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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 25, 2020

Go To Travel campaign stirs anxieties outside Tokyo

in some areas, out-of-prefecture motorists have been pelted with rocks and intimidated by reckless driving.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 25, 2020

‘A Man’ looks beyond a stolen name and identity

An attorney turned amateur detective becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a stolen identity in this Yomiuri Prize-winning thriller.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 25, 2020

Hong Kong did not see this coronavirus wave coming

The city is struggling to cope with a latest spike in cases of COVID-19.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2020

Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry

The Mekong River has become a new front in the U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and influence over downstream countries at the mercy of its control of the river's waters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2020

Twenty years after digital push, Japanese government still stuck under piles of paper

Two decades after Japan rolled out an ambitious plan to go digital, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the government's deeply rooted technological shortcomings as ministries remain stuck in a paper-driven culture that experts say is hurting productivity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2020

China refuses to quit on the Philippines

China may have missed a golden opportunity to kill a military pact between Manila and Washington, but Beijing still wants to exploit gaps between the U.S. and its ally.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jul 24, 2020

Multicultural advice center in Sendai busy with inquiries

The center offers face-to-face support in English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Nepalese, as well as telephone support in 13 other languages.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 24, 2020

Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040, study says

The new research offers solutions that could cut the projected volume of plastic entering the ocean by more than 80 percent.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2020

Tokyo logs 366 new coronavirus cases, topping 300 for first time

The single-day record came as Koike requested residents stay home as much as possible during the four-day weekend due to a spike in cases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2020

Hong Kong is losing to Singapore as a venue for arbitration

International companies are increasingly avoiding Hong Kong as a jurisdiction for settling disputes through arbitration, one of the clearest signs yet that China’s tightening grip on the financial hub has eroded trust in its legal system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2020

Beijing's five-finger punch

China's territorial claims in the Himalayan region leave none of its neighbors safe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2020

Asymptomatic spread has become bizarrely controversial

Political spinmeisters are making it hard to draw the fine distinctions needed to keep COVID-19 in check.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Jul 22, 2020

Episode 58: A brief history of mask wearing in Japan

The Japan Times' Alex Martin discusses the history of mask wearing and how it's changed from the Edo Period to the Spanish Flu to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 22, 2020

Pro surfer Kanoa Igarashi shows off skills in FIFA 20, welcomes pressure of Olympics

The rising star is already qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2020

U.S. must do better on its second COVID-19 test

The nation needs to incorporate lessons from its first “natural experiment” about policy relief, social distancing, testing and contact tracing.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jul 20, 2020

Tigers back on prowl in Central League

Their resurgence continued last week at Koshien Stadium, where Hanshin took two of three against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and swept the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 19, 2020

Managing eating disorders and mental health during COVID-19

As COVID-19 continues to disrupt daily life, stressors and anxiety persist and, in some cases, manifest in damaging eating habits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2020

COVID-19 tests nations' communitarian values

The world's most communitarian countries are handling the pandemic well. The most individualistic countries are doing the worst.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 18, 2020

Kitade Shokudo: ‘Tokyo-Mex’ tacos, with Brooklyn flair

Inspired by the handmade tortillas he tasted in New York, owner Shigeo Kitade recreated his favorite tacos with all-Japanese ingredients.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2020

Chinese survey vessel spotted in Okinotorishima EEZ for over a week

The Chinese survey ship has been conducting activities for more than a week, the longest time spent in the waters without permission in a decade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 18, 2020

Hong Kong’s yawning wealth gap grows wider amid pandemic

Hong Kong is emerging as a case study of how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting vulnerable members of society, as tens of thousands have been thrown out of work with little social safety net to support them in one of the world’s most unequal and expensive cities.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 17, 2020

Will barring Tokyo help contain virus or just blunt Japan travel campaign?

With Tokyo, which has the largest population of all prefectures, excluded from the plan for the time being, it is unclear how much ripple effect it will have.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 17, 2020

Re-entry ban causes foreign firms and talent to question long-term plans in Japan

As confusion continues over the Japanese government's re-entry ban for foreign residents, the international business community has started voicing concerns.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus cold war flares up with claims of Russian vaccine hack

The international race for protection from the virus escalated to a new level with allegations that vaccine development has become a target of Russian cyberattacks.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
Prince Hisahito concludes his his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Japan's $550 billion investment pledge outlined in MOU
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, sign trade agreements on Thursday in Washington.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

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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