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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 11, 2020

Washington coach thinks Alex Smith could shake up QB battle

Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera said Alex Smith could make the quarterback competition an "interesting challenge" if the veteran is healthy.
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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Aug 11, 2020

Have you heard? 'Rashii' can help you with your office gossip

The term 'rashii' is used when you've heard about something and want to talk about it without using assertions.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 11, 2020

Museums in Japan collect daily items to log pandemic history

A Kyodo article looks at efforts by Japanese museums to collect items that can be used to educate future generations about the pandemic.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020

Media tycoon’s arrest sends warning to Hong Kong’s free press

Right before China retook control of Hong Kong in 1997, tycoon Jimmy Lai started Apple Daily in part to promote democracy in the city. For 25 years, the newspaper survived advertising boycotts and political pressure, but never backed off its tough coverage of the Chinese government and pro-Beijing lawmakers....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 10, 2020

'China literacy': Vietnam's key to combating COVID-19

Both the government and people saw the shadow of China in the background of the battle to beat the coronavirus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2020

The costs and benefits of artificial intelligence

It is not so much the economics of new technologies that should worry us, but rather the politics and ethics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2020

Vaccine confronts humanity with next moral test

Who gets coronavirus protection first (and last)? Who profits (and loses)? What is “informed consent” (if it exists)? Divided societies face agonizing choices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2020

India’s Hindu nationalists reverse the tide of history

None of the world's populist leaders has turned back the clock as dramatically and as dangerously as Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
JAPAN / History
Aug 10, 2020

Jewish refugee's wartime escape from Nazis, aided by Japan diplomat, highlights unsung heroes

Around 300 people are believed to have traveled through Japan with visas issued by Yoshitsugu Tatekawa and other Japanese officials.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 10, 2020

Australia puts New Zealand on clock for trans-Tasman tournament

Rugby Australia has given New Zealand a three-week deadline to agree to a trans-Tasman competition in 2021 that will include five Australian teams or face organizing its own domestic tournament next year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Aug 10, 2020

Stefen Romero flying high with Eagles

Romero signed with the Eagles as a free agent in January and he's been a hit in Sendai so far.
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WORLD
Aug 10, 2020

Virus-triggered economic meltdown threatens Europe's war on plastic

A drop in oil demand due to worldwide lockdowns has driven barrel prices to historic lows, making virgin plastics more affordable despite their environmental impact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020

Testing royal taboos: Inside Thailand's new youth protests

Street protesters have not previously sought changes to the monarchy, which the constitution says must be held 'in a position of revered worship.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2020

Thailand bets on private medical marijuana to lift economy

Agriculture and tourism are crucial to Thailand's economy, but the wellness-tourism sector generated domestic expenditures of $12 billion in 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2020

U.S. health chief meets Taiwan’s leader, fueling China tensions

On the most senior visit by an American official in more than four decades, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar hailed Taiwan’s democracy and praised President Tsai Ing-wen’s response to the pandemic in comments likely to stoke tensions with China.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020

India faces lost generation as virus pushes children to work

Civil groups are rescuing more kids from forced labor and warn many others are being compelled to work in cities as migrant labor is cut off by the coronavirus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 9, 2020

U.K. armed forces asked to help deal with migrant boats crossing channel

Britain's armed forces have been asked to help deal with boats carrying migrants across the Channel from France, the nation's defense ministry said on Saturday after a spate of arrivals on the southern English coast.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Aug 9, 2020

Masayo Funakoshi: Making a place for art in the kitchen

Chef Masayo Funakoshi has cooked all around the world, blending art, artists, music and community around her eclectic mix of dishes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Aug 9, 2020

The limitless energy of Japanese fashion

Legendary designer Kansai Yamamoto's legacy lives on, and the fashion world starts to adapt to consumer needs in Japan's new normal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2020

Beirut explosions create a dilemma for the world

Governments everywhere want to help the Lebanese, but the country's politicians need to recover their senses to make sure assistance is forthcoming.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 9, 2020

Homegrown NBA stars raising basketball's profile in Japan

George David, an executive at marketing and talent agency Wasserman, believes that Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe represent the 'tip of the iceberg.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2020

’History on trial’: Why Japan's wartime labor dispute is more than another tit-for-tat with South Korea

Japan has once again found itself entangled in a recurring skirmish with South Korea over wartime labor — a seemingly intractable row with no end in sight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2020

Diversity means accepting and tolerating differences

The days in which value is created only when people follow the same routine, the same work-style and the same unwritten rules are over.
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JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2020

In milestone year, A-bomb survivor keeps up fight for nuclear disarmament

Terumi Tanaka was 13 when Nagasaki was bombed, and saw his relatives dying in the aftermath.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2020

Hiroshima and Nagasaki struggle to preserve A-bombed relics 75 years later

The cities face a continuous dilemma over how to maintain ruins and how to find the money with which to do it.
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
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