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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 14, 2020

Will Abe’s conservative nostalgia beat COVID-19?

The prime minister is counting on the nation's young people to do the right thing.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020

With crisis, old media suddenly has the upper hand

After failing to anticipate the financial crisis, networks and major newspapers have earned a good chance of flourishing in the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2020

Cooperate with China but don’t trust it

A Cold War lesson: Authoritarian, Leninist regimes put self-interest ahead of altruism.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2020

Tokyo reports 161 new COVID-19 cases

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 161 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, marking the first rise in three days.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2020

Thai grocery trucks get new life from coronavirus shutdown

Cries of "Food, here comes the food," echoed through a Bangkok neighborhood as Wannapa Yarnsarn's truck arrived with everything from mangoes and dried chillies to fresh pork for sale.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2020

Getting a coronavirus test in Wuhan is fast, cheap and easy

Coronavirus tests can be difficult to come by in many countries, including in hard-hit parts of the United States and Britain, but in Wuhan, the Chinese epicenter of the pandemic, they are fast, cheap and easy to get.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2020

Coronavirus drug hopefuls are cheap to make but may quickly be in short supply

Drugs being repurposed in hopes they will help against COVID-19 cost relatively little to make but may prove challenging to produce in quantities needed for a pandemic, a drug pricing expert has said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2020

Joe Biden tackles running mate decision under shadow of coronavirus fight

Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is in the earliest stages of choosing a running mate who can help him defeat President Donald Trump in November, a decision complicated by the effects of the coronavirus crisis on the country and the campaign.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 14, 2020

Election win for South Korea’s Moon could revive goal to reshape economy

If South Korea’s president can leverage his success fighting the coronavirus to help his party win Wednesday’s elections, it could give him fresh momentum to reshape an economy reeling from the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2020

South Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus test kits to U.S. Tuesday

South Korea plans to send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump, a Seoul official told Reuters on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2020

To Belgrade and beyond: Beijing exports China model of virus management

Last month, six Chinese medical professionals stepped off an Air Serbia jet in Belgrade to a red-carpet welcome from President Aleksandar Vucic and an array of cabinet ministers. After elbow-bump greetings, Vucic kissed Serbia's flag, then China's.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Apr 13, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic to test China's unemployment safety net

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause millions more people in China to lose their jobs, leaving many of them stranded without a safety net, unable to access state unemployment benefits, economists say.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2020

Hyogo looks at business shutdown to coordinate virus response with Osaka

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido said Sunday that his prefecture will ask some businesses to shut down in an effort to contain the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2020

Tokyo continues to reset single-day infection record with 197 fresh cases of COVID-19

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 197 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking the single-day record for a fourth consecutive day, metro officials said.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 11, 2020

COVID-19 spurs debate over loanwords

During her March 25 news conference, which was held to address a sudden increase in COVID-19 cases in the capital, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike used visual aids and a script filled with foreign loanwords to convince residents that they should stay at home so as to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Koike’s...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Apr 11, 2020

Japan's streaming situation improved just in time to self-isolate

Doing your part to flatten the coronavirus curve by staying home? Luckily, the streaming situation has improved over the past few years so you don't have to be bored. And with local options, maybe you can pick up some Japanese while you catch up on pop culture?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2020

Japan YouTubers focus on youth to raise awareness of social distancing

More and more YouTubers in Japan are using their fame to raise awareness of social distancing and the hashtag #stayhome to help officials drive home the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic to its youth, a demographic seen as prone to complacency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2020

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike scores win against Abe over business closures

The closure of businesses under the capital's own emergency virus measures represents a partial victory after the central government sought to put off such a move.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2020

Inside Trump's standoff with South Korea over defense costs

Current and former U.S. officials say privately there appears to be little hope of clinching a new agreement in the coming days, and some wonder about the coming weeks and months.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 10, 2020

Celebrities and influencers using social media platforms to keep people at home

A handful of well-known personalities have been out in front of the pandemic on social media.
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
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.
‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream
"It's not just about sales. It's about system change," said Marty Pomphrey, general manager of Patagonia Japan, on Aug. 6.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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