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Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 25, 2020

'The Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan': Water buffaloes, cassowaries and Arabian horses

From exotic animals to spectacles and chandeliers, Michael Laver's “The Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan” shows how well-placed gifts were essential in opening up Japan to early European traders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine, championed by Trump for virus, may raise death risk

An old malaria drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" in the fight against the coronavirus provided no benefit and potentially higher risk of death for patients at U.S. veterans hospitals, according to an analysis that has been submitted for expert review.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2020

In era of COVID-19, a shift to digital forms of teaching in Japan

Even at the university level, where most students and faculty should have a degree of competency when it comes to digital tools, institutions fall short.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 18, 2020

With fishing fleets tied up due to COVID-19, marine life has a chance to recover

Plummeting global demand for fish and seafood as a result of the coronavirus crisis is likely to create an effect similar to the halt of commercial fishing during both world wars, when the idling of fleets led to the rebound of fish stocks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 14, 2020

Outlook uncertain for Japanese-language exams

Japanese-language exams are in an uncertain state due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus around the world. Your Japanese study doesn't need to stop, though.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2020

Two-thirds of severe COVID-19 cases improved with remdesivir drug

Gilead Sciences Inc.’s experimental drug for patients with severe COVID-19 infections showed promise in an early analysis, raising tentative hope that the first treatment for the novel virus may be on the horizon.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2020

With sailors stranded, shippers face a hard choice

Before the pandemic, 100,000 seafarers traveled in and out of the world’s ports every month. Some had spent weeks or months aboard the cargo ships, tankers and other merchant vessels that are essential to moving products and commodities across the globe. In a ritual little noticed outside the industry,...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2020

Unchecked spread of coronavirus prompts about-face on masks around the world

Wearing face masks, which health officials in many countries previously discouraged outside hospitals, is gaining converts as the coronavirus spreads across the globe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 7, 2020

How to embrace the spirit of altruism

Success in life or work is determined by attitude multiplied by effort and ability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2020

How contagious are asymptomatic carriers?

Researchers are still trying to understand why COVID-19 is deadly for some and invisible in others.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 3, 2020

Astronomers spot 'missing link' black hole — not too big and not too small

Scientists have detected a midsize black hole — considered the "missing link" in the understanding of these celestial brutes — eviscerating an unfortunate star that strayed too close.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2020

Flying low: The battle over Tokyo’s airspace

Haneda Airport's new flight paths commence despite concerns from aviation experts and public opposition.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2020

COVID-19 could very well slow by summer

Evidence suggests that warmer temperatures and higher humidity could indeed affect the disease's spread.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 21, 2020

Why are Japan’s millennials shunning alcohol?

Some time before the coronavirus outbreak put a damper on this year’s hanami (blossom viewing) parties and other social activities, the media had already noted that the decline in alcohol consumption by younger Japanese has been accelerating. This phenomenon even made the front page of the Nikkei Marketing...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / Children's Literature in Japan
Mar 21, 2020

Momoko Ishii: Shaping Japanese children's literature for the modern era

Dedicated to children's literature since her youth, Momoko Ishii authored and translated dozens of books, and her tireless advocacy changed the way postwar society valued children's literature for decades to come.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2020

Hotels in Japan roll out unusual bids to woo tourists in COVID-19 crisis

With tightening border controls and social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic limiting nonessential travel, hotels in Japan have been offering unconventional plans to attract guests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 19, 2020

Cambodia puts plans for mainstream Mekong dams on hold for 10 years

Electricity-starved Cambodia will not develop new hydropower dams on the Mekong River for the next 10 years, a senior energy official said on Wednesday, as it reviews its policy to seek energy from coal, natural gas and solar.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2020

Classrooms become the latest COVID-19 casualty

Online learning — a wonderful workaround during a contagion — is an educational experiment in a world where teachers are no longer considered authority figures.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 11, 2020

Let's discuss emergency school closures

A Kyodo article looks at the government's latest effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2020

Student workbooks flying off shelves amid Japan's coronavirus school closures

Student workbooks are flying off bookstore shelves in response to the emergency school closures requested by the government to slow down the coronavirus outbreak.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2020

What to expect if COVID-19 has you working from home

The biggest challenges to quarantined work may be mental and physical
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2020

Innovation: The front line of the new great power competition

The race to innovate is behind the new U.S.-China cold war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2020

The persecution and lonely death of a Uyghur scholar

How Japanese supporters worked to secure the freedom of imprisoned Uighur scholar Tohti Tunyaz is a story worth telling.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Feb 29, 2020

Maison: The house that Sota Atsumi built

"Why did I leave Japan? I guess it's because I had nothing to do back home," says Paris-based chef Sota Atsumi as he takes a coffee break from prepping scallops for his dinner guests. "I didn't study much, so enrolling in a university was not an option. I wanted to be a professional snowboarder but I...
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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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