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JAPAN
Jun 20, 2020
Tokyo reports 39 new coronavirus cases Saturday
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 39 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, marking more than 20 new reported cases for three straight days in the capital.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 19, 2020
Emperor's Cup expands to 52 teams after adding J2 and J3 champions
The national cup tournament had previously cut most of its J. League participants in order to allow clubs to focus on completing their seasons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2020
Tokyo reports 35 new coronavirus cases Friday
The cumulative number of new coronavirus infections in the capital now stands at 5,709, media reports quoted Tokyo Metropolitan Government sources as saying.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jun 19, 2020
Five Miyagi beaches to stay closed in summer due to coronavirus
Two of the beaches are located in a residential district where many elderly people live, prompting coronavirus concerns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 19, 2020
No smooth sailing for health centers key to Gifu’s COVID-19 response
Nurses were inundated with calls, some abusive, as they tried to trace people who may have been exposed to the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Jun 19, 2020
Traditional Hiroshima Shinto dance in peril due to coronavirus
Orders from local kagura communities — themselves grappling with the economic fallout of the pandemic — have stopped coming in.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Jun 19, 2020
Survey finds Japanese fans willing to wait for sports to resume
Over half of those who responded to the Waseda University poll approved of NPB and the J. League's decision to restart their seasons behind closed doors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 19, 2020
Japan's re-entry ban threatens scholarships, admission and graduation for foreign students
Many students from developing countries heavily depend on financial aid, and it is often the only way they can pursue higher education.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2020
Japanese shoppers queue and crash website for Uniqlo's washable masks
Japanese shoppers queued at Uniqlo stores and crashed its website on Friday as the clothing chain began selling face masks with breathable fabric used in the brand's popular underwear, preparing for the coronavirus outbreak lasting through summer.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Hedge funds warming to yen caught out by biggest drop in 15 years
Speculative investors flipped to a net long position on the yen just before Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said the nation wasn’t ready for further interest rate hikes, data shows.
Ishiba's 'Asian NATO' dead on arrival as new PM set for diplomatic debut
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has floated an idea of creating an Asian version of the NATO security framework.
Japan records highest number of bankruptcies in a decade as costs rise
Japan saw the highest number of bankruptcies since 2013 in the six months through September.
After Helene devastation, over 1 million people flee path of Hurricane Milton
People line up to buy wood to protect their assets before the hurricane Milton, in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday.
Japan pushes fossil fuel tech in Asia carbon neutrality initiative
Coal-fired power plants in Bataan, the Philippines, in June 2023. A third of the 158 agreements signed under the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community are linked to fossil fuel technologies, a recent study by a climate research group has found.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?
Experts move to allay replicon COVID shot fears in Japan amid backlash
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo on Oct. 1. Experts say fears over the newly approved replicon vaccine are unwarranted.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
By Anton L. Delgado

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