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COVID 19

Japan Times
WORLD
May 16, 2020
COVID-19 sniffer dogs: The U.K.’s latest attempt to tackle the coronavirus
The U.K. hopes to develop a new weapon in the global war against the coronavirus pandemic: COVID-19 sniffer dogs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 16, 2020
Work-from-home Congress? U.S. House OKs proxy votes
Neither Civil War nor Great Depression nor any other national crisis has pushed the House to allow lawmakers to vote by proxy — without being "present,” as the Constitution requires. That's about to change during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 15, 2020
Japan's banks expect highest bad-loan costs since 2008 financial crisis
Banks worldwide are setting aside billions of dollars for defaults for potentially the worst global recession since the Great Depression.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2020
Kansai fears virus relapse as Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo blaze own trails
Despite regional concerns in Kansai, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo are going their own way on reviving their economies amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 15, 2020
Changing lifestyles and nightlife in Japan's post-pandemic 'new normal'
Like it or not, our world is going to be different moving forward, and some of the biggest changes may be in Japan's entertainment districts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 15, 2020
The rise of Japan’s governors: Central-local relations during the pandemic
The actions of the nation's regional leaders during this crisis have been nothing short of extraordinary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2020
Japan industry groups offer guidance on how to coexist with COVID-19
The guidelines offer a glimpse into how firms might survive as their customers adopt what's been dubbed a 'new lifestyle.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 15, 2020
The trouble with linking COVID-19 to 'hikikomori'
The mental health issue is already poorly understood; now its role in the public imagination is shifting again.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2020
Tokyo unveils plan to reopen while preventing second virus wave
The city will closely monitor daily cases, untraceable cases and the infection rate from week to week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2020
Asia-Pacific drug trade thrives amid COVID-19 pandemic
Illicit drug markets in the Asia-Pacific continue to expand and diversify and appear to be largely unaffected by the coronavirus outbreak, the United Nations said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2020
Tokyo new virus cases dip to nine, first time in single digits since March
Friday's figure brings the total number of cases in the capital to 5,036, according to the metropolitan government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2020
Migrant workers on virus front line as Southeast Asia returns to work
Temperature checks and mandatory virus tests are some of the measures becoming the new normal for migrant workers in Malaysia and Thailand.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2020
The pandemic has revived all the worst-case U.S.-China scenarios
On Jan. 15, it seemed like the U.S. and China had avoided a quick descent into a new Cold War.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 15, 2020
How sewer science could ease testing pressure and track COVID-19
The science of sewage surveillance could be deployed in countries across the world to help monitor the spread of national epidemics of COVID-19 while reducing the need for mass testing, scientists say.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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