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2020

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2022
'Tokyo Side A': Making sense of the 'pandemic Olympics'
Official Olympics documentaries can be as triumphant as a gold-medal performance or they can end up in infamy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2022
Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro charged with contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe
Navarro was hit with one count involving his refusal to appear for a deposition before the Jan. 6 Select Committee and another for his refusal to produce documents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2022
Billed as an important Olympics legacy venue, Tokyo's National Stadium is becoming a burden
The stadium was originally planned to be privatized after the Olympics to reduce the cost to taxpayers, but that project has fallen far behind schedule.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 22, 2022
Ex-Olympian Mikako Kotani fights objectification of female athletes
The retired artistic swimmer has advocated strongly for laws prohibiting women in sports from being photographed in a sexualized manner during competition.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2022
Top Republican under fire for recording of him urging Trump to resign over Capitol riot
The comments could undermine Kevin McCarthy's widely known ambition to become House speaker next year if Republicans take control of the chamber.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2022
A judge says Trump broke the law. Here’s why that matters.
A legal opinion affirming the “illegality” of a plan to overturn the 2020 election won't end partisan polarization, but there's value in stating what's obviously true.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2022
Call logs underscore Trump’s efforts to sway lawmakers on Jan. 6
New details from White House documents provided to the House panel investigating the Capitol assault show a seven-hour gap in records of calls made by the ex-president on the day of the riot.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2022
House Republicans who challenged Biden's win are losing out on corporate cash
The shift illustrates a growing gulf between business interests and members of the Republican Party still aligned with Donald Trump.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Longform
Feb 21, 2022
After Beijing 2022, uncertainty clouds the future of the Olympics
The Olympic flame flickers amid faltering reforms and fading interest as the pandemic exposes shortcomings in the commercial goals of the Summer and Winter Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2022
Future proofing the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing and Tokyo
The most obvious future-proofing strategy is to spread the Olympic Games in any one year to multiple venues, much as a company enhances resilience by diversifying markets or supply chains.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2022
An Olympic athlete representing two nations
“I'm American when I'm in the U.S. and I'm Chinese when I'm in China,” says Olympic skier Eileen Gu.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2022
Beijing vs. Tokyo: A tale of two cities' approaches to the pandemic Games
Influenced by ever-changing collective knowledge on COVID-19, the recent Olympic Games have taken radically different approaches to hosting the world's biggest international sporting events during a global pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2022
Trump flouted the U.S. presidential records law. Will he face consequences?
While he was U.S. president, Donald Trump was known to destroy, tear up, remove and even flush White House documents down the toilet. He often eschewed the White House switchboard, using his own cellphone or those of his aides to communicate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2022
‘Trump is wrong,’ Mike Pence says of false claim about overturning U.S. election
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday offered his most forceful rebuke of Donald Trump, saying that Trump is "wrong” that Pence had the legal authority to change the results of the 2020 election and that the Republican Party must accept the outcome and look toward the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2022
Voter suppression can’t save the Republicans
Low turnout in America is usually blamed on voter apathy, but 2020 proved that the real problem has always been barriers to voting.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2022
Can U.S. elections be made safe from rampaging mobs?
Irrespective of the effectiveness of the Jan. 6 committee report, the nature and safety of America's democratic system remain up for grabs.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 9, 2022
Japan's post-Olympic skateboard boom not yet dispelling old prejudices
Advocates see Japan's Olympic medal success and a fresh boom in the sport as a chance to both attract new skaters and to bring increased acceptance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2022
The Jan. 6 riot and the possessive white male
In the grand scheme of things, it is tempting to interpret the far-right's rage now and on Jan. 6 as a sign that things ultimately are changing for the better as theirs is a losing battle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2022
Trump to launch his social media app in February, listing shows
TRUTH Social, the Trump Media & Technology Group alternative to Twitter, is available for pre-order before going live on the U.S. Presidents' Day holiday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot panel faces difficult questions as anniversary approaches
Thursday marks a year since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, leading to deaths, injuries and a traumatized nation.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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