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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2020

Vaccines use bizarre stuff. We need a supply chain now.

The rarity of horseshoe crab blood and shark liver oil mean proper measures need putting into place to enable mass production of vaccines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2020

Airing games in U.S. only first step in Pacific League's plan to take Japanese baseball abroad

For a nation so famous for its baseball exports — from Hideo Nomo to Shohei Ohtani — Japan hasn’t done a very good job at promoting Nippon Professional Baseball outside its own borders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 21, 2020

Inflation remains at zero even as Japan's economy starts to reopen

Consumer demand has collapsed amid resurgent infections, which will in turn hit profits, jobs and business investment, analysts say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 19, 2020

Coal’s days may be over in the U.S.

Renewables will most likely surpass the fossil fuel in electricity generation this year despite Trump's best efforts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2020

Keeping the United Kingdom united

As the U.K. fights its way out of the COVID-19 lockdown, and at the same time stumbles toward the its exit from the EU, a new preoccupation takes hold.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 18, 2020

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has credit card trouble after U.S. sanctions

The chief executive is one of 11 officials to have been named in the measures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2020

The publishing empire helping China silence dissent in Hong Kong

When Hong Kong’s richest tycoons declared their support for the city’s national security law in June, it wasn’t what they said that stood out as much as how they said it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2020

Bank of Japan refuses trader requests to work from home

The central bank doesn't allow home computers to connect to its network for conducting asset purchases, raising concerns at financial firms as virus cases in Tokyo surge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2020

Japanese manufacturers' gloom eases slightly but pandemic woes remain

A poll that tracks the Bank of Japan's closely watched quarterly survey pointed to a modest recovery, with manufacturers' morale seen as somewhat less negative.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2020

Moon-bound billionaire Maezawa bets on Japan apparel brands

The former Zozotown boss has put his money behind United Arrows and Adastria.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2020

‘Collective resilience’ is the way to address China challenge

China has been quick to use its rising economic strength to punish countries that defy it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Aug 12, 2020

Citizen or not? A conditional love story

Japan's COVID-19 shutout of long-term foreign residents reflects a fundamental dichotomy in how the nation treats Japanese and non-Japanese.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2020

Chinese influence operations struggle for traction in Japan

There is little evidence that China has tried to impact debate in Japan as it has done in other countries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2020

Bankruptcies in Japan edge down in July despite COVID-19

The data suggests that government measures may be helping keep businesses afloat amid the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 10, 2020

'China literacy': Vietnam's key to combating COVID-19

Both the government and people saw the shadow of China in the background of the battle to beat the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2020

Japan subsidies to cut China reliance set to boost Southeast Asia

'Even before coronavirus and the U.S.-China trade war struck, there was a shift away from production in China,” said a Japan External Trade Organization official.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2020

Pandemic derails Abe's strategy to revive regional Japan with tourism

The plight of Kyoto and other cities in the western Kansai region has exposed a vulnerability of the prime minister's 'Abenomics' stimulus policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2020

Creditors at odds with shareholders over Seven & I's Speedway mega-deal

The bond market is raising questions about what the price tag would mean for the company's relatively strong credit ratings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2020

How long should governments spend away?

Today's pandemic spending may leave future generations with an unpayable bill.

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