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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2020

China gave COVID-19 vaccine candidate to North Korea's Kim, U.S. analyst says

China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a U.S. analyst said on Tuesday, citing two unidentified Japanese intelligence sources.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 30, 2020

Airlines face ‘mission of the century’ in shipping vaccines

Laid low by a COVID-19 outbreak that's decimated passenger demand, airlines will be the workhorses of the attempt to eradicate it, hauling billions of vials to every corner of the globe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2020

Schools lauded for COVID-19 response and support

The number of international students enrolled in Japanese universities and vocational schools is on the rise. In May 2019, this number stood at 312,214, up from 164,000 in 2011, and the number of students who chose to work in Japan after graduating has more than doubled since 2013.
Japan Times
Nov 30, 2020

From Japan to the world – Lixil’s sustainability mission - Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury -

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Nov 30, 2020

Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2020

Division or dialogue with China?

Less chaotic does not necessarily mean less confrontational: Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “thug” and pledged to “pressure, isolate and punish China.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2020

Beijing takes its South China Sea strategy to the Himalayas

This year, China's military built up forces in the Himalayas and crossed into territory that India claimed, leading to China's bloodiest clash in decades.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Nov 27, 2020

Incident-free Japan Series could aid push for fans to attend Olympics

NPB's ability to admit just under 70,000 fans to the series' four games, held across two cities in domed venues, may provide hints to organizers aiming to pack Tokyo 2020 stands next summer.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine delays undermine Indonesia’s path to immunity

With new cases topping 30,000 a week, Indonesia faces an urgent logistical challenge to ensure that vaccines are distributed across a country spanning thousands of kilometers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2020

Nintendo adds Sharp as assembler of popular Switch game console

Nintendo is expected to raise its fiscal-year sales target from the current 24 million when it next reports quarterly results.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2020

'Wolf warrior' diplomacy sours Britain's Conservatives on China

Burning bridges with China is a particularly risky path for the U.K. as it exits the European Union's orbit.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2020

Messy reversal on Go To Travel campaign may dent Suga’s prospects

Critics say his re-evaluation was too little, too late, and risked leaving the image of a leader both stubborn and indecisive, without due care for public health.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2020

Beyond Meat takes on tough rival in China: tofu

Beyond Meat Inc., the U.S. maker of plant-based burgers and sausages, announced a new product designed to crack China, the world's biggest meat market: imitation ground pork.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2020

Gold is a hedge against bad government decisions

The job of the government and the central bank are simply to create the conditions necessary for people to prosper. They are not doing a very good job at it, judging by the price of gold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2020

Doubts raised over airlines' flight safety claims amid virus spread

Top U.S. infectious disease experts say the findings underpinning the carriers' safety claims aren't that conclusive.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2020

Pope calls Uighurs ‘persecuted,’ prompting pushback from China

The reference to abuses against Uighurs, which Beijing has long denied despite mounting evidence, could tarnish the recent warming of relations between the Vatican and China.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 23, 2020

Raise a glass in memory of Tokyo's messier tourist traps

Robot Restaurant and MariCar (or Street Kart or whatever you want to call it) were problematic tourist experiences, sure. That doesn't mean they weren't bold.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 23, 2020

With two-child policy still in place, graying China looks to boost fertility

China introduced a controversial 'one-child policy' in 1978, saying efforts to reduce poverty and develop the economy were being undermined by population growth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2020

After 23 years of Chinese rule, Hong Kong is back to square one

Hong Kong's chief executive has created a path for the city's leadership to remove legislators at will, without involvement of the legislature itself or the judiciary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 20, 2020

Nissan said to be in talks with U.S. startup to electrify pickup truck

Nissan has never fared well in the competitive U.S. full-size truck market, and demand for the Titan plunged 38% last year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2020

Women handling the dead: More female morticians in South Korea as taboo fades

A growing number of South Korean women are training to be morticians, a field from which they had long been excluded, amid changing views on gender roles and a rising preference for women's bodies to be handled by women.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2020

Thailand’s protests shatter taboos but so far produce little change

In unison, anti-government protesters Wednesday called the King of Thailand a giant monitor lizard, one of the worst things that can be said of anyone in Thai, and spray-painted bus stops and pavement in the capital’s central business district with graffiti describing his sexual activity.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2020

A new study questions whether masks protect wearers. You need to wear them anyway.

Researchers in Denmark reported on Wednesday that surgical masks did not protect the wearers against infection with the coronavirus in a large randomized clinical trial. But the findings conflict with those from a number of other studies, experts said, and is not likely to alter public health recommendations...
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2020

Tokyo to raise alert as Japan sets daily record with 2,000-plus COVID-19 cases

The alert level was established to warn residents to exercise further caution but can also be used to signal the announcement of additional virus countermeasures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2020

Will Trump's defeat prove lethal for populism across the globe?

Donald Trump's election loss amounts to a warning for other far-right populists, such as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 18, 2020

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine induces quick immune response, study finds

Sinovac Biotech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from the disease, preliminary trial results showed on Wednesday.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
Prince Hisahito concludes his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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