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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 19, 2020

As flying returns, plane-makers seek to quell fears over cabin air

Jet manufacturers and airlines are launching an urgent initiative to convince nervous travelers that the air they breathe on planes is safe, believing this is critical to rebuilding a travel industry floored by the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 19, 2020

Uber’s job cuts and office closures reflect narrowing ambitions

As recently as this year, the company was promising to usher in a self-driving revolution and popularize flying cars.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 18, 2020

Can Japan's laws adapt to pandemic-era privacy needs?

Identity-based discrimination is a part of Japanese law, but could our own experiences with the new coronavirus become part of our identity?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2020

Ardern eyes virus-free haven as New Zealand charts rapid rebuild

Strict lockdown measures combined with a robust financial picture may allow country to bounce back more quickly than others.
Japan Times
Rugby
May 17, 2020

New Zealand players return to 'second preseason' on Monday

New Zealand's Super Rugby players will begin what coaches have deemed to be a "second preseason" on Monday as they return to training following a relaxation of health and travel restrictions imposed after the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 17, 2020

Space exploration’s next frontier: Remote-controlled robonauts

As Japan’s second female astronaut to fly up in the Space Shuttle Discovery, Naoko Yamazaki didn’t expect to spend a quarter of her time dusting, feeding mice and doing other menial jobs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 13, 2020

Is Japan pulling its companies out of China?

A recent Abe announcement is significant but hardly signals a decoupling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 12, 2020

Virus exacerbates challenges for people in Japan with disabilities

Social distancing recommendations, stay-at-home requests and use of masks can complicate day-to-day activities.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 10, 2020

The very virtual world of Mitsumasa Anno

Japan House London has launched a virtual tour of “Anno's Journey: The World of Anno Mitsumasa,” its recent exhibition celebrating Japanese illustrator and storyteller Mitsumasa Anno.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2020

How South Korea stopped COVID-19 early

NGOs and trade unions played a vital role in complementing government testing and tracing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 5, 2020

In search of the pandemic-inspired innovation curve

The pandemic presents a golden opportunity for Japan to think outside the box and re-evaluate how to innovate to meet its changing needs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 2, 2020

Exploring Japan from the comfort of your own living room

Audiences worldwide are seeking out visual escapes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 1, 2020

After mass testing, Vietnam says coronavirus outbreak contained

Businessman Phan Quoc Viet was making his usual prayers at a pagoda in Tay Ninh, a province in southern Vietnam, when the government official's call came.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2020

The Chinese Health Organization?

The WHO director-general should be taken to task for his deference to China throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
Japan Times
Rugby
Apr 27, 2020

New Zealand sets up committee to review Super Rugby future

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has formed a committee with the country's five Super Rugby teams to review operating models and plot a way forward for the domestic game amid a shutdown in global sport brought by the coronavirus.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 24, 2020

Riot Games cancels League of Legends 2020 Mid-Season Invitational

The League of Legends 2020 Mid-Season Invitational has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2020

Defiant pachinko parlors show limits of Japan’s shutdown request

As pachinko parlors continue to operate, disregarding appeals to shutter amid the coronavirus pandemic, local governments look to shame them into cooperation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2020

‘We needed to go’: Rich Americans activate pandemic escape plans

As coronavirus infections tore across the U.S. in early March, a Silicon Valley executive called the survival shelter manufacturer Rising S Co. He wanted to know how to open the secret door to his multimillion-dollar bunker 11 feet underground in New Zealand.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 17, 2020

When the fog lifts, a changed landscape will be revealed

Britain will urgently need to gain a stronger foothold in Asia, and Japan makes the obvious link point.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 17, 2020

Japan's airlines fly empty domestic flights as they stick to schedule

Japan's top airlines are operating a majority of their domestic capacity even though COVID-19 has caused seats on flights to be left mostly empty, amid a lack of clear government directives on the functioning of transport infrastructure during the crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2020

Trump’s WHO attack accelerates breakdown in global cooperation

U.S. President Donald Trump’s broadside against the World Health Organization is another blow to international institutions designed to help nations confront global crises — and may leave countries even less prepared for the next one.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic prompts a digital revolution

Even as the novel coronavirus pandemic throws the global economy into turmoil and as commercial activities are paralyzed in Japan under the state of emergency declared by the government, at least one sector is seeing an expansion in demand — “virtual” business models and online transactions that...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2020

Cardboard boxes replace hotel rooms at Narita as Japan struggles with returnees

Travel restrictions are keeping Narita Airport — Japan’s gateway to the world — eerily quiet. Over the past week or so, the usual bustle from international travelers has been replaced with something else: cardboard beds.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2020

Telework giving the global economy a glimpse of the virtual future

The lockdown gripping much of the world economy has spurred a real-time stress test of the long-heralded digital future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2020

Masayoshi Son’s $2 billion guarantee at risk as virus sickens SoftBank star Oyo

Just nine months ago, Masayoshi Son publicly declared Ritesh Agarwal one of the star entrepreneurs backed by his SoftBank Group Corp. The billionaire boasted that Agarwal’s Oyo Hotels & Homes was poised to overtake the biggest hotel chains in the world just a few years after its founding.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami