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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 4, 2022

Shopping through social-media platforms expected to hit $1.2 trillion by 2025: study

More than half of so-called social buyers surveyed said they are likely to support small businesses over larger retailers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021

Of course stereotypes are holding women back

Workplace discrimination has been a feature of virtually all of world history, so nobody should be shocked by evidence that it continues today.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 24, 2021

Study says biennial World Cup could cost leagues billions per season

The report predicted that in addition to cutting club revenue, such a move would hit viewer interest in games, reduce advertisers' interest in domestic soccer and put strains on players.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 3, 2021

New NASA missions will study Venus, a world overlooked for decades

After numerous missions by the United States and the Soviet Union to explore it in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, attention shifted elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2021

Arctic fires and thawing permafrost pose growing threat to climate, study says

Estimated emissions levels do not take into account the wildfires and abrupt thawing recently observed, which could blow the global 'emissions budget.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2021

Japan risks multiple new states of emergency with slow vaccine pace, study shows

Four more states of emergency are likely at a pace of 220,000 jabs per day, while only one would be needed if 880,000 shots are given daily, scientists project.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2021

Pfizer-BioNTech shot stops COVID-19 spread, Israeli study shows

The study provides the first real-world indication that the immunization will curb transmission of the coronavirus, but experts cautioned that more data is needed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2021

Earth is losing ice faster today than in mid-1990s, study suggests

Annually, the melt rate is now about 57% faster than it was three decades ago, scientists report in a study published Monday in the journal The Cryosphere.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 18, 2020

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine induces quick immune response, study finds

Sinovac Biotech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from the disease, preliminary trial results showed on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2020

3.4 million, or 6%, in England had COVID-19, antibody study shows

Around 3.4 million people in England — 6 percent of the population — have contracted coronavirus, with infection rates twice as high in London, a major antibody study found.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2020

People are more likely to contract COVID-19 at home, study finds

South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own households than from contacts outside the home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2020

Severe COVID-19 can damage the brain, preliminary study finds

A preliminary study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has found the disease can damage the brain, causing complications such as stroke, inflammation, psychosis and dementia-like symptoms in some severe cases.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 13, 2020

Young American men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows

Sexual activity among young American men has declined sharply since 2000, with nearly a third reporting no sex with a partner in the prior year, according to a survey study published on Friday that suggests social media and electronic gaming might be filling the void.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
May 5, 2020

Study guides flying off shelves amid coronavirus school closures

Sales of study guides went up in March, according to news reports. Take a look at the vocabulary for studying at home and sales.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2020

A third of U.K. coronavirus hospital patients die, study suggests

About a third of patients in U.K. hospitals with COVID-19 died from the disease, according to the findings of a study of more than 16,000 people with the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2020

China’s Wuhan lockdown may delay feared second wave, study shows

China’s long lockdown in Wuhan may have bought the country months of time before a feared second wave of coronavirus cases peaks, according to a study with implications for how long other nations may have to maintain similar restrictions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2020

Sustainability disclosures by European firms generally poor, study says

European corporate disclosures on climate change and other sustainability issues are generally poor, a study Monday showed, as regional policymakers mull toughening up the rules.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2020

Robot analysts outwit humans on investment picks over long run, study shows

They beat us at chess and trivia, supplant jobs by the thousands, and are about to be let loose on highways and roads as chauffeurs and couriers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 26, 2019

Americans, not Chinese, pay Trump tariffs: New York Fed study

When the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Chinese imports last year, officials insisted China would pay the cost — implying Chinese firms would have to cut their prices to absorb import "taxes" of up to 25 percent when the goods hit U.S. shores.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 13, 2019

More breastfeeding could save the world $1 billion every day, study says

Not enough breastfeeding costs the global economy almost $1 billion each day due to lost productivity and the costs of health care, researchers said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2019

The high cost of young Japanese staying close to home

A lack of curiosity, reluctance to take risks and unwillingness to understand different values are hardly winning traits for anyone to succeed in the fiercely competitive and borderless global market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 31, 2019

E-cigarettes nearly twice as effective at helping smokers quit than patches or gum, study finds

E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective at helping smokers quit as nicotine replacement treatments such as patches, lozenges and gum, according to the results of a major clinical trial.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2019

Study details how high-fiber diets make for healthier lives and lower risk of diseases

People who eat lots of high-fiber and whole grain foods have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic diseases than people whose diets are low in fiber, a study commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 6, 2019

It's 2019 and it's time to hit those Japanese textbooks — for real

Whether you've been here for several days or several decades, listening to fellow expats, immigrants and other non-Japanese residents groaning about their dissatisfaction with their language abilities is nothing new. The advice I've received on how to improve, however, sometimes skews toward the exasperating....
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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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