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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2020

Japan to fight ruling recognizing Hiroshima 'black rain' victims

The central government and Hiroshima local governments appealed Wednesday a landmark ruling last month by the Hiroshima District Court that had recognized more victims of radioactive “black rain,” caused by fallout from the atomic bombing of the city, as eligible for support.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2020

SoftBank is targeting over ¥1 trillion in public investing

The group has been quietly amassing multibillion-dollar stakes in American Big Tech companies over the past few months, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2020

Japan kept activist investor in limbo over key Toshiba vote, sources say

The news illustrates how Japan's tighter rules on foreign ownership may also be used to keep activist shareholders in check.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020

Media tycoon’s arrest sends warning to Hong Kong’s free press

Right before China retook control of Hong Kong in 1997, tycoon Jimmy Lai started Apple Daily in part to promote democracy in the city. For 25 years, the newspaper survived advertising boycotts and political pressure, but never backed off its tough coverage of the Chinese government and pro-Beijing lawmakers....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2020

The costs and benefits of artificial intelligence

It is not so much the economics of new technologies that should worry us, but rather the politics and ethics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2020

U.S. health chief meets Taiwan’s leader, fueling China tensions

On the most senior visit by an American official in more than four decades, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar hailed Taiwan’s democracy and praised President Tsai Ing-wen’s response to the pandemic in comments likely to stoke tensions with China.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 10, 2020

Indian student rallies friends to raise more than ¥500,000 for Foodbank Sendai

Trishit Banerjee felt he didn't need the aid he received for the pandemic, so he gave it back to the community.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Aug 10, 2020

There's more than one way to a cat's heart

This gorgeous green-eyed fellow’s name is Mitsuo. He was rescued as one of eight kittens back in 2017 and though his kind rescuer was able to find homes for his seven siblings, Mitsuo was the odd one out.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2020

Diversity means accepting and tolerating differences

The days in which value is created only when people follow the same routine, the same work-style and the same unwritten rules are over.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 8, 2020

Telework gives Japan's dads time to help kids with homework over summer break

In recent weeks, you may have noticed fathers standing with their children in your neighborhood inspecting the trees that sit beside the road with various nets in tow.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2020

WeChat U.S. ban cuts off users link to families in China

U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on transactions using popular Chinese messaging app WeChat will cut ties to families and friends in China, millions of users in the United States fear, as they become the latest casualties in the standoff between the two nations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2020

Nippon Steel appeals South Korean court-ordered asset seizure

The Japanese government fears the judicial action will further inflame shaky bilateral relations and could set a dangerous precedent.
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 7, 2020

Japan institute struggling to preserve A-bomb autopsy materials

Specimens from victims were held by the U.S. for almost 30 years. Now returned and fading, the government has refused to fund their digitization.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 7, 2020

Anti-doping agency to reduce bans for recreational drugs from 2021

Athletes testing positive for recreational drugs out of competition will be banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for 1-3 months instead of two years when the policy is changed next year, officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Aug 7, 2020

Global business schools adapt to new plans

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted educational institutions, with schools and universities closing their doors and taking classes online worldwide. Global restrictions on travel pose a challenge to students looking to study abroad, as well as the institutions looking to recruit them....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 7, 2020

Singer Chris Hart is ready to say ‘I love you’ again

American crooner Chris Hart took a break from Japan's music scene two years ago, but now he's aiming for a fresh shot with an old classic
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 6, 2020

City Pop on Vinyl brings back the glitzed-out sounds of Japan's bubble

Soak up the sounds of city pop with five albums that highlight old-school heavyweights or showcase newer artists' takes on the bubble era genre.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2020

Creditors at odds with shareholders over Seven & I's Speedway mega-deal

The bond market is raising questions about what the price tag would mean for the company's relatively strong credit ratings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2020

The U.S.-China relationship is a Shakespearean tragedy

We are witnessing the biggest strategic misjudgment in history: Two superpowers are sliding toward conflict when they still share huge common interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Aug 4, 2020

Microsoft’s long history in China complicates potential TikTok deal

Hawks in the Trump administration oppose any purchase of the social-media service by the tech giant, citing its contributions to 'the Great Firewall of China.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2020

Trump’s TikTok assault opens new front in tech war with China

By going after TikTok, the U.S. is expanding a fight against Beijing using Chinese-style restrictions on tech companies in a move that could potentially have enormous ramifications for the world’s biggest economies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2020

An inside look at Vladimir Putin’s many moves to retain power

When Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing for June's nationwide vote on potentially extending his rule until 2036, he let the veil slip on part of the calculation behind the constitutional change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 3, 2020

Scientists inspired by 'Star Wars' create artificial skin able to feel

Singapore researchers have developed "electronic skin" capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2020

The global war for 5G heats up

U.S. moves have undermined Huawei's prospects outside China, but their long-term efficacy to constrain China's development and export of 5G technology is uncertain.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 3, 2020

Hong Kong denies mass Chinese virus tests are bid to harvest DNA

The Hong Kong government 'solemnly clarified that this is absolutely unfounded,” pledging that samples 'will not be transported to the mainland for testing.”
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 researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreign nationals
The new administrative body would serve as a cross-agency "control tower" to respond to issues such as crime and overtourism involving foreign nationals, according to the government.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.

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

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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