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Apr 27, 2020
Smile Japan qualifies for 2022 Winter Olympics
Japan's women's hockey team will compete in its third straight Winter Games after securing a berth through its No. 6 world ranking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2020
Bailouts and delistings loom for Japan’s beleaguered regional banks
Coronavirus crisis expected to cause bad loans to climb and investment income to evaporate
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 27, 2020
Investors' escape routes limited during Japan's Golden Week holidays
The annual Golden Week holidays threaten to give investors fits when adjusting positions in response to coronavirus-related newsflow, which could heighten volatility over the next few weeks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 26, 2020
Coronavirus crisis exposes Japan’s strength and weakness
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely prompt Japan to fully embrace the digital shift.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2020
Data show huge drops in urban traffic as Japan weighs state of emergency extension
Data showed that foot traffic Sunday afternoon in major urban areas across all 47 prefectures was 50 to 80 percent lower compared with figures from those areas in January and February.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Apr 26, 2020
How to spend a day (or a month) at home with the kids
Entertaining the kids while staying home is becoming easier for families across Japan as services normally confined to Tokyo begin putting themselves online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020
Tokyo records just 72 coronavirus cases Sunday, in lowest daily figure since April 1
Tokyo confirmed 72 new COVID-19 infections Sunday, the first time in 13 days that the number of cases fell into double digits, the metropolitan government reported.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Apr 26, 2020
Staying in doesn't mean you need to stop working out
One exercise app can provide a lot of health tips, and when you're done with your phone, check out a device that can sterilize it with ultraviolet light.
JAPAN / Commentary
Apr 26, 2020
In the fight against COVID-19, neighborhood associations could be Japan's ace in the hole
For all their faults, Japan's neighborhood associations also help build community solidarity — a resource that will be sorely needed in the months to come.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Apr 25, 2020
Vegetarian restaurants in Tokyo offering takeout
Finding good take-home food as a vegetarian remains a challenge in Tokyo's current state of emergency. Fortunately, plant-based restaurants across Tokyo have stepped up to the challenge: Here's The Japan Times' recommendations for five of the best.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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