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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2020
China reassures Japan that Xi visit still on despite virus outbreak
Japan and China have agreed to continue preparations for a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping in April despite speculation the trip may be postponed as Beijing struggles to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 16, 2020
China's Xi details hands-on approach in virus fight from early January
China released a two-week-old speech showing President Xi Jinping was leading the national effort to contain the coronavirus, in an apparent effort to quell public anger over the handling of the outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2020
China reports slight fall in new COVID-19 cases as France confirms first death outside Asia
The number of new cases of a coronavirus in China fell slightly on Sunday, more than three weeks after the outbreak's epicenter was locked down, and a Chinese tourist died from the virus in France, the first fatality in Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 16, 2020
Japan may lose $1.29 billion in tourism revenue due to COVID-19 outbreak
Japan could lose $1.29 billion in tourism revenue in the January-March period due to international flight restrictions stemming from the new coronavirus outbreak, according to an estimate by a U.N. agency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2020
Passengers on shunned cruise ship Westerdam call two-week experience 'lovely'
After nearly two weeks cast away in search of a port that would take them, passengers aboard the MS Westerdam cruise ship spoke of an ordeal that was anything but harrowing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2020
China counts 2,641 new coronavirus cases and 143 deaths as it struggles to slow spread
More than 2,600 new cases were confirmed from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China, the National Health Commission said on Saturday, a day after people returning to the capital from holidays were ordered to quarantine themselves for 14 days to try to contain its spread.
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Feb 14, 2020
Tokyo Marathon officials ask China residents to defer entry until next year
Organizers of the Tokyo Marathon on Friday asked Chinese residents who have registered for the March 1 race to voluntarily defer their entry until next year due to concerns about the ongoing outbreak of a new coronavirus (COVID-19).
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2020
Gilead drug prevents type of coronavirus in monkeys, raising hope for China trials
An experimental Gilead Sciences antiviral drug prevented disease and reduced the severity of symptoms in monkeys infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), an infection closely related to the fast-spreading coronavirus that originated in China, a study published on Thursday found.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2020
Historian Niall Ferguson: 'We are in Cold War II'
China's global ambitions are no longer something that can be ignored.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2020
What Iran's attacks on American bases tell us about China's missile program
The belief that Chinese missiles are numerous, but inaccurate, is likely now outdated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2020
Is COVID-19 a 'black swan'?
The Chernobyl disaster played a big part in making the Soviet public ripe for regime change. Could the coronavirus have a similar effect in China?
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 14, 2020
Investors pull out of Japan-tracking ETF as coronavirus spreads
Investors are fleeing an exchange-traded fund tracking Japanese stocks on concern that the new coronavirus will further dampen economic growth if it gains a foothold in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2020
Honda to postpone restart of Wuhan factories by a week over COVID-19
Honda Motor Co. said Friday it will postpone the restart of its plants in Wuhan, the epicenter of China's coronavirus outbreak, by a week at the request of local authorities.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 14, 2020
After 59% returns, palladium rally endangered by massive drop in China car sales
A record 22 percent slump in China's January car sales is threatening to derail the rally in palladium, used to curb emissions from vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 14, 2020
Even before COVID-19, Japan economy likely took biggest hit since 2014
Economists estimate the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 3.8 percent in the third quarter and that the virus will likely push Japan into recession.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2020
A Wuhan student's account of surviving coronavirus infection
For one coronavirus patient in Wuhan, the central Chinese location where the virus outbreak first emerged, the journey from infection to recovery was a nightmare scenario that entailed multiple hospital visits, symptoms so severe he thought he would die and quarantine under police watch.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2020
China moves on two fronts to ease anger over coronavirus
China took action on two fronts to gain control of the spiraling coronavirus outbreak gripping the country: reporting a dramatic increase in cases and ousting top officials who failed to check the disease's expansion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 14, 2020
Philippines' Duterte tests Trump with move to unravel decades-old alliance
Over the years, Rodrigo Duterte's regular rants about the U.S. appeared to amount to little more than bluster. This week the Philippine leader finally moved to dismantle an alliance that has endured since World War II.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2020
LabCorp begins work on developing coronavirus test
LabCorp said on Thursday it has begun work on developing its own test for the coronavirus that has killed over 1,300 in China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2020
Vietnam quarantines rural community of 10,000 because of coronavirus
Vietnam has quarantined a community of 10,000 people near the capital, Hanoi, for 20 days because of fears the coronavirus could spread there, two local officials told Reuters on Thursday.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
Accident halts Tokaido Shinkansen services between Hamamatsu and Nagoya
Workers engage in restoration work on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, where two maintenance trains had derailed on Monday.
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Tiny Japanese startup is bringing AI dating to the masses
Goki Kusunoki, CEO and co-founder of Samansa, with the company's Loverse app in Tokyo on May 10. The app allows interaction only with generative artificial intelligence.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
Lamposts and other signs throughout Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, display warnings, evacuation routes and measurements of height above sea level. The town has been hit by eight tsunami in its recorded history.
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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