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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 19, 2020

Japan is forced to look abroad in the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine. But at what cost?

Japan has a history of vaccines and related medical treatments that have proven to be problematic — take the prescription drug Tamiflu, for example.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 12, 2020

NPB to begin allowing more fans on Sept. 19

It will be up to each club to decide how many fans will be allowed to attend their home games.
SPORTS
Sep 8, 2020

NPB and J. League call on government to raise crowd limits

The two leagues, citing the success of anti-COVID countermeasures, said they should be allowed to welcome up to 20,000 fans at larger venues.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 22, 2020

Yellow brick roads: How Japan's tactile paving aids solo travel

Revolutionary tiles may have given the visually impaired more independence, but developers aren't content to rest on their laurels just yet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 14, 2020

Coronavirus antibodies disappear in months. Is that a cause for concern?

Research has poured cold water on the optimism of those who have been working around the clock to produce vaccines against the disease.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 25, 2020

Tokyo’s gubernatorial election results align with recent history

Residents of Japan's capital frequently votes to return the incumbent — though typically for different reasons.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 22, 2020

Japan to dial back entry restrictions on some foreign residents

The Japanese government on Wednesday announced it will partially roll back entry restrictions as part of its coronavirus countermeasures on foreign nationals, allowing students and business workers with valid legal status to be gradually readmitted to the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2020

Doubt and uncertainty remain one year before postponed Tokyo Olympic Games

As organizers commemorate a benchmark originally anticipated to be a starting line, a number of key issues remain unclear, including whether the pandemic will have subsided by this time next year.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 17, 2020

Postponed Tokyo Olympics to keep same venues and follow original schedule

Organizers have been negotiating with facility owners to ensure the use of the previously arranged venues when the games take place in July 2021.
SPORTS
Jun 30, 2020

Expert calls on Japanese sports industry to innovate after pandemic

Managing director of Sports Branding Japan believes leagues and teams must come up with new business models in the wake of the coronavirus.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 27, 2020

Tokyo caught in a bind over restrictions placed on park demonstrations

Organizers must formally pledge that they will not do anything that interferes with park management before permission to hold protest is granted.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 16, 2020

Abe confronts his sinking popularity as coronavirus-dominated Diet session wraps up

Failure to shore up his support could hamper the prime minister's ability to call a snap Lower House election and advance his dream of constitutional amendment.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 11, 2020

Tokyo 2020 organizers aim for a simpler, cheaper Summer Olympics

Organizers are looking to reduce costs associated with the one-year postponement of the games by scaling down the usually extravagant sporting event.
Eight students recovering after hammer attack at university in Tokyo
Police investigate the scene after eight people were injured by a hammer-wielding woman on Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo on Friday afternoon.
Stage set for action-packed New Year Basho with yokozuna promotion battle
Kotozakura is in position to fight his way to a promotion to yokozuna going into the New Year Basho.
Race circuit and resort among post-event proposals for Osaka Expo site
A portion of the Grand Ring at the site of the Osaka Expo during a media tour late last month
Japan's health ministry reports record-high flu cases
A busy street in Tokyo on Dec. 30. The number of influenza patients per clinic, on average, in the final week of December was the highest since health ministry records began in 1999.
U.S. falling behind on aircraft shelters in Asia as China’s missile arsenal grows
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force's 104th Fighter Wing complete post-flight checks on four F-15C fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, in October 2023.
Japanese space startup readies for second lunar lander launch
Ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada with the countdown clock for the launch of the startup's lunar lander, in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Thursday
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
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