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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2021

The shapeshifting coronavirus may not be able to mutate forever

It’s been about a year since the early coronavirus alarms were raised, and despite a decline in infections, new fears are rising up. New COVID-19 variants are making pessimists worry that an even bigger next wave may be coming.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2021

How the warming Arctic helped drive a deep freeze into Texas

Some experts maintain that climate change has increased the frequency with which the polar vortex weakens and allow cold to air to run amok.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2021

A glimpse of the future in Texas: Climate change means trouble for power grids

Huge winter storms have plunged large parts of the central and southern United States into an energy crisis this week as frigid blasts of Arctic weather crippled electric grids and left millions of Americans without power amid dangerously cold temperatures.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 13, 2021

How to truly define a Japanese garden

Japanese gardens come in many forms that are each interpreted differently, redefining what such spaces represent in the first place.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2021

Number of COVID-19 patients who died outside hospitals spikes in Japan

Of the total of 132, 56 people had tested positive for the virus before dying while infections in the remaining 76 came to light after their deaths.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 12, 2021

Closing a factory, the Toyota way

When the company decided to shut one of its plants in Japan, it took inspiration from a previous factory closure in Australia, in which efforts had been made to protect a legacy.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Think tank API critiques Japan's COVID policies under Abe, Suga

Within a year, the Japanese government has issued two states of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic under two prime ministers: Shinzo Abe and then Yoshihide Suga. When the Abe administration lifted the state of emergency last May, Abe attributed Japan’s success in keeping infections and deaths lower...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 12, 2021

U.S. sanctions on Myanmar junta not enough, Suu Kyi supporters say

EU lawmakers have also called for action from their countries and Britain said it was considering measures to punish those behind the Feb. 1 coup.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2021

Deep South towns are counting on Biden to keep his climate promises

Rising heat and more intense flooding are increasing the stress on all sorts of aging American infrastructure, and the impact often hits disadvantaged communities hardest.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Feb 9, 2021

Amid a global chess boom, shogi eyes its own winning moves

The game has seen a surge in interest during the pandemic, with children and adults alike dusting off their boards or joining online communities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2021

Military moves into Yangon as anti-coup protesters flood streets

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have swarmed streets across the nation since the weekend, using social media to quickly mobilize supporters around three main demands.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 9, 2021

New trends in 'J-vlogging' allow for a more diverse range of views on Japan

YouTubers based in Japan are focusing less on the 'slice of life' videos that defined past content and are catering to smaller communities within the non-Japanese audience.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2021

Hong Kong’s present is Tibet’s past

Both the “1959 Tibet Rebellion” and the “2019 Hong Kong riots” were flashpoints triggering the end of these region's distinct ways of life under their respective autonomous frameworks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2021

British teen wakes from nearly yearlong coma unaware of COVID-19 pandemic

The teen has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic even though he has caught the virus twice.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2021

Where did COVID-19 come from? Investigator foreshadows fresh clues

Peter Daszak, a zoologist assisting the World Health Organization-sponsored mission, said he anticipates the main findings will be released before his planned Feb. 10 departure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Feb 7, 2021

What is needed to bring back freedom of movement

As Japan struggles to find a way to resume normal life and international travel, a lesson could be learned from Taiwan's approach.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 6, 2021

‘The Investigation’: With poetry, hope prevails within prison walls

South Korean author Jung-myung Lee's thriller set in a prison in Fukuoka during World War II explores the power of literature and humanity in the darkest of times.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 6, 2021

Finding the right measure of Olympic success in Japan

Does academic success lead to happiness? Weekly magazine Shukan Gendai offers a cautionary tale u2026
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2021

Looking to the heavens: Japanese temple planned for inside satellite

Services will be held remotely in Kyoto, and prayers will be sent to the 'space temple' to be saved in its memory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2021

Trump got a space force. Biden should get a cyber force.

To use a military analogy, the initial attack on SolarWinds was a carpet-bombing, which had immediate (if undetected) effects across the entire field of battle.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 5, 2021

Staging the Super Bowl during a global crisis

The practical question is no longer if they should play Super Bowl LV — the last of 269 NFL games this season — but how to play it and how it will be presented.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 5, 2021

When will life return to normal? In about seven years at today's vaccine rates.

When will the pandemic end? It’s the question hanging over just about everything since COVID-19 took over the world last year. The answer can be measured in vaccinations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2021

China’s latest celebrity scandal hits a raw nerve

The ex-boyfriend of popular Chinese actress Zheng Shuang said on social media that she had abandoned him with two surrogate children in the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2021

U.N. climate chief urges world 'in a tough spot' to keep fighting warming

Like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change is a problem countries must work together to address or "all nations will feel the reverberations," the United Nations' climate chief warned on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2021

How one of the world’s wettest major cities ran out of water

The ancient south Indian port city of Chennai has become a case study in what can go wrong when industrialization, urbanization and extreme weather converge.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2021

Container crunch upends global food trade while ships queue at U.S. ports

Food is piling up in all the wrong places, thanks to carriers hauling empty shipping containers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2021

Two Hokkaido villages at the heart of race to host nuclear waste

The move has split communities between those seeking investment to stop their towns from dying, and those haunted by the 2011 Fukushima disaster, who are determined to stop the project.

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