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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021
'Hope Buses' bring school to New Delhi students amid pandemic
Many families are too poor to afford the phones or other devices needed to study online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
Aug 11, 2021
How to protect yourself at home as Tokyo's household infection rate rises
Following a policy change on hospitalizations, it's becoming more likely that if someone you live with gets infected, you will need to share your home with them while they are sick.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2021
Japan backs 'revolutionary' COVID-19 drug Ronapreve to help tame crisis
The antibody cocktail, intended for mildly and moderately ill patients, could in the near future be used to treat those quarantining at home, helping to ease the strain on hospitals.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2021
Not vaccinated? Here’s how you could kill someone’s father
Misinformation, or even mere scientific confusion, can cause a lot of trouble when it appears to come out of the Centers for Disease Control.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 10, 2021
Japan reaches 100 million vaccine doses as focus shifts to youth
However, the country also has the lowest rate among the Group of Seven advanced nations of its population being fully vaccinated at 32.9%.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2021
Restarting cruises has been a game of ‘operational whack-a-mole’
As well as managing cases of COVID-19 on their own sailings, operators have had to keep on top of vaccination and testing requirements at their stops on the way.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 10, 2021
Formula One calendar a 'game of chess' due to COVID-19
Formula One should emerge from the August break with a clearer calendar for the rest of the season but there are still plenty of possible scenarios due to COVID-19 and shifting circumstances, according to McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2021
Beverage-makers target high-end spirits for post-pandemic growth
Drink companies are seeking M&A opportunities because sales of higher-priced drinks are expected to grow more than moderately priced beverages in the next five years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2021
China air travel marks biggest drop since start of pandemic
A surge in COVID-19 cases has dealt a fresh blow to tourism on the mainland during the peak summer holiday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2021
'We are not the virus': Two-tier delta lockdowns divide Sydney
Harsher restrictions and tougher policing in Sydney's most-affected neighborhoods have stoked resentment in its most vulnerable people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2021
China’s COVID-19 strategy risks leaving it isolated for years
China is tethering itself to eliminating the virus over the long term — an approach that risks leaving the world's second-biggest economy isolated for years to come.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
Tokyo’s Olympic bubble? Wait till you see Beijing’s.
With the Winter Olympics in Beijing just six months away, the Chinese authorities are planning elaborate precautions against COVID-19.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
How we saw it: The Silent Olympics
As brilliant as the competition was, without spectators to share in the spectacle, the Tokyo Olympics lost their soul.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2021
Once largely free of COVID-19, Asian economies are now upended by delta
While consumers are bearing the brunt, supply chains are being disrupted as factories shut down in a bid to stop the spread of the virus.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
By Greg Dvorak

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