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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2020
Doubt and uncertainty remain one year before postponed Tokyo Olympic Games
As organizers commemorate a benchmark originally anticipated to be a starting line, a number of key issues remain unclear, including whether the pandemic will have subsided by this time next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2020
Tokyo urges stay-home long weekend as coronavirus cases top 10,000
'I want residents to avoid going out as much as possible,” Koike said at a meeting of a panel of experts advising the city. 'If you are going outside, take the utmost precautions to avoid infection.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 22, 2020
Britain's economy racing as lockdown lifts, but outlook has not improved
Britain will expand at its quickest pace in decades this quarter after shrinking at its fastest pace in centuries last quarter, a Reuters poll found, as vast swathes of the economy have reopened following a nationwide shutdown to control the coronavirus.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 22, 2020
Japan's pro basketball and volleyball leagues want foreign players hit by travel ban allowed in
Most of the V. League's 40 foreign players and staff are unable to enter Japan, while the B. League says some 110 players and 20 coaches are being kept out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2020
Bleak aviation outlook has Asian refiners juggling fuel output
Firms are having to make a decision on how best to refine their oil to meet current demand amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 22, 2020
Japan approves dexamethasone as second drug for coronavirus treatment
The inexpensive and easy-to-obtain drug is used to treat a wide range of conditions including lung disease.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 22, 2020
Coronavirus cases surge among factory workers in post-lockdown India
When Bajirao Thengde voiced his fears about going to work after dozens of colleagues fell sick with coronavirus, his boss at a motorbike factory in western India said he should "learn to live with the virus."
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2020
In major shift, Trump warns virus is getting worse and urges wearing of masks
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric on facial coverings, encouraged Americans on Tuesday to wear a mask if they cannot maintain social distance from people around them in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2020
Uber Eats' Japan union wants better accident compensation amid virus
The Japanese unit of the Uber Eats operator started an injury compensation program in October, which provides up to u00a5250,000 ($2,300) for injuries per accident.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2020
U.S. must do better on its second COVID-19 test
The nation needs to incorporate lessons from its first “natural experiment” about policy relief, social distancing, testing and contact tracing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2020
The contours of future cooperation
Aligning responses to the economic crisis could serve as the spark that resets global postures away from rivalry and toward cooperation over the long term.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2020
Downloads of Japan's COVID-19 app slow despite rising infections
Downloads of Japan's coronavirus contact-tracing app have slowed since its debut last month, a blow to the government's aim to use smartphones to head off a second wave of infection.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2020
June department store sales in Japan fall 19%
Japan's department store sales declined 19.1 percent from a year earlier in June, improving from sharper falls in the previous months after the lifting of a state of emergency over the new coronavirus allowed stores to reopen, an industry body said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jul 21, 2020
Debate over Japan's virus testing resurfaces amid nationwide outbreak
While the country is conducting more tests now than it was during the first outbreak, it's still lagging far behind most nations still ensnared in the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2020
Japan's core consumer prices flat in June as deflation risks remain
The reading dashed expectations for a third straight month of decline, after central bank comments that the economy would likely shake off the pandemic hit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2020
To fight pandemic, Japan keeps fiscal tap wide open on budget spending requests
The lack of spending cap on requests aimed at fighting COVID-19 suggest the heavily indebted nation will ramp up efforts to revive the virus-hit economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2020
In second Go To Travel reversal, government changes course on cancellation fees
The decision comes just four days after officials said they were not considering reimbursing the cost of canceled Tokyo trips under the troubled discount campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 21, 2020
Wave of promising study results raise hopes for coronavirus vaccines
Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognize and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2020
Japan's home appliance shipments rise to 23-year high in June
Sales of the equipment were worth u00a5307.32 billion, 5.8 percent more than a year earlier, according to the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2020
Japan raises travel advisory and plans entry bans for 17 more territories
The move brings the total number of countries and regions at the second-highest level on the Foreign Ministry's four-point scale for infectious diseases to 146.
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Trump's VP pick signals stronger focus on China
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to his vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
Japan’s minimum wage might not budge much if corporate fears prevail
Unionists hold a rally in Tokyo in April. Households' real cash earnings have been falling year on year for more than two years, with the weakening of the yen making the situation only more difficult as prices of imported goods increase rapidly.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
Three novelists named for Akutagawa and Naoki awards
Naoki Prize winner Michi Ichiho (left), and Akutagawa Prize winners Sanzo K. Matsunaga (center) and Aki Asahina pose with their award-winning books at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
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.

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