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JAPAN
Feb 9, 2020
Universities in Japan take precautions in response to coronavirus outbreak
Universities are scrambling to deal with the threat of infections from the coronavirus outbreak wreaking havoc in China and around the world.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2020
Japan's state planes unlikely to be used in Wuhan evacuation effort, source says
Japan's efforts to fly home expatriates from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, is unlikely to involve government planes despite earlier plans to the contrary.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 9, 2020
New signing Odion Ighalo to miss Manchester United's Spain training camp
Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo, who joined the club on loan from China's Shanghai Shenhua, will miss a training camp in Spain as he may not clear U.K. immigration on the team's return should border restrictions tighten due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 9, 2020
Coronavirus cases in Wuhan may be nearing peak, study finds
The new coronavirus may have infected at least 1 in 20 people in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global outbreak, by the time it peaks in coming weeks, according to scientists modeling its spread.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2020
Passengers trapped on Hong Kong cruise fear coronavirus exposure
Passengers stuck on a cruise ship being quarantined in Hong Kong are beginning to worry that lax controls on the boat and a lack of information puts them at risk of being exposed to the deadly coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2020
Coronavirus toll set to surpass SARS; American in Wuhan becomes first non-Chinese death
An American became the first confirmed non-Chinese victim of the new coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Saturday, and a Japanese man also died with symptoms consistent with the disease, as the epidemic looked set to pass the death toll from SARS.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2020
Extensive quarantines not the answer
The World Health Organization says overly restrictive measures may backfire in trying to contain the spread of a contagious disease.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2020
Half of Uniqlo, Muji stores closing in virus-hit China
Retailers are expanding outlet suspensions in China amid the unfolding coronavirus crisis, with about half of the Uniqlo apparel and Muji household goods stores there being shut.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 7, 2020
China's mobile internet giants teaming up against Google's Play app store
China's Xiaomi, Huawei Technologies, Oppo and Vivo are joining forces to create a platform for developers outside China to upload apps onto all of their app stores simultaneously, in a move that analysts say is meant to challenge the dominance of Google's Play store.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads, so does fake news
Twitter and Google ought to emulate Facebook's new 'physical harm' standard to help stop the dangerous spread of misinformation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Feb 7, 2020
Hong Kong women upend gender roles in democracy fight
During Hong Kong's Occupy Central protests in 2014, Aria listened to Lady Gaga, put on makeup and wore cute outfits, embracing the ubiquitous "Goddess of Democracy" moniker at a time when online polls asked whether the city's few female leaders were wife or girlfriend material.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 7, 2020
Japan carmakers brace for supply and demand nightmares due to coronavirus
As many of them know, 'it's impossible to manufacture cars without China.”
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2020
Tokyo Olympics organizers 'extremely worried' that coronavirus may hit games
Before, the main concern of the organizers' working group in the Diet was Japan's continuing problem with rubella and measles. Now it's the new coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2020
Wuhan doctor's death shows risk of crackdowns of fake news across Asia
Governments across Asia are stepping up arrests over growing misinformation on the coronavirus outbreak, even as outrage grows in China over how virus whistleblowers — one of whom, a doctor, has now died — were punished for spreading falsehoods.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 7, 2020
Coronavirus pushes robots to front lines of China's hospitals
The deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has pushed the Chinese medical community into overdrive, has also prompted hospitals to more quickly adopt robots as medical assistants.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2020
When will coronavirus peak? Epidemic forecasts are often wrong but can be useful
Predicting "peak virus" is often destined to fail. But it is not pointless.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2020
U.S. clashes with China over Taiwan's place at WHO table as coronavirus spreads
The United States and China clashed Thursday over the issue of Taiwan's exclusion from World Health Organization meetings, where it is represented by China, with Beijing accusing Washington of political "hype-up."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2020
Chinese rage over death of doctor who raised alarm over coronavirus
A Chinese doctor who issued an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak before it was officially recognized died of the virus on Friday, triggering a wave of public mourning and rare expressions of anger towards the government online.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2020
Cabin fever on the Diamond Princess: Inside the virus-hit cruise ship off Japan
For one American couple, what was supposed to be a weeklong trip in Japan has been abruptly replaced by two weeks confined to their room aboard a quarantined cruise ship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2020
China to halve tariffs on U.S. imports worth $75 billion from Feb. 14
China will halve tariffs on some $75 billion (¥8.24 trillion) of imports from the U.S. later this month, reciprocating a U.S. action and likely satisfying part of their interim trade deal.

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