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EMERGENCY

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2021
Prefectures near Tokyo to seek COVID-19 state of emergency
Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures are currently under looser quasi-emergency restrictions but are seeing infections spike like in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2021
As the Games begin, how is Japan dealing with COVID-19?
Although Japan is catching up to Western nations in the vaccine rollout, the more contagious delta variant and increased foot traffic is being blamed for driving up the number of new cases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 22, 2021
As virus cases rise, true cost of Tokyo Games comes into focus
The prioritization of the global sporting event over public health has added anger to the desperation weighing on the shoulders of an already exhausted nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2021
Abe, who played key role in bringing Olympics to Tokyo, to miss opening ceremony
The former prime minister, who memorably dressed up as video game character Super Mario to promote the Tokyo Olympics, will not attend the Games' opening ceremony, NHK reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2021
As Tokyo Games draw near, confusion reigns and COVID-19 spreads
Even before the Olympics begin, measures meant to ensure a “safe and secure” event that may have looked good on paper aren't faring so well in practice.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2021
Tokyo's neighbors brace for fallout as cases rise in the capital
Kanagawa Prefecture — which logged 403 cases on Thursday, its highest tally since late January — is considering requesting a state of emergency, and Chiba Prefecture may do the same.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2021
Alcohol sales controversy compounds Suga's political woes
Amid questions over the legality of the move, the government has retracted a request for suppliers to halt sales to outlets violating an alcohol sales ban during Tokyo's state of emergency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2021
Japan's top COVID-19 official faces calls to quit over pressure on private sector
Yasutoshi Nishimura had said the government would pressure banks and liquor retailers to rein in restaurants that are flouting alcohol guidelines amid a COVID-19 state of emergency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 12, 2021
Politics trumps science in Japan COVID-19 emergency
The government had calculated that the political fallout from not declaring it would outweigh the merits of keeping the status quo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2021
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 950 new cases on Saturday
The daily tally on Saturday in Tokyo far exceeded last week's total of 716, rising week-on-week for the 21st consecutive day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2021
Empty seats and disappointed fans: An Olympics behind closed doors
“It's extremely unfortunate the games can't be held in their complete form, and for that I apologize to the many ticket holders,” Tokyo Organising Committee President Seiko Hashimoto said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2021
Tokyo Olympics to bar fans under new COVID-19 emergency
Organizers made the unprecedented decision to close venues in the Tokyo area just two weeks ahead of the opening of the games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2021
Osaka requests extension to quasi-emergency COVID-19 measures
In a letter to Suga, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura noted that the weekly rolling average of new infections was increasing, especially for young people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2021
Japan's factory output fell 5.9% in May amid pandemic and chip scarcity
The drop in industrial production was several percentage points worse than even the most pessimistic forecast, as car production remained stunted by semiconductor shortages.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

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