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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2020

Japan’s China engagement conundrum

Should “business as usual” continue if liberal, democratic values are threatened?
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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 28, 2020

Coping with China’s economic threat

More cooperation between smaller states could be the key to stopping China from dominating through sanctions and economic pressure.
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JAPAN
Jul 28, 2020

Japan persists with 'Abenomask' giveaway, reigniting social media outcry

The government is pushing ahead with the distribution of its much derided 'Abenomasks' even though commercially made masks are now readily available.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2020

Poor countries are running out of time to get rich

New population estimates suggest the window for many big developing nations may be closing faster than they realized.
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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2020

China's 100-day push near Senkaku Islands comes at unsettling time for Sino-Japanese ties

Japan is being forced to rethink how it will approach an increasingly belligerent China after years of work trying to mend ties with Beijing.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 25, 2020

Redefining the kimono in modern times

While many associate the kimono with Japanese tradition, renewed interest in the garment at home and abroad is giving it a new lease on life.
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MORE SPORTS
Jul 25, 2020

Black Lives Matter prompts important conversations in Japanese sports

Despite its distant origins the movement has resonated in the nation, where a growing number of biracial athletes have faced racial issues.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2020

Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry

The Mekong River has become a new front in the U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and influence over downstream countries at the mercy of its control of the river's waters.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jul 24, 2020

Robots in Fukushima monitor cucumber production in IT-farming joint project

At the greenhouse, cucumbers are produced through a unique hanging method, which makes it easier for robots to monitor the produce.
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JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jul 24, 2020

Multicultural advice center in Sendai busy with inquiries

The center offers face-to-face support in English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Nepalese, as well as telephone support in 13 other languages.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jul 24, 2020

Japan's nursing care facilities face challenge of safely evacuating during disasters

Only 24 percent of nursing homes in Kyushu have evacuation plans in place
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Chugoku
Jul 24, 2020

Iwakuni facility a remnant of 'special privileges' the city enjoyed for hosting base

Despite a range of benefits on offer to residents, the city itself is experiencing severe depopulation.
Reader Mail
Jul 24, 2020

Government, don’t forget about international students

Regarding the July 22 article “Japan to dial back entry restrictions on some foreign residents,” first and foremost, I would want to thank The Japan Times for prompt updates about Japan for us English speakers; your daily reports of what is happening inside Japan gives us an inside look into the...
Reader Mail
Jul 24, 2020

Visas should be given to international students

I'm a Japanese-language student. I studied the language in my home country (India), but now I want to learn it in Japan. This July I planned to take JLPT N3, but it got canceled. Now I can take it in December only, until then I can't even work because I don't hold an N3 certificate, which...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 23, 2020

What to make of Japan's annual defense report

White papers can be important documents, but it is critical to know how and why.
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CULTURE / Art
Jul 23, 2020

Staying real for the sake of art: Museums and festivals proceed with caution

Japan's artistic institutions stress the importance of in-person exhibitions and events after months of closures and COVID-19-related fears.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2020

Asymptomatic spread has become bizarrely controversial

Political spinmeisters are making it hard to draw the fine distinctions needed to keep COVID-19 in check.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 21, 2020

Let's discuss the Go To Travel campaign

A central government campaign to spur domestic tourism has drawn both enthusiasm and ire, with some social media users telling urbanites to stay away from rural areas after COVID-19 cases hit a record high in Tokyo.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2020

Mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell’s wealth hangs over sex-abuse case

Evidence of great wealth on Maxwell's part could bolster prosecutors' depiction of her as fully complicit in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jul 19, 2020

Justice delayed? Pandemic tests Japan's court system

The virus has exposed shortcomings, prompting calls from legal experts and law practitioners for reforms to keep courts operational and effective.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 18, 2020

Japan's Go To Travel campaign could have been better re-imagined on social media

Criticism is mounting about the rationale behind launching a domestic tourism drive amid a pandemic.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 17, 2020

Gifu lab on PCR-testing front line takes strain in coronavirus pandemic

A dozen technicians painstakingly took on heaps of extra PCR work before help came.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jul 17, 2020

Fukushima localities speak out against dumping radioactive water in sea

The resolutions and statements described measures taken by the central government as inadequate to combat reputational damage to produce from the prefecture.
Reader Mail
Jul 17, 2020

China needs a better system for organ donations

While reading the July 4 article “China plans reforms to organ donation rules as harvesting concerns linger,” I rethought this serious issue.
Reader Mail
Jul 17, 2020

Abe more interested in damage control than governing

Regarding the July 9 article “Abe aides worry over damage to LDP from Kawais' indictment,” Prime Minister Abe's camp seems only interested in his image and thus betray their disinterest in the substance and purpose of democratic government. They concern themselves solely with damage controlling their...
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 17, 2020

The world has changed too much for Joe Biden to erase the Trump effect

At last year’s Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of military chiefs and political leaders, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a promise to America’s allies: "This too shall pass,” he assured them, "we will be back.”
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2020

Are riots ever justifiable?

Three criteria can help assess whether rioting is defensible.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 12, 2020

New intimacy: COVID-19 offers a chance to take things slow

Online dating is a safer alternative for those looking for relationships during COVID-19. But that doesn't mean physical intimacy is on pause.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 11, 2020

The murky politics behind Japan's campaign financing

Katsuyuki and Anri Kawai are accused of using campaign funds to buy favors, but the use of cash for gift-giving is so prevalent in Japan as to make it difficult to prove.

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