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Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2020

Ready for a COVID-19 vaccine

This is very good news indeed! (“Japan and AstraZeneca set for deal on 100 million doses of virus vaccine,” Aug. 7.) The "Oxford vaccine" seems to be the most reliable bet to deal with COVID. I would be most reluctant to get any other vaccine at this stage. I hope the Japanese government does their...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2020

Take a walk in the digital wilderness at teamLab Forest Fukuoka

The art collective teamLab, known for its dazzling immersive exhibitions, has opened a new museum of interactive digital installations in Fukuoka.
Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2020

Lifting travel bans is a risky business

As everyone in Japan is still a bundle of nerves because of the coronavirus situation, especially with hundreds of infections being reported in Tokyo every day, it is heart-breaking to see that a lot of well-known shops and restaurants have gone out of business, partly because of the lack of tourists....
Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2020

Japan can’t shake sexism, subtle or otherwise

Regarding the Aug. 8 Japan Pulse column “Telework gives Japan's dads time to help kids with homework over summer break,” I have been lucky enough to rarely experience overt misogyny in my life. However, living in Japan recently, I witnessed a level of sexism so blatant that I was shocked. I had no...
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 13, 2020

It's time to rethink the Japan-U.S. alliance

With Beijing making its presence known, Tokyo needs to assess what it needs Washington for, and what it can do alone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2020

China's Tencent plays down WeChat ban after results top estimates

The internet giant has tried to reassure investors the U.S. ban on its WeChat app may apply only to its overseas operations, suggesting the impact should be modest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 13, 2020

Local Visions web label creates a digital oasis for pop

Masayuki Funo, founder of the music label Local Visions, gives burgeoning artists the freedom to explore their own sound.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 13, 2020

‘Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams’: This underdog story is hard to beat

Ema Ryan Yamazaki's gripping documentary about an annual high school baseball tournament shows the highs and lows of working toward hard-won victories.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 13, 2020

‘Zero as You Are’: An intimate look at a journey of self-discovery

Director Miyuki Tokoi documented Takamasa “Sky” Kobayashi's life as a transgender teenager and adult over the course of nine years.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 12, 2020

Nishikifuji's promotion to jūryō to be among most memorable moments of sumo life

Life isn't going to be all milk and honey for the city of Towada's new favorite son, however.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 12, 2020

The Nagasaki bombing wasn't the last aerial attack on Japan

Civilians always pay the highest price in war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2020

The road to ‘Red Hong Kong’?

The special administrative region's traditional role is changing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2020

What people fear most about ‘cancel culture’

A new survey shows that rising numbers of Americans are clamming up, regardless of age, race or even politics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2020

Trump risks crisis at U.N. by turning to Iran deal he shredded

Moves to reimpose sanctions could leave the United States in an isolated position.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2020

Harris brings prosecutor’s legacy to ticket, for better or worse

Kamala Harris made a career of straddling issues and rebranding herself while moving from prosecutor and legislator. Now the presumptive U.S. vice presidential nominee will have to rebound from her hard-nosed law enforcement record to become an agent of change in the age of racial justice protests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2020

Would a new Iran deal be tougher than the one Trump left?

A president desperate for a win isn't always in the best position to negotiate.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2020

Japan’s legal response in the gray zone

China's tactics around the Senkaku Islands are even more dangerous than similar moves in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2020

Minding the perils of progress

The COVID-19 crisis is brutal reminder that we are still vulnerable to catastrophic risks
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2020

Vaccine confronts humanity with next moral test

Who gets coronavirus protection first (and last)? Who profits (and loses)? What is “informed consent” (if it exists)? Divided societies face agonizing choices.
JAPAN / History
Aug 10, 2020

Jewish refugee's wartime escape from Nazis, aided by Japan diplomat, highlights unsung heroes

Around 300 people are believed to have traveled through Japan with visas issued by Yoshitsugu Tatekawa and other Japanese officials.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2020

Virus-triggered economic meltdown threatens Europe's war on plastic

A drop in oil demand due to worldwide lockdowns has driven barrel prices to historic lows, making virgin plastics more affordable despite their environmental impact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020

Testing royal taboos: Inside Thailand's new youth protests

Street protesters have not previously sought changes to the monarchy, which the constitution says must be held 'in a position of revered worship.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2020

U.S. health chief meets Taiwan’s leader, fueling China tensions

On the most senior visit by an American official in more than four decades, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar hailed Taiwan’s democracy and praised President Tsai Ing-wen’s response to the pandemic in comments likely to stoke tensions with China.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes
In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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