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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2020

China reports slight fall in new COVID-19 cases as France confirms first death outside Asia

The number of new cases of a coronavirus in China fell slightly on Sunday, more than three weeks after the outbreak's epicenter was locked down, and a Chinese tourist died from the virus in France, the first fatality in Europe.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 15, 2020

App successfully reunites thousands of missing kids with families in India

Indian police have reunited thousands of missing and trafficked children with their families using a new facial recognition app that campaigners said is a "game changer" in tackling the problem.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2020

Japanese panel proposes using red and white flag as tsunami warning

An expert panel of the Meteorological Agency has proposed that a red and white checkered flag be used to swiftly convey tsunami warnings to people with hearing impairments at seaside resorts.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2020

Concerns linger as tests of new Haneda routes over Tokyo wrap up

The transport ministry said Thursday it has completed tests for new flight paths to Haneda Airport, which involved arriving aircraft flying over central Tokyo at a low altitude for the first time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 13, 2020

Results from Chinese drug trials for coronavirus due in weeks: expert

Chinese scientists are testing two antiviral drugs against the new coronavirus and preliminary clinical trial results are weeks away, the co-chair of a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 11, 2020

Communication apps and English are key to global reach

Communication apps can give Japanese firms global reach.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2020

Eyeing TV and film deals, Carlos Ghosn hires legendary agent Michael Ovitz

Few people in Hollywood are more familiar with entertainment negotiations than Ovitz, who has been one of the industry's most prominent deal-makers since the 1980s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2020

Experts are getting creative to measure coronavirus blow to economy

It's a mad scramble for the best data: Economists are grappling with ways to gauge the real-time impact of the coronavirus on the world economy, even as the outbreak continues to confound forecasters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2020

Coronavirus toll set to surpass SARS; American in Wuhan becomes first non-Chinese death

An American became the first confirmed non-Chinese victim of the new coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Saturday, and a Japanese man also died with symptoms consistent with the disease, as the epidemic looked set to pass the death toll from SARS.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2020

Trump ousts two star impeachment witnesses

President Donald Trump's administration on Friday ousted the two witnesses who provided the most damaging testimony during his impeachment investigation: Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Gordon Sondland.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 6, 2020

'Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku': A musical take on an otaku romance

This film adaptation of a web comic by single-named artist Fujita has the central couple dancing and singing their way to love.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak likely began with bats, an omen for next epidemic

Somewhere in China, perhaps in the southern Yunnan province, there's a cave that may hold the mysterious origins of the deadly coronavirus that's infected thousands, cut off millions of Chinese from their jobs and families and wreaked havoc in global financial markets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020

Japan must prepare for 'inevitable' coronavirus spread, expert says

So far, 20 cases of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus have been reported in Japan, four of which occurred in Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020

WHO virus team may go to China this week and include U.S. experts

A WHO-led international team of experts could go to China as early as this week to investigate the coronavirus outbreak, as agreed between the WHO chief and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and could include U.S. experts, a WHO spokesman said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 3, 2020

Xi has lots at stake as Chinese officials point fingers over coronavirus

Since taking power, Chinese President Xi Jinping has effectively made himself "chairman of everything." The coronavirus scare is showing all the risks involved with that strategy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Feb 3, 2020

GeeXPlus brings anime YouTubers to Japan

One Japanese major publisher and producer is seeking to capitalize on YouTube influencers with a highly unusual approach: inviting non-Japanese anime YouTubers to live and produce content within Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2020

Justice chief Masako Mori defends Japan's judicial system but says debate could spark change

Justice Minister Masako Mori has hinted the government may push for amending the criminal justice system if debate over its fairness continues at the national level.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2020

No, we don't have a natural lifespan of 38

A cool new study on longevity got distorted by the popular press.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Jan 31, 2020

Ep. 31 'Publicity Stunt'

After weeks of eavesdropping, listening to second-hand accounts of conversations and dropping very obvious signals, Hana and Vivi finally come face to face with some harsh truths about their respective crushes on Ryo. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there's going to be a happy ending for either one...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 30, 2020

'We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous': Kansai caper revisits old tricks

Kiichi Nakai and Kuranosuke Sasaki reprise their roles as scammers in Masaharu Take's sequel to 2018's 'We Make Antiques!'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 29, 2020

Meet the fiery negotiator behind South Korea's biggest disputes with Japan

With the clock ticking on South Korea's withdrawal from a security pact with Japan in November, President Moon Jae-in sent a blunt-speaking aide on a secret mission to Washington.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2020

U.S. Navy sails warship near disputed islands in South China Sea for first time in 2020

The U.S. Navy said Tuesday that it had sailed a warship near the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea — home to fortified islands built by China — on Saturday, in what was believed to be its first freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) of 2020.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2020

Poaching of glass eels on the rise in Japan amid surging prices

Japan is struggling to crack down on the poaching of glass eels, which has been on the rise due to surging prices reflecting unprecedentedly poor catches.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020

Ghosn's escape exposes business jet industry's security loopholes

Beside the prominent entrance to Kansai International Airport's Terminal 2, which serves several budget airlines, is a nondescript door to which a sign saying Premium Gate Tamayura has been affixed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020

China names HIV drugs as part of treatment plan for Wuhan virus

China is using AbbVie Inc.'s HIV drugs as an ad-hoc treatment for pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus while the global search for a cure continues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020

Lack of fever in some China virus carriers makes detection harder

China's new deadly virus is more difficult to contain than other pandemics because those infected may not get a fever, a symptom governments around the world are using to screen for the pathogen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 25, 2020

Is Japan enjoying a new literary golden age?

The case for Yes
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 25, 2020

Kyoto University team gets OK from ministry for plan to transplant iPS-derived cartilage into knee joints

An expert panel of the health ministry on Friday approved a clinical research program proposed by a Kyoto University team to transplant cartilage made from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to damaged knee joints.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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What comes after 100?
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