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Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2020

With Xi visit now delayed, coronavirus threatens to spoil Abe's 2020

The prime minister's big plans for 2020 — hosting China's president, the Olympics and amending the Constitution — have been undercut by Japan's muddled response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
Mar 2, 2020

“Toyama Media Art International Triennale 2020”

We are calling for entries of video works!
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2020

Japan's record fiscal 2020 budget clears Lower House

The u00a5102.66 trillion fiscal 2020 budget denies extra funding for COVID-19 but addresses soaring welfare costs and promotes free education and cashless purchases to offset last year's tax hike.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2020

Trump denies seeking or getting election help from another country despite intel report on Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no country was trying to help him win the November election, after a top intelligence official told lawmakers Russia was interfering in the 2020 presidential vote to help Trump win a second term.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2020

Olympic snub: Dance of Japan's indigenous Ainu dropped from opening ceremony

Olympic organizers have dropped a dance by Japan's indigenous Ainu people from the opening ceremony of this year's Summer Games, a representative of the minority group said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 15, 2020

The real Tokyo Olympics: Esports and the future of Japanese soft power

In just a few short months there will be two Olympics in Tokyo, but only one has the potential to establish Japan as a leader in the next generation of sports.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2020

U.S. scrutinizing information ahead of 2020 election, including from Rudy Giuliani, William Barr says

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, ahead of the November election, but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken "at face value."
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2020

Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecom conference over coronavirus concerns

Amazon.com Inc. has pulled out of this month's Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry's biggest gatherings, which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, Spain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2020

Trump strikes defiant tone, using State of the Union to tout economic accomplishments

Donald Trump struck a triumphant tone in Tuesday's State of the Union address, staking his bid for re-election squarely on the U.S. economy and embracing the deep partisan rancor over his presidency on the eve of his likely acquittal in the Senate's impeachment trial.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 5, 2020

With Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, Iowa Democrats plot two futures

Bernie Sanders' strong showing in the Iowa caucuses had become the conventional wisdom. But Iowa politics is an expectations game, and Pete Buttigieg played it expertly.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2020

Inside the epic Iowa meltdown that paralyzed 2020 Democrats

The first signs of trouble in the Iowa Democratic caucuses emerged early Monday afternoon when a handful of county chairs had problems downloading and logging onto a new app designed to report results."A lot of us are going to be doing it on paper and calling it in," Kelcey Brackett, chairman of the...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020

Democrats' wimpy impeachment has made Trump stronger than ever

The U.S. president goes into his reelection campaign stronger than ever thanks to the Democrats' poor timing.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 31, 2020

Virus poses stark challenges to Abe's tourism goals as Tokyo Olympics loom

The coronavirus outbreak is posing myriad challenges for the Japanese economy, including a key Abe administration policy initiative — the promotion of inbound tourism.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 25, 2020

Olympic boxing qualifiers moved to Jordan

The IOC has announced that Jordan will host 2020 Olympic boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania after an event in Wuhan, China, was canceled due to fears over the new flu-like coronavirus.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 21, 2020

The great (and not-so-great) escapes of 2020

Whether it's Carlos Ghosn escaping the country, Prince Harry and Meghan escaping the royal family or someone trying to escape a bad party, there are a lot of ways to describe getting out of a situation in Japanese.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2020

U.S. Democratic debate: Warren points to women as winners; candidates tangle on Middle East wars

Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday dove into their dispute over whether a woman can win the 2020 presidential election, with Sanders denying he ever said it was impossible. Warren was having none of it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 14, 2020

Former Hanshin Tigers catcher Koichi Tabuchi headlines Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame's 2020 class

Koichi Tabuchi touched Senichi Hoshino's Hall of Fame plaque and jokingly wondered why his friend was wearing a Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles hat.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 7, 2020

Possible snap election Japan's top political issue in 2020

Whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will call a snap election is expected to be the biggest issue in Japanese politics in 2020.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Vietnamese technical intern arrested over Saga murder
Saga Prefectural Police officials speak during a news conference held in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, early Monday following the arrest of a Vietnamese man a day earlier on suspicion of murder.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Japan and NATO to launch defense-industrial talks, top envoy says
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte looks at military equipment on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate during a visit to the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April.
‘Killer satellites’ beware: Japan unveils first space defense guidelines
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to reporters during a visit to the Air Self-Defense Force's Space Situation Awareness radar in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Monday.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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