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Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 10, 2021

Roger Federer sets eyes on Tokyo Olympics as long as knee holds up

Roger Federer is targeting a third Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games this year, after missing out in 2016 due to injury, as he looks to gain momentum when he returns to the court this week following 13 months on the sidelines with a knee problem.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 10, 2021

Meyers Leonard to stay away from Heat amid investigation into slur

Center Meyers Leonard will stay away from the Miami Heat indefinitely as the team and the NBA investigate his use of an anti-Semitic slur during a video-game livestream on Tuesday.
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BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2021

Dirt-cheap flights offered as airlines rebuild battered networks

Dirt-cheap fares are popping up from airlines brave enough to expand or start out amid the COVID-19 crisis, as they try to eke out sales and get a jump on competitors that have pared back operations.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 10, 2021

Meghan and Harry's revelations not yet fatal for British monarchy

The monarchy, headed by Queen Elizabeth II, will try to ride out the turmoil and then quietly reform — as it did in the abdication crisis in 1936 when Edward VIII gave up his throne.
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WORLD
Mar 10, 2021

Hackers breach thousands of security cameras, exposing Tesla, jails and hospitals

The data breach was carried out by an international hacker collective and intended to show the pervasiveness of video surveillance and the ease with which systems could be broken into.
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WORLD
Mar 10, 2021

Saddened Queen Elizabeth vows to address Harry and Meghan's racism accusation

Meghan and Harry's tell-all TV interview with Oprah Winfrey aired on U.S. television on Sunday has plunged the monarchy into its biggest crisis since the 1997 death of Harry's mother Diana.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 10, 2021

SoftBank poised to reap $16 billion profit as Coupang boosts IPO

If Coupang succeeds in its public debut, SoftBank's windfall could exceed the $11 billion it reported from DoorDash Inc.'s December IPO.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 10, 2021

Panasonic CEO leaves with cash lined up for car batteries

Panasonic is embarking on a corporate revamp that will usher in automotive business head Yuki Kusumi as CEO from April.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 10, 2021

Japan’s lack of preparedness: Lessons from Fukushima and COVID-19

Abrupt decisions, poor information dissemination and a lack of foresight hampered efforts to assist the country through crises.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 10, 2021

Black Lives Matter spurs Indigenous lawmaker to change Australia

Linda Burney sees the pattern of discrimination that's blighted the lives of her people for centuries repeating through the policies of the current conservative government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 10, 2021

Brawling Myanmar monks show Buddhist nationalists backing coup

Buddhist monasteries are usually known as places of solace and meditation. But one in Myanmar's biggest city became the site of an ugly brawl in the aftermath of the Feb. 1 military coup.
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BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2021

Rush to bitcoin? Not so fast, say keepers of corporate coffers

Many finance executives and accountants are hesitant to risk balance sheets and reputations on a highly volatile and unpredictable asset that confounds convention.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2021

Vending machines help ease access to COVID-19 tests in Japan

Seven machines, each holding about 60 PCR testing kits have been set up around the greater Tokyo area.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 9, 2021

Japan outpaced by South Korea on COVID-19 vaccinations

Hampered by a lack of supply and a shortage of specialty syringes, the health ministry is said to be taking a cautious approach after past criticism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 9, 2021

Global warming’s deadly combination: Heat and humidity

The combination of heat and high humidity has already reached dangerous levels in parts of the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2021

Drugmakers in Japan struggle to keep pace in COVID-19 medicine race

No applications for drugs specifically tailored to COVID-19 have been filed yet, as domestic pharmaceutical companies have not invested heavily enough in biomedicine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021

‘It’s better to walk through a minefield’: Victims of Myanmar’s army speak

The military and its brutal practices are an omnipresent fear in Myanmar, one that has intensified since the generals seized full power in a coup last month.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2021

Japan downgrades fourth-quarter GDP as pandemic hurts domestic demand

The slower growth was mainly due to weaker capital expenditure and public spending, which both expanded less than previously thought in the fourth quarter, even as exports remained solid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2021

How Toyota thrives when the chips are down

Continuity contracts and a deep understanding of semiconductor design and manufacturing equip the automaker to anticipate and mitigate shortages.
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021

With return to normalcy in sight, Fukushima fishermen fear release of nuclear plant water

Those in the industry worry that draining the water from the nuclear plant into the sea would hinder the recovery they have made in the years since the disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2021

Rising sea levels inundating coastal economies four times faster

The extraction of groundwater and other resources from beneath cities including Jakarta, New Orleans and Shanghai is causing them to slowly sink.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021

From shock to resignation: Japan’s responses to 3/11

March 11 had enduring impacts on Japan, but they aren't at all obvious.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021

Chinese official says Hong Kong electoral changes will 'protect' international role

Critics have decried the planned changes as an end of democratic hopes in the former British colony.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021

Thailand backs vaccine passport ahead of wider reopening

Thailand moved a step closer to issuing vaccine certificates, with a panel of officials backing the proposal seen as a major milestone toward allowing the tourism-reliant nation to fully reopen to foreign visitors.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021

Top China generals urge more spending for U.S. conflict ‘trap’

The comments marked an unusual acknowledgment of the risk of a clash between the world's two largest economies.
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
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.

Podcast

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

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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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