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Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 24, 2022

Japan relaxes its border restrictions

Japan's strict border policies are finally relaxing — at least a little bit — and from March, new entrants will be allowed to come to the country once again.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2022

Japanese municipalities turn to AI for crime prevention

Nagoya and other places are using AI to better prepare patrol routes, with the technology helping to target them toward areas where crimes are more likely to occur.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2022

Medical experts in Japan concerned that omicron symptoms will be mistaken for hay fever

This year's hay fever season has arrived amid the spread of the omicron variant, which often leads to similar symptoms, such as sneezing and a running nose.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2022

New COVID-19 variants complicate the question of vaccine mandates

Officials mulling new pandemic policies need to know how quickly vaccine protection wanes. But scientists don't have a clear answer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2022

Tsukioka Kogyo: The man who dedicated his art to saving noh

The ukiyo-e artist's extensive body of work devoted to Japan's oldest living form of theater has gone largely overlooked — until now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2022

A U.N. pact may restrict plastic production. Big Oil aims to stop it.

U.N. members are set to meet this month to draft the blueprint for a global plastics treaty. That's a problem for Big Oil, with the plastic industry set to double output within 20 years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2022

Thought to be a success story, South Korea is forced to alter its COVID approach

The government will shift to dedicating its monitoring efforts to high-risk patients who are staying at home, supplying them with at-home treatment kits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2022

Coal is still raising trillions of dollars despite green shift

Commercial banks have channeled more than $1.5 trillion into the coal supply chain since the start of 2019, according to a report.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2022

If a wife makes more than a husband, here are somethings to consider

When women experience career success, it can also jeopardize their relationships — a problem which men don't experience.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 11, 2022

Love stories for your Valentine's Day date with the books

There's no better time for a love story than around Valentine's Day. Sit back, have a read and maybe enjoy some chocolate while you study.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2022

Japan must quadruple foreign workers by 2040 to meet growth target, report says

The figure would be nearly 300% more than the current 1.72 million foreign workers who make up about 2.5% of the workforce.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2022

As forest threats loom, Amazon guardians organize as 'minigovernments'

The indigenous council CITMA and four other indigenous territories have been granted government recognition, covering about 25,000 people living in three Amazon provinces.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2022

COVID-stunted educations dim prospects for India’s economy and its youth

Hundreds of millions of students across India have received little to no in-person instruction with schools intermittently shut down since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2022

U.S. responds to Russia security demands as Ukraine tensions mount

Washington's response came as Moscow held security talks with Western countries and intensified its military build-up near Ukraine with new drills.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2022

Technology and innovation are needed to battle climate change

Global emissions reduction is essential. But those efforts won't do enough to forestall a looming crisis in the polar regions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2022

We’ll all have some immunity to COVID-19 soon

The end of immunological naivete to COVID-19 in the U.S. should change how we think about the disease and what policies we put in place to manage it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2022

Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine

The companies plan to test the immune response generated by the omicron-based vaccine both as a three-shot regimen in unvaccinated people and as a booster shot.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2022

In today's world, precision timing is everything

PNT is one of the 14 categories of emerging technologies identified by the U.S. government as strategic and therefore demanding special attention and control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2022

Stop saying student debt relief is for the rich

Instead of perpetuating the myth that student debt cancellation is for the rich, politicians should recognize how regressive the status quo is and do what's best for the nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

Most cases of Havana syndrome unlikely to be caused by foreign power, says CIA

The interim findings of a comprehensive study by the agency have angered victims, who described their release as a 'breach of faith.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

I had breakthrough COVID-19. Can I start living like it’s 2019?

While 'hybrid immunity' is considered the best immunity you can get, scientists still say that going back to '2019 behavior' is a little premature.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2022

Xi Jinping’s COVID-19 defense gets weaker with every omicron case

Port disruptions and citywide shutdowns are increasingly common, and the central bank has had to cut its key interest rate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2022

Omicron may infect half of Europeans within weeks, WHO says

The fast-spreading variant represents a 'west-to-east tidal wave sweeping across the region,” said Hans Kluge, the regional director of the WHO for Europe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2022

Hong Kong’s brain drain worsens as expats and locals flee the city

Both the city's strict COVID-19 polices and the imposition of the national security law have prompted a population outflow that looks set to intensify in 2022.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022

Rapid nose swab tests for COVID may not detect omicron quickly enough

Manufacturers should seek special approval to allow users to safely collect samples from the throat as well, according to an infectious diseases expert.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2022

Japan needs a real economic security strategy

Japan should make products that it and the rest of the world need so that the nation is considered an integral partner.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2022

Studies suggest why omicron is less severe: It spares the lungs

Compared with earlier variants, omicron may cause less damage to the lungs, new animal research suggests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2021

The coronavirus can persist for months after traversing entire body

SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in the brains of six autopsy patients who died more than a month after developing symptoms.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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