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Sep 7, 2020
NPB, J. League will ask Japan's government to relax attendance limits
The existing cap of 5,000 attendees doesn't account for the varying capacities and seating arrangements of the stadiums in each circuit.
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COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 7, 2020
All-out effort needed to learn successful virus response
Japan risks losing its status as an advanced nation unless it survives the pandemic and comes out on top.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 7, 2020
Tokyo reports 77 new coronavirus cases Monday, lowest in two months
On Sunday, a total of 451 new cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed in 23 prefectures and airport quarantine stations across Japan.
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BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2020
With borders closed, airlines invent wild ways to stay afloat
From fresh vegetables to peanuts and pajamas, they're selling almost anything to make it through the pandemic.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 7, 2020
China's exports rise at fastest pace since March '19 as economies reopen
The gains eclipsing an extended fall in imports, which slumped 2.1 percent compared with market expectations for a 0.1 percent increase.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2020
Iceland has very good news about coronavirus immunity
The emergence of a handful of people reinfected by SARS-Cov-2 — including individuals in Hong Kong, Italy and the U.S. — has sparked panic over the future course of the pandemic.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Sep 6, 2020
Landmark moments for video games in Japan
The Tokyo Game Show moves online; one of the best shoot 'em ups gets a physical version; and Japan now has a legal video game bar.
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COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 6, 2020
A supersurveillance society and its impact on democracy
The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to stronger authoritarianism, populism and nationalism, threatening to harm rights-based systems.
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JAPAN
Sep 6, 2020
Tokyo reports 116 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo reported 116 new coronavirus cases Sunday, down from 181 a day earlier.
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WORLD
Sep 6, 2020
First famines of coronavirus era are at world’s doorstep, U.N. warns
The first famines of the coronavirus era could soon hit four chronically food-deprived conflict areas — Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned.
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WORLD
Sep 6, 2020
Race for coronavirus vaccine pits spy against spy
The pandemic has prompted one of the fastest peacetime mission shifts in recent times for the world's intelligence agencies, pitting them against one another.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020
Trust and truth go hand in hand in a troubled year
COVID-19's most visible symbol is the mask, but 85 of 100 doctors surveyed by Shukan Gendai say masks are unnecessary in open outdoor spaces.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2020
Should freedom of assembly be an absolute right?
During the coronavirus pandemic, sizeable demonstrations have taken place in Belarus, Germany and the United States.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 5, 2020
Coronavirus tests future of Japan's yellowtail exports
Those in the industry believe that with demand from restaurants abroad dropping, the key will be whether they can expand the number of sales made directly to households.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2020
Japan looks to AI as coronavirus challenges quality control mantra
A rethink of the factory floor has been prompted by COVID-19, leading to an increased use of robots in manufacturing.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 5, 2020
Boris Johnson’s party wonders if he’s losing his grip
After months of policy blunders and with the economy deep in recession, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson needed a new enforcer to help him rescue a leadership in trouble. So he called the future king.
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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020
Tokyo reports 181 new coronavirus cases, up 45 from Friday
Tokyo reported 181 new coronavirus cases Saturday, up by about a third from a day earlier.
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SOCCER / J. League
Sep 5, 2020
J. League sponsors exploring new marketing opportunities in response to virus
With the number of spectators at stadiums capped in keeping with government guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, companies sponsoring J. League teams are changing their marketing strategies to attract the interest of as many soccer fans as possible.
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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020
Suga signals his focus as PM would be on protecting jobs, but rules out sales tax cut
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday the next prime minister must continue to protect companies and jobs, mainly through payouts and loans, to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic.
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JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020
Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, the world's largest, taking outsized hit from pandemic
Businesses had hoped for more activity after the end of the state of emergency in late May, but big events have remained on hold and restaurants are struggling.

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