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COVID 19 IN JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 12, 2020
Separating environmental issues from business matters in Japan
News outlets are refraining from addressing the climate and coronavirus crises simultaneously.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 12, 2020
Can micro-tourism save Japan's ailing travel industry?
Excursions to local destinations that are no more than an hour's drive from home lessen the anxiety of taking a short break.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2020
Death knell sounds for Japanese department stores
The shops, which have struggled to modernize and adapt to new shopping styles, have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2020
Tokyo to be included in Go To Travel campaign from October
The campaign kicked off in late July without the capital, despite criticism that subsidizing travel during a pandemic would help spread the virus throughout the country.
SPORTS
Sep 11, 2020
Could COVID-19 have long-term effect on athletes' health?
Most elite athletes have avoided serious symptoms after testing positive, but evidence of long-term heart and lung issues has some officials concerned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 11, 2020
Staff at coronavirus-hit Nagoya hospital worried over safety gaps
Issues such as poor information sharing and a lack of proper zoning to isolate infected patients have been raised.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2020
Bank of Japan coronavirus loans may ensure ‘zombie’ firms limp on
The total lent so far is already more than four times the amount deployed from January 2009 to support firms during the global financial crisis.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2020
Tokyo to ease voluntary measures on dining and travel as infections slow
Separately, the central government is reportedly weighing a plan to raise attendance limits at music and sporting events to 20,000 spectators.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 10, 2020
'Green recovery' offers Japan a chance to slash carbon emissions
A slight reduction in Japan's carbon dioxide output has already been seen this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2020
Tokyo reports 149 new cases of COVID-19
The figure represents a drop of 21 from the previous day.
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.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
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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