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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2020
Armed conflict response fears linger as MSDF's Middle East mission starts
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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2020
Iran can't be trusted to deal with coronavirus
The regime's dishonesty and indifference threaten the region and the world
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2020
Japan and China agree to prepare for Xi's visit despite coronavirus
The foreign ministers of Japan and China agreed Wednesday to continue their close cooperation toward realizing Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Japan this spring despite the spread of the new coronavirus in China and around the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2020
Ministry to place body scanners and sniffer dogs at Tokyo train stations during Olympics
A number of train stations in Tokyo will conduct anti-terrorism inspections during the Olympics and Paralympics using sniffer dogs and body scanners, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 23, 2020
Coronavirus incubation could be as long as 27 days, Chinese provincial government says
A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei Province was infected with coronavirus but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said Saturday, meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than the presumed 14 days.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2020
The first offer is the best offer in negotiations
Japanese policymakers nee to pay continuous attention to the changing situation in the Middle East.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2020
Turkey-Syria crisis points to risky post-American Mideast
Washington's withdrawal might usher in yet more bloodshed and uncertainty, particularly if the region's most powerful countries continue to believe they can often achieve as much with military action as by negotiation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2020
Top diplomats from Japan, U.S. and South Korea agree to back China's efforts to stop coronavirus
The top diplomats of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Saturday agreed to support China's efforts to contain a deadly new coronavirus as the outbreak poses increasing health risks and threatens to undermine the global economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Feb 15, 2020
COVID-19 tests Osaka's ability to reach East Asia
Since Kansai International Airport opened in 1994, business and political leaders in Osaka have touted the region as the gateway to Asia. Often showing little interest in other parts of the world, they would tell each other in conference rooms, cocktail parties, symposiums and seminars that China and...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 13, 2020
'Beneath the Shadow': Too obscure for its own good
Keishi Otomo's latest film looks at two colleagues whose blossoming bromance threatens to turn into something more mysterious.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2020
Japan Railways glitch halts credit card ticket purchases nationwide
Railway firms including East Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co. experienced a technical glitch with their ticketing system Monday morning for nearly five hours that prevented credit card purchases, their ticketing system management company said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2020
New train route eyed between Haneda Airport and Tokyo Disney Resort
East Japan Railway Co. is considering opening a new route linking Haneda Airport to the Tokyo Disney Resort, sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2020
Preventing the 'Japanification' of East Asia's economies
The former 'tigers' must tackle structural weaknesses to avoid a low-growth future
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2020
JR East to test new app for reporting train gropers on notorious Saikyo Line
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said Tuesday that it has developed a smartphone app for sharing reports of train gropers that it will test on its Saikyo Line, notorious for the frequency of such incidents.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
America's debilitating obsession with the Middle East
U.S. President Donald Trump is perpetuating one of the United States' most self-defeating habits.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020
Maebashi Station gives students tickets to school of their dreams
With many students busy with last-minute efforts to pass entrance exams, Maebashi Station of East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, is attracting attention for distributing replica tickets bound for a person's first-choice school.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020
MSDF to not take part in any exercise of force by the U.S. in Middle East: Abe
A Maritime Self-Defense Force unit currently deployed in the Middle East will not take part in any exercise of force by the U.S. military there, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2020
Japan names ambassadors to Bolivia, Cyprus, East Timor, Iceland and UNESCO
The government named on Tuesday new ambassadors to Bolivia, Cyprus, East Timor, Iceland and UNESCO, effective Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2020
Russia halts trains to China and may deport foreigners with coronavirus
Russia said on Monday it may deport foreigners who test positive for coronavirus as Russian military planes flew in to evacuate its citizens from the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak that has killed 361 people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2020
Trump's bogus Middle East peace plan
The U.S. president's peace plan is a shameless ploy to violate international law, Palestinian human rights and basic principles of fairness.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris, later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Dominant Natsumi Tsunoda delivers Japan's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda celebrates on the podium after she won the women's under 48-kg division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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