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Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 12, 2021

As Lunar New Year arrives, COVID-19 pushes Chinatown businesses to the brink

From New York to London to Sydney, Chinatowns worldwide saw a dramatic drop in business as early as last January.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 2, 2021

Black and Latino New Yorkers underrepresented in COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Data also showed at least 94,000 people who live outside New York were vaccinated in the city, and that among them racial disparities were even wider.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2021

Biden and Putin agree to extend New START nuclear treaty

White House officials said Biden also confronted the Kremlin leader over the poisoning of an opposition activist and a hacking of government and private computer networks in the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 26, 2021

New Zealand won’t open border to the world this year, PM says

New Zealand is likely to keep its border closed to the world through most of 2021 amid uncertainty over the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2021

Biden seeks five-year extension of New START arms treaty with Russia

The treaty, which is due to expire on Feb. 5, limits the United States and Russia to deploying no more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads each.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2021

China's lockdown-wary cities urge migrant workers to skip new year trips

February usually sees the majority of the country's 280 million rural migrant workers, as well as millions of white-collar workers who live far from home, travel back to see family.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 10, 2021

A ‘new wind is blowing’ for Japan’s coffee culture

Japan's kissaten and coffee shops are no strangers to social change. COVID-19 is pushing both shops and their customers into digital-driven habits.
SPORTS
Jan 8, 2021

Japanese sports brace for impact of new state of emergency

Upcoming sumo and rugby events will allow spectators, while pro basketball's B. League has raised concerns over restrictions covering the sale of food and drinks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2021

Coronavirus looms over Japan's new year festivities

New Year's Day is the biggest holiday in Japan's calendar, but this year's festivities were subdued following record highs in new coronavirus cases nationwide and calls from the government to stay home.
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2020

Shut that window! Open that window! Coronavirus in winter presents new challenge

The dry and often freezing climate is proving to be challenging as restaurants, shops and other facilities scramble to keep their facilities safe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 26, 2020

New year cards return with a vengeance as Japan looks for a ray of hope in 2021

Japan Post is expecting some 1.94 billion new year cards to be delivered in mailboxes nationwide.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2020

Kansai leaders declare state of emergency for New Year's period

Concerned about a spike in infections, and anxious to prevent a collapse of medical systems, governors are calling on residents to avoid returning to their hometowns over the holidays.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 3, 2020

Issey Miyake and New Balance tie-ups take textiles to the next level

Exhibitions showcasing the fashion brands' creative collaborations with artists highlight the evolution of fabrics.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2020

Government suggests extended New Year break to cut COVID-19 risks

During Japan's New Year holiday season, a time for family reunions, train stations and airports typically become overcrowded.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2020

New Zealand gives U.S. a lesson in pandemic democracy

The U.S., a nation founded on the principle that all people are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights, would do well to heed the example given by New Zealand.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2020

Tokyo conference debates new normals as coronavirus drives change

Experts at the annual G1 Global Conference discussed the upending of traditional practices, digitalization, working styles and widening inequality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2020

Woman dies in New Delhi after gang rape, fueling outrage again in India

Of the tens of thousands of rape cases reported in India annually, only a handful result in prosecutions, National Crime Records Bureau figures show.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2020

Cyberattacks disrupt New Zealand's stock exchange for fourth day

New Zealand’s stock exchange suffered a fourth day of disruption on Friday as cyberattacks from abroad prevented trading.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 22, 2020

Japan’s office worker struggles to adjust to a 'new normal'

It's tough to sing the company song at daily morning meetings wearing a mask.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2020

New Zealand reports more COVID-19 cases and extends Auckland lockdown

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in the country's biggest city on Friday in response to the first national coronavirus outbreak in months, sticking with a "go early, go hard" approach she said has proven effective.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2020

New Zealand scrambles to trace cluster, reporting 14 new coronavirus cases

New Zealand officials continued to investigate the source of an outbreak of the coronavirus Thursday, reporting 14 new cases the same day as long queues of people formed to escape a renewed lockdown in the country's biggest city or be tested for the virus.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 10, 2020

Australia puts New Zealand on clock for trans-Tasman tournament

Rugby Australia has given New Zealand a three-week deadline to agree to a trans-Tasman competition in 2021 that will include five Australian teams or face organizing its own domestic tournament next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2020

Uber and Lyft drivers win unemployment insurance payments in New York

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that New York Department of Labor was taking too long to make payments, citing a backlog of claims by the ride-share drivers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2020

New Zealand suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong over security law

New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and made a number of other changes following China's decision to pass a national security law for the territory, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2020

With coronavirus under control, Vietnam and New Zealand see different travel trends

Laura Douglas' tourism start-up, a farm surrounded by snow-tipped mountains in southern New Zealand, was attracting hundreds of mostly foreign visitors a month until the coronavirus pandemic brought it to a sudden halt in March.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 8, 2020

New Zealand ends social distancing after eliminating COVID-19

New Zealand will remove social distancing requirements after reporting zero active cases of COVID-19, indicating it has achieved its aim of eliminating the virus.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 6, 2020

Getting the wheels back on Japan's travel industry

Unprecedented travel restrictions have crippled tourism, forcing businesses in the sector to rethink strategies and explore new opportunities.
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
U.S. steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (right) and Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi signing an agreement to integrate the SDF into the state institutions, in Damascus on Monday.
Concerns grow over possible U.S. tariffs on Japan's auto sector
Toyota vehicles are loaded onto a ship at the Port of Nagoya in June last year.
Swiatek and Medvedev book spots in Indian Wells quarters
Iga Swiatek hits a shot as she defeats Karolina Muchova during their fourth-round match at Indian Wells on Wednesday.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan’s No. 2 diplomat seeks higher-level ‘unofficial’ Japan meetings as ties grow
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu told The Japan Times in an interview last week in Taipei that he hopes with the island democracy can strengthen ties with Japan and other like-minded nations “at every level.”
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
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