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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2020

COVID-19 and the lessons of xenophobia

Xenophobia must be treated as a grave risk that is as contagious and as deadly as any virus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2020

Google and Twitter are right, workers should stay home

Rather than prepare to reopen, companies should help employees settle into operating remotely.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 19, 2020

What to watch as China’s virus-delayed legislature finally convenes

Some events surrounding it will be held virtually, though, as the country recovers from the outbreak.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 19, 2020

NHL vetting neutral sites for restart: Gary Bettman

The NHL is zeroing in on a return to action with neutral-site games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2020

Huge fentanyl haul seized in Asia's largest-ever drug bust

The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the scale of the bust was unprecedented and that Myanmar's anti-drug authorities have 'dismantled a significant network.'
MORE SPORTS
May 18, 2020

Takuma Sato revved up for upcoming start of IndyCar season

Takuma Sato and the rest of the IndyCar stars will begin their season on June 6 at the Genesys 300 in Texas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 18, 2020

Unpriceable risk of climate change stalks $31 trillion sovereign debt market

How much growth are societies willing to sacrifice to counter climate change and how will that affect the sovereign debt market?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2020

Ardern eyes virus-free haven as New Zealand charts rapid rebuild

Strict lockdown measures combined with a robust financial picture may allow country to bounce back more quickly than others.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2020

A skirmish won in the war on cancer

Scientists have made a breakthrough in early testing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 17, 2020

Hedge funds, go home: Japan is closing the door

Japan is casting an even wider protectionist net to shield its big companies. It has less to do with defending against unsolicited overtures into strategic assets than with squeezing out troublesome foreign investors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 17, 2020

Life in your Japanese apartment doesn’t have to be a life sentence

Having trouble with working from home? Try delegating spaces and a few other tricks to maintain a work-life balance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2020

Dancers bring Saturday night fever back to Wuhan as lockdown relaxed

Wearing masks and keeping about a meter apart, men and women in Wuhan were dancing once again on a Saturday night by the side of the Yangtze river, which winds through the central Chinese city where the novel coronavirus pandemic began.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 17, 2020

Some players will come out of lockdown in 'terrible' condition: Eddie Jones

Players not committed to maintaining their fitness and improving their skills during the COVID-19 lockdown will return in "terrible" condition when the sport is set to resume, England coach Eddie Jones has warned.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2020

Philippines faces challenges in coronavirus fight as typhoon season begins

The Philippines’ fight against the coronavirus is likely to become more complicated with the onset of typhoon season, during which it typically has to evacuate tens of thousands of people from storm-hit areas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 17, 2020

Democrats launch probe of Trump's firing of State Department watchdog

Lawmakers say the president is escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
May 16, 2020

Plug in, power up and get into the #ZoneChallenge

With social life remaining online, Zone energy drink offers (admittedly not great-tasting) “digital performance energy.”
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 16, 2020

Bad English in Japan: A conspiracy theory

There is no rational reason why Japan's English-language education should be so woeful. Could something sinister be going on?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2020

Crowds at Wuhan clinics fear coronavirus testing could rekindle disease

As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the test centres expressed concern on Saturday that the very act of getting tested could expose them to the coronavirus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 16, 2020

Work-from-home Congress? U.S. House OKs proxy votes

Neither Civil War nor Great Depression nor any other national crisis has pushed the House to allow lawmakers to vote by proxy — without being "present,” as the Constitution requires. That's about to change during the coronavirus pandemic.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2020

Japan industry groups offer guidance on how to coexist with COVID-19

The guidelines offer a glimpse into how firms might survive as their customers adopt what's been dubbed a 'new lifestyle.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2020

Tokyo unveils plan to reopen while preventing second virus wave

The city will closely monitor daily cases, untraceable cases and the infection rate from week to week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2020

Migrant workers on virus front line as Southeast Asia returns to work

Temperature checks and mandatory virus tests are some of the measures becoming the new normal for migrant workers in Malaysia and Thailand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 15, 2020

As China pushes back on coronavirus, Europe wakes to 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy

As Beijing seeks to control the damage to its global reputation, the government is pushing hard to control the story from Berlin to Bratislava
Reader Mail
May 15, 2020

Face masks: Better safe than sorry

The May 1 article “Face masks in a pandemic: From 'useless' to 'indispensable'” reports about a general worldwide phenomenon of acceptance. However, three months since the COVID-19 outbreak had started, the face mask debate continues to attract media attention in countries that have...

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