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JAPAN / First Person
Mar 5, 2020

Day 4 of Japan's Great Teleworking Experiment: Distractions aplenty but 'co-workers' are cute

Today is my fourth-straight day working from home and, consequently, the fourth day of my living nightmare.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 5, 2020

David Coverdale: A hard rock god sings the blues

Former Deep Purple and current Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale says he won't be giving up on the music any time soon.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2020

Japanese Red Cross on alert as blood donations fall amid virus outbreak

The Japanese Red Cross Society is on alert as the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the nation has lead to a sharp decrease in the number of blood donors, partly due to the cancellation of many major events nationwide.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 5, 2020

Nearly 20% of Japan nursing care providers out of masks amid COVID-19 outbreak

Nearly 20 percent of nursing care service providers in Japan have run out of face masks, which have been in short supply in the country as the COVID-19 outbreak continues, a recent survey by a labor union has shown.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2020

Almost 99% of Japan's public elementary schools shut as COVID-19 spreads

In line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's request last week that schools nationwide close their doors following the COVID-19 virus outbreak, 98.8 percent of all municipally run elementary schools have started extraordinary breaks, education ministry data has shown.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Mar 5, 2020

Japanese corporate culture explains why experts given back seat in virus response

Organizations in Japan tend not to rely on specialists when it comes to solving in-house problems, which may be a consequence of fostering a workforce of generalists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2020

Japan's largest drugmaker working to develop virus treatment, Dow Jones reports

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is developing an experimental therapy for the novel coronavirus with the goal of making it available in 9 to 18 months, the nation's largest drugmaker said.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2020

Food suppliers hit by sudden school closures due to virus crisis in Japan

Government-requested nationwide school closures aimed at tackling the new coronavirus are impacting suppliers of ingredients for school lunches across the nation, with some facing the need to dispose of food already purchased.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2020

Innovation: The front line of the new great power competition

The race to innovate is behind the new U.S.-China cold war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2020

The financial fight against COVID-19

Fiscal, not monetary measures, should be when disasters and epidemics strike.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2020

COVID-19 is a risk to the Olympics, in 2020 and beyond

Maybe a pandemic will spark much needed reforms to shrink the ever-expanding games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2020

Beijing to quarantine travelers from Japan, South Korea, Iran and Italy amid coronavirus outbreak

All travelers entering Beijing from the coronavirus hotspots of South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy will have to be quarantined for 14 days, the Deputy Secretary General of the Beijing Municipal Government, Chen Bei, said on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2020

Patients with mild symptoms seen spreading viral infections in Japan, experts say

Patients with mild symptoms are believed to be playing an important role in spreading the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a government panel of experts has said.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020

'All our dreams are gone': Desperation deepens for Syrians as conflict intensifies

At a maternity hospital in northwest Syria, an alarm flashes at the main entrance to alert staff. It's not patients en route to the hospital. It's warplanes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2020

Burden of viral outbreak threatens Abe's government and his legacy

On the road to becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe has overcome countless political perils. He may have met his match with COVID-19.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020

Japan sees rise in harassment, bullying and discrimination linked to COVID-19

Japan is seeing a growing number of cases of harassment, bullying and other forms of discrimination targeting local communities affected by the outbreak of the new virus that causes COVID-19 and those involved in dealing with the situation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2020

Abe has crossed the coronavirus Rubicon

Leaders need deft political skills to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2020

As COVID-19 spikes, so does global instability

If the virus outbreak dramatically dents global economic growth, perhaps even producing a recession, that will likely raise the political temperature almost everywhere.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Mar 2, 2020

NPB and J. League join forces to combat COVID-19

Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League, two of Japan's biggest professional sports circuits, will form a tag team amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the two entities announced in a Tokyo news conference on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2020

Japan's Luminous Cruising blames coronavirus as it files for bankruptcy

A cruise ship company in Kobe was effectively bankrupted by the coronavirus crisis on Monday after filing for protection from creditors under the corporate rehabilitation law.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Mar 2, 2020

Knockout games with a twist

Nioh 2 has really demonic players; One Punch Man is late to the game, but in a good way; and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon ditches the trainers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2020

Air pollution vanishes across China's industrial heartland amid virus lockdown

China's lockdown measures to minimize further coronavirus infections have created one unexpected benefit — a dramatic improvement to the nation's air quality.

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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