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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2021

Remote work drives Japanese to suburbs, boosting Resona Holdings

The mortgage lender is enjoying a surge in demand for credit from homebuyers seeking larger properties in the suburbs, where the bank has a strong presence.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 2, 2021

All Blacks players fret over team's fate if Silver Lake buys in

A move by the U.S. private equity firm to purchase a stake of New Zealand Rugby's commercial operations has drawn criticism.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 2, 2021

Japan’s much-maligned vaccine campaign quietly gathers speed

The seven-day average of doses given has quadrupled in just two weeks, with about a quarter of the nearly 14 million shots given coming in the past week alone.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
May 31, 2021

Japan citizens' groups take on 'period poverty' as municipalities shy away

A survey in the Chugoku region has found an alarming lack of support from local municipalities for handing out sanitary products.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2021

Australia and New Zealand call on China to let U.N. visit Xinjiang

A joint statement from the leaders' annual meeting also included statements on Hong Kong and the South China Sea, two other areas that China regards as domestic affairs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
May 31, 2021

What's behind housing discrimination in Japan?

Japanese real estate agents sometimes don't want to try to deal with non-Japanese renters, which is why specialist companies are popping up to help.
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May 30, 2021

Endurance sport looks inward after tragedy kills 21 runners

Ultrarunning has never experienced a day like May 22, when 21 runners died as a storm descended on a high mountain pass during a 62-mile race in northwestern China.
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JAPAN
May 29, 2021

Paralympics chief ‘confident with level of protection’ in Tokyo

'We would not be organizing the games if we believed they could cause a big spread of the virus,” said Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 29, 2021

Naomi Osaka's plan to skip French Open news conferences met with both support and criticism

Naomi Osaka received support from several athletes on Thursday but was slammed by French Tennis Federation President Gilles Moretton.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 29, 2021

Can a celebrity wedding set the mood for romance?

Yui Aragaki and Gen Hoshino announced they will be getting married, proving the idea that you can't find romance after 30 is an outdated one.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
May 28, 2021

Japan set to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 shot for 12- to 15-year-olds

The move comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lowered the minimum age for the vaccine to 12 on May 10.
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JAPAN
May 27, 2021

Japan doctors union warns games could lead to 'Tokyo Olympic' virus strain

IOC member John Coates has said the Olympics could be held even under a COVID-19 state of emergency, an opinion the union's leader said was infuriating.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 26, 2021

Can this U.S. city heal racial wounds by busting up its freeway?

New York State wants to replace an elevated stretch of freeway with a street-level boulevard to knit the city's urban grid back together.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2021

Time to rid our screens of Asian stereotypes

Until the 93rd Academy Awards were held last month, more white actresses had won Oscars for playing Asians than actual Asian actresses have won.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2021

Our responsibility to South Asia

Beyond inflicting agony on the sick, the coronavirus outbreak in the world's most populous democracy is now robbing victims of their dignity in death, too.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2021

Seeking nominations for the Fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize

Nominations are now open for the Fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. This international award recognizes medical research and medical services in Africa and honors change-makers — both individuals and organizations — at the forefront of efforts to combat diseases and improve lives there.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2021

Suga stares down Japan's Olympic challenge

Whether or not to go ahead with the already-delayed Summer Games is a decision fraught with implications, and not only for public health.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2021

The U.S. and its immigration calculus

Higher levels of immigration may help to explain why U.S. GDP growth often exceeds that of Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2021

Asia’s COVID-19 surges should worry us all

Variants must be caught before they explode, and we can't afford to overlook what's happening now across the region.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 24, 2021

Taiwan slams WHO's 'indifference' after failing to get into key meeting

Taiwan, with the strong backing of major Western powers, had been lobbying for access to the WHO's World Health Assembly, which opens on Monday, as an observer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 23, 2021

Lack of openness and flexibility in Japan hamper efforts to help virus-hit India

Indian residents find their efforts to purchase and send oxygen concentrators hit numerous brick walls.
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May 23, 2021

Cold weather in China kills 21 in ultramarathon, sparking outrage

Twenty-one people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China, sparking public outrage on Sunday over the lack of contingency planning.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2021

More than 125,000 Myanmar teachers suspended for opposing coup

The suspensions have come days before the start of a new school year, which some teachers and parents are boycotting as part of a civil disobedience campaign.

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