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Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 13, 2020

Conquering history and conquering the stage with Ken Watanabe

Japanese actor Ken Watanabe returns to 'Pizarro' 35 years after his last performance in the play, this time in the lead role as the titular Spanish conquistador.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 12, 2020

Augmented reality startup Magic Leap to explore a sale

Magic Leap Inc., the startup that raised more than $2 billion to build an augmented reality device, is exploring options including a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 12, 2020

'Last resort' COVID-19 treatment in short supply at Japan's hospitals

The treatment involves running the blood of a patient with respiratory or cardiac failure through an artificial lung.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Mar 12, 2020

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu draws on his own past of otherness to foster inclusion today

A professor and counselor, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu believes that telling your own story under the right circumstances can be part of a healing process.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 11, 2020

Spreading clusters of coronavirus cases worry Japan's local governments

While the national government drive forward legal revisions to allow the declaration of a national emergency over the COVID-19 virus as early as this week, local governments are growing increasingly concerned about the spread of the novel coronavirus in so-called clusters.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2020

Nine years on, monuments in Tohoku pass on lessons and memories from 3/11

The public, industry and academic sectors in four northeastern prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami are collaborating on a project to highlight disaster-related monuments and remains across the region.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 11, 2020

Intersection: Bridging the Pacific through the medium of J-pop

Intersection's four dual-heritage members say they want Japanese music listeners to be more open to international culture and people with more diverse backgrounds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2020

The age of geoeconomics is upon us

A new trend is emerging: Countries are using economic strength to achieve a balance of power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2020

Viewing history through the lens of gender

More women need to be visible in historical narratives, but equally more girls and women need to be empowered with the technical skills to write their own narratives in the digital age.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 10, 2020

Despite virus, China's consumer confidence remains robust; Japan faces biggest hit

The coronavirus is increasingly weighing on global consumer sentiment, but its impact can vary greatly.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Mar 10, 2020

School closures begin as Japan steps up coronavirus fight

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a 'request' to close schools, not an 'order.' Let's look at the language of a Kyodo News piece on the subject.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2020

COVID-19 creates two co-presidents in the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump is a great campaigner but a poor crisis manager.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2020

China loses a skirmish in fight for global influence

Beijing aims to increase its global influence by attaining leadership positions in international organizations.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020

Japan tightens border controls over COVID-19, but power to quarantine limited

A health ministry official confirms that under current law, the government can only request that people submit to a quarantine voluntarily.
SPORTS
Mar 9, 2020

NPB to delay start of regular season due to ongoing COVID-19 outbreak

Nippon Professional Baseball has made the decision to postpone the start of its regular season as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the league announced on Monday afternoon.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 9, 2020

Design innovations in Kyoto's textile industry pave the way forward

The contrasting worlds of contemporary designer Mae Engelgeer and Hosoo, a historical Japanese textile company, overlap to ethereal effect at 'Colortage,' an exhibition of new approaches to fabrics.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Mar 9, 2020

'Justice for all' means getting Mikio a real home

Rescued as a tiny kitten, Mikio has been at the shelter nearly his entire life. And that's despite the fact he was featured on these pages nearly two years ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 9, 2020

A sea change for Japanese sculptors

'Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020' in Western Australia, brings together eight Japanese sculptural works, including Harayuki Uchida's new 2.5-ton stainless-steel kinetic 'Merry Gate.'
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southwestern USA report 2020
Mar 9, 2020

New Mexico’s free soft landing program helps foreign SMEs enter the US

While many large foreign companies have the resources to hire local lawyers, in-house experts and site selection consultants to help them navigate America’s complex legal and regulatory structure, many foreign small and midsized enterprises (SMEs) do not have access to the necessary support that allows...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Food of my Former Homeland
Mar 7, 2020

Angkor Wat: A Cambodian take on 'Japanese professionalism'

A gigantic elephant statue guards the entrance to Angkor Wat, a Cambodian restaurant hidden near Tokyo's Yoyogi Station.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Mar 7, 2020

Nagayamahonke Shuzojo: Sake with terroir takes root in Yamaguchi

At sake brewery, Nagayamahonke Shuzojo, brewer Takahiro Nagayama prioritizes organic rice, water and sustainability over technology. The result: sake with distinct local flavor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 7, 2020

Paradise lost: Japan longs for simpler times in trying days

The Japanese weren't always workaholics. Once upon a time, work had its place and knew its place. It didn't swallow life whole. Other pursuits were given their due. People worked without being consumed by work.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2020

Japan's first whole genome-sequencing service for 'precision medicine' eyed for June launch

Japan's first whole genome-sequencing service for public use will be launched as early as June.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
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
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.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
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.

Podcast

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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