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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2020

Telework forces a rethink of working and living in Tokyo

A drastic shift to telework is putting a brake on the capital's ever-growing population, which may ease overconcentration in the metropolitan area.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 3, 2020

Toyooka Theater Festival brings French flair to Japan’s theater scene

Dramatist Oriza Hirata's dream of holding Japan's version of the Avignon Festival is becoming a reality with a two-week arts fete starting on Sept. 9.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2020

China looking to double nuclear stockpile in next decade, Pentagon says

The United States' congressionally mandated report said China currently possesses a stockpile “estimated to be in the low 200s.”
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2020

Daiichi Sankyo's COVID-19 vaccine candidate selected by Japanese drug discovery body

Daiichi Sankyo Co. said on Monday that its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate was selected for inclusion in a drug discovery program by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2020

U.S. to hold high-level 'Quad' talks with Australia, Japan and India

Top officials from all countries set to meet in Hawaii in September and October, U.S. national security adviser says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2020

Abe's resignation catches even Japan's political insiders off guard

Reporters, lawmakers, Cabinet ministers and staff at the Prime Minister's Office all talk to each other on a daily basis, but none of them seemed to know this was coming.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2020

Tokyo asks restaurants to continue shortened hours until mid-September

Food establishments located outside of the central 23 wards will be exempted from the request from Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2020

MUFG plans to offer COVID-19 bonds to individual investors

Japan’s biggest lender is planning to raise funds from individual investors to help smaller companies and hospitals tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2020

Japan awards COVID-19 relief work to Deloitte affiliate following Dentsu controversy

The contract for the second round of payouts was awarded to Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory on Aug. 14 for about u00a542.8 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2020

Japanese trading giant Itochu edges traditional rivals by shunning energy and metals

Itochu is shattering the old pecking order led by Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo by extending its lead as the nation's most valuable trader.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 19, 2020

Japan's DPP approves CDP merger as snap poll speculation grows

The merger creates a more organized and numerically viable opposition force to counter Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc amid speculation of a possible snap election.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 15, 2020

COVID-19 ruins plans to spend time at the beach (among other things)

Going to the beach in Japan has never been so complicated.

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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