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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2021
Japan’s retail sales beat estimates as shoppers defy virus fears
The stronger-than-expected gain suggests overall consumption, the biggest component of the economy, may not have declined last quarter as much as expected.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 27, 2021
Japan’s vaccination rate hits G7 milestone but may top out at 80%
The nation is now ranked No. 3 for its vaccination rate among the Group of Seven industrialized countries, after only Canada and Italy.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 27, 2021
Team GB expects fully vaccinated team for Beijing Games
While Team GB is yet to select most of its winter athletes, most of those on the long list of candidates are vaccinated according to chef de mission Georgie Harland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2021
Beijing marks 100 days to Winter Olympics amid COVID-19 and rights concerns
Beijing is promising a 'simple and safe' 2022 Games — although preparations are anything but simple as China battles COVID-19 flare-ups and calls from human rights groups for a boycott.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 26, 2021
Beijing Games competitors to face daily COVID-19 tests in closed loop
Games participants will need to be tested for COVID-19 before arrival, and athletes and team officials must be vaccinated to avoid 21 days in quarantine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2021
China must restore growth or face economic uncertainty
China's experience over the past 40 years shows that without decent growth, financial stability is difficult to achieve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2021
Global banks up pressure on Hong Kong to ease COVID-19 restrictions
Just below 60% of Hong Kong's population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Oct 25, 2021
Kodoku: The fine line between solitude and loneliness in Japan
The nation appears to be showing remarkable tolerance toward COVID-induced social isolation, but are people really fine being alone?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2021
China locks down thousands in north as delta outbreak spreads
Ejin, a county in China's Inner Mongolia, has asked its 35,700 residents to stay home and warned of civil and criminal liabilities should anyone disobey the order, media has reported.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 25, 2021
Unvaccinated players may be able to compete at Australian Open
Unvaccinated players will need to complete 14 days of quarantine and undergo regular testing.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 25, 2021
I felt fluish and then … I lost my sense of smell and taste
After catching COVID-19, it wasn't the hotlines or hospitals that helped — it was the kindness of one stranger.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2021
The overlooked victims of COVID-19: The children
The isolation measures imposed by the pandemic have severely curtailed social development in children, resulting in a wide array of mental, emotional and behavioral health issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2021
A dangerous global divide on vaccine access
The inequitable vaccine divide leaves humanity far more vulnerable to the next stage of the pandemic, as well as to any other systemic crisis that may emerge.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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