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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 2,019 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases in the capital stood at 3,762.4, up 17% from a week ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 3,687 new cases

The number of severely ill patients under Tokyo's criteria remained the same as Saturday at 15, while four deaths linked to the virus were reported on Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Oct 29, 2022

This Halloween, play dead with some made-in-Japan horror games

You don't have to trudge to the movie theater this Halloween to get your share of screen screams.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2022

Japan confirms season's first bird flu cases

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed government officials to be on high alert over a possible spread of cases and promote quarantine measures after the virus was found at two farms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 3,941 new cases, up by 450 from last week

The seven-day average of new cases came to 3,371.6, compared with 3,277.4 a week earlier.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2022

Japan opposition parties target two ministers over financial scandals

The opposition has been buoyed by the resignation of the economic revitalization minister this week, with the LDP now fearful over how any fresh resignations would impact Kishida.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo records 4,347 new cases

Four new deaths were confirmed in the capital, while the number of severely ill patients under Tokyo's criteria stood at 17.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 4,702 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases came to 3,286.6, compared to 3,482.4 a week earlier.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2022

Shigeyuki Goto tapped as Japan's new economic revitalization minister

Daishiro Yamagiwa stepped down from the post over his ties with the controversial Unification Church, and the prime minister will be hoping the change eases criticism over the issue.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Oct 25, 2022

Booked, cooked and shook: My experience getting LASIK in Japan

Writer Kat Joplin provides a first-hand account of getting LASIK at a medical center in Japan, and reveals whether it was worth it in the end.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2022

Japan economy minister quits over Unification Church links

'I've caused trouble for the administration' by not being forthcoming over ties to the religious group, Daishiro Yamagiwa told reporters after tendering his resignation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,735 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases came to 3,216.7 compared to 3,095.4 a week before.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2022

Japan accelerates boat safety review six months after fatal Hokkaido accident

The transport ministry aims to decide details by year-end and submit legislation for the revision at next year's ordinary session of the parliament.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 2,805 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases rose 4.3% week on week to 3,195.7.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 3,489 new cases for week on week drop

The number of severely ill patients fell by two from Wednesday to nine, while six deaths linked to the virus were reported.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 4,204 new cases

The seven-day average of new infections rose 24.5% from a week before to 3,398.7, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2022

Rest vroom: Japan's oldest toilet damaged in car crash

Tofukuji Temple in the city of Kyoto houses a toilet said to date back to the 15th century, earning it the designation of an important cultural asset.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 4,213 new cases in week-on-week rise

Japan reported 14,888 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, up by more than 2,000 from a week before.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2022

Project aims to help mothers run in Japan's local elections next year

The project — called “Kosodate Senkyo Hack!” — aims to give a greater voice in local politics to the dwindling ranks of families with small children.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,588 new cases

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 infections in the capital rose 2.2% from a week before to 3,095.4.
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.
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 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.

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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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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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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