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JAPAN / Explainer
Jul 26, 2021

In times of disaster, Japan's hazard maps provide crucial information

July's deadly mudslide in Shizuoka has put renewed focus on hazard maps for areas at risk from floods, landslides and other natural catastrophes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2021

Tropical Storm Nepartak could make Olympic landfall near Tokyo

While not expected to strengthen into a stronger typhoon, Tropical Storm Nepartak could impact a wide area on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 22, 2021

COVID-19 may have claimed as many as 5 million lives in India

The numbers, derived from research and local authority data, range from three to 10 times the official count, hinting that the true cost of its outbreak has been massively underreported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 15, 2021

Risk of COVID-19 spread due to Olympics is 'zero,' IOC chief says, amid rising cases

Critics of the plan to hold the Tokyo Olympics submitted a petition on Thursday that has garnered more than 450,000 signatures this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2021

Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws

Afghan Air Force Maj. Dastagir Zamaray had grown so fearful of Taliban assassinations of off-duty forces in Kabul that he decided to sell his home to move to a safer pocket of Afghanistan's sprawling capital.
Japan Times
LIFE / Longform
Jul 8, 2021

In search of Japan's lost wolves: Zoological mystery

The true identity of the Japanese wolf has attracted much research, and yet the elusive carnivore remains one of Japan's greatest zoological mysteries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2021

No closer to knowing anything about UFOs

U.S. intelligence report concludes we need more data to confirm if UFOs are really out there
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2021

Saudi operatives who killed Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in U.S.

The training, approved by the State Department, underscores the perils of military partnerships with repressive governments.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Jun 21, 2021

Pandemic magnifies household gender roles in Japan

Latest figures show that women earn on average 44% less than men while also spending five times more time on housework and child care.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2021

U.S. Justice Department watchdog to probe seizure of Democrats' communications data

The inspector general announced his review after Senate Democrats on Friday demanded that two former U.S. attorneys general testify about reported subpoenas of records.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2021

Hong Kong considers shorter quarantine for some vaccinated travelers

The move would mark an easing of some of the world's strictest COVID-19 restrictions for travelers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2021

Boeing charged Japan 1,500% markup on plane part, U.S. Air Force says

The Boeing-Japan case is the latest example of military contracting officials having difficulty compelling contractors to provide backup data for parts classified as 'commercial items.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 3, 2021

Israel sees probable link between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis cases

Israel's Health Ministry said on Tuesday it had found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
May 26, 2021

Thrilling Summer Basho showed sumo's potential to entertain

Terunofuji continued his remarkable comeback with his fourth title, but that was far from the only storyline that mesmerized fans over 15 days at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2021

How Russia's new gulag tries to break convicts like Alexei Navalny

Six former inmates and a former prisons inspector spoke of regular beatings by guards, sexual assaults and severe psychological pressure at a facility near Moscow.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2021

Forget the vaccine patent waiver

High-income countries have ordered more doses than they need and thus will end up with a surplus, whereas lower-income countries are far behind in pre-purchasing vaccines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 13, 2021

Japan to ban re-entry of foreign residents who visit India, Nepal and Pakistan

The new rules will still allow Japanese nationals to re-enter and will not bar many foreign residents who left before the measure takes effect.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2021

What we know about the Indian variant as COVID-19 sweeps South Asia

India has recorded the world's sharpest spike in coronavirus infections this month, with political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai running out of hospital beds, oxygen and medicine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / Longform
May 10, 2021

As the world grays, Japan’s aging market showcases high-tech senior care

Home to the oldest population anywhere on Earth, Japan offers an opportunity to startups operating on medtech's frontier.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2021

Vaccines work on this India variant. Experts fret about the next.

As infections surge by more than 300,000 cases for 14 straight days, India's limited ability to track new mutations emerging from its outbreak is a growing concern for scientists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2021

Hard to believe, but we’re running out of sand

Sizzling demand in a post-pandemic recovery will encourage the usual bad behaviors that accompany exploding markets: environmental degradation, forced labor and criminal profiteering.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 23, 2021

Biden’s climate summit shows how far U.S. leadership has to go

Many of the 40 heads of state who participated had their own message: America needs to do more to convince everyone else that it's both up to the task and reliable over the long haul.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 4, 2021

Biden's White House trying to craft gun executive orders that can't be undone

Among the measures being considered — and strongly encouraged by activists — is one directing the U.S. Justice Department to reinterpret existing law on untraceable 'ghost guns.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2021

The secret network helping hundreds of Myanmar police flee to India

More than 1,000 people fleeing violence in Myanmar have crossed into neighboring India's Mizoram state since late February, according to Indian lawmaker K. Vanlalvena.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 23, 2021

Japan needs a stronger crisis review system

Involving think tanks and holding 10-year evaluations, the country will be better equipped to face disasters and pandemics in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 19, 2021

For Asian American women, racism and sexism are inseparable

With reports of anti-Asian attacks surging in the U.S., there is evidence that most of the hate, unlike other types of bias crime, has been directed at women.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it
An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Japan and U.S. appoint tariff negotiators after Ishiba-Trump phone call
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa enters the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan responds to Trump's tariffs with a polite phone call and request
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Feb. 7.
Japan to avoid direct confrontation with the U.S. over Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Japan does not intend to seek direct confrontation with the U.S. over the newly levied tariffs, during a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan eyes zero tariffs with U.S. and pledges more investment
Kids view the area from a lookout point over cranes and containers at the Port of Keelung, Taiwan, on Thursday.
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it
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