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BASKETBALL
Aug 8, 2020

JBA reveals provisional rosters for national teams

The Japan Basketball Association revealed the provisional squads for the men's and women's national teams and also the male and female 3x3 squads.
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jul 31, 2020

Suspended resort plan forces Hokkaido city to rethink tourism strategy

The plan was to construct luxury hotels and condominiums for affluent foreign visitors on a plot of about 1,000 hectares.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2020

Japanese automakers eye e-fuel as alternative to EVs

Europe has been looking at carbon neutral e-fuel and plans to have it play a crucial role in many modes of transport, from planes and ships to large trucks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2020

South Korea's trade fight threatens serious long-term harm to Japan

Businesses in South Korea may someday thank Shinzo Abe for forcing them to develop their own ways to get strategic supplies.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jul 22, 2020

July meet could go down as one of most important in sumo history

Less than a third of the way through 15 days of action at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan there are talking points aplenty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2020

WeWork set to lose major Japan tenant Rakuten, sources say

The e-commerce giant will let its contract run out in August without renewing, leaving about 700 desks empty in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2020

Japan's core consumer prices flat in June as deflation risks remain

The reading dashed expectations for a third straight month of decline, after central bank comments that the economy would likely shake off the pandemic hit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2020

Tech firms start to leave Hong Kong after Beijing enacts security law

About half of U.S. business people say they plan to depart from the territory, according to a recent survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Colombia report 2020
Jul 16, 2020

Toyota: A well-made Japanese icon

Since first appearing on the roads of Colombia in 1959, Toyota vehicles have become iconic symbols of Japanese heritage in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2020

SoftBank exploring sale or IPO of chip company Arm, sources say

If it pursues a listing, the chip-design company could go public as soon as next year, accelerating a timeline laid out by SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son in 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 9, 2020

Power pioneer Hideaki Horie invents new battery 90% cheaper than lithium-ion

Lithium-based batteries play a central role in the world of technology, but producing them is complicated and they have been the cause of fires.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2020

Japan's fussy food shoppers finally go online amid pandemic

Although the nation's e-commerce development lags behind that of its peers, COVID-19 has prompted a rise in buyers ordering from home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 3, 2020

Japanese defense: The trouble with 'strike' capabilities

Should the nation adopt policies and acquire equipment that would enable it to execute attacks onto foreign soil?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 25, 2020

The 2020 post-Abe leadership race

If the prime minister cannot last until the next party presidential election in September 2021, who is best postured to take over?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 5, 2020

Japan's household spending falls at record pace as coronavirus stalls economy

Many analysts expect consumption to have bottomed out in April or May, as businesses re-open after last month's lifting of nationwide lockdowns.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2020

Toranomon Hills Station revealed ahead of opening

Tokyo Metro expects that the station will serve some 80,000 users daily as it is close to areas where many redevelopment projects are underway.
JAPAN
May 18, 2020

Japan launches new squadron to step up defense in outer space

The squadron, part of the Air Self-Defense Force, will monitor space debris and suspicious satellites to prevent collisions with Japanese satellites.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 17, 2020

Space exploration’s next frontier: Remote-controlled robonauts

As Japan’s second female astronaut to fly up in the Space Shuttle Discovery, Naoko Yamazaki didn’t expect to spend a quarter of her time dusting, feeding mice and doing other menial jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2020

Europe’s broken tourism industry struggles to save the summer

On the Greek island of Mykonos, Mayor Kostas Koukas is desperately trying to revive the tourism that is the life blood of the local economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 13, 2020

Post-pandemic stimulus may slow end of coal in Southeast Asia and Japan

As economies work to reopen, coal-fired plants likely to be favored over more expensive wind and solar power generation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 12, 2020

Resona to cut headcount by 3,100 over three years

Resona Holdings Inc. plans to trim headcount by about 3,100 staff, or almost 10 percent of its workforce, over three years as the Japanese bank seeks to cut costs to offset dwindling lending profits.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 11, 2020

Mitsubishi Heavy to halve budget for delay-prone passenger jet project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said on Monday it will halve the budget for its problematic passenger jet project to ¥60 billion for the year ending next March.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Emperor emeritus and empress emerita visit postwar settlement
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko strolled through a cabbage field in Ohinata settlement in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Saturday.
At meeting rich in symbolism, Ishiba and South Korea's Lee agree to steadily build ties
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shake hands at joint press announcement after summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.

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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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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