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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2021

Japan keeps COVID-19 emergency in place as hospital occupancy remains high

A health ministry advisory board warned that while new cases were declining in most areas, clusters at hospitals and care facilities could propel death tolls to high levels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 12, 2021

City of London’s Brexit tab rises with stock and swaps moves

The financial district lost its crown to Amsterdam as Europe's top place to buy and sell stock, and relocations of bankers are set to continue in 2021.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Mymizu’s water app just first step to ending plastic waste

From conservation to climate change, the environmental challenges of our times are daunting and can seem distant from our everyday lives.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Living history: You could spend a night in a castle

Although castles are one of Japan’s most popular tourist destinations, not many people know you can actually spend a night in a 400-year-old castle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2021

Will mobile carriers' price cuts boost smaller rivals or doom them?

Budget SIM providers face an uphill battle in differentiating themselves from the likes of NTT Docomo and SoftBank based on price and innovative services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 9, 2021

Tokyo’s promise of a generational stock revamp draws skeptics

Japan Exchange Group Inc., which owns the Tokyo Stock Exchange, plans to cut the number of market segments, apply new listing criteria and condense five divisions into three sections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 9, 2021

Taiwan looms ever larger among Japan’s security concerns

Taiwan is vital to Japanese national security and, to put it delicately, a government in Taipei that makes its own decisions well serves Tokyo (as long as it doesn't go too far).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2021

Hong Kong’s present is Tibet’s past

Both the “1959 Tibet Rebellion” and the “2019 Hong Kong riots” were flashpoints triggering the end of these region's distinct ways of life under their respective autonomous frameworks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Feb 7, 2021

What is needed to bring back freedom of movement

As Japan struggles to find a way to resume normal life and international travel, a lesson could be learned from Taiwan's approach.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 6, 2021

Fifteen-hour Brexit wait prompts freight firms to avoid U.K.

While Britain and the European Union agreed not to impose tariffs on goods, so-called non-tariff barriers are nevertheless creating obstacles for business.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Feb 4, 2021

Party's over: Pandemic forces closure of iconic Kawaii Monster Cafe

The cafe had hoped to capitalize on strong demand during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but with the outlook still uncertain a decision was made to let the lease expire and shut down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 3, 2021

More than four months into his term, Suga's popularity ebbs as tough decisions await

From controversial coronavirus legislation to the fate of the Tokyo Games, the prime minister's leadership ability and style is under increased scrutiny and criticism.
Japan Times
Feb 3, 2021

Leveraging the splendor of Japanese ingredients with Western techniques -Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury -

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) holds Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that are broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 3, 2021

Leveraging the splendor of Japanese ingredients with Western techniques

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) holds Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that are broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Feb 3, 2021

キャロライン・ケネディ元駐日アメリカ合衆国大使の専属シェフ Marybeth Boller 氏が登壇

株式会社ジャパンタイムズキューブ（代表取締役：末松弥奈子）は、英語で日本を発信するトークイベント「第6回 Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury」を開催します。
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Feb 1, 2021

Masahiro Tanaka's return to Rakuten benefits both sides

With the return of its former ace, the Tohoku team gets a player who can help win games on the field and comes with a massive amount of star power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2021

In trying week, Suga fails to quell disquiet at the Diet over coronavirus response

During days of debates, the ruling LDP was forced to concede ground on criminalizing noncompliance with virus measures but will press on with fines, Go To programs and the Olympics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2021

All quiet on the populist front?

Liberals around the world are daring to hope that there is a silver lining to the violent denouement of Donald Trump’s presidency: namely, that the inciter-in-chief’s ignominious exit from the political stage will chasten authoritarian populists elsewhere. Unfortunately, their optimism is naive....
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 23, 2021

The ultimate colors to illuminate your 2021

“On Design” looks at a few recent product releases that highlight Pantone's newest color(s) of the year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2021

A year later, the first post-pandemic city

The long months of harsh lockdown have faded from view in Wuhan, the first city in the world devastated by the new coronavirus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2021

Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement

The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 17, 2021

Why a new Asia policy is needed under Biden

During the four years of the Trump administration, the U.S. has been left behind in efforts to construct a new regional architecture in the Asia-Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 17, 2021

COVID-19 — and a dwindling support rate — top issues for Suga as Diet convenes

The prime minister will seek to pass key COVID-19 measures as he faces flak from opposition parties over his response to the deadly virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2021

In Hong Kong, a new party calls for stability — and raises suspicions

The party, led by business executives who moved to Hong Kong from the mainland, is entering the fray amid forceful moves by Beijing to quash dissent.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 17, 2021

Law enforcement scrutiny drives U.S. extremists into internet's dark corners

Officials warn that online chatter could include early warning signals of planned attacks around the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 16, 2021

The true cost of the climate crisis on Japan

The prime minister has called for Japan to be carbon neutral by 2050, but bolder measures look necessary to reduce the economic damage caused by global warming.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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