired on Thursday after two weeks in place, half of all U.S. states forged ahead with easing restrictions on restaurants, retail and other businesses in hopes of reviving coronavirus-stricken commerce.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2020

How China is attempting to prevent a second wave of infections

As the first major country to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns, China is focused on avoiding a devastating second wave of infections as it returns to a semblance of pre-pandemic life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020

Countries and companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine

Governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are making huge bets with extraordinarily low odds of success.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2020

China sees more imported coronavirus cases despite restrictions

China's northwestern province of Shaanxi reported on Saturday seven new imported cases of the novel coronavirus, all in citizens returning home from Russia, even as domestic cases in the country were largely curbed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 23, 2020

Spain extends lockdown as coronavirus cases rise again in Europe

Italy, France and Spain continued to grapple with some of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks as discussions in Germany and within the European Union focused on how to mitigate the economic fallout.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2020

Japanese asked to hunker down through Golden Week as virus numbers grow

Officials worry that travel during holiday could create clusters in rural areas where the health care system is relatively fragile.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 22, 2020

It’s time for arms talks with China

We're heading toward a future in which nuclear weapons will move from the background to the foreground of the U.S.-China relationship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2020

Netflix promises it won’t run out of TV shows during the pandemic

Faced with an unprecedented global health crisis that has frozen businesses around the world, Netflix Inc. is reassuring customers (and investors) that it won’t run out of new TV shows or movies anytime soon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2020

Trump’s failure on testing makes reopening guesswork

Americans are being forced to make life and death choices without vital information.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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