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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 19, 2022

Japan’s largest online broker to shut crypto mining in Russia

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has created uncertainty over the prospects of the mining business, while crypto's global market rout has rendered it less profitable to mine tokens.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2022

Japan to launch campaign to support victims of Unification Church

At present, victims have various consultation services they can turn to, but Japan's ministries hope to share information on what kind of problems they are facing to offer better advice.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2022

Japan reviewing the way it gathers COVID info amid high case numbers

Alternative methods proposed by experts include collecting information only on patients diagnosed at designated hospitals, as is done for seasonal influenza.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 17, 2022

Japan set to permit online sales of COVID-19 test kits

The move is aimed at reducing the number of people visiting so-called fever clinics in order to be tested and comes amid the nation's largest wave of infections.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 15, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 23,135 new cases

The daily tally increased week on week for the first time in 10 days while exceeding 20,000 for the seventh straight day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2022

China Coast Guard ships enter Japanese waters

The intrusion into Japanese waters around the Senkaku chain by Chinese government ships was the 17th this year.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 22,740 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases stood at 25,629.0, compared to 31,732.7 from a week before.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2022

Japan’s new male minister for birthrate tried ‘pregnancy belly’

Following Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle, former Bank of Japan official Masanobu Ogura has taken over the post from ruling party veteran Seiko Noda, a mother of one.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 29,115 new cases as infections continue to fall

The number of severe cases in the capital rose by one from Monday to 40, while the seven-day average of new infections came to 30,904 compared with 32,009 a week earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 9, 2022

Japanese merchants’ mood takes biggest hit since winter omicron wave

A gauge of sentiment among store managers, taxi drivers and others who deal directly with Japanese consumers slid 9.1 points to 43.8 last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 26,313 cases, down over 5,200 from a week ago

Nationally, the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Japan came to 227,554 on Saturday, rising by 5,297 from a week earlier and standing above 200,000 for the fifth straight day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo records 30,970 new cases, down 2,500 from a week ago

The capital also reported 13 deaths linked to COVID-19, while the number of severely ill patients under its criteria fell by one from Friday to 37.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2022

Group of A-bomb survivors 'disappointed' in Japan for not joining nuke ban treaty

In a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday, the leader of a group of atomic bomb survivors voiced disappointment in the government for not signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2022

Five more prefectures issue declarations in BA.5 variant fight

A total of thirteen prefectures in Japan have issued declarations for strengthening measures against the rapidly spreading BA.5 omicron subvariant of COVID-19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2022

Japan takes step into green GDP research

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made green transformation a key policy item as his government seeks to meet a pledge to cut carbon emissions by 46% in 2030 compared with 2013 levels.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2022

Fallout from Taiwan visit looms large over Pelosi’s meeting with Kishida

At a news conference following the meeting, Pelosi was defiant in asserting the right of U.S. officials to visit their Asia-Pacific allies — including Taiwan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 3, 2022

Lawyers decry ban on 'menacing' eyewear at Japan prison

The glasses risked 'intimidating and inviting derision from' other prisoners, the jail in Hokkaido has been quoted as saying.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Cases in Tokyo fall week-on-week for second straight day

Tokyo confirmed 30,842 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, down by 751 a week before amid growing signs that the seventh wave of the virus may have peaked.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 31,541 new cases, the 12th straight day of week-on-week rise

The seven-day average of new cases rose 31.1% from a week earlier to 32,177.6. There were 23 severely ill patients, down by one from Saturday.
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.
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