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ZHEJIANG

Players compete against one another during the Just Dance event at the Olympic Esports Week in Singapore in June.
MORE SPORTS / FOCUS
Sep 24, 2023
China hosts esports’ biggest moment with Tencent at the wheel
The once-in-four-years Asian Games, effectively a regional Olympics, is the first time that competitive video games will be eligible for medals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2022
China's Zhejiang province has 1 million daily COVID-19 cases, expected to double
The COVID-19 infection peak is expected to arrive earlier in Zhejiang, China, during which the daily infection number will rise to up to 2 million, according to the authorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2021
Xi tests ‘common prosperity’ policies in Alibaba’s home province
The wealthy province of Zhejiang is home to 65 million people and some of China's most successful private companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2020
Hoshino Resorts to open hotel in China's Zhejiang in 2021
Hoshino Resorts Co. plans to open a hotel in a major sightseeing area of China's Zhejiang province in the spring of 2021, the Japanese company said.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2020
Japan may expand China travel ban as outbreak grows in Zhejiang province
The government is considering expanding the coverage of its entry ban to also include foreign nationals who have been to the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang in response to the spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus originating in the country, it was learned Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018
China heart drug sold globally may have had cancer-linked impurity since 2012
A common blood pressure and heart drug manufactured in bulk by a Chinese company and sold worldwide may have contained an impurity linked to cancer since 2012, European regulators said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2017
China gives flying cars a real boost
A Chinese automotive firm's acquisition of a U.S. flying car startup marks an important advance for a technology that could reshape the 21st-century city.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 14, 2017
Jets, Kings set for inaugural Super 8 tourney
Next week, the Chiba Jets Funabashi and Ryukyu Golden Kings will test their mettle against some of Asia's top club teams.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2017
China says Taiwan-bound Talim could become super typhoon
China's National Meteorological Center on Tuesday warned that Typhoon Talim could intensify and turn into a super typhoon as it churns towards Taiwan and Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on the Chinese mainland.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 7, 2017
Geely bid for Proton not a major threat to Japanese automakers, expert says
Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group's planned purchase of Malaysia's Proton Holdings will likely pose no major threat to Japanese competitors in the local market or elsewhere in Southeast Asia, according to an industry expert.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 13, 2013
Chinese prison bars U.S. doctor from dissident
Moved by the plight and failing health of a Chinese dissident imprisoned for a few lines of poetry, a retired American doctor traveled from her quiet life in suburban Washington to the gates of his eastern China prison on Saturday and asked she be allowed to give him a medical evaluation.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
By Alex K.T. Martin

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