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Japan Times
JAPAN / New Year's Special
Jan 1, 2020
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike looks ahead to 2020 Games and end of her term
With a little over half a year to go until the start of the Summer Games, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says the host city is all set for the sporting extravaganza and is focusing on ensuring the games will have a long-lasting legacy.
JAPAN / New Year's Special
Jan 1, 2020
Paralympians hope to bring event out of Olympic shadow with Tokyo Games
Sprinter Shunsuke Itani is young, tall, handsome and a contender to win a medal on the track in Tokyo this summer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 1, 2020
Elizabeth Warren warns 'democracy hangs in the balance' in New Year's Eve speech
Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren sought to re-energize her White House campaign in a New Year's Eve speech on Tuesday, warning that "democracy hangs in the balance" five weeks before nominating contests begin in early February.
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2019
A new Olympic year for Japan
The Olympic year should provide us with a chance to reflect on the state of the nation and how we must respond to the multitude of challenges it faces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2019
Fifteen predictions for the new year
The U.S. presidential election will end in a tie and other educated guesses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2019
What's in store for China's economy in 2020?
The year, and the decade, will be fraught with difficulties for the economic powerhouse.
OLYMPICS
Dec 31, 2019
Forecasting Japan's top medal hopefuls for 2020 Games
Japan's Olympians intend to take the nation by storm with their best-ever results at the 2020 Tokyo Games this summer.
EDITORIALS
Dec 30, 2019
Collective action needed to meet existential threats
The threats posed by climate change and mass surveillance will worsen if we continue the laissez-faire approach that fails to intervene and bend both phenomena toward more sustainable trajectories.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 30, 2019
Beacons in the stormy seas of 2020
Japan should focus on major currents and not be misled by less important events or episodes in the coming year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2019
NASA's Mars 2020 rover set to hunt Martian fossils, scout for manned missions
A NASA robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of a journey next year to search for evidence of past life on Mars and lay the groundwork for the space agency's mission to send humans into deep space.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 29, 2019
Biden says he would testify at impeachment trial if subpoenaed
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden clarified his position on a suggestion he wouldn't comply with a potential subpoena to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 27, 2019
Russia confirms it will appeal four-year Olympic doping ban
Russia has confirmed that it will appeal against its four-year Olympic ban for manipulating doping data.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Dec 27, 2019
Ep. 27 'I Can't Be Here'
Last episode, we were bombarded with new roommates joining the house, and now it's time to see how Vivi, Tupas and Kai are settling in. It's clear that everyone loves Vivi, and who can blame them? Well, everyone but Hana, probably, because that ray of sunshine is after her man.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Dec 27, 2019
Tokyo Olympic torchbearers from Fukushima hope event showcases recovery
Applicants across Japan have begun receiving notification that they were selected to run in the Japan leg of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay that will kick off on March 26 at the J-Village soccer facility in Fukushima Prefecture, where efforts to recover from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and...
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Closing the gap between what you learn and what you say in Japanese
A few tweaks to the conversations you learn in your Japanese class will help you sound like a native when you step out the door.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

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