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COVID 19

BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 26, 2020
Coronavirus-hit airlines swap passengers for cargo to stay aloft
Unable to fill planes with passengers as the coronavirus destroys travel demand, airlines are instead using their fleets to transport more cargo, including medicines, smartphones and Korean strawberries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 26, 2020
North Korea shows confidence in face of coronavirus outbreak
With international focus on the coronavirus, North Korea has doubled down on its missile development and military exercises in recent weeks while signaling new confidence that it has dodged an outbreak of its own.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Mar 26, 2020
Olympic delay could send Samurai Japan back to drawing board
One of the common threads in the comments from many of Japan’s top players before spring training was about how much each was motivated by the prospect of trying to win gold on home soil during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2020
Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami to have test for coronavirus
Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami will undergo a PCR test for the coronavirus, the team announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Mar 26, 2020
Making sure you're prepared for a Japan-wide lockdown
With a lockdown looming, it has never been a better time to update your emergency earthquake kit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2020
China’s Wuhan lockdown may delay feared second wave, study shows
China’s long lockdown in Wuhan may have bought the country months of time before a feared second wave of coronavirus cases peaks, according to a study with implications for how long other nations may have to maintain similar restrictions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2020
Spain's coronavirus death toll overtakes China's
Spain struggled to cope on Wednesday with a mounting coronavirus crisis as its death toll exceeded China's with another 738 lives lost in a single day, and a third senior government minister was diagnosed with the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2020
Japan asks citizens to avoid overseas travel due to coronavirus
The government advised citizens on Wednesday to refrain from all nonessential overseas travel as the coronavirus continues to spread.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2020
Tokyo governor urges people to stay indoors over weekend as virus cases spike
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Wednesday requested that people refrain from going outside this weekend for nonessential reasons, due to concerns over a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus infections in the Japanese capital.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 25, 2020
Bank of Japan sees deeper pain, even after COVID-19 emergency easing
The coronavirus pandemic could plunge Japan into deep economic stagnation, the country's central bankers warned at last week's emergency monetary policy meeting, with one seeing room for more stimulus, a summary of their discussion showed Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 25, 2020
Now is the time for Japan to make a digital shift
The coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that Japan lags far behind other countries in putting new digital technologies to actual use.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 25, 2020
Finding strength and unity within our uncertain 'socially distant' future
Japan's long history of 'bending to adversity' prepares Tokyo for what comes next in terms of global and international implications.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 25, 2020
Toward a 2021 Tokyo Olympics
By postponing the games, Abe has put Japan — and himself — at the center of the post-pandemic recovery effort.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 25, 2020
G20 finance chiefs and central bankers to develop COVID-19 action plan
Finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s 20 largest economies agreed Monday to develop an action plan to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, which the IMF now expects to trigger a global recession, but disclosed no specifics.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 25, 2020
J. League to resume first-division matches on May 9
The J. League plans to resume first-division matches on May 9 after a hiatus of more than two months due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, chairman Mitsuru Murai said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 25, 2020
80% of Diamond Princess coronavirus patients had mild or no symptoms
The SDF report is believed to be one of the largest analyses of symptoms caused by the new virus to be compiled in Japan, according to the Defense Ministry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2020
Comedian Ken Shimura tests positive for COVID-19
Veteran comedian Ken Shimura has tested positive for the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, his agent said Wednesday, making him the first Japanese entertainment figure to announce their infection publicly.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 25, 2020
Maverick presidents Bolsonaro in Brazil and Lopez Obrador in Mexico both in denial over COVID-19
The presidents of Mexico and Brazil scored stunning election victories in 2018 in defiance of the political establishment, but now their unwillingness to follow consensus on the coronavirus pandemic has left the two increasingly exposed.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 25, 2020
Japanese athletes react to Olympic postponement
Some of Japan’s top athletes have expressed mixed feelings following Tuesday’s announcement that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee had agreed to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics for “about a year” amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2020
Postponing Olympics 'wise and great,' Trump tells Abe
U.S. President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during phone talks Wednesday that a roughly one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was a "wise and great" decision, Japan's top government spokesman has said.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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