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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 2, 2022
Recovering stronger together in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, but there is a ray of hope for a better tomorrow in both the health sector and the wider economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 1, 2022
No wiggle room ahead as world looks to move on from pandemic
The economic and social policies that countries around the world choose now as they look to move on from the pandemic will have consequences for decades to come.
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WORLD
Jan 1, 2022
Studies suggest why omicron is less severe: It spares the lungs
Compared with earlier variants, omicron may cause less damage to the lungs, new animal research suggests.
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WORLD
Jan 1, 2022
New Year celebrations muted by omicron, but South Africa offers hope
South Africa, which first raised the alarm about the new fast-spreading coronavirus variant, became the first country to declare its omicron wave had crested.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2021
China punishes people trying to flee COVID-19 controls in Xian
Local police have had to track down people attempting to duck the tight controls, with quarantine and other, unspecified, penalties being handed out.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021
Sayonara and good riddance to 2021. Enter the Tiger.
There were many winners and losers in 2021, a year in which the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus once again dominated the headlines.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Outlook 2022
Dec 31, 2021
Could omicron be the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Experts say the omicron variant could accelerate the pandemic's transition toward becoming a disease that the world can manage more easily and learn to live with.
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WORLD
Dec 31, 2021
South Africa passes fourth wave and counts few added deaths
The data offered cautious hope to other countries grappling with the variant.
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WORLD
Dec 31, 2021
Experts and governors warn of U.S. omicron 'blizzard' in weeks ahead
The warning came as the U.S. reached a record high in COVID-19 cases, while federal officials issued more travel warnings and prepared to authorize booster shots for 12- to 15-year-olds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Dec 31, 2021
2021: The year of results
The world hasn't exactly received a glowing report card in terms of what it has managed to achieve over the past 12 months.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 30, 2021
‘Every hooper’s dream’: NBA hopefuls get their chance during crisis
A 10-day contract has typically been like a tryout for players, with several signees getting longer deals to stay with their teams for the rest of the season and beyond.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 30, 2021
Star receivers abound as Chiefs and Bengals jockey for playoff positions
After a rash of COVID-19 infections riddled Kansas City's two-deep a week ago, everyone on the 53-man active roster was free of the virus when preparations for the Bengals began Wednesday.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 30, 2021
Aaron Rodgers says league has 'two-class' system based on COVID vaccine status
Rodgers, who has not been vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19 in November and received widespread criticism for telling reporters in August that he was 'immunized.'
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Dec 30, 2021
This college bowl season, the toughest opponent is COVID-19
On Tuesday, hours before the scheduled kickoff in San Diego, UCLA announced that it would not be able to play North Carolina State in the Holiday Bowl.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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