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BRAZIL

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2020
Coronavirus crisis has made Brazil an ideal vaccine laboratory
With a medical manufacturing infrastructure and plenty of vaccine trial volunteers, Brazil has emerged as a potentially vital player in the scramble to end the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2020
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases for second day in a row
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 9, 2020
Jair Bolsonaro bets 'miraculous cure' can save Brazil — and his life
More than 1.7 million people in Brazil have tested positive for coronavirus and nearly 68,000 have died. Only the United States has performed worse.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro undergoing coronavirus test after showing symptoms
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is undergoing another test for COVID-19 after showing symptoms of the virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2020
Jair Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as COVID-19 kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization (WHO) after the U.N. agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2020
Maskless Bolsonaro joins protesters against Congress and court
The latest protests and Bolsonaro's appearance to greet his supporters may fuel the institutional crisis that's been brewing amid a fake news probe.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 17, 2020
Brazil passes Italy and Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases
The increase in cases is likely to pile pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro, who has defied health experts and backed unproven drugs.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 30, 2020
Amazon city resorts to mass graves as Brazil COVID-19 deaths soar
Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2020
From Peru coca farmers to Paris pushers, coronavirus upends drug trade
Countries around the world have spent billions of dollars bailing out firms affected by COVID-19. Peru's coca farmers, who grow the bushy plant used to make cocaine, say they want help, too.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2020
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro isolated and weakened by coronavirus denial
At a tense Cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian president's official residence, Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2020
South America's indigenous people lock down as coronavirus takes hold
For decades, indigenous groups from Colombia to Brazil have been fighting the threat to their lives posed by oil exploration, deforestation and illegal logging.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 25, 2020
Maverick presidents Bolsonaro in Brazil and Lopez Obrador in Mexico both in denial over COVID-19
The presidents of Mexico and Brazil scored stunning election victories in 2018 in defiance of the political establishment, but now their unwillingness to follow consensus on the coronavirus pandemic has left the two increasingly exposed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2020
Brazil's Carnival kicks off with political divisions front and center
Brazil's famed Carnival kicked off in earnest on Saturday as millions of scantily clad revelers poured into the streets, many of whom took the opportunity to parody or otherwise comment on the nation's deeply polarized political climate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 20, 2020
Brazil's 'last samurai' seeks to keep tradition alive in South America
From the outside, the modest home of 61-year-old Edson Suemitsu looks little different from others in this middle-class neighborhood of Curitiba, a sleepy city in southern Brazil.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2020
Bicycle lanes are moving everyone forward
Embracing the cycling culture, and investing accordingly, can help cities counter obesity, rising car use and pollution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2020
End of fishing ban threatens Amazon's pink dolphins
The Amazon river dolphin is an intelligent and friendly mammal that appears to grin and flush like a human blushing when it gets excited.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2020
Brazil gets OK to send planes to evacuate citizens from virus-hit Wuhan
Brazil on Tuesday obtained authorization from China to fly two planes to the city of Wuhan at the center of the new coronavirus outbreak to evacuate Brazilian citizens who asked to be repatriated.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Brazil to declare emergency and quarantine nationals returning from China
Brazil will declare a national health emergency to prepare for the return of Brazilian nationals at the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China, Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Monday.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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