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SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Jul 17, 2020

J. League demonstrates leadership on road to resumption

It’s been less than three weeks since J. League teams played their first “remote matches,” the phrase chosen by the Japan Top League Alliance to represent games held behind closed doors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 17, 2020

Will barring Tokyo help contain virus or just blunt Japan travel campaign?

With Tokyo, which has the largest population of all prefectures, excluded from the plan for the time being, it is unclear how much ripple effect it will have.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 17, 2020

Gifu lab on PCR-testing front line takes strain in coronavirus pandemic

A dozen technicians painstakingly took on heaps of extra PCR work before help came.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jul 17, 2020

Fukushima localities speak out against dumping radioactive water in sea

The resolutions and statements described measures taken by the central government as inadequate to combat reputational damage to produce from the prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 17, 2020

Mask rules expand across U.S. as clashes over the mandate intensify

A tidal wave of new mask requirements have recently been issued in the U.S., but resistance is still strong in many circles.
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2020

ACCJ calls for equal treatment of non-Japanese residents hit by travel ban

The entry ban has been blasted by the nation's expatriate community for leaving hundreds of foreign nationals with legal residency status in the country stranded abroad.
Reader Mail
Jul 17, 2020

China needs a better system for organ donations

While reading the July 4 article “China plans reforms to organ donation rules as harvesting concerns linger,” I rethought this serious issue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 17, 2020

The world has changed too much for Joe Biden to erase the Trump effect

At last year’s Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of military chiefs and political leaders, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a promise to America’s allies: "This too shall pass,” he assured them, "we will be back.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2020

Japan in talks with Johnson & Johnson to secure COVID-19 vaccine

The company has already agreed to prioritize an allocation to the United States as part of a funding agreement, according to the firm's chief financial officer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 17, 2020

Re-entry ban causes foreign firms and talent to question long-term plans in Japan

As confusion continues over the Japanese government's re-entry ban for foreign residents, the international business community has started voicing concerns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2020

Netflix completes Hollywood transformation as Ted Sarandos becomes co-CEO

His ascension symbolizes the transformation of Netflix from a technology company into the world's most valuable movie and TV company.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus cold war flares up with claims of Russian vaccine hack

The international race for protection from the virus escalated to a new level with allegations that vaccine development has become a target of Russian cyberattacks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 17, 2020

To be (online) or not to be (online), that is the question for Japan's theaters

Two dramatists have opposing views on the theater world's approach to dealing with the pandemic.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 17, 2020

'#Handball Strive' digs into the pitfalls of performing for the 'likes'

Daigo Matsui's comedy is about a fake handball team that chases Instagram fame and falls victim to online perils.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2020

Japan's Go To Travel campaign to exclude Tokyo as coronavirus cases spike

Local governments fear an influx of visitors from urban areas will lead to a spike in infections they are ill-equipped to handle.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 16, 2020

Japan's new coronavirus panel aims for more clarity and balance

The subcommittee on the novel coronavirus faces the challenge of finding the right balance between protecting health and the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 16, 2020

Singapore's rulers fret over generational shift in big election win

A resounding election win for Singapore's perennial rulers has been tainted by concerns about a generational voter shift that could in time weaken the People's Action Party's (PAP) unyielding grip on power.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2020

Saving the most vulnerable in disasters

Measures are needed to ensure the protection of the people who are at greatest risk.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2020

Tokyo reports 286 new coronavirus cases, another record high

On Wednesday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced it would heed expert opinion and raise the alert status of its COVID-19 monitoring criteria to red.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 16, 2020

A Tokyo temple offers pandemic-hit Vietnamese workers a safe haven

Lured by higher wages but often burdened by debt to recruiters, Vietnamese are the fastest-growing group of foreign nationals in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Jul 16, 2020

Japan’s phaseout plan forces utilities to rethink reliance on coal

After the Fukushima disaster woke Japan to the dangers of atomic power, utilities went back to coal. Now what will they do?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2020

Hundreds protest in Moscow against reforms that may keep Putin in power

Dozens of people were arrested at a protest in Moscow on Wednesday against constitutional reforms that give President Vladimir Putin the option to remain in power for another 16 years, witnesses and a monitoring group said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2020

Good news: China is growing again; just don't ask how

Old drivers such as exports and infrastructure helped the recovery, but that challenges a long-sought shift toward consumers.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 16, 2020

Twitter hack spotlights disinformation fears as U.S. election looms

Lawmakers were swift to call for the company to answer questions or for the U.S. to bolster its cybersecurity position.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2020

From Hong Kong to Australia, COVID-19 spreads in unexplained ways

As countries across the Asia-Pacific region struggle with resurgences of the coronavirus, one data point is steering government responses: the share of cases with no clear indication of how infection occurred.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2020

Apple watch supplier Japan Display in talks on smartphone OLED investment

Japan Display is developing a technology that will deliver OLED screens that are sharper, less power hungry and easier to produce, the company's CEO says.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2020

Fewer coronavirus deaths in ICUs suggests care is improving

The research suggests hospitals are getting better at treating severe forms of the pandemic disease.
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.
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.
Tens of thousands left stranded at Osaka Expo by train service interruption
Visitors rest inside the Osaka Expo venue early Thursday morning
Welcoming foreign residents benefits Japan, three quarters of economists say
The streets of Tokyo's Ginza district in April. The number of foreign residents in Japan hit a record high at 3.76 million as of the end of last year, comprising just over 3% of the population.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
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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