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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 15, 2020

Shibuya's Club Asia stays steady and looks ahead to post-coronavirus clubbing

As some of Tokyo's clubs face permanent closure as a result of COVID-19, others look to the future and ways of ensuring they survive the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 14, 2020

Britain’s plan to get economy working again doesn’t seem to be working

The British government’s call to restart the economy may have sounded good, but there’s little evidence the country is taking heed.
PODCAST / deep dive
May 14, 2020

Episode 49: Hospitalized, discharged and out the other side?

As the coronavirus shows some signs of slowing in Japan — for now at least — Japan Times staff writer Ryusei Takahashi talks with people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Japan.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2020

Coronavirus might cost Japan over 1 million jobs, economists say

The pandemic differs greatly from the 2008 financial crisis and job losses will be high.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2020

Good clean fun? Holidays reinvented for the coronavirus age

No more feasting from the hotel buffet, showing off your tan under the disco lights or impromptu dips in the swimming pool — holidaying during the coronavirus pandemic will be a more sanitized affair.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 14, 2020

The best grocery delivery services in Japan

How do you shop when physical isolation is the new normal? Online, of course. Here's The Japan Times' recommendations for five of the most convenient grocery delivery services in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 14, 2020

Kazuhiro Soda shows how streaming could help save cinema with online release of 'Zero'

With COVID-19 having hit Japan's independent film industry hard, filmmakers such as Kazuhiro Soda are looking for new ways to reach their audiences.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 14, 2020

Asia-themed film festivals migrate online amid COVID-19

Overseas film festivals that specialize in Japanese and other Asian fare are taking their programs online to survive the coronavirus.
JAPAN
May 13, 2020

Tokyo begins sewage study for signs of COVID-19 spread

Similar research analyzing sewage for the virus has already started in the United States and France.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 13, 2020

Tokyo reports 10 new COVID-19 cases, reports say, in lowest figure since March 22

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 10 new cases of coronavirus infections Wednesday, local media reported — the lowest daily figure since March 22, when three cases were confirmed.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 13, 2020

Virus forcing rethink of Japanese way of business at Toyota, CEO says

Changes in working style due to the pandemic may spur changes as companies are forced to re-examine long-entrenched business practices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 13, 2020

Traders are rewriting strategies for post-epidemic Asia stocks

As it becomes increasingly clear that the coronavirus pandemic will have social and economic effects that outlast personnel lockdowns, market participants are re-drawing their long-term trading strategies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2020

Tokyo reports 28 new COVID-19 cases, with daily total below 40 for week

The daily figure, which was up from 15 new cases reported a day earlier, remained below 100 for the 10th day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2020

Mail-in U.S. presidential election could trigger Florida 2000-like chaos

Amid a tangle of state laws, the country may not know who won for days or even weeks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2020

Indonesia's 'rice ATMs' provide staple amid coronavirus crunch

The global pandemic has left millions of Indonesians struggling to make ends meet. Now the authorities are rolling out "rice ATMs" in a bid to ensure greater access for those in need to the essential staple.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 12, 2020

Nestling in the nest and other pandemic pastimes

People in Japan are 'nesting' during the global pandemic, which means some extra time for a few new hobbies. Is anyone up for some at-home yoga?
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2020

New coronavirus infections total 15 in Tokyo, marking sixth straight day under 50

Monday's figure, which also marks a ninth consecutive day under 100, brings the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the capital to 4,883.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
May 11, 2020

How the coronavirus widens a cultural divide

If you'd like your Japanese colleagues to come around to your way of thinking, you'll need to convince them in a way that's common in the culture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 11, 2020

Men have high levels of enzyme key to COVID-19 infection, study finds

Men's blood has higher levels than women's of a key enzyme used by the new coronavirus to infect cells, the results of a big European study showed Monday — a finding that may help explain why men are more vulnerable to infection with COVID-19.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2020

China's Animal Crossing gamers use code words and middlemen to enter virtual world

Users look to skirt limits imposed by local regulators on a game that has become both a breakout worldwide hit and political flash point.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 10, 2020

Watford chief opposed to Premier League's plan to use neutral grounds

The chief executive of Premier League club Watford has said that plans to resume the season at neutral venues are unfair and that there could be enough clubs in opposition to stop the idea.
JAPAN
May 9, 2020

Bowing to pressure, Tokyo releases COVID-19 testing and infection data dating back to January

The release, which marks a significant shift in disclosure policy, details the capital's testing totals, daily infection counts and infection rates.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Woman dies after possible knife attack in Setagaya
Police investigate the scene where a woman was found bleeding on a street in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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