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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 1, 2020

An ongoing pursuit of collaboration, innovation

For Italian Ambassador Giorgio Starace, the partnership between Japanese and Italian companies is a natural fit.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 29, 2020

Classic kicks: Japan’s sneaker obsession rebounds

The 1990s sneaker craze eventually cooled off, but over the past four or five years a new wave has risen, towering over anything that came before.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2020

Men should help fight overwork

A new survey paints a portrait of silent male suffering, and the way in which male silence and female openness conspire to maintain the status quo.
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JAPAN
Feb 28, 2020

Working Japanese parents react with shock to Abe's total school closure request

Double-income and single-parent households are confused, frustrated and scrambling to make arrangements.
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BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2020

World economy risks worst year since 2009 as hopes fade of rapid rebound from virus

The world economy may be heading for its worst performance since the financial crisis, more than a decade ago, as the spread of new virus that causes COVID-19 increasingly dashes hopes of a swift rebound.
Reader Mail
Feb 28, 2020

A history lesson from Hawaii

Kuni Miyake, in his Feb. 11 opinion piece, "Japan and the former Kingdom of Hawaii," did what he calls a "quick study" of the history of Hawaii. Finding out that King David Kalakaua had undertaken an unprecedented world tour in 1881 and had met with Emperor Meiji, he shoehorned the extraordinary event...
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 27, 2020

One day he was teaching English in Japan, and the next day, he was blind

'If you start to feel disoriented, you're getting it,' is how one writer describes the process of losing his sight at the age of 29. And after the disorientation comes the process of rebuilding a life in a foreign country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2020

60 years on, alliance with U.S. still Japan's best option

Japan has no other practical choice except to maintain the security alliance with the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 26, 2020

Harnessing the power of AI: Japanese delivery firms and restaurants look to tech to boost businesses

In the midst of a surge in demand as more people shop online, the parcel delivery sector is struggling to keep up due to a chronic shortage of drivers. Meanwhile, restaurants are struggling to find ways to reduce waste in an industry notorious for razor-thin profit margins.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2020

Hong Kong parents want refunds as costly schools shut for months over protests and coronavirus

The emails are piling up, office queries need attention, and Jackie Yang's kids won't leave her alone.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2020

U.S. begins first coronavirus clinical trial testing Gilead's experimental drug

U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first clinical trial testing Gilead Sciences Inc.'s experimental antiviral drug, remdesivir, in hospitalized patients with the coronavirus has started.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2020

Big data won't save you from COVID-19

In an era where everything seems quantifiable, it's unsettling that the information we've got on this deadly outbreak is approximate at best.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Feb 22, 2020

'The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction': A literary classic's outsize impact on Japan

In 'The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction,' William C. Helberg delves into Japan's fascination with 'The Water Margin,' and how its influence spread beyond the confines of pure literature.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 22, 2020

Jonah Salz: What's life without the drama?

Theater scholar and director Salz on Beckett, kyogen and teaching in Japan.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 21, 2020

Why Singapore's admired coronavirus playbook can't be replicated

A day after Jeanhee Kim learned of a coronavirus case in her Singapore apartment block, she was visited by a distinguished-looking man she later learned was a senior government minister.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 21, 2020

Lab-grown meat? Dutch start-up keeps pork on your plate without wrecking the planet

A Dutch start-up may have found a workaround for eco-conscious consumers struggling to give up meat: pork grown in a laboratory that doesn't harm animals or damage the planet.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Northern California report 2020
Feb 21, 2020

The US-Waseda Friends Network

With more than 610,000 alumni around the world, including 12 alumni chapters in North America alone, Waseda University, the No. 1 private university in Japan, understands the importance and power of networking.
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BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2020

Washington state acts to drop Boeing tax break to head off EU tariffs

Washington state lawmakers moved on Wednesday to remove a key tax break for Boeing Co. and other aerospace firms in a bid to head off possible European tariffs on U.S. goods and ease a transatlantic trade dispute over aircraft subsidies.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2020

COVID-19's economic hit is all in your mind

Psychology can be more powerful than facts when it comes to an epidemic's impact
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 20, 2020

'Speed science' on new coronavirus carries risks

One scientific post suggests links between the new coronavirus and AIDS. A second says it may have passed to people via snakes. A third claims it is a pathogen from outer space.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Feb 18, 2020

People won't throw you under the bus if you're able to use 'kuse ni' correctly

Using the grammatical structure 'X kuse ni Y' has the same effect as 'despite X, Y' and can be used to convey a feeling of ill will.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 15, 2020

Alvin Cheung: Coffee and keyboards — a perfect combo

Alvin Cheung talks about the caffeine-charged world of entrepreneurism, design and 'coffee terroir.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2020

World's second-largest reef, Mesoamerican Reef, now in decline

The condition of the world's second-largest coral system, the Mesoamerican Reef stretching from Mexico to Central America, has taken a turn for the worse and faces further threats from climate change, according to a report by a group of scientists.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 13, 2020

Veteran forward Jawad Williams, rookie point guard Kai Toews bolster Brex for season's stretch run

The Utsunomiya Brex, who are built to win now, upgraded their roster in recent weeks.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 13, 2020

Outbreak offers chance to boost cooperation

Japan and China should establish an Indo-Pacific emergency response initiative to decrease the chances that another tragedy like COVID-19 does not derail the prosperity and stability of the Indo-Pacific region.

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