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JAPAN / History
Aug 14, 2020

After 75 years of peace in Japan, wartime issues remain unresolved

Japan has struggled to move on from its World War II history, yet remains tied to events that happened in the aftermath.
Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2020

We can still do many things this summer

The Aug. 20 article “Despite rainy season’s end, summer chilled by COVID-19” was really impressive. The spread of the novel coronavirus has prevented us from participating in routine summer events such as festivals, fireworks displays, climbing Mount Fuji and swimming in the sea in the areas around...
Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2020

Kamala Harris is Donald Trump's nemesis

Regarding the Aug. 12 article “'Fearless Fighter’: Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate,” Trump's laughably lame attacks against Harris since then ("nasty," "disrespectful" "most horrible") have been typically predictable and embarrassingly ineffective. The obvious truth is that Trump despises...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2020

Should Tokyo ban TikTok and WeChat?

I had not used TikTok until yesterday. My niece in her mid-20s said she had stopped using the TikTok app — a Chinese-owned video-sharing social networking service — because it's best suited for teenagers. After downloading and trying the app for a while, I deleted it because she was right.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Aug 11, 2020

Have you heard? 'Rashii' can help you with your office gossip

The term 'rashii' is used when you've heard about something and want to talk about it without using assertions.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 10, 2020

Re-entry ban horror stories pile up in Japan's Indian community

Some worry confusion surrounding border restrictions will 'leave a scar' among residents of Indian descent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 10, 2020

Carlos Ghosn’s accused escape plotters stumble in third try for bail

The father and son accused of helping the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman escape house arrest in Tokyo are battling an extradition request from Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 9, 2020

Hiroshima and Nagasaki struggle to preserve A-bombed relics 75 years later

The cities face a continuous dilemma over how to maintain ruins and how to find the money with which to do it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2020

Not 'Thighland': Trump's slip sparks meme fest

One online joker wrote that Thighland was located on a cartographic leg between 'Kneepal' and 'Ankola.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 7, 2020

Japan institute struggling to preserve A-bomb autopsy materials

Specimens from victims were held by the U.S. for almost 30 years. Now returned and fading, the government has refused to fund their digitization.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Aug 7, 2020

Okinawa's fragile coral threatened by 'Black Devil' killer sponge

Terpios hoshinota is like a sheet of paper of about 1 millimeter thick, and attaches itself to coral's calcareous skeleton.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 7, 2020

Mie hot spring focuses on attracting locals to ride out pandemic

The resort is now looking to individual travelers rather than groups and is exploring new demands such as the so-called workation.
Reader Mail
Aug 7, 2020

Basically, Trump hates his job

Regarding the Aug. 3 article “Trump plans ‘emergency’ to stay in office,” Trump has a love-hate relationship with his job. Tragicomically, he hates the most important elements because — exactly like his fawning flock of sycophantic sheep — Trump despises everything he doesn't understand....
Reader Mail
Aug 7, 2020

Japanese workers should be allowed to stay home when ill

Regarding the Aug. 4 article “62% in Japan with cold-like symptoms went to work amid pandemic” and similar news reports, one of the most logical measures to fight COVID-19 that the Japanese authorities unfortunately didn't take was to allow employees to get extra paid sick leave to stay at home...
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JAPAN / History
Aug 6, 2020

The bombing of Hiroshima: 'I thought it was the end of the world'

Hibakusha Yachiyo Kato saw the full horrors of the A-bomb and has been telling her story since.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020

Lost Seoul: Middle-class dreams spoiled by soaring house prices

Even with unemployment spiking as the coronavirus pandemic swept South Korea in February, Baek Seung-min asked his wife to quit her nursing job to help reach a dream they had spent a lifetime chasing: buying their own apartment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2020

Delay the election? U.S. presidents often do things they can’t do

The stock response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the general election might be delayed because voting during a pandemic would involve a record number of mail-in ballots, a format he argues is unreliable and susceptible to fraud, is that he doesn’t have that power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2020

Okinawa virus outbreaks ignite scrutiny of U.S. SOFA privileges

The Okinawa clusters have illustrated anew how Japan's authority as a host country is weaker than that of some peers in Europe and Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 1, 2020

Struggling to cope with a protracted rainy season that took forever to end

Summer has been a damp squib so far this year for many parts of the country, with annual events canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on top of a protracted rainy season that seemingly took an eternity to end.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Aug 1, 2020

Jewels on the table: Mamezara in the home

With the passage of time, mamezara can take on a distinctive aura or energy that attaches itself to items that have passed through human hands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 31, 2020

Gifu factory town shocked by news of Mitsubishi SUV plant closure

According to the Sakahogi Municipal Government, the plant was partially closed around March following the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jul 31, 2020

Suspended resort plan forces Hokkaido city to rethink tourism strategy

The plan was to construct luxury hotels and condominiums for affluent foreign visitors on a plot of about 1,000 hectares.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 31, 2020

Time fails to dim Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Peace Declarations

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have some effect on this year's ceremonies marking the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jul 31, 2020

YouTube traveler John Daub faces a new online landscape

John Daub's travel-centric Only In Japan channel is finding a new path amid difficulties stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 30, 2020

A new nuclear model could upend how countries count bombs

Nuclear analysts from the U.S. and Russia settled on a new method to account for atomic weapons that may shrink estimates on the size of North Korea’s arsenal and could be used to aid future disarmament.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2020

Look to the American people, not their government, for inspiration

It is increasingly clear that the real source of U.S. influence is its civil society.

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