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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2020

Lockdown critics may have some valid points

It's always worth listening to smart people with ideas that go against the grain.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2020

Where is the local news about COVID-19?

There's a paucity of accurate, practical community-level information about the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 4, 2020

China's young spenders say #ditchyourstuff as economy sputters

Tang Yue, a 27-year-old teacher from the city of Guilin, China, steam-presses a blue dress and takes dozens of photographs before picking one to clinch her 200th online sale.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
May 2, 2020

Take a taste bud trip with Shikoku citrus and Kyoto matcha

Lawson's Uchi Cafe brand ice bars have been one of the most welcome additions to the konbini ecosystem, and the new Ehime Prefecture Citrus Iyo & Amanatsu flavor is a highlight.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 2, 2020

'The Book of Tea' review: Tea ceremony and all its complex subtleties

A.L. Sadler examines in minute detail the origins of tea drinking and the rich and complex components of its ritualization.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
May 1, 2020

'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' best moments so far

After 40 episodes, “Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020” has gone on hiatus to protect the cast and crew amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s still unclear when, if or even how the show will return, but we’re filling the “Terrace House” void by looking back at this season and selecting some of the...
JAPAN
May 1, 2020

Japan's coronavirus panel recommends keeping restrictions in place

The panel met a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he plans to extend the nationwide state of emergency that was going to expire Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2020

COVID-19 is finishing off the Sino-American relationship

Bilateral relations are unlikely to survive the U.S. and Chinese leaders' responses to the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 1, 2020

Deflation fears reignited as pandemic hits consumer prices in Japan

Core consumer prices in the capital, a leading indicator of nationwide inflation trends, slipped 0.1% in April from a year earlier, government data showed.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 1, 2020

Japanese taiga drama 'Idaten' goes global with tale of Olympic struggle

For the first time ever, Japan's national broadcaster, NHK, will show a condensed version of its famous year-long period drama in English.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2020

Japan and its policymakers search for light at end of COVID-19 tunnel

Even once the state of emergency declaration is lifted, the threat of a second wave will persist while the public waits for a vaccine to come to market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2020

No kissing, no extras: How to make TV in the age of the virus

How do you film a soap opera in the age of the coronavirus, when kissing is banned, makeup is scaled back and extras are seen as a danger to everyone’s health?
Reader Mail
Apr 30, 2020

Disregard for the state of emergency — from inside local government

I work at a small government-funded tourism association in a prefecture outside of Tokyo. As of today (April 27), still more than a week before Japan is due to review its state of emergency, we have been ordered to resume tours of the prefecture, some of which involve distances of 150 km or more, with...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 30, 2020

Nintendo seen extending profit streak as housebound consumers switch on

The virus is proving a boon for home entertainment but is stretching Nintendo's lean supply chain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2020

The Chinese Health Organization?

The WHO director-general should be taken to task for his deference to China throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 29, 2020

The world’s economic visionaries can't see past tomorrow

The Bank of Japan was once a monetary policy pioneer. Now it's in crisis mode.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2020

We can’t get together until tests get better

More coronavirus tests won't be enough to stop social distancing, but better tests might be.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2020

Coronavirus has exposed the EU’s creeping irrelevance

Europe's nations were supposed to find a common identity and strength in unity. The pandemic has shown this to be a figment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 28, 2020

Dead, incapacitated or healthy, Kim Jong Un speculation serves as useful thought exercise

Whatever Kim Jong Un's fate, speculation over his condition brings into focus important considerations for Asia, including how it might grapple with a scenario involving his death.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2020

WHO chief says pandemic 'far from over,' expressing worry about children

The coronavirus pandemic is "far from over" and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunization for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 27, 2020

Bank of Japan adopts unlimited JGB purchases to buoy economy in pandemic

The move puts the BOJ in line with other major central banks that have unleashed unprecedented amounts of monetary support.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 27, 2020

On the run: Taking up the world's new hobby

If you don't have a dog to walk, running gets you outside for some fresh air and helps keep your health up at a time when we all need to be healthy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2020

Data show huge drops in urban traffic as Japan weighs state of emergency extension

Data showed that foot traffic Sunday afternoon in major urban areas across all 47 prefectures was 50 to 80 percent lower compared with figures from those areas in January and February.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2020

Australia launches controversial COVID-19 tracking app as some states start easing rules

The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app on Sunday and promised to legislate privacy protections around it as authorities try to get the country and the economy back onto more normal footing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020

Countries and companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine

Governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are making huge bets with extraordinarily low odds of success.
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.
‘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.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
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.

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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