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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 12, 2020

For Japan-U.K. trade deal, speed was of the essence

Although both countries have touted a handful of differences, a fast-approaching year-end deadline meant the agreement mostly reproduces an earlier Japan-EU pact.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2020

As Myanmar erases names of destroyed Rohingya villages, U.N. map-makers follow suit

On maps produced in 2020 by the U.N. mapping unit in Myanmar, which it says are based on Myanmar government maps, the site of the destroyed village is now nameless.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2020

China would rather see TikTok U.S. close than a forced sale, sources say

Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok's U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2020

Scientists confounded by new findings on universe's mysterious dark matter

Dark matter, mysterious invisible stuff that makes up most of the mass of galaxies including our own Milky Way, is confounding scientists again, with new observations of distant galaxies conflicting with the current understanding of its nature.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 12, 2020

Japan Times 1945: MacArthur enters the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo

The Supreme Commander was met by a ceremony in which the Stars and Stripes was hoisted into the sky above the embassy compound.
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WORLD
Sep 12, 2020

‘This is a climate damn emergency,’ California governor says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing to speed up his state’s effort to fight climate change as wildfires rip through the region at a record pace and a 1,000 mile (1,610 kilometer) sheet of smoke drives air quality to dangerous levels.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2020

Bahrain follows UAE in normalizing ties with Israel

Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday, a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2020

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts Miyagi Prefecture area

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake, which measured 4 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 40 kilometers off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday at 11:44 a.m.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2020

How China brought nearly 200 million students back to school

Under bright blue skies, nearly 2,000 students gathered this month for the start of school at Hanyang No. 1 High School in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 12, 2020

Abe lays groundwork for strike capability, but leaves decision to Japan’s next leader

In his last full week on the job, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the groundwork for a plan to allow preemptive strikes on enemy bases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 11, 2020

Trump’s 2016 China-bashing playbook risks flopping against Biden

U.S. President Donald Trump is reviving tactics from his 2016 campaign playbook on attacking China, but running as the incumbent means defending a record of only limited success in rewriting the economic relationship with Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020

ByteDance poised to miss U.S. deadline for TikTok sale as China intervenes

New regulations Beijing posted in late August prohibit the export of certain artificial intelligence technologies that TikTok uses.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2020

Meet the ‘shadow shogun’ behind the making of Japan’s next prime minister

Yoshihide Suga's rise to pole position in the race to succeed Shinzo Abe is largely the making of political operator Toshihiro Nikai.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020

Fund managers expect Japan top blue-chip M3 to extend 6,400% surge

Shares in M3 Inc., a spinoff from Sony Corp., are poised to climb further in the long run thanks to rising demand for online health care services, investors say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2020

The older generation must make way for a younger generation and new ideas

Older adults should support and help realize a complete makeover of society by letting young people who will live in the next era take the reins of leadership.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 11, 2020

Readers’ choice: Tokyo’s best burger restaurants

The Japan Times' readers weigh in with five more recommendations for where to get your burger fix in the capital.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 11, 2020

Surfer Maya Gabeira achieves new heights on world-record wave

The Brazilian was officially recognized as a Guinness World Record holder on Thursday for her ride on a 22.4-meter wave in Portugal earlier this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020

Morgan Stanley fends off JPMorgan to keep top spot in Japan

Net income at Morgan Stanley's majority-owned securities venture with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group grew 5 percent, helping it beat rivals for the fourth straight year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2020

China starts testing coronavirus nasal spray vaccine

Some scientists hope a vaccine that gets sprayed through the nose may have a better chance of stopping the spread of the insidious virus through respiratory tracts.
SPORTS
Sep 11, 2020

Could COVID-19 have long-term effect on athletes' health?

Most elite athletes have avoided serious symptoms after testing positive, but evidence of long-term heart and lung issues has some officials concerned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2020

High crimes against journalism and decency

Jeffrey Goldberg's insane 'Trump called troops suckers' piece is a new low.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2020

Her father in prison, Uighur activist wants Disney to apologize

'It would be actually great if Disney can publicly first acknowledge the existence of those ... forced-labor camps ... and that it's wrong,' she said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2020

First woman to head top bank shows how Wall Street is playing catch-up

Citigroup Inc.'s appointment of Jane Fraser as its next chief executive on Thursday was celebrated on Wall Street as the first woman to lead one of the top U.S. banks. Yet this is a glass ceiling that corporate America shattered decades ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2020

BHP ties CEO's bonus to targets for cutting customer emissions

Supply-chain emissions typically account for more than 90 percent of BHP's total, and the responsibility miners take for them is disputed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2020

Emissions are already back at pre-pandemic levels

While overall emissions will fall more than ever this year, the drop won't slow climate change, according to a U.N. agency report.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Wakatakakage bring balance to the banzuke?
Wakatakakage during a ring entering ceremony in February 2020
Taiwanese drama 'Zero Day Attack' on Chinese invasion to stream in Japan
A scene from the Taiwanese television drama "Zero Day Attack," which will stream in Japan from Friday.
Japanese star convicted of indecent assault in Hong Kong
J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura leaves the West Kowloon Law Courts on bail in Hong Kong on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of indecent assault of a woman who worked as his interpreter at a restaurant in Mong Kok district in March this year.
Ukraine war has transformed North Korean military: Kyiv’s military intel chief
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone strike, on July 30. Moscow has dispatched military specialists to train the Korean People’s Army on how to use combat drones and air-defense systems.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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