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Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 3, 2020

Pentagon's latest salvo against China's growing might: Cold War bombers

The U.S. has been intensifying its challenge to China and its sweeping territorial claims over one of the world's most important strategic waterways.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2020

Minimizing the social cost of COVID-19

Efforts to turn an effective institutional response to the pandemic into a political or ideological battleground are misguided, at best.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 30, 2020

75 years on, legacy of the U.S.-led Occupation of Japan still resonates

While Japan blossomed as an economic powerhouse in the second half of the century, some argue the Occupation created problems that lingered long after it ended.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 28, 2020

Abe vows COVID-19 vaccinations for all Japan citizens by mid-2021

In view of the coming flu season, test kits will be provided at a volume that will allow for an average of 200,000 tests to be conducted every day.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 13, 2020

It's time to rethink the Japan-U.S. alliance

With Beijing making its presence known, Tokyo needs to assess what it needs Washington for, and what it can do alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2020

Plan to phase out inefficient coal plants breaks no new ground

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshi Kajiyama said in early July that the government will work out a program to phase out inefficient coal-burning thermal power plants — by either suspending or scrapping these plants. METI later followed up on the move by launching a panel of experts to...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2020

China’s assertiveness is becoming a problem for its friends, too

In the regular drumbeat of arrests of alleged Chinese spies, one case last month stood out.
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
BASKETBALL
Jul 20, 2020

Yudai Baba excited about new challenge with NBL's Melbourne United

Yudai Baba's ultimate goal is to earn a spot on an NBA team in the future.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 18, 2020

Call of the wild: The challenges of rural migration in Japan

The surge in new COVID-19 cases in urban areas has had some residents weighing opportunities in more isolated communities. But what sort of life can they expect?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2020

Tokyo raises virus alert to highest level in move seen as largely symbolic

The level-four alert was the first to be declared for the capital since it revised its COVID-19 monitoring system guidelines on June 30.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2020

SoftBank-backed DCM eyes China startups with $880 million fund

David Chao, a venture capitalist who has been on the ground floor of Asian companies worth a combined $206 billion, has raised money for a new fund with a China focus, a sign that rising U.S.-China tensions aren’t turning off foreign investors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2020

Stay-home request spurs a reading revival

In many urban areas of Japan, people were recently urged to stay home for weeks on in the fight to contain the spread of COVID-19. Most big bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto were closed through the end of the Golden Week holidays, making it difficult to buy books.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2020

How Singapore plans to survive world’s impending food crisis

One of the most densely populated countries on the planet, Singapore's 5.7 million people rely on other nations for almost everything they eat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2020

China rivalry may put the U.S. back in the coup business

As in the Cold War, Washington might once again find itself seeking covert options to prevent important countries from aligning with Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2020

COVID-19 and the advent of a 'contactless economic system'

The surveillance technology that helps suppress the spread of coronavirus is a double-edged sword.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 7, 2020

In the age of COVID-19, world leaders struggle to adjust to online diplomacy

In the world of diplomacy, gone are the days of handshakes, bilateral meetings or international summits attracting a horde of world leaders and diplomats to discuss issues of the day.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2020

Viktor Orban’s Hungary no longer a democracy, Freedom House says

Hungary should no longer be considered a democracy after an unprecedented consolidation of power by the European Union member’s leader, according to an annual survey of countries that once lay behind the Iron Curtain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 2, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak raises uncomfortable questions about Japan's adult entertainment industry

If a certain class of people is excluded from initiatives to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, those people will cause the disease to spread to all classes, regardless of other measures in place.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 27, 2020

Compensation may be a matter for the 'Red Book'

A reader would like to know what they are entitled to after being hit by a car while passing through an intersection.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2020

Kim Jong Un returns to spotlight as questions over North Korean leader's fate arise

News of his incapacitation or death would have serious implications for Tokyo as Japan and the world continue to grapple with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 18, 2020

With fishing fleets tied up due to COVID-19, marine life has a chance to recover

Plummeting global demand for fish and seafood as a result of the coronavirus crisis is likely to create an effect similar to the halt of commercial fishing during both world wars, when the idling of fleets led to the rebound of fish stocks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2020

Doctors come under attack in India as coronavirus stigma grows

Trupti Katdare was in a slum in the central Indian city of Indore when the mob attacked.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 5, 2020

Examining the legal definition of a virus

Law enforcement agencies in Japan are struggling to define exactly what the new coronavirus is, and what it is not.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2020

NSC change prepares Japan for new global realities

Japan is moving toward a wiser decision-making process when it comes to key security questions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2020

China starts to report asymptomatic coronavirus cases

Chinese health authorities began on Wednesday reporting on asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus as part of an effort to allay public fears that people could be spreading the virus without knowing they are infected with it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 24, 2020

Let's discuss the mask shortage

The reselling of face masks for profit will become a crime punishable by a one-year prison term or a u00a51 million ($9,800) fine — or both — as demand surged amid the growing coronavirus epidemic, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2020

Tokyo reports 16 COVID-19 infections in largest single-day number of cases

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported its largest single-day number of cases of the new coronavirus on Monday night, logging 16 infections to take the capital's toll to 154.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 23, 2020

Classics anew for a year of blue

With the 2020 Pantone color of the year being Classic Blue, On: Design introduces a few blue-tinted modern classics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 16, 2020

South Korea reports 74 new COVID-19 infections, including church cluster

South Korea reported 74 new coronavirus infections Monday, slightly lower than the previous day, health officials said, taking the tally of cases to 8,236, with 75 deaths.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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.

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