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JAPAN
Mar 28, 2020

Flying low: The battle over Tokyo’s airspace

Haneda Airport's new flight paths commence despite concerns from aviation experts and public opposition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 28, 2020

Face masks can foster a false sense of security

What’s happening in Japan is written all over our faces — our blank, expressionless, masked faces. Never before, it seems safe to say, have so many people gone about masked.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 28, 2020

Shiho Sakamoto: Designing wagashi for the 21st century

Wagashi designer Shiho Sakamoto is embracing technology, using Instagram, video and even 3D printing to introduce wagashi sweets to new generations around the world.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 28, 2020

Joseph Everett: Learn to make your own healthy decisions

Joseph Everett shares what he's learned as a YouTuber
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2020

U.K. has no clear plan if 'Team Johnson' is incapacitated by coronavirus

What would happen if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's case of coronavirus — so far he has "mild symptoms" — were to become more serious or even incapacitate him and his team? Under Britain's uncodified constitution, the answer is unclear.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2020

Tokyo heads into critical weekend facing risk of coronavirus lockdown

Tokyo stands at a critical juncture this weekend as a request for residents to isolate themselves aims to prevent a major spike in cases of the novel coronavirus and help avoid a citywide lockdown.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2020

Abe denies wife attended cherry blossom party in defiance of coronavirus calls to abstain

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that his wife, Akie, did not attend a cherry blossom viewing party in Tokyo despite calls to refrain from outdoor gathering to help contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 26, 2020

U.S. firms and labs rush to produce blood test for coronavirus immunity

As the United States works overtime to screen thousands for the novel coronavirus, a new blood test offers the chance to find out who may have immunity — a potential game-changer in the battle to contain infections and get the economy back on track.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2020

What pushed this Shiga assistant nurse to falsely confess to murder?

Why did Mika Nishiyama, a former assistant nurse who served 12 years in prison for murdering a male patient in 2003, falsely confess to killing him?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2020

Agon Shu prays for relief from natural disasters at Fire Rites Festival

French poet Francois Villon once asked, “Where are the snows of yesteryear?” as he pondered the evanescence of existence. The thousands of people who made their way along the winding mountain road to the Agon Shu Buddhist Association’s Fire Rites Festival on the morning of Feb. 9 may have been...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2020

The ethics of shopping in a pandemic

We have to make choices about what to take, leave and ask others to get for us.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2020

Beijing and others aim to make the best of coronavirus geopolitics

As the world heads into uncharted territory amid the coronavirus outbreak, it is undergoing stark and dramatic geopolitical shifts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 24, 2020

Spat between China diplomats signals internal split over how to handle Trump

An unusual public spat between two top Chinese diplomats points to an internal split in Beijing over how to handle rising tensions with a combative U.S. president.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 23, 2020

Rui Hachimura participates in video collaboration with WHO

Washington Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura is one of three NBA players who appear on a short video released on social media early Monday morning.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2020

Warmest oceans ever force tuna titan to start protecting fish

Helping the canned tuna industry cope with climate change tops an already lengthy to-do list for Darian McBain, chief sustainability officer at the Thailand company that owns the Chicken of the Sea and John West brands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2020

Masayoshi Son’s empire wobbles as virus hits debt load

Investors are growing increasingly skittish about the stability of Masayoshi Son’s empire.
Japan Times
SUMO
Mar 22, 2020

'You Only Live Twice' participant Fujinishiki stood on top of sumo's fourth-highest rank

Who is the greatest yokozuna of all time?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2020

Corporate bailouts need strings attached

Americans shouldn't allow themselves to be conned by big corporations once again.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 21, 2020

Ken Mogi: Brain science and other thoughts

Ken Mogi talks about the significance of studying the brain and how he likes to use his.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 21, 2020

Japan could face year-long slump if 'cursed' Olympics canceled

A canceled or postponed Olympics would likely result in Japan's economy shrinking for the longest stretch since the global financial crisis, according to some economists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2020

Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier?

How has Japan seemingly escaped the spread of the coronavirus when other countries have suffered so badly?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2020

Pro tips on teleworking during a virus outbreak

When the novel coronavirus started spreading across Asia in January, forcing the world’s largest work-from-home experiment, not many knew what to expect, least of all Bloomberg’s 400-plus journalists in the region. Six weeks later (and counting), only now are some starting to return to the office....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2020

Japan was expecting a coronavirus explosion. Where is it?

While there have been disruptions caused by school closures, life continues as normal for much of the population.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 20, 2020

Coronavirus puts fragile system supplying food to world under strain

Global warehouses are stuffed with frozen cuts of pork, wheels of cheese and bags of rice. But as the coronavirus snarls logistical operations, the question becomes: How does all that food actually get to people?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2020

Get ready, a bigger disruption is coming

The COVID-19 pandemic reflects a systemic crisis akin to the seminal crashes of the 20th century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 18, 2020

COVID-19: A strategic shock shakes the world

For Japan, COVID-19 has taken a 2020 that was meant to be a stable and historic year with the Olympics and has thrown it into disarray.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2020

Donald Trump and the great man theory of politics

Trump views foreign leaders who wield dominant power and authority as people who can help him solve international problems.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2020

Joe Biden's three-state win puts nomination out of Bernie Sanders' reach

Joe Biden's decisive victories in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday effectively put the Democratic nomination out of reach for Bernie Sanders.

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